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Riddles: The King’s daughter and Guess what…

Posted on 17. Jul, 2009 by Jake.

Riddle: The kings daughter

A young peasant wanted to marry the king’s daughter. The king didn’t like the idea of his daughter marrying a peasant, bet he wanted to appear fair in front of his subjects.
The king said that he would put two peices of paper into a hat, one reading exile and the other reading marriage. Later that day the peasant remained undaunted and , as arranged, arrived a the king’s court where a large crowd gathered for the big event. The peasant then did something that assured him the hand of the kings’s daughter. What did he do?

The peasant picked one of the pieces of paper and tore it up. He then asked the king to show him the other piece of paper which, of course, said exile. The King not wishing to appear fraudulent in front of his subjects, granted that the piece of paper the peasant had picked must have said marriage.

Riddle: What am I?

The maker doesn’t  want it, the buyer doesn’t use it and the user doesn’t see it..what is it?

A coffin

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Riddles:A drop in a Bucket & Codes

Posted on 10. Jul, 2009 by Jake.

RIDDLE: crack the code

Can you translate the following?

yyuryyubicuryy4me

ANSWER :

 Too wise (YY= too wise) you are,
Too wise you be;
I see you are,
Too wise for me.

RIDDLE: bowling balls in buckets

If I were in Hawaii and dropped a bowling ball in a bucket of water which is 45 degrees F, and dropped another ball of the same weight, mass,and size in a bucket at 30 degrees F, both of them at the same time, which ball would hit the bottom of the bucket first?

ANSWER:

 The ball in the bucket of 45 degree F water hits the bottom of the bucket last. Did you think that the water in the 30 degree F bucket is frozen? Think again. The question said nothing about that bucket having anything in it. Therefore, there is no water (or ice) to slow the ball down…

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Riddles: palindromes & Camels

Posted on 03. Jul, 2009 by Jake.

Palindromes

Each pair of hints below relates to two words. One of the words is the other one spelled backward.
Example: married, moisture
Answer: wed, dew

1. light source, rodents
2. dwell, wicked
3. retain, sneaking look
4. weapons, tight fit
5. portion, catching device
6. prize, furniture compartment
7. drinking aid, skin blemishes
8. stopper, big swallow
9. implement, stolen goods
10. precinct, illustrate

What are the ten word pairs?

Answer:

Camel Riddle

An Arab sheik is old and must will his fortune to one of his two sons. He makes a proposition. His two sons will ride their camels in a race, and whichever camel crosses the finish line LAST will win the fortune for its owner. During the race, the two brothers wander aimlessly for days, neither willing to cross the finish line. In desperation, they ask a wise man for advice. He tells them something; then the brothers leap onto the camels and charge toward the finish line. What did the wise man say?

Answer:

The rules of the race were that the owner of the camel that crosses the finish line last wins the fortune. The wise man simply told them to switch camels.

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Einstein’s neighbours and the Hats

Posted on 30. Jun, 2009 by Jake.

Albert Einstein Brain Teaser

This quiz was made up by Albert Einstein and according to him 98% will not solve it.
There is a row of five houses, each having a different colour. In these houses live five people of various nationalities. Each of them nurtures a different beast, likes different drinks and smokes different brand of cigars.

1. The Brit lives in the Red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The Green house is on the left of the White house.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the centre house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the Blue house.
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water.

Who has fish at home? (are you one of the 2% ?).

Answer:

Albert Einstein Neighbours
Norwegian – yellow, Dunhill, water, cat
Dane – blue, Blend, tea, horse
Briton – red, Pall Mall, milk, bird
German – green, Prince, coffee, fish
Swedish – white, Blue Master, beer, dog

Hat riddle

Three men are captured by cannibals in the jungle. The men are given one chance to escape with their lives. The men are lined up and bound to stakes such that one man can see the backs of the other two, the middle man can see the back of the front man, and the front man can’t see anybody. The men are shown five hats, three of which are black and two of which are white. Then the men are blindfolded, and one of the five hats is placed on each man’s head. The remaining two hats are hidden away. The blindfolds are removed. The men are told that if just one of the men can guess what hat he’s wearing, they may all go free. Time passes. Finally, the front man, who can’t see anyone, correctly guesses the color of his hat. What color was it, and how did he guess correctly?

Answer

The back man can see the hats worn by the two men in front of him. So, if both of those hats were white, he would know that the hat he wore was black. But, since he doesn’t answer, he must see at least one black hat ahead of him. After it becomes apparent to the middle man that the back man can’t figure out what he’s wearing, he knows that there is at least one black hat worn by himself and the front man. Knowing this, if the middle man saw a white hat in front of him, he’d know that his own hat was black, and could answer the question correctly. But, since he doesn’t answer, he must see a black hat on the front man. After it becomes apparent to the front man that neither of the men behind him can answer the question, he realizes the middle man saw a black hat in front of him. So he says, correctly, “My hat is black.”

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Riddle: Barrel and the Box

Posted on 24. Jun, 2009 by Jake.

Riddle:

There is a barrel with no lid and some wine in it. “This barrel of wine is more than half full,” said Curly. “No it’s not,” says Mo. “It’s less than half full.”

Without any measuring implements and without removing any wine from the barrel, how can they easily determine who is correct?

Answer:

Tilt the barrel until the wine barely touches the lip of the barrel. If the bottom of the barrel is visible, then it is less than half full. If the barrel bottom is completely covered by the wine, then it is more than half full.

Riddle:

Follow these steps and see if you can figure this out.

1. Get a brown, cardboard box.
2. Get purple, orange, and turquoise paints.
3. Paint the box orange.
4. Paint on purple spots.
5. Paint on turquoise stripes.
7. Turn it upside down.
8. Lie on your side.

What is missing from this sequence?

hint..

The answer isn’t to get a paintbrush, wait for it to dry, paint the bottom, or something similar.

Answer:

Step 6!!

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