Riddles:A drop in a Bucket & Codes
Posted on 10. Jul, 2009 by Jake in brain teasers
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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jehobv
10. Jul, 2009
riddle2 – the 45 degree one because the other one is freezing
craig
10. Jul, 2009
the warmer one
Geoff
10. Jul, 2009
1) Too wise you are, blah blah blah etc.
stewartmoss
14. Jul, 2009
First Riddle:
Too wise you are, too wise you be, I see you are too wise for me.
Second Riddle:
The 30 degree F bucket is frozen solid ice.