Riddler's Revival

[Illuminati]

The long-timers will remember Riddler's Gauntlet. And as I'm starting to suffer from lack of mental stimulation (read "stupidity" ;) ), I thought I'd try to revive this. So if you have any new puzzles (or want to reuse some of the older ones again :P) feel free to do so :D

To kick this off, I'll start with a new one I thought up while at work. ;)

I have two Coca-Cola cans side by side on my desk. One I drank half an hour ago, the other just opened. Both are identical in look and size. However, without needing to remember I and, anyone else nearby, can tell which is empty and which is half full.

Without touching or otherwise interacting with either can, how can you tell which is the empty and which is the just-opened can?

Riddlers and solvers, start your brains again :D

[J'Pol]

Are they sitting on scales at all.

[J'Pol]

Or perhaps do they have straws in them.

[Illuminati]

Nope - They're sitting on a normal desk, and there's nothing added to either can.

Bar the coke of course :D

[bigboab]

Is one them thinner than the other because of lack of compression?

[vidcc]

One has condensation on the outside halfway up the can

edit: the half full one

[Illuminati]

Originally posted by bigboab+15 August 2004 - 21:49--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (bigboab @ 15 August 2004 - 21:49)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Is one them thinner than the other because of lack of compression? [/b]
AFAIK, both would have suffered from lack of compression - Both were opened so both would have been subject to atmospheric pressure.

Even if I&#39;m wrong, it ain&#39;t the answer :P

<!--QuoteBegin-vidcc
One has condensation on the outside halfway up the can[/quote]

CORRECT&#33; :clap:

The can was just opened so it can be assumed that the can is colder than atmospheric temperature. With the wall of the can being colder than atmospheric, condensation would have appeared on the can where the drink was still. Therefore, nothing had to be done on the can...except look at them ;)

Anyone else want to start one, or should I start another? :)

[vidcc]

mind you.... there was no mention of tha cans coming from the cooler :nono: :lol:

can&#39;t think of one offhand but i&#39;ll try later...if you have one keep it up :D

[thewizeard]

Probably been "done" before but for the sake of momentum... :)

A plane crashed and every single person on board this flight was killed, yet...there we&#39;re suvivors. Explain how?

[DanB]

An unborn baby in a passengers womb? :unsure:

[Snee]

Animal cargo

[DanB]

That was my 2nd thought :D

[DarthInsinuate]

Originally posted by nigel123@15 August 2004 - 22:13
Probably been "done" before but for the sake of momentum...&nbsp; :)

A plane crashed and every single person on board this flight was killed, yet...there we&#39;re suvivors. Explain how?
survivors on the ground?

edited for crassness

[thewizeard]

Nope, nope nope and nope... :lol:

[bigboab]

Were the survivors married?

[vidcc]

the people that lived were not single

[vidcc]

i wonder if these post go alpabetically if posted at the same time :lol: :lol:


How can a woman living in New Jersey, legally marry 3 men, without ever getting a divorce, be widowed, or becoming legally separated?

[thewizeard]

Correct answer&#33; By a fluke of fate, all the married passengers survived... :P

[thewizeard]

Originally posted by vidcc@15 August 2004 - 21:41
i wonder if these post go alpabetically if posted at the same time :lol: :lol:


[COLOR=red]How can a woman living in New Jersey, legally marry 3 men, without ever getting a divorce, be widowed, or becoming legally separated?
She is a priest(ess) ? :)

[vidcc]

Originally posted by nigel123+15 August 2004 - 15:42--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (nigel123 @ 15 August 2004 - 15:42)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-vidcc@15 August 2004 - 21:41
i wonder if these post go alpabetically if posted at the same time&nbsp; :lol:&nbsp; :lol:


[COLOR=red]How can a woman living in New Jersey, legally marry 3 men, without ever getting a divorce, be widowed, or becoming legally separated?
She is a priest(ess) ? :) [/b][/quote]
correct.... It&#39;s her job, she&#39;s a Justice of the Peace or a Minister.

[vidcc]

If, having only one match, on a freezing winter day, you entered a room which contained a lamp, a kerosene heater, and a wood burning stove, which should you light first.

[Illuminati]

Originally posted by vidcc@15 August 2004 - 22:45
If, having only one match, on a freezing winter day, you entered a room which contained a lamp, a kerosene heater, and a wood burning stove, which should you light first.
The match :P

[vidcc]

it was too easy :lol:

[Illuminati]

There is something that almost everyone wants, that everyone can have, and that people are now fighting for. But while fighting for it, they have lost it. What is it?

[vidcc]

ok old one here


http://www.danphillips.com/burning_man_2000/art_2/images/phone_booth_and_mail.jpg

here is a picture of the location a death scene before it happened.

A man was found slumped on the floor of the phone booth dead. He was dressed in his fishing clothes and the phone was hanging down off the hook. either side the panes of glass were broken and the deceased had both wrist slashed.

What happened?

[vidcc]

Originally posted by Illuminati@15 August 2004 - 16:03
There is something that almost everyone wants, that everyone can have, and that people are now fighting for. But while fighting for it, they have lost it. What is it?
peace?

[Illuminati]

Originally posted by vidcc+15 August 2004 - 23:06--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (vidcc @ 15 August 2004 - 23:06)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Illuminati@15 August 2004 - 16:03
There is something that almost everyone wants, that everyone can have, and that people are now fighting for. But while fighting for it, they have lost it. What is it?
peace? [/b][/quote]
Winner&#33; :D Yep, the answer was peace :)

We need some harder riddles - Someone shout MagicNakor to come in here :lol:

Having said that, the phone one has got me intrigued :) and stumped :(

[vidcc]

Ok a clue...think silly

[bigboab]

Ok a clue...think silly

I dont have any other bloody option. :(



Was the man in the phone booth out fishing and got &#39;picked&#39; up by a tornado and landed in the phone booth?

[Illuminati]

Originally posted by Mr JP Fugley@16 August 2004 - 12:20
was he telling somebody he caught a really big fish and pushed his hands out through the glass to show them the size. :blink:
I think we have a winner :D

[vidcc]

Originally posted by Mr JP Fugley@16 August 2004 - 05:20
was he telling somebody he caught a really big fish and pushed his hands out through the glass to show them the size. :blink:
correct...you must be old if you&#39;d heard it ...silly if you figured it out :lol: :lol:

[vidcc]

an umbrella

[vidcc]

What goes around the world but stays in a corner?

[lynx]

A stamp.


Tommy&#39;s mom has three sons. The youngest son is named "Nickel". The middle son is named "Dime". What is the name of the oldest son?

[vidcc]

tommy

[bigboab]

Jenny is facetious. She is also abstemious. She gets pneumonia. Given those clues, what is the only American tree(s) she will like?

[lynx]

Sequoias :lol:

:angry: Anti-spam :angry:

[vidcc]

a jolly girl that either eats little or is amish with a cold...... racked my brains on this and i give up. :frusty:

Probably haven&#39;t looked at it simply enough :blink:

[lynx]

Originally posted by vidcc@17 August 2004 - 17:29
a jolly girl that either eats little or is amish with a cold...... racked my brains on this and i give up. :frusty:

Probably haven&#39;t looked at it simply enough :blink:
You haven&#39;t looked at my answer properly either, it happens to be right - think vowels.

[vidcc]

ah well if i had noticed that :frusty: i would have been in trouble anyway for my lack of knowledge of timber :lol: :lol:

[thewizeard]

Ok here is another one to keep things going:

In 1990, a person is 15 years old. In 1995 that same person is 10 years old.
How is this possible?

http://smilies.sofrayt.com/%5E/k/hour.gif

[Illuminati]

Simple - You&#39;re talking about 1990 & 1995 BC ;)

[thewizeard]

Right, right; now where are my cigars? :)

[vidcc]

Ok...a very light hearted one. :D

Virgin airlines have a vacancy for an air hostest and 3 women apply.
They all have the same experience and quailifications so it comes down to the final tie-breaker question.................


halfway through a flight you find a wallet in the aisle....what do you do?.

1st girl...... take it to the galley and announce over the PA that a wallet has been found so could the owner collect it

2nd girl...... take it to the galley and with a witness look to find some ID and return it to the owner

3rd girl...... put it in my handbag and keep it...finders keepers losers weepers.

from all the information which one logically got the job?

[Barbarossa]

Originally posted by vidcc@18 August 2004 - 00:46
Ok...a very light hearted one. :D

Virgin airlines have a vacancy for an air hostest and 3 women apply.
They all have the same experience and quailifications so it comes down to the final tie-breaker question.................


halfway through a flight you find a wallet in the aisle....what do you do?.

1st girl...... take it to the galley and announce over the PA that a wallet has been found so could the owner collect it

2nd girl...... take it to the galley and with a witness look to find some ID and return it to the owner

3rd girl...... put it in my handbag and keep it...finders keepers losers weepers.

from all the information which one logically got the job?
The one with the biggest tits? :unsure:

[Illuminati]

Originally posted by nigel123@17 August 2004 - 21:45
Right, right; now where are my cigars? :)
Heh-hey - I forgot about the cigars&#33; :D And it took me weeks of rehab to go cold turkey :(

Anyway, for colin&#39;s puzzle - Logic-wise, I&#39;d have said number 2. But as this is the Gauntlet, things aren&#39;t always as they first seem :unsure:

[Gemby!]

Originally posted by vidcc@17 August 2004 - 23:46
Ok...a very light hearted one. :D

Virgin airlines have a vacancy for an air hostest and 3 women apply.
They all have the same experience and quailifications so it comes down to the final tie-breaker question.................


halfway through a flight you find a wallet in the aisle....what do you do?.

1st girl...... take it to the galley and announce over the PA that a wallet has been found so could the owner collect it

2nd girl...... take it to the galley and with a witness look to find some ID and return it to the owner

3rd girl...... put it in my handbag and keep it...finders keepers losers weepers.

from all the information which one logically got the job?
2nd girl &#33; :01:

[DanB]

Originally posted by vidcc@18 August 2004 - 00:46
Ok...a very light hearted one. :D

Virgin airlines have a vacancy for an air hostest and 3 women apply.
They all have the same experience and quailifications so it comes down to the final tie-breaker question.................


halfway through a flight you find a wallet in the aisle....what do you do?.

1st girl...... take it to the galley and announce over the PA that a wallet has been found so could the owner collect it

2nd girl...... take it to the galley and with a witness look to find some ID and return it to the owner

3rd girl...... put it in my handbag and keep it...finders keepers losers weepers.

from all the information which one logically got the job?
3rd girl :01:

[lynx]

Originally posted by vidcc@18 August 2004 - 00:46
from all the information which one logically got the job?
They are female air hostesses, what has logic got to do with it? :rolleyes:

[vidcc]

Originally posted by barbarossa@18 August 2004 - 03:19
The one with the biggest tits? :unsure:
correct :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Barbarossa]

Originally posted by vidcc+18 August 2004 - 15:57--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (vidcc @ 18 August 2004 - 15:57)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-barbarossa@18 August 2004 - 03:19
The one with the biggest tits?&nbsp; :unsure:
correct :lol: :lol: :lol: [/b][/quote]
Waahey! :D

OK my go.

There is a ladder on the side of a boat, and at low tide there are 8 rungs of the ladder above sea level.

If the rungs are 12" (inches) apart, and the difference in the water level between low tide and high tide is 5' (feet), how many rungs of the ladder will be above the water at high tide?



:confused:

[vidcc]

Unless the boat has a leak i would say 8 :D

[Barbarossa]

Originally posted by vidcc@18 August 2004 - 16:23
Unless the boat has a leak i would say 8 :D
Correct&#33; (must have been too easy :P )

[vidcc]

Originally posted by barbarossa+18 August 2004 - 09:24--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (barbarossa @ 18 August 2004 - 09:24)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-vidcc@18 August 2004 - 16:23
Unless the boat has a leak i would say 8 :D
Correct! (must have been too easy :P ) [/b][/quote]
WAAAAAAAAyyyyyyyyy too easy if i got it :lol: :lol:

Time to get on with some work...look forward to more brain teasers later

[bigboab]

Originally posted by lynx@17 August 2004 - 10:30
Sequoias :lol:

:angry: Anti-spam :angry:
Thats it Lynx. ;) Using all the vowells. :) Sorry I could not reply earlier. Could not log on. Had to go through Google eventually. Kazzaa was working but the Forum woudn&#39;t, and still wont. :(

[Illuminati]

Think of words ending in "gry". Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What&#39;s the third word?

CLUE - The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have read it carefully, I&#39;vealready told you what it is. :P

[vidcc]

Originally posted by bigboab@18 August 2004 - 16:45
. Kazzaa was working but the Forum woudn&#39;t, and still wont. :(
Sometimes that happens to me. Try deleting your temp. internet files including the fst cookies and restart your web browser

[vidcc]

Originally posted by Illuminati@18 August 2004 - 17:34
Think of words ending in "gry". Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What&#39;s the third word?

CLUE - The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have read it carefully, I&#39;vealready told you what it is. :P
language

[DarthInsinuate]

gry is a word, http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gry, has the answer but i don&#39;t get it

[vidcc]

Originally posted by DarthInsinuate@18 August 2004 - 18:19
gry is a word, http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gry, has the answer but i don&#39;t get it
It does?...i just heard it a long time ago. but here goes

ignore the "gry" the question said there are only 3 words in "the English language"...what&#39;s the 3rd word?
"Gry" was just a distraction

another would be

antidisestablishmentarianism is very hard to spell...spell it.

The spelling would be ..... it

[bigboab]

Who was the first President of America?

[Barbarossa]

I'm smelling a trick here.. :eyebrows:

[ilw]

has there ever been one? America is the whole continent (or arguably even 2 continents) isn't it?

[Barbarossa]

Was there a president of another country in the Americas before the United States was invented? :eyebrows:

[bigboab]

No trick. I am talking about the U.S. :)
You might find the answer shows how history is manipulated to suit the country.

[Barbarossa]

I guess you're talking about this guy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hanson)

You're right, until 10 minutes ago I had never heard of him :dabs:

[bigboab]

I guess you're talking about this guy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hanson)

You're right, until 10 minutes ago I had never heard of him :dabs:

:badabumdeesh: Thats the man. Written out off history.:(

Now that is discrimination at the highest level..

Your turn.:)

[Barbarossa]

How quickly can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing was wrong with it at all, and in fact, nothing is. But it is unusual. Why? If you study it and think about it you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without coaching. No doubt if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. I don't know. Now, go to work and try your luck.

[bigboab]

How quickly can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing was wrong with it at all, and in fact, nothing is. But it is unusual. Why? If you study it and think about it you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without coaching. No doubt if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. I don't know. Now, go to work and try your luck.

Pass. I know this one.:)

[Snee]

E.

[tralalala]

^ :01:

[lynx]

Hu is the president of China.

[Ænima]

How quickly can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing was wrong with it at all, and in fact, nothing is. But it is unusual. Why? If you study it and think about it you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without coaching. No doubt if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. I don't know. Now, go to work and try your luck.
the bold should be "all; and in fact, nothing is." There needs to be a semicolon after "all" because a comma cannot join two independent clauses.

[thewizeard]

How quickly can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing was wrong with it at all, and in fact, nothing is. But it is unusual. Why? If you study it and think about it you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without coaching. No doubt if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. I don't know. Now, go to work and try your luck.
the bold should be "all; and in fact, nothing is." There needs to be a semicolon after "all" because a comma cannot join two independent clauses.

Yes that too...

[bigboab]

the bold should be "all; and in fact, nothing is." There needs to be a semicolon after "all" because a comma cannot join two independent clauses.

Yes that too...

A person who cleans hissoul should know all about colons.:whistling

[Snee]

How quickly can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing was wrong with it at all, and in fact, nothing is. But it is unusual. Why? If you study it and think about it you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without coaching. No doubt if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. I don't know. Now, go to work and try your luck.
the bold should be "all; and in fact, nothing is." There needs to be a semicolon after "all" because a comma cannot join two independent clauses.

/fail.

[Ænima]

the bold should be "all; and in fact, nothing is." There needs to be a semicolon after "all" because a comma cannot join two independent clauses.

/fail.
Yeah, so, um what is it then?

[ilw]

snny gave the answer. The entire paragraph is missing the most common letter, e.

[bigboab]

We are waiting Snny.:)

[Barbarossa]

/fail.
Yeah, so, um what is it then?

I think he meant the "feeling the need to correct someone else's grammar" kind of fail. :dabs:


I copy/pasted the original text from somewhere else, by the way :blink:

[bigboab]

Yeah, so, um what is it then?

I think he meant the "feeling the need to correct someone else's grammar" kind of fail. :dabs:


I copy/pasted the original text from somewhere else, by the way :blink:

We really need to treat this as an a Dickshun.:lol:

[Snee]

Yeah, so, um what is it then?

I think he meant the "feeling the need to correct someone else's grammar" kind of fail. :dabs:


I copy/pasted the original text from somewhere else, by the way :blink:

Yeah, that and he needs to read up on conjunctions after commas.


=-=-

Rite, here's an old puzzle (couldn't think of any good riddles), I hope I remember it correctly:

You've got these nine dots, see.

. _. _.
. _. _.
. _. _.





Now, using no more than four straight lines, you are supposed to connect these nine dots. But you're not allowed to just make an asterisk or something, each line following the first has to begin at the same point the one before it ends.

Connect the dots, answer using paint or something.

(If this is unclear, I'll elaborate.)

It's very simple, really.

[Barbarossa]

Nice one! Like those sort of puzzles :smilie4:

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/9688/sneespuzzlezg6.jpg

[Snee]

That was quick :sly:

First time I encountered it I was the only person who got it, in a group of maybe 20 people.

Most of them were girls, though :ghey:

Your turn again :01:

[Barbarossa]

I admit it's not the first time I've seen that one... :blushing:


Here you go.

Census

A census taker approaches a house and asks the woman who answers the door "How many children do you have, and what are their ages?"

Woman: "I have three children, the product of their ages are 36, the sum of their ages are equal to the address of the house next door."

The census taker walks next door, comes back and says "I need more information."

The woman replies "I have to go, my oldest child is sleeping upstairs."

Census taker: "Thank you, I now have everything I need."

What are the ages of each of the three children?

[tralalala]

well i'm sure it has something to do with the fact he is a census taker, but i'm not american so i ain't got a clue.

[Snee]

2, 2 and 9, I think, or at least that's a possible solution, the simplest possible one I could think of, anyways. There's an oldest child. So the highest number has to be unique. The number on the house next door didn't help me any, though.

I figure there has to be twins, 'cos that's sneaky. Once I decided that, it was easy.

[Barbarossa]

Well, you got the right answer somehow :blink:

The key point is that he needed further information, so that there must have been two sets of factors of 36 that added up to the number next door. They could only be 9, 2 and 2, or 6, 6 and 1, so next door must have been 13. By telling him that she had an "oldest" child, that eliminated the second one. (assuming that twins are the same age :dry: )

If it had been any of the other factors of 36 (12+3+1=16; 3+3+4=10; 18+2+1=21; 9+4+1=14) he'd have known which one it was from the number next door, so wouldn't have needed to come back.

Your go :01:

[tralalala]

sweet explanation Barbs.. You're good at this stuff aint you?

[Snee]

Well, you got the right answer somehow :blink:

The key point is that he needed further information, so that there must have been two sets of factors of 36 that added up to the number next door. They could only be 9, 2 and 2, or 6, 6 and 1, so next door must have been 13. By telling him that she had an "oldest" child, that eliminated the second one. (assuming that twins are the same age :dry: )

If it had been any of the other factors of 36 (12+3+1=16; 3+3+4=10; 18+2+1=21; 9+4+1=14) he'd have known which one it was from the number next door, so wouldn't have needed to come back.

Your go :01:
I bet you could hit 32 with liek decimals and imaginary numbers, yeah.


I gots to go off and eat and so forth, so if someone else wants to step in wih a riddle or puzzle, that's fine by me.

[tralalala]

Can't remember if this was posted before, but pretty easy:

What's greater than G-d, more evil than the devil,
The poor have it, the rich need it,
And if you eat it.. You'll die?

[Snee]

I know that one :01:, pass.

[Barbarossa]

I know it too, so pass also :smilie4:

[ilw]

i know it too, but meh, its nothing.

You are driving down the road in your car on a wild, stormy night, when you pass by a bus stop and you see three people waiting for the bus

An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.
An old friend who once saved your life.
The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.

Knowing that there can only be one passenger in your car, whom would you choose and what should you do?
(I'll only accept a complete answer)

[Snee]

Send the old lady and your friend off in the car, I guess. So he or she can drive her to a hospital or something, if she really is about to die.

Take the bus with the hottie*.

:idunno:

EDit: it sounded vaguely familiar, though. I might have seen it on this forum, like.

EDitII: *he or she will be dead impressed, what with you helping to save that old lady, and meanwhile your best friend saved your life, so there's a fair chance he or she is better at it than you (or me, assuming I've not saved anyone's life or owt, whatever).

[bigboab]

Take the old lady. She is of immediate concern.

The person who saved your life did not do it to be repaid. He will do the same thing tomorrow if the occasion arises.

The one you have been dreaming about? Your perfect partner? She may be your perfect partner but you might not be hers.:)

[ilw]

yep snny you got it, don't think it was posted in the riddles before, but i could be wrong

[Snee]

Right, an old one, then:

You need to find something (doesn't matter what).

What you do know is that what you are seeking is located somewhere along the road you are standing on, and whatever it is, it should be unmissable from the road, once you get close enough. It's a straight road, running from your left to your right.

In front of you you've got two twin boys, whom you know, but can't tell apart. One of them is notorious for lying, in fact he never tells the truth. The other never ever lies. They both know in which direction what you are looking for is. For whatever reason, you only have time to pick one boy, and ask him one question to find out where what you are looking for is.

What should you ask him?

[Barbarossa]

I know this one :happy:

I'll give other people a chance... :whistling

[Barbarossa]

No takers :blink:


ask any of the twins "what would the other one say if I ask them?", and then go in the opposite direction of the response.

If you're asking the truthful one, he'd know the other one would lie and tell you the false way, so that's what he'd say.

If you're asking the liar, he'd know the other one would tell the truth, so he'd like about it, and tell you the false way.

Either way, you get told the false way.


There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?

[tralalala]

I got that one in an e-mail once.. Will let others try.

[Snee]

No takers :blink:


ask any of the twins "what would the other one say if I ask them?", and then go in the opposite direction of the response.

If you're asking the truthful one, he'd know the other one would lie and tell you the false way, so that's what he'd say.

If you're asking the liar, he'd know the other one would tell the truth, so he'd like about it, and tell you the false way.

Either way, you get told the false way.


There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?

I cheated, like, and there are two words like that, apparentl.

Bump, though :unsure:

[Barbarossa]

What's the other one?

[Jiggles]

sorry to talk about an old riddle,

the first post-


I have two Coca-Cola cans side by side on my desk. One I drank half an hour ago, the other just opened. Both are identical in look and size. However, without needing to remember I and, anyone else nearby, can tell which is empty and which is half full.

Without touching or otherwise interacting with either can, how can you tell which is the empty and which is the just-opened can?lol at the answer being to do with the look when he says they look identical in the riddle. smh

[Jiggles]

What's the other one?

btw, whats the first word?

[Snee]

What's the other one?

From what I understand, the usual answer is "startling", and then there was "splitting" assuming you allow "ting" (not entirely uncommon onomatopoeia, apparently) as a word.

However, according to this (http://www.snopes.com/language/puzzlers/9letters.asp) wot I just found, you got many options more :blink:

[Barbarossa]

That's all good stuff.


@jiggles, my hastily thought up alternate answer is that there would be a slight but noticeable fizzing sound coming from the recently opened can :01:

[Jiggles]

That's all good stuff.


@jiggles, my hastily thought up alternate answer is that there would be a slight but noticeable fizzing sound coming from the recently opened can :01:

i doubt it, you only hear that fizzing sound at the time you open it, after that its completely silent.

[Barbarossa]

I reckon it will still fizz in the can for a good two minutes. The sound will also be amplified because of the tinniness of the can :smilie4:

I am quite an expert on coke cans

[Jiggles]

I reckon it will still fizz in the can for a good two minutes. The sound will also be amplified because of the tinniness of the can :smilie4:

I am quite an expert on coke cans

thats the best answer for that riddle.

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try this word based riddle, its sooo hard-

What starts with "e" ends with "e" and contains only one letter?

[tralalala]

no idea.. sounds difficult.. a clue maybe? :)

[Barbarossa]

:eyebrows:

I'm guessing the answer is "envelope".

Although "eye" fits in with the clue quite nicely too.

[bigboab]

:eyebrows:

I'm guessing the answer is "envelope".

Although "eye" fits in with the clue quite nicely too.

I have never seen(no pun) eye as an answer to that before. Excellent piece of deduction.:clap:

[tralalala]

Wow well done Barbs.. Am liking the brilliance going round here.. :)

[tralalala]

Right here's a silly one:

A man and his date decided to go watch a movie.. They did indeed go, but while they were there, the man suddenly thought "jeez, I hate this girl.. She's the one that dated my best friend a while back". He then slit her throat, and got her out of the movie without any of the other viewers noticing.

How is this possible?

[Jiggles]

correct Barbarossa, although "eye" is a better answer :happy:.

you said silly, so heres a silly answer :)

its possible if the mans date was a midget, he then slit her throat at the exact time the movie was at a loud scene, he then put her in his rucksack. :D

[tralalala]

Interesting, but not the answer we're looking for..

Maybe it's not as silly as I thought :blink: Actually this could really happen in reality now that I think of it.

[Snee]

Right here's a silly one:

A man and his date decided to go watch a movie.. They did indeed go, but while they were there, the man suddenly thought "jeez, I hate this girl.. She's the one that dated my best friend a while back". He then slit her throat, and got her out of the movie without any of the other viewers noticing.

How is this possible?

He killed everyone else first. Easy.

[bigboab]

Right here's a silly one:

A man and his date decided to go watch a movie.. They did indeed go, but while they were there, the man suddenly thought "jeez, I hate this girl.. She's the one that dated my best friend a while back". He then slit her throat, and got her out of the movie without any of the other viewers noticing.

How is this possible?

Was the man also an actor in the movie he was watching?

[Jiggles]

they could of gone to one of those drive-in movie theatres, and parked right at the back, he could slit her throat and put her in the car easily.

[tralalala]

Jiggles got it right this time.. Well done :) Your turn.

[Jiggles]

ok,

this is sort of similar to yours,

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?

[bigboab]

ok,

this is sort of similar to yours,

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?

Is it a photograph of her husband that she shoots then develops?

[Jiggles]

yes your right bigboab,

here is the full answer-

The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry.

[bigboab]

Given a list of integer variables A. B .C. D. E. F.
each contain an integer.
You are required to reverse the contents of the variables so that A = F. B = E. C = D. D = C. E = B. F = A.
You are not allowed to use any other variables.

i.e. If you start of with

A = 1. B = 2. C = 3. D = 4. E = 5. F = 6.
You should end up with
A = 6. B = 5. C = 4. D = 3. E = 2. F = 1.

Computer programmers should find this easy.:)

[Barbarossa]

Good one! :smilie4:

Obviously, normally I'd use another variable, but without that it makes it interesting.

I think this should work:


Set A = A + F
Set F = A - F
Set A = A - F

Set B = B + E
Set E = B - E
Set B = B - E

Set C = C + D
Set D = C - D
Set C = C - D

Not very elegant, but if you work through the example..

Starting with A=1,F=6
A = A + F : ( A = 1 + 6 = 7 )
F = A - F : ( F = 7 - 6 = 1 )
A = A - F : ( A = 7 - 1 = 6 )
etc.

[bigboab]

Good one! :smilie4:

Obviously, normally I'd use another variable, but without that it makes it interesting.

I think this should work:


Set A = A + F
Set F = A - F
Set A = A - F

Set B = B + E
Set E = B - E
Set B = B - E

Set C = C + D
Set D = C - D
Set C = C - D

Not very elegant, but if you work through the example..

Starting with A=1,F=6
A = A + F : ( A = 1 + 6 = 7 )
F = A - F : ( F = 7 - 6 = 1 )
A = A - F : ( A = 7 - 1 = 6 )
etc.


Thats it. Move to the top of the class.:)

Oh! you are at the top of the class, sorry.

[Barbarossa]

:smartass:


Two numbers m and n are chosen such that 1 < m <= n < 100.
Mr. S. is told their sum.
Mr. P. is told their product.

The following dialogue takes place:-

Mr. P.: "I don't know the numbers."
Mr. S.: "I know that you don't know the numbers. I don't know them either."
Mr. P.: "Now I know them."
Mr. S.: "Now I know them, too."

What are the two numbers?

[bigboab]

Is this the answer?

M = 2
N = 2

[Jiggles]

here's a riddle-

If a man carried my burden, he would break his back.
I am not rich, but leave silver in my track.
What am I?

[Barbarossa]

Is this the answer?

M = 2
N = 2

Afraid not :(

[Barbarossa]

here's a riddle-

If a man carried my burden, he would break his back.
I am not rich, but leave silver in my track.
What am I?

Hoi! You have to solve my riddle first :nono:

snail?

[Jiggles]

lol, its maths, im crap at maths, and its proably to do with 4 or 2 or something.

lol at the spoiler, your correct, your too good :(.

well, im out of riddles, so yours still stands.

its 4 and 13, but i checked it up, but i still dont get it, its about logicial thinking n stuff, heres a link- http://www.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/~sillke/PUZZLES/logic_sum_product (http://www.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/%7Esillke/PUZZLES/logic_sum_product)

i still dont understand, how does it work then?

[bigboab]

Afraid not :([/quote]

Help!:(

I need a wee bit of help. Is it the split of one of the primary numbers between 11 to 97?

[tralalala]

I must admit I have no clue how on earth this sum/problem works.. :blink: Barbs - Any chance of a simple and full explanation?

[Jiggles]

barbs??

im dying to find out what this riddle is about.

[Barbarossa]

:lol:

I heard this ages ago, and I managed to solve it by a process of trial and error, it's to do with number theory and such like.

There are plenty of write-ups about it on the internet... :whistling

[Jiggles]

that was a quick response, how fast is your pc????

[Barbarossa]

I will attempt an explanation next week, I'm off sick at the moment, and don't feel up to it :(

[Jiggles]

next week?

how complex is this riddle?

[Barbarossa]

that was a quick response, how fast is your pc????

It's like... instant or something :idunno:

[Barbarossa]

next week?

how complex is this riddle?

The part of my brain I need to use is covered in snot

[Jiggles]

ok, thats some complex riddle, i read the explanation of it like 5 times and still dont understand it.

why did you post such a riddle? huh? why? why? my brain hurts.

[bigboab]

ok, thats some complex riddle, i read the explanation of it like 5 times and still dont understand it.

why did you post such a riddle? huh? why? why? my brain hurts.

I am still halfway through it. Don't think I will make it.:)

@jiggles, Aspirin is quite good for small aches and pains.:rolleyes:

[Jiggles]

i have a big headache, so aspirin wont do :P

i told barbs to explain it, i'll have to wait till next week :blink:

[Jiggles]

moving along.....

How are a jeweller and a jailer alike?

[Something Else]

I found it on the interwebs as I had no chance of working out for myself after 3 full minutes of struggle.

Two Mathematicians Problem

Date: 05/18/98 at 04:46:56
From: Yusuf Kursat TUNCEL
Subject: 2 Mathematicians Problem

Dear Dr. Math,

We are given that X and Y are two integers, greater than 1, are not
equal, and their sum is less than 100. A and B are two talented
mathematicians; A is given the sum, and B is given the product of
these numbers:

B says "I cannot find these numbers."
A says "I was sure that you could not find them."
B says "Then, I found these numbers."
A says "If you could find them, then I also found them."

What are these numbers?

Here is my approach:

The reason that B cannot find the numbers from their products is that
the product has more than 2 prime factors that are not the same (like
2 * 3 * 5, which results in products like 10 * 3, 2 * 15, and 5 * 6)
So, for A to be sure that B could not find the numbers, A must have a
sum that does not contain a two prime solution pair such as
2 + 13 = 15. A cannot have this because he wouldn't be sure if the
product is given 2 * 13 = 26 or not.

I have written all of the prime numbers from 2 to 100, and added them
with each other, I have eliminated the the results from the set of
numbers 2 - 100 (also 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 can not be sum and
are eliminated automatically) so that I have a set, which contains
probable sum of the numbers:

{11, 17, 23, 27, 29, 33, 35, 37, 41, 47, 51, 53, 57, 59, 65, 67,
71, 75, 77, 79, 83, 87, 89, 93, 95, 97, 98}

Any of the numbers in this set cannot be constructed just by using two
prime numbers. But I couldn't go far. Would you help me?
Date: 05/18/98 at 17:29:46
From: Doctor Rob
Subject: Re: 2 Mathematicians Problem

Your approach is the right one, but you must be careful.

First of all:

2 + 2 = 4 <= X + Y <= 99 and
2 * 2 = 4 <= X * Y <= 2450 = 49 * 50

B says, "I can not find these numbers."

Then X * Y cannot be prime, since it is the product of two numbers
greater than 1. It also cannot be the square of a prime number,
because X and Y are not equal. If X * Y had exactly two proper
divisors, then B would know the two numbers. This eliminates the
product of two distinct primes, and the cube of any prime.

A says, "I was sure that you could not find them."

Yes, X + Y cannot be the sum of two distinct primes, or the sum
of a prime and its square. This forces X + Y to be one of the
following numbers:

11, 17, 23, 27, 29, 35, 37, 41, 47, 51, 53, 57, 59, 65, 67,
71, 77, 79, 83, 87, 89, 93, 95, 97

Since all the remaining sums are odd, one of the two numbers must be
odd and the other even. X * Y must then be even.

B says, "Then, I found these numbers."

B can throw away any factorization of X * Y in which the sum of the
two factors is not one of these numbers. There must be exactly one
such possibility left for him to know the numbers. This eliminates
X * Y = 12, for example, because even though it has factorizations
2 * 6 and 3 * 4, the sums of the two factors, 8 and 7 respectively,
are not in the set of possible sums, so there are no possibilities
left. It also throws out X * Y = 120, because 120 = 5 * 24 = 15 * 8,
and 5 + 24 = 29 and 15 + 8 = 23, which are both on the list, so there
are two possibilities left. This limits the possibilities for the
product to:

18 = 9 * 2, 9 + 2 = 11
24 = 8 * 3, 8 + 3 = 11
28 = 7 * 4, 7 + 4 = 11
50 = 25 * 2, 25 + 2 = 27
52 = 13 * 4, 13 + 4 = 17
54 = 27 * 2, 27 + 2 = 29
76 = 19 * 4, 19 + 4 = 23
92 = 23 * 4, 23 + 4 = 27
96 = 32 * 3, 32 + 3 = 35
98 = 49 * 2, 49 + 2 = 51
100 = 25 * 4, 25 + 4 = 29
112 = 16 * 7, 16 + 7 = 23
124 = 31 * 4, 31 + 4 = 35
140 = 35 * 2, 35 + 2 = 37
144 = 48 * 3, 48 + 3 = 51
148 = 37 * 4, 37 + 4 = 41
152 = 19 * 8, 19 + 8 = 27
160 = 32 * 5, 32 + 5 = 37
172 = 43 * 4, 43 + 4 = 47
176 = 16 * 11, 16 + 11 = 27
188 = 47 * 4, 47 + 4 = 51
192 67
198 29
208 29
212 57
216 35
220 59
222 77
228 79
230 51
232 37
234 35
238 41
244 65
246 47
250 35
... ...

A says, "If you could find them, then I also found them."

This means that the sum in the last preceding list must occur only
once. That eliminates X + Y = 11, 27, 29, 23, 35, 51, 37, 41, 47, ...,
leaving only a single sum that occurs only once in the above table.

This tells you X and Y and how A and B figured them out.

[lynx]

Nice explanation.

I'd got as far as the list of possible sums. In fact that list is incomplete since in our puzzle both numbers could be between 2 and 99 so the sum could be as high as 198, but the reasoning is the same and it turns out that the extra possible sums do not change anything.

[Barbarossa]

moving along.....

How are a jeweller and a jailer alike?

One watches cells and the other sells watches.

I'm told this was my favourite joke when I was 5 :dabs:

[Jiggles]

no shit,

i was told this joke a day before i posted it, it took me ages to work out, even then i had to google it.

[Barbarossa]

I see someone posted an explanation about the previous puzzle. :rolleyes:


Thank fuck! :happy:

[Jiggles]

that had to be the worst riddle ever, it was maths.

[Barbarossa]

We don't seem to have done the "U2 riddle" yet, so let's do it now...

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U2 has a concert that starts in 17 minutes and they must all cross a bridge to get there. All four men begin on the same side of the bridge. You must help them across to the other side in under or at 17 minutes. It is night. There is one flashlight. A maximum of two people can cross at one time. Any party who crosses, either 1 or 2 people, must have the flashlight with them. The flashlight must be walked back and forth, it cannot be thrown, etc. Each band member walks at a different speed. A pair must walk together at the rate of the slower man’s pace:

= Bono: 1 minute to cross
= Edge: 2 minutes to cross
= Adam: 5 minutes to cross
= Larry: 10 minutes to cross

For example: if Bono and Larry walk across first, 10 minutes have elapsed when the get to the other side of the bridge. Larry then returns with the flashlight, a total of 20 minutes have passed and you have failed the mission. There is no trick behind this. It is simple movement of resources in the appropriate order. There are two known answers to this problem. This is based on a question Microsoft used to give to all prospective employees. Note: Microsoft expects you to answer this question in under 5 minutes!

Good Luck!

[Jiggles]

Bono and Edge cross - 2 mins

Bono goes back - 1 mins

Adam and Larry cross - 10 mins

Edge goes back with the light - 2 mins

Bono and Edge cross the bridge - 2 mins

im pretty sure its right

[Barbarossa]

No, that's totally wrong :lol:

Bono and Adam would take 5 minutes, and bono and edge would take 2 minutes.

They have to walk the speed of the slowest person. :whistling


EDIT: Now you've got it right. Get it from Google, did ya? :rolleyes:

[Jiggles]

no,

the trick is


" They have to walk the speed of the slowest person"

thats the key, put the slowest people together to take advantage of the speedy dudes.

[Barbarossa]

Ok, so can you do the classic farmer, fox, chicken, corn problem (without looking it up)

A farmer has to get a sack of corn, a chicken, and a fox across a river. The farmer is only able to bring one of the above items along with him at a time. The only problem is if he leaves the fox alone with the chicken, the fox will eat the chicken, and if he leaves the chicken along the corn sack, then the chicken will eat the corn sack. How does the farmer get all 3 items across safely?

[Jiggles]

ok,

he first gets the chicken and puts it on the other side

goes back and gets the fox and puts it on the other side then takes the chicken

takes the chicken puts it on the starting side, then gets the corn

puts the corn with the fox, then goes back and gets the chicken.

that was easy, and i didnt check it up.

[Jiggles]

heres a riddle-

two shops are facing each other on the same road and they sell the same goods. but they are not competing. how can this be ?

[lynx]

Ok, so can you do the classic farmer, fox, chicken, corn problem (without looking it up)

A farmer has to get a sack of corn, a chicken, and a fox across a river. The farmer is only able to bring one of the above items along with him at a time. The only problem is if he leaves the fox alone with the chicken, the fox will eat the chicken, and if he leaves the chicken along the corn sack, then the chicken will eat the corn sack. How does the farmer get all 3 items across safely?Feed the corn to the chicken, eat the chicken, shoot the fox and carry its dead body across.

That's how a real farmer would have done it at one time.

These days, it's shoot the fox, feed its dead body to the chicken, convert the corn into biofuel and drive across with the chicken.

[Barbarossa]

Sell the corn to the EU, eat the fox, and fuck the chicken.

[Barbarossa]

heres a riddle-

two shops are facing each other on the same road and they sell the same goods. but they are not competing. how can this be ?

Are they both Tesco?

[bigboab]

heres a riddle-

two shops are facing each other on the same road and they sell the same goods. but they are not competing. how can this be ?

Is it a street or a dual carriageway?

[tralalala]

I'm with Barbs on this one.. Sounds like they are both the same shop.

[Snee]

One could be selling new stuff, and the other selling it used.


EDit: nah, they'd still be competing, after a fashion.

[tralalala]

I've got another one..

A man walks into a hospital, then exits it all happy with a huge grin on his face. He then goes on the tube, as the tube hoes into the tunnel he start crying and cursing, and when the tube emerges he smiles once again.


Why did this happen?

[bigboab]

I've got another one..

A man walks into a hospital, then exits it all happy with a huge grin on his face. He then goes on the tube, as the tube hoes into the tunnel he start crying and cursing, and when the tube emerges he smiles once again.


Why did this happen?

Someone punched him while he was in the tunnel because they did not know the answer to this riddle.:whistling


They are, however, still trying to figure it out.

[bigboab]

I think the man went into the hospital because he had lost his sight and it was returned. When he went into the tunnel he thought he had lost it again. Only for it to 'return' when he came out of the tunnel.

It is too early in the morning for me to do puzzles Rafi. I will try again later.:)

[tralalala]

Wow Bob you're wicked at this.. It would make me scary to actually think you guessed that particular answer :ph34r: :scared: (Cos it's spot on).

[Barbarossa]

That's rubbish. I've been on many tube trains, but never any without lights in them :dabs:

[tralalala]

This was one that had the lights cut off as well so the only light they had was from the sun... Ah well..

[bigboab]

Wow Bob you're wicked at this.. It would make me scary to actually think you guessed that particular answer :ph34r: :scared: (Cos it's spot on).

Its just that the hospital is a second home to me. I am also wicked.:lol:

Still waiting on Jiggles answer to the shop one.