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jonesy
10-03-2008, 08:08 AM
Five tricky questions
1. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
3. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and grey when you throw it away ?
4. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?
5. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is highly unusual though. Study it and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching!
THE ANSWERS TO ALL FIVE RIDDLES ARE BELOW:
Answers:
1. The third room. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead. That one was easy, right?
2. The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry (shot; held under water; and hung).
3. Charcoal, as it is used in barbecuing.
4. Sure you can name three consecutive days, yesterday, today, and tomorrow!
5. The letter e, which is the most common letter used in the English language, does not appear even once in the paragraph.
ardwyn
10-06-2008, 07:55 AM
heres another
inside a house there a man dead with a shot gun by his side
on the wall are markings in mtrs
outside is a man laughing with a ruler what happened
Answer tomorrow
heretic(666)
06-29-2011, 02:40 AM
Lions:-If it was a very very big room with loads of lions you would be dead because cannibalism might produce a survivor/survivors that would be mean motherfuckers
Emnky
06-29-2011, 10:56 AM
Good idea for a thread Jonesy...
My turn....
A policeman is walking past a building and hears someone shout "Not the gun John...noooooooooo!!!!", followed by the sound of a gunshot. The policeman runs into the building and sees a body on the floor next to a smoking gun, he also sees a doctor, a lawer, a postman, a newsagent, a boxer and a circus ringmaster. Without questioning any of these he walks over to the postman and arrests him for murder.....why?.......... :confused:
Emnky
06-29-2011, 11:05 AM
Iv'e got loads of these but i think I'll post in bits.... wouldn't want you to get too bored now...
A bus driver was heading down a street in London. He went past a stop sign without stopping, he turned left where there was a "no left turn" sign and he went the wrong way on a one-way street. Then he went on the right side of the road past a cop car. Still - he didn't break any traffic laws. Why not?
:confused:
Beaker
06-29-2011, 12:20 PM
Lions:-If it was a very very big room with loads of lions you would be dead because cannibalism might produce a survivor/survivors that would be mean motherfuckers
AND they'd eaten within the last three years then !
Emnky
06-29-2011, 01:29 PM
Ok I did say i would wait 'till I put more here but part of what I do day to day to pay the mortgage, wife, two kids and general being alive costs....is analyse things (I'd go into detail.. but really...are you here to read?)
Ok here it is.... (<<<<<<<< shuts up, inserts waffle memo to self)
A man worked at a high security institution. The man tried to log into his computer and the computer denied the password. He then remembered that the passwords to the computers were reset every month for security reasons. He called his boss for his new password.
The man said, "Boss, my old password is out of date."
The boss said, "Yes, it is. The new password is different, but if you listen closely you will be able to figure out the new one. Your new password has the same amount of letters as the old one, and four of the letters are the same."
The man then logged into his computer with no trouble. What was the new password? What was his old?..................... :confused::confused:
Emnky
06-29-2011, 01:33 PM
One more while I'm here...a silly one i'm sure a few will remember.
What's black and white and red all over?
;)
electile disfunction
06-29-2011, 01:47 PM
One more while I'm here...a silly one i'm sure a few will remember.
What's black and white and red all over?
;)
A newspaper. :thumbsup:
electile disfunction
06-29-2011, 01:49 PM
Ok I did say i would wait 'till I put more here but part of what I do day to day to pay the mortgage, wife, two kids and general being alive costs....is analyse things (I'd go into detail.. but really...are you here to read?)
Ok here it is.... (<<<<<<<< shuts up, inserts waffle memo to self)
A man worked at a high security institution. The man tried to log into his computer and the computer denied the password. He then remembered that the passwords to the computers were reset every month for security reasons. He called his boss for his new password.
The man said, "Boss, my old password is out of date."
The boss said, "Yes, it is. The new password is different, but if you listen closely you will be able to figure out the new one. Your new password has the same amount of letters as the old one, and four of the letters are the same."
The man then logged into his computer with no trouble. What was the new password? What was his old?..................... :confused::confused:
New: different
Old: out of date
e.d.
electile disfunction
06-29-2011, 01:51 PM
A bus driver was heading down a street in London. He went past a stop sign without stopping, he turned left where there was a "no left turn" sign and he went the wrong way on a one-way street. Then he went on the right side of the road past a cop car. Still - he didn't break any traffic laws. Why not?
He wasn't driving a vehicle (he was walking).
e.d.
He wasn't driving a vehicle (he was walking).
e.d.
i think this answer was for the bus driver one?;)
rotobott
06-29-2011, 02:04 PM
Everybody apart from the postman was female ?
Anybody know the answer to why the guy with the ruler was laughing
Everybody apart from the postman was female ?
Anybody know the answer to why the guy with the ruler was laughing
may be the ruler was the king telling him a joke? or the man felt he had the "measure" of the situation:cool:
Identical twin brothers born in March who celibrate their birthday in September?
A man legaly marries his mother?
electile disfunction
06-29-2011, 02:52 PM
Identical twin brothers born in March who celibrate their birthday in September?
A man legaly marries his mother?
(I think I'm missing something, P37. Are these questions or answers, please? :confused:)
(e.d. :o)
(I think I'm missing something, P37. Are these questions or answers, please? :confused:)
(e.d. :o)
questions, sorry I forget that for many english is not their first language. I 'm sorry to be brief but I was using my phone to post while reinstalling software on the pc
rotobott
06-29-2011, 03:05 PM
The brothers were born in a town called March
The son was the priest conducting the wedding
The brothers were born in a town called March
The son was the priest conducting the wedding
correct
I would give smilies etc but I've just updated to fiefox 5 and they are not appearing at the moment
electile disfunction
06-29-2011, 04:15 PM
What am I?
If you add man to me, a hero I will be,
Something you want to eat, if you add a P,
I take care of a building, but I'm only half of star,
Scientists call me Nova, but I am not a car.
Greenman
06-29-2011, 04:38 PM
Hmm clever this, my answer is SUPERMAN
add man to super and you get superman, add a p and get supper, a super takes care of a building and half of star is super again, then a supernova named by scientists and a car is called a Nova so it is SUPERMAN (I hope) if not I'll take Dusty Bin and a brand new dustbin because that clue is about as lucid as Ted Rogers used to read out on 3-2-1 http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/3-2-1 :D
What goes in stiff and dry, comes out limp and wet and gives GREAT pleasure?
What is pink and hard first thing int he morning?
TCO95
06-30-2011, 02:24 AM
What goes in stiff and dry, comes out limp and wet and gives GREAT pleasure?
What is pink and hard first thing int he morning?
Spaghetti,
Fingernails.
TCO95
06-30-2011, 02:29 AM
Good idea for a thread Jonesy...
My turn....
A policeman is walking past a building and hears someone shout "Not the gun John...noooooooooo!!!!", followed by the sound of a gunshot. The policeman runs into the building and sees a body on the floor next to a smoking gun, he also sees a doctor, a lawer, a postman, a newsagent, a boxer and a circus ringmaster. Without questioning any of these he walks over to the postman and arrests him for murder.....why?.......... :confused:
All the others were dead.
Emnky
06-30-2011, 08:13 AM
Credit to those who got it right..
The bus driver was indeed walking......
The other 'suspects' the policeman looked at were indeed women...
and of course red (read) all over was a newspaper...
Congrats........:D
Spaghetti,
Fingernails.
Nope,
Tea bags
The Financila Times Crosswrod (The Financial Times here in the UK is printed on pink paper for some reason):)
Two identical twins born in the USA, the younger one celebrates his birthday, then 2 days later the older one celebrates his. How come?
(Hint: If I say was it their 20th or 21st birthday, which was it?)
electile disfunction
06-30-2011, 01:45 PM
Hmm clever this, my answer is SUPERMAN
add man to super and you get superman, add a p and get supper, a super takes care of a building and half of star is super again, then a supernova named by scientists and a car is called a Nova so it is SUPERMAN (I hope) if not I'll take Dusty Bin and a brand new dustbin because that clue is about as lucid as Ted Rogers used to read out on 3-2-1 http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/3-2-1 :D
You got all the clues correct; it is just "super"! :D
e.d.
TCO95
06-30-2011, 05:47 PM
Two identical twins born in the USA, the younger one celebrates his birthday, then 2 days later the older one celebrates his. How come?
(Hint: If I say was it their 20th or 21st birthday, which was it?)
This one made my head hurt. ;)
My guess would be they crossed the international date line after the birth of baby 1, or youngest child. Going from March 1 back to Feb.28. The second baby, or eldest, would then be born during a leap year. During non leap years the second child would be two days older.
Warren G
06-30-2011, 07:45 PM
Three men go to stay at a motel, and the man at the desk charges them $30.00 for a room. They split the cost ten dollars each. Later the manager tells the desk man that he overcharged the men, that the actual cost should have been $25.00. The manager gives the bellboy $5.00 and tells him to give it to the men.
The bellboy, however, decides to cheat the men and pockets $2.00, giving each of the men only one dollar.
Now each man has paid $9.00 to stay in the room and 3 x $9.00 = $27.00. The bellboy has pocketed $2.00. $27.00 + $2.00 = $29.00 - so where is the missing $1.00?
TCO95
06-30-2011, 07:51 PM
Now each man has paid $9.00 to stay in the room and 3 x $9.00 = $27.00. The bellboy has pocketed $2.00. $27.00 + $2.00 = $29.00 - so where is the missing $1.00?
The room cost $25 + $3 (returned) + $2 (stolen) = $30
This one made my head hurt. ;)
My guess would be they crossed the international date line after the birth of baby 1, or youngest child. Going from March 1 back to Feb.28. The second baby, or eldest, would then be born during a leap year. During non leap years the second child would be two days older.
Close but no cigar. The mother was on an American train traveling from East to West, and gave birth to the older during the first hour of March 1st. Then the train moved into a different time zone an hour behind, so the younger was born during the last hour of February 28th. They are celebrating their birthdays in a leap year, but it can't be their 20th birthday otherwise it would have been a leap year when they were born, which it wasn't.
cherry88
07-12-2011, 04:57 AM
I think I just fail at riddles or something but the only one I could guess was the one about the lions who have not eaten for 3 years. You know what,I'm not even going to try anymore... it makes my brain hurt >.<
boris badenov
09-09-2011, 09:14 AM
Here is a simple one.
An honest lawyer,a crooked lawyer,and Santa Claus are sitting at a table in the back room of a bar.On the table is a check for 1 million dollars.
Who will end up cashing that check?
well 2 of the three do not exist so it will be the one that does bur i ain't saying anything bad about lawyers, so that it must be the honest lawyer:D:D:D:D
Knetic
09-09-2011, 02:22 PM
Interesting topic. Here's my puzzle (and it's not easy).
I'm a four-digit number.
My 2nd digit is twice greater than my 3rd.
The sum of all my digits is three times greater than my last digit.
The product of my 3rd and 4th digits is 12 times greater than the ratio of my 2nd to 3rd.
What number am I?
Good Luck
:)
tygrkhat40
09-09-2011, 02:53 PM
Here is a simple one.
An honest lawyer,a crooked lawyer,and Santa Claus are sitting at a table in the back room of a bar.On the table is a check for 1 million dollars.
Who will end up cashing that check?
The crooked lawyer. The other two don't exist.
electile disfunction
09-09-2011, 03:15 PM
Interesting topic. Here's my puzzle (and it's not easy).
I'm a four-digit number.
My 2nd digit is twice greater than my 3rd.
The sum of all my digits is three times greater than my last digit.
The product of my 3rd and 4th digits is 12 times greater than the ratio of my 2nd to 3rd.
What number am I?
Good Luck
:)
I need a bit of clarification, please, as noone speaks the 'same English' anymore ...
if 'wxyz', then
1) w is first digit or fourth (last) digit?
2) x=2y ("twice y") or x=3y ("twice greater than y")?
3) w+x+y+z=3z or 4z (as in '2' above)?
I hope those are clear,
e.d. :)
Knetic
09-09-2011, 03:43 PM
I need a bit of clarification, please, as noone speaks the 'same English' anymore ...
if 'wxyz', then
1) w is first digit or fourth (last) digit?
2) x=2y ("twice y") or x=3y ("twice greater than y")?
3) w+x+y+z=3z or 4z (as in '2' above)?
I hope those are clear,
e.d. :)
Ok, without giving it away and using wxyz.
1) w is the first digit.
2) yes twice greater than y (y2)
3) thant bit i'll let you read a few more times :p(there is no trick in the wording though)
:)
Enjoy
TCO95
09-09-2011, 04:50 PM
Interesting topic. Here's my puzzle (and it's not easy).
I'm a four-digit number.
My 2nd digit is twice greater than my 3rd.
The sum of all my digits is three times greater than my last digit.
The product of my 3rd and 4th digits is 12 times greater than the ratio of my 2nd to 3rd.
What number am I?
Good Luck
:)
The number is 0846.
electile disfunction
09-09-2011, 07:04 PM
Interesting topic. Here's my puzzle (and it's not easy).
I'm a four-digit number.
My 2nd digit is twice greater than my 3rd.
The sum of all my digits is three times greater than my last digit.
The product of my 3rd and 4th digits is 12 times greater than the ratio of my 2nd to 3rd.
What number am I?
Good Luck
:)
The number is 0846.
That might work, TCO! :D
If it doesn't--because of the "times greater" ambiguity--then we should try 0423 because the ratio of 4:2 can be seen as 1/2. (and 1/2*12 is 6, or 2*3)
Let's see what happens. :thumbsup:
e.d. :)
P.S. In case I wasn't clear before ... "twice greater than" can be read as "greater than by two times that number". So 'a is twice greater than b' can be read as 'a > b by 2 times b, therefore a = 3*b because a= b + (2*b).
Knetic
09-12-2011, 10:16 AM
0846 is correct. It could also be 7638 and a few others. The trick is to work from the middle as you no doubt know.
Congrats to those who got it and to those who tried and it pissed them off ;)
Knetic
09-12-2011, 12:50 PM
I'm not sure where to post this or start a new thread (I'm sure a mod will know)
This is a little different from what we've had so far, more interactive. That is to say a card trick
I will not be predicting your cards, you or a friend can find them. My question is how did you do it?
Step 1 : Take 3 random cards out of a pack
Step 2: Write them down (it's hard to remember 3 cards) and keep them for now
Step 3: place a pile (pile 1) face down of 10 cards. another pile (2) of 15 cards, a third pile (3) of 15 cards. This should leave 9 cards, pile 4. (All face down)
Step 4: Place any of your chosen cards (that you wrote down and still have) on to pile 1.
Step 5: Cut pile 2 (15 cards) any place you like and place on top of pile 1
Step 6: Another of your chosen cards on top of pile 2.
Step 7: Cut Pile 3 (15 cards) any place and place on top of pile 2
Step 8: Put your final card on pile 3.
Step 9: Place pile 4 (9 cards) on top of pile 3. (so you now have 3 piles)
Step 10: Now, pick what is now pile 3 (with the added 9 cards) put on top of pile 2, pick that up and place on top of pile 1. (I think thats quite clear)
Ok... (phew this was quicker in my head :eek:)
The next part you need is to divide the pack. To do this you need two piles. Start with turning a card face up (so you can see what it is) then in a seperate pile a card face down. So you have 2 piles (1 face up.....2 face down....3 face up... 4 face down alternative etc)
It's better to do this with a friend partner for effect
Do this all the way to the end of the pack, tell them (or you) to say stop if they see their card (they haven't)
Disacard the cards that are face up (the ones you can see) and start again with the remaining cards... continue until the end.
At the end you will have 3 cards face up.. three face down. (I like to ask if the 3 cards face up are theirs, they say no.. I say they must have done something wrong and ask what the cards are... They tell me.. then turn over the 3 cards face down.
Apart from it being a card trick, I may as well ask if you can figure it out.
Enjoy :)
boris badenov
09-14-2011, 09:04 PM
Sorry for the wait between Q and A but Tygrkhat40 got it right.
The crooked lawyer will cash the check because the other two are just figments of the imagination.
DJ Kool JB
11-11-2012, 05:59 AM
2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
Answer:
She shot her husband with a camera, developed the photo by holding it under water for five minutes, and hung the picture up on the wall.
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