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Title: Riddles
Post by: Razzorman on November 17, 2009, 12:57:25
I remembered we had a game like this on the old forum, so I figured it would be fun to repost it. I'm not sure, these were rules for the old game, but whatever.

First, one person posts a riddle, and then people try to solve it. When the riddle has been confirmed as solved, anyone can post a new riddle.


Screw it. No one seems to care anyways. Just post them riddles.

So, I'll begin.

A man builds a house rectangular in shape. All sides have southern exposure. A big bear walks by, what color is the bear? Why?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Dataflashsabot on November 17, 2009, 15:13:03
White, it's at the north pole.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Razzorman on November 17, 2009, 16:00:31
Indeed.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Lunar_Tick on November 17, 2009, 18:23:40
What's heavier, when taking:
i) equal amounts of iron and feathers
ii) equal number of molecules of the substances of iron and feather (assume 'feather' is composed entirely of the protein with empirical molecular formula C400H620N100O120P1S1).

Bonus points for showing the magnitude of difference, if any.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Razzorman on November 17, 2009, 18:51:34
What do you mean with equal amounts? Iron is uncountable. You cant have 100 iron in the same way that you can have 100 feathers.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: minmay on November 17, 2009, 23:17:00
I assume he means volume.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Gorfinhofin on November 17, 2009, 23:27:33
ii) equal number of molecules of the substances of iron and feather (assume 'feather' is composed entirely of the protein with empirical molecular formula C400H620N100O120P1S1).
He means this :sigh:

EDIT: Or... Does he mean answer for both circumstances? I don't know.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Pumpkinbot on November 18, 2009, 00:55:32
What's heavier, when taking:
i) equal amounts of iron and feathers
ii) equal number of molecules of the substances of iron and feather (assume 'feather' is composed entirely of the protein with empirical molecular formula C400H620N100O120P1S1).

Bonus points for showing the magnitude of difference, if any.
They're equal. I think.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Salmoneous on November 18, 2009, 12:47:55
I assume he means volume.

If so I think that a) is bigger. Since.. um I think in this case that a feather in a) contains air molecules while b) doesn't. Otherwise.. I have no idea. Wild guess btw I suck at these things.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Purple Pineapple on November 19, 2009, 01:28:30
I assume he means volume.

If so I think that a) is bigger. Since.. um I think in this case that a feather in a) contains air molecules while b) doesn't. Otherwise.. I have no idea. Wild guess btw I suck at these things.
That's what I'm guessing.


i) equal amounts of iron and feathers
iron is heavier by mass

ii) equal number of molecules of the substances of iron and feather (assume 'feather' is composed entirely of the protein with empirical molecular formula C400H620N100O120P1S1).
I'm guessing one molecule of iron would be Fe, and therefore have a lesser atomic weight per molecule than 1342.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on November 19, 2009, 02:18:19
I think this is really just a variation on the "Which is heavier, a pound of bricks or a pound of feathers?" riddle. If thats the case, they're both equal.

Anyway, 13 riddles. How many can you solve? =D
1. I am light as a feather yet no man can hold me for long. What am I?
2. The one who makes it doesn't want it. The one who buys it doesn't need it. The one who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?
3. What is your's but your friend uses more than you do?
4. What english word means burning wood when you take away the first letter of the word?
5. 30 white horses on a red hill. First they clamp, then they stamp, then they all stand still. What are they?
6. Pronounced as one letter,
    And written with three,
    Two letters there are,
    And two only in me.
    I'm double, I'm single,
    I'm black, blue, and gray,
    I'm read from both ends,
    And the same either way.
    What am I?
7. It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
    Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
    It lies behind stars and under hills,
    And empty holes it fills.
    What is it?
8. What has a foot on each side and one in the middle?
9. What has 4 legs but only 1 foot?
10. This old one runs forever, but never moves at all.
      He has not lungs nor throat, but still a mighty roaring call.
      What is it?
11. You throw away the outside, then cook the inside.
      You eat the outside, then throw away the inside.
      What is it?
12. I went into the woods and got it. I sat down to seek it. I brought it home with me because I couldn't find it. What is it?
13. What is in a sea, but not in an ocean,
      In the nights, but not in the day.
      In a forest, but not near a tree,
      And in lakes, but not in a pond.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Purple Pineapple on November 19, 2009, 02:29:49
2. Coffin
3. Name
7. Nothing
8. A two foot ruler?
10. Clock?
13. s
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Gorfinhofin on November 19, 2009, 04:00:31
5. Teeth! Teeth!
6. An eye?
7. Darkness, not nothing, yes?
9. A bed.
11. Fish? Throwing away the scales and bones? Maybe?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: minmay on November 19, 2009, 04:04:44
1. Air.  A feather that's on fire.  An unusually jittery butterfly.  Love.  Sanity.
12. A tick, or similar parasite.
13. The letter S.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Budja on November 19, 2009, 04:08:19
1. a breath
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Purple Pineapple on November 19, 2009, 04:09:23
6. An eye?
That's what I thought initially as well, but
    And two only in me.
Oh, wait.. *facepalm* Nevermind.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: LPChip on November 19, 2009, 19:27:50
6: H?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on November 19, 2009, 20:50:14
Numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, and 13 have been aswered corectly, so you've still got 5 more to go.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Lunar_Tick on November 19, 2009, 21:33:57
I think this is really just a variation on the "Which is heavier, a pound of bricks or a pound of feathers?" riddle. If thats the case, they're both equal.
Yes it's a variation, but they aren't equal.

Amounts of substances imply volume, although maybe that's not so clear.

Purple Pinapple is totally right. Have a jumper baked into a rissole.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Purple Pineapple on November 20, 2009, 01:15:48
Purple Pinapple is totally right.
No I'm not. I stated 1342 under the assumption that every element has atomic weight 1. :P

It would actually be iron with 55.8 versus feather with approximately 8803



EDIT: 8. A yard(stick)
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Lunar_Tick on November 20, 2009, 17:39:46
No I'm not.
I knew I shouldn't have trusted you so easily.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: StraightFlame on December 18, 2009, 21:47:04
13 riddles. How many can you solve? =D
C'mon, is it even LEGAL to kill topics with posting too many riddles?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Purple Pineapple on December 19, 2009, 00:41:28
Spoiler: Google saves the day! (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on December 19, 2009, 01:21:50
Dang, Google betrayed me!
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: StraightFlame on December 19, 2009, 21:10:24
Its new riddle time!

A young peasant wanted to marry the king's daughter. The king didn't like the idea of his daughter marrying a peasant, but he wanted to appear fair in front of his subjects. The king said he would put two pieces of paper into a hat, one reading EXILE and the other reading MARRIAGE. You know why. Later that day, the peasant overheard the king saying both pieces of paper would read EXILE, thus ensuring that the peasant would be out of his way for good. The peasant remained undaunted and, as arranged, arrived at 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 king's daughter. What did he do?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Pumpkinbot on December 19, 2009, 21:17:19
Its new riddle time!

A young peasant wanted to marry the king's daughter. The king didn't like the idea of his daughter marrying a peasant, but he wanted to appear fair in front of his subjects. The king said he would put two pieces of paper into a hat, one reading EXILE and the other reading MARRIAGE. You know why. Later that day, the peasant overheard the king saying both pieces of paper would read EXILE, thus ensuring that the peasant would be out of his way for good. The peasant remained undaunted and, as arranged, arrived at 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 king's daughter. What did he do?
Spoiler: (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Purple Pineapple on December 19, 2009, 22:52:53
He ate the first paper he pulled.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: StraightFlame on December 20, 2009, 10:19:05
The correct answer was:
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.

I got the riddle and answer here. (http://www.riddlenow.com/a26.htm)

Purple Pineapple wins! Anyone feel free to post a new riddle!

Yeah, i KNOW he just said
He ate the first paper he pulled.
but he was pretty much close to it so i know what he meant.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: StraightFlame on December 20, 2009, 10:22:16
Ey, pretty funny to know that Purple Pineapple said it at midnight... Well, it was midnight where i live, so... (i live in Belgium)
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: SingingSurger on December 25, 2009, 03:26:20
Here is a new riddle. This is kinda universal, but it requires some math.

If a third of six is 3, what is half of 20?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Purple Pineapple on December 25, 2009, 06:18:31
I'm guessing either 10, 2, or 15.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: SingingSurger on December 25, 2009, 07:02:34
PP wins. It was teh 15. Here is another:

You have a bag of 32 green gems, and 32 red gems. How many gems to you need to remove from the bag to ensure you have two different colours?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: StraightFlame on December 25, 2009, 07:11:32
Just a guess, but is it... 2?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: SingingSurger on December 25, 2009, 07:13:44
NO.

(lolspamkinda)
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: StraightFlame on December 25, 2009, 07:39:12
Well then, 33?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Purple Pineapple on December 25, 2009, 20:59:28
Yup. That's another classic logic puzzle.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Pumpkinbot on December 25, 2009, 21:04:55
You have a bag of 32 green gems, and 32 red gems. How many gems to you need to remove from the bag to ensure you have two different colours?
62? :huh:
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on December 25, 2009, 21:14:22
No, 33 was the right answer.


Anyway, new riddle!

Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have read carefully, I have already told you what it is.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: SingingSurger on December 25, 2009, 21:16:05
Language. Riddle Fail.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Razzorman on December 25, 2009, 21:21:41
15

That's not so much a riddle as poor phrasing.
Edit
Holy crap! I missed a whole page. :P
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on December 25, 2009, 21:31:13
So what. Its still a riddle.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Razzorman on December 25, 2009, 23:12:52
So what. Its still a riddle.
Algebra doesn't count as riddles.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Pumpkinbot on December 30, 2009, 07:33:04
No, 33 was the right answer.


Anyway, new riddle!

Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have read carefully, I have already told you what it is.

It depends on what you mean.
Spoiler: (click to show/hide)
No, I didn't use Google. What are you talking about? YOU'RE using Google! Psh...Crazy... <_<
Edit: It appears that everyone actually believes I didn't use Google. :P *points up* The fact that it sounds paranoid should tip you off that I'm lying. :P I did use Google.

Still, rather interesting, eh?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: StraightFlame on December 30, 2009, 15:02:59
That is just... Click the image in Pumpkinbots signature before kaizoman666 says its wrong (if it is).
Wait... The word... is... WHAT!!! ...or is it 'language'? Anyways, thanks Pumpkinbot!

Its-a Pumpkinbot! The forum's outside-the-box-thinker!
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on December 31, 2009, 03:52:07
It is "language". Also, Pumpkinbot, none of the words you gave in the spoilertag (the second one) are actually English words (look it up in your dictionary if you don't believe me). Hyphenated words and proper nouns don't count.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: StraightFlame on December 31, 2009, 17:03:32
Pumpkinbot wins!

New riddle:
A woman is about to be executed. She can choose which way she can die. No matter how bizarre, time-consuming or costly it is.
You know that the woman is clever. Really clever. With that in mind, what did she choose? Remember that she is so clever that she could find an error in the options.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on December 31, 2009, 17:35:23
She chooses to die of old age.  XD

This ones actually really simple...
Rearrange the letters of NOR DO WE to make one word.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Purple Pineapple on December 31, 2009, 19:08:02
Swap the N and the W. Then take the last three letters and put them in front. Pick up the space between the R and the D and put it between the E and the W.

Spoiler: That leaves you with (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: StraightFlame on December 31, 2009, 19:38:54
kaizoman666, you ought to wait until it is confirmed that old age is the right answer. What if it wasn't?
Anyways, it is confirmed as i type this.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on January 01, 2010, 00:01:47
kaizoman666, you ought to wait until it is confirmed that old age is the right answer. What if it wasn't?
If it wasn't, we would just have two riddles to answer.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: StraightFlame on January 01, 2010, 10:48:12
Myeh...
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: SingingSurger on January 02, 2010, 05:44:35
New riddle, and also, I live in the UK... so...

Three people go into a restaurant and order a meal, the bill comes to £25. They each give £10, the waiter brings back £5 change. They each take back £1, and leave the remaining £2 for the waiter as a tip.
So, they gave £10 and got £1 back, which means they spent £9 each. OK £9 x 3= £27 + £2 (for the waiter) = £29. What happened to the missing pound ?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Purple Pineapple on January 02, 2010, 06:55:08
I've heard this riddle countless times and it's always so hard to explain the answer.

Spoiler: Ok. Here goes (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Pumpkinbot on January 02, 2010, 07:48:19
New riddle, and also, I live in the UK... so...

Three people go into a restaurant and order a meal, the bill comes to £25. They each give £10, the waiter brings back £5 change. They each take back £1, and leave the remaining £2 for the waiter as a tip.
So, they gave £10 and got £1 back, which means they spent £9 each. OK £9 x 3= £27 + £2 (for the waiter) = £29. What happened to the missing pound ?

They took a jog afterward, so they lost a pound. =D *is wrong*
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: StraightFlame on January 02, 2010, 08:24:46
 :D
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Mochaalatte on January 02, 2010, 17:32:58
I have one of those idiotic ones that you probably heard 746 times when you were in elementary school.

You're in an indestructible room with no windows and no doors. All that's in there is a table and a mirror. How do you get out?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on January 02, 2010, 17:45:35
I've heard this riddle countless times and it's always so hard to explain the answer.

Each person gave £10 and got back £1. The left side there (£27) is how much they gave to the restaurant. The middle is the amount of money they gave, plus the tip they gave to the waiter. Thus, the tip got double counted. Remove the extra tip and your left with £27, the price of the meal (what the restaurant receives) plus the tip (what the waiter receives).

Its not tough at all. Its simply tricking people with math.
The way it works is like this: In total, £27 spent. £25 of that was for the food, and £2 of that was the tip. The remaining £3 was what the money they got back from the person they paid.


Also, you might want to try explaining it a little better...
You're in an indestructible room with no windows and no doors. All that's in there is a table and a mirror. How do you get out?
You look in the mirror and see what you saw. You take the saw and cut the table in half. Two halves make a whole. You jump in the hole and escape.

I've heard both these riddles half a million times.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Purple Pineapple on January 03, 2010, 00:36:05
You're in an indestructible room with no windows and no door. How do you get out?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: minmay on January 03, 2010, 01:30:17
Walk through the empty doorway.


You're in an indestructible room with no windows, no doorway, and a mutant man-eating beaver.  How do you get out?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on January 03, 2010, 01:32:26
Ummm... Why are we suddenly messing with the riddle?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Purple Pineapple on January 03, 2010, 02:11:30
Walk through the empty doorway.
Correct.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Shawnachu on January 03, 2010, 19:54:47
A man dies of a self-inflicted knife wound to the chest. There were three people in the house at the time- the maid, the man's wife, and a visitor. Eyewitness reports say that the visitor entered the room 30 minutes before the body was found. The maid's cell phone was found on the table in at the murder scene. After an interrogation, all 3 were found to have motives. The visitor was a debt collector whom the man had owed a sum of money to. The maid and the wife were treated unfairly by the victim.

Who was the murder?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Purple Pineapple on January 03, 2010, 19:57:43
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Shawnachu on January 03, 2010, 20:21:16
Ah, I didn't really expect someone to get it that quickly. Here's one that actually is a whodunnit... ;)

A man is murdered in his room. He had taken the blunt end of the pistol to the head. Three suspects A, B, and C were arrested and interrogated in a soundproof room. The policeman put the pistol in the center of a table and began interrogating the suspects.

A was the victim's butler. "Sure, the man and I had a few fights here and there, but I wouldn't bash his head in like that."
Suspect B was shaking. "I can't believe someone would kill him. He was so nice to me."
C was the victim's employee. "Wow. He really hated me, but I don't have a reason to kill him. I mean, why would I shoot the person that gave me money?"

Who killed the man?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Purple Pineapple on January 03, 2010, 20:40:48
Spoiler: (click to show/hide)
:P
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: StraightFlame on January 03, 2010, 20:46:14
B...?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Gorfinhofin on January 03, 2010, 21:18:13
The butler did it, as usual. I'm assuming the policeman told them the pistol was the murder weapon, but not the method. So the obvious line of thinking would be that the victim was shot. So how did the butler know the real method? But then maybe he found the body... Either I'm going at this the wrong way, or this riddle could stand to have a few more details.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Shawnachu on January 03, 2010, 21:27:06
Gorf nailed the reason. By placing the pistol on the table, the policeman implied that the man had been shot. Only the murderer would have know that he was hit in the head.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: StraightFlame on January 03, 2010, 21:39:45
This one is pretty nice.

A man worked for a high-security institution, and one day he went in to work only to find that he could not log in to his computer terminal. He remembered that the passwords are reset every month for security purposes. So he went to his boss.
''Hey boss, my password is out of date.''
''Yes, that is right. The password is different, but if you listen carefully you should be able to figure out the new one: It has the same amount of letters as your old password, but only four of the letters are the same.''
''Thanks, boss!''
He went and correctly logged on into his station.

What is the new password? And what was the old one?

Hint: It is nine letters long. And a password doesn't have to be just a word.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Shawnachu on January 03, 2010, 21:45:57
Spoiler: (click to show/hide)
Not sure about the old one though.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Purple Pineapple on January 03, 2010, 21:52:16
Gorf nailed the reason. By placing the pistol on the table, the policeman implied that the man had been shot. Only the murderer would have know that he was hit in the head.
Whatever. I still got the basic reason.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on January 03, 2010, 22:28:55
What is the new password? And what was the old one?

Easy. The original password was "Out of date" and the new one was "Different".
''Hey boss, my password is out of date.''
''Yes, that is right. The password is different,
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: StraightFlame on January 04, 2010, 08:01:14
Winners are...

Shawnachu for the new password
kaizoman666 for the old one

...for some reason no reason i give you both a  :hiddenstar:.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: SingingSurger on January 21, 2010, 01:33:15
Bringing back powers!

Someone tries to offer you funyons, but they say "No! Those are my funyons!" What do you do?

Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Pumpkinbot on January 21, 2010, 01:49:02
Bringing back powers!

Someone tries to offer you funyons, but they say "No! Those are my funyons!" What do you do?


Give SlingSurfer a boot to the head, 'cause this ain't a riddle. =D
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Mochaalatte on January 21, 2010, 01:49:36
Bringing back powers!

Someone tries to offer you funyons, but they say "No! Those are my funyons!" What do you do?



Ban them for being self-contradicting. Obvious answer.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Purple Pineapple on January 21, 2010, 03:30:04
Bringing back powers!

Someone tries to offer you funyons, but they say "No! Those are my funyons!" What do you do?


Give SlingSurfer a boot to the head, 'cause this ain't a riddle. =D
Sounds more like the answer's gonna be a pun to me.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: SingingSurger on February 23, 2010, 03:06:03
40 Day Bump! Epic!

New Riddle:
Someone eats you slowly. You feel yourself being digested, and scream. No one hears. The screams echo, and soon you cry, but no one thinks you're gone. How do you get out?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Purple Pineapple on February 23, 2010, 04:47:11
You make the person combust?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on February 23, 2010, 21:25:57
Easy. You walk away, since you haven't actually been swallowed yet. :awsum:
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: SingingSurger on February 24, 2010, 00:27:26
Kaizo gets the point. Technically Saliva is an acid, so if you stayed there, you would be digested.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Purple Pineapple on February 24, 2010, 07:01:34
But.. how do you get out of their stomach?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on February 24, 2010, 21:05:17
But.. how do you get out of their stomach?
You're still in the mouth. In case you didn't notice, but SS doesn't say "Someone has swallowed you". Just "Someone eats you slowly".
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Purple Pineapple on February 25, 2010, 01:04:45
Well, you're being digested.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: SingingSurger on February 25, 2010, 01:14:30
I just said that Saliva is an acid, it's what makes Lollipops dissolve.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on February 25, 2010, 01:19:25
Read. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saliva)
Quote from: Wikipedia
Human saliva is composed of 98% water, while the other 2% consists of other compounds such as electrolytes, mucus, antibacterial compounds, and various enzymes. As part of the initial process of food digestion, the enzymes in the saliva break down some of the starch and fat in the food at the molecular level.
Its not very fast, but its still digestion.


So, new riddle:

A chest without hinges, key, or lid, but inside golden treasures are hid. What is the chest and what is the treasure?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Mochaalatte on February 25, 2010, 01:54:14
Read. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saliva)
Quote from: Wikipedia
Human saliva is composed of 98% water, while the other 2% consists of other compounds such as electrolytes, mucus, antibacterial compounds, and various enzymes. As part of the initial process of food digestion, the enzymes in the saliva break down some of the starch and fat in the food at the molecular level.
Its not very fast, but its still digestion.


So, new riddle:

A chest without hinges, key, or lid, but inside golden treasures are hid. What is the chest and what is the treasure?

Tis an egg with its golden yolk.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on February 25, 2010, 01:59:26
That tis correct.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: StraightFlame on February 26, 2010, 22:40:01
New riddle!

On April 26, 2009, a rich man was found murdered. His wife immeidately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and was given these alibis:

The wife was reading a book
The cook was cooking breakfast
The maid was getting the mail
The gardener was planting seeds
The butler was polishing the silver

After listening to this, the police instantly arrested the murderer. Who did it and how did they know?

Hint: Pay attention to every single letter and digit in this post.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on February 26, 2010, 22:46:53
The maid did it. April 26, 2009 is a Sunday!
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: StraightFlame on February 26, 2010, 22:53:06
WHAA!? Didn't expect it to be solved THAT quickly! You sure got some high IQ. Too bad it keeps runnin out of battery power from time to time.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on February 26, 2010, 23:14:13
Here are three.


1. What comes next in this series of numbers:
1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221

2. If I say "Everything I tell you is a lie," am I telling you the truth or a lie?

3. What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Razzorman on February 26, 2010, 23:32:09
1. What comes next in this series of numbers:
1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221
1113213211
31131211132221
2. If I say "Everything I tell you is a lie," am I telling you the truth or a lie?
That is not a riddle, its a paradox. If you are telling the truth, then the statement is a lie, and is not the truth, and is therefor the truth, etc.

3. What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?
Aitch? I'm not a native speaker, so my vocabulary is kind of limited.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on February 26, 2010, 23:50:44
You got #1 right, but you have #2 and #3 wrong.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Razzorman on February 27, 2010, 00:24:36
Oh right. The statement is a lie because you are only lying occasionally.
I was reading up on paradoxes a few weeks ago, and I guess my brain got hung up on them. :P

Also, #3 is technically right.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on February 27, 2010, 00:45:30
"Aitch" isn't an English word. So, its not even technically right...
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Razzorman on February 27, 2010, 00:59:35
I trusted wikipedia. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aitch)
Also, firefox didn't spellcheck it.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Deep Embrace on February 27, 2010, 01:00:04
2) If the statement is anything, it's false. It cannot be true, for that would make it self-contradictory. If it is false, that would imply that something said by the speaker is truthful, which is not necessarily true. If not, then th estatement is neither true nor false.

3) queue
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Purple Pineapple on February 27, 2010, 01:10:30
2) If the statement is anything, it's false. It cannot be true, for that would make it self-contradictory. If it is false, that would imply that something said by the speaker is truthful, which is not necessarily true. If not, then th estatement is neither true nor false.
True causes a paradox. False doesn't. Case closed.

3) queue
Well, that's a French word that's been assimilated into English.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on February 27, 2010, 01:13:52
Razzorman got the first 2, Deep Embrace got the last one.

SO, can you solve this one?

I turn polar bears white and I will make you cry.
I make guys have to pee and girls comb their hair.  
I make celebrities look stupid and normal people look like celebrities.  
I turn pancakes brown and make your champane bubble.
If you sqeeze me, I'll pop. If you look at me, you'll pop.
Can you guess the riddle?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Deep Embrace on February 27, 2010, 02:55:51
Pressure?

EDIT: I'm not using Google, I promise. :) I do realize you may be referring to more than one thing.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on February 27, 2010, 03:00:59
No.

(I have the feeling you're using Google for the answer. ;))
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Purple Pineapple on February 27, 2010, 04:15:40
Turn polar bears white.. aren't they already?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Pumpkinbot on February 27, 2010, 07:33:41
Razzorman got the first 2, Deep Embrace got the last one.

SO, can you solve this one?

I turn polar bears white and I will make you cry.
I make guys have to pee and girls comb their hair.  
I make celebrities look stupid and normal people look like celebrities.  
I turn pancakes brown and make your champane bubble.
If you sqeeze me, I'll pop. If you look at me, you'll pop.
Can you guess the riddle?
Lessee...Giant space lasers, leprechauns, Smurfs, Austin Powers, OBJECTIONS, basketball...That's all I got.
...Am I right?  :nuts:

No? Hm...Physics? The laws of nature?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Razzorman on February 27, 2010, 10:53:08
Can you guess the riddle?
No.
Amirite?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: StraightFlame on February 27, 2010, 12:28:08
U R RONG
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on February 27, 2010, 20:14:20
No.
Amirite?
You are correct. :awsum:

Note that the question is actually, "Can you solve the riddle?" Not "What am I?"
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Purple Pineapple on February 27, 2010, 20:28:12
Very clever. It's kinda flawed, though.

Edit: OMG paradox! D:
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: StraightFlame on February 27, 2010, 20:54:11
Sorry for the 'U R RONG' joke.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Deep Embrace on March 02, 2010, 01:56:03
New riddle to keep the thread alive while people mull over kaizo's riddle:

Two Parisian authors meet for lunch every day to discuss literature, life, art, etc. They make an effort to always meet within the Eiffel Tower. Why?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Salmoneous on March 02, 2010, 14:22:45
Guess 1: They are Frence so there is no logic behind their actions.

Guess 2: good food?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Razzorman on March 02, 2010, 15:45:28
New riddle to keep the thread alive while people mull over kaizo's riddle:
I already solved that one. :P
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: StraightFlame on March 02, 2010, 18:29:12
Razzorman > Deep Embrace > StraightFlame
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Razzorman on March 02, 2010, 20:21:30
Spoiler: This is a long one. (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on March 02, 2010, 20:59:58
100 blue eyed people leave on the 100th day.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: StraightFlame on March 02, 2010, 21:28:09
Uh... the riddles have to be able to be answered correctly.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Razzorman on March 02, 2010, 21:45:54
Uh... the riddles have to be able to be answered correctly.
And you don't think it can be? :P

100 blue eyed people leave on the 100th day.
Can you explain how you came to that conclusion?
I want to know, because using google is cheating.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on March 02, 2010, 22:00:08

Also, to prevent people from using Google, reword the riddle.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Razzorman on March 02, 2010, 22:08:23
Also, to prevent people from using Google, reword the riddle.
Nah, its too long. :P

Edit
Oh yes, and you are right about the solution.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on March 02, 2010, 22:30:56
Nah, its too long. :P
Well, you only have to reword a little bit. As long as parts of the riddle aren't the same, Google will have trouble finding it. So, new riddle:


You are the king of an anchient empire and you are going to have a celebration in just 24 hours. This is the most important celebration you have ever hosted. You have 1000 bottles of wine you were planning to open for the celebration, but you learn that only one of the bottles is poisoned. You learn that the poison exhibits no symptoms until death. Death occurs within 10 to 20 hours after consuming even the smallest amount of poison.

It would greatly ruin your celebration if any innocent people were killed, but you luckily have a handful of prisoners waiting to be executed.

What is the smallest number of prisoners you must have to drink from the bottles to be absolutely sure you've found the poisoned bottle within 24 hours?


(Try Googling that!)
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Purple Pineapple on March 03, 2010, 01:48:51
None. You throw all 1,000 in a room and say, "The poisoned bottle is in there. I found it." :awsum:

Wait, no.. 10.

Edit: The ceiling of log21000
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Deep Embrace on March 03, 2010, 02:06:45
Guess 1: They are Frence so there is no logic behind their actions.

Guess 2: good food?

Good guesses, but consider this (un)helpful hint:

Spoiler: (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on March 03, 2010, 02:33:16
None. You throw all 1,000 in a room and say, "The poisoned bottle is in there. I found it." :awsum:

Wait, no.. 10.

Edit: The ceiling of log21000
Close, but incorrect.

Actually, screw close, its not right at all.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Deep Embrace on March 03, 2010, 02:54:51
Well, you could save your prisoners and test the wine on rats in extremely small doses.

Or, you could have the same one prisoner drink from one bottle at a time at 20 hour intervals, unless wine HAS to be available at the start of the party.

This is a good one. Did you come up with it?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on March 03, 2010, 03:02:53
Wine has to be available at the start of the party. So, do some math:

You have 24 hours. Death can occur at any time between 10 and 20 hours. You have 1000 bottles to test. Since you have to know for sure which bottle has the poison, you have to have to use a special way to use the prisoners.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Deep Embrace on March 03, 2010, 04:04:47
Well, I suppose that...

Spoiler: (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Purple Pineapple on March 03, 2010, 04:53:53
Am I correct in thinking each prisoner can only be tested once in the 24 hour interval?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on March 03, 2010, 21:07:47
Am I correct in thinking each prisoner can only be tested once in the 24 hour interval?
No. Each prisoner can be tested as many times as needed, but you need a way to determine which bottle has the poison.

And also, Deep Embrace, you've got the right concept but no answer.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Razzorman on March 03, 2010, 22:36:09
10

If you assign each bottle with a binary number between 1 and 999 (0000000001 and 1111100111), and assign 10 prisoners to a letter, you can make a sort of grid.
Each prisoner drinks from every bottle that has a 1 in their column.
When the prisoners die, you make a number with 1's for the prisoners that died, and 0's for the rest. That is your bottle.

Oh, and if none of them die, its the bottle that you didn't test.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on March 03, 2010, 22:37:24
Still wrong. (That was the same answer as PP)
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Razzorman on March 03, 2010, 22:46:04
I know a way of doing it with 9, but that would break the time limit. :/
I'll think about it some more.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Purple Pineapple on March 04, 2010, 05:31:35
And so, the king of Nifflasland consulted his most trusted forum advisers. kaizoman666 said he could do it with less than 10 prisoners, but had to leave before he could tell everyone how. They puzzled over it for 12 hours, before they realized it was too late to test.

So there.

Edit:
Am I correct in thinking each prisoner can only be tested once in the 24 hour interval?
No. Each prisoner can be tested as many times as needed, but you need a way to determine which bottle has the poison.
So can you find a way to test a prisoner twice?

And also, Deep Embrace, you've got the right concept but no answer.
Assign binary numbers, divvy up the prisoners in half and half again.. however you do it, it takes 10 prisoners minimum.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Razzorman on March 04, 2010, 09:01:02
Well, my 9 prisoner plan would work if you got lucky and the prisoners died within 10 hours, but if they don't, then you can't preform the two tests that are needed.
I'm stuck.

Edit
Oh wait, it wouldn't work anyways. 10 people are needed.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on March 04, 2010, 20:58:41
Nope, its possible with less. I'll give you a hint: Convert 1000 from decimal to binary.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Mochaalatte on March 04, 2010, 21:30:22
Kaizo, is the answer one?

You can be completely sure with only one, since if he or she dies after drinking the first bottle.. then there ya go.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on March 04, 2010, 21:42:48
What if he doesn't die? Then you don't know which bottle is the right one.

The riddle is not about chances, its about coming up with a for-sure system of finding one bottle out of a thousand.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Razzorman on March 04, 2010, 22:00:19
Nope, its possible with less. I'll give you a hint: Convert 1000 from decimal to binary.

I thought hints were supposed to help you, not tell you what you've already done.

10

If you assign each bottle with a binary number between 1 and 999 (0000000001 and 1111100111), and assign 10 prisoners to a letter, you can make a sort of grid.
Each prisoner drinks from every bottle that has a 1 in their column.
When the prisoners die, you make a number with 1's for the prisoners that died, and 0's for the rest. That is your bottle.

Oh, and if none of them die, its the bottle that you didn't test.

I had the idea of dividing them into groups and testing twice, but there is not enough time to do that.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on March 04, 2010, 22:31:14
Oh wait, damn it. I forgot the second part to the riddle. :oops:

Can you find the right bottle in 24 hours, without more than 8 prisoners dying?
Sorry.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Purple Pineapple on March 05, 2010, 01:07:53
Lemme guess: Test a certain number of prisoners, but assign them trinary numbers instead, so only one in three dies? Or something like that.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: SingingSurger on March 13, 2010, 16:47:39
Throw all the bottles out and buy more  :D
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: kaizoman666 on March 13, 2010, 17:17:05
Eh, screw that riddle. It knocked the thread unconcious. New, easier riddle:

We are tiny, well-known creatures,
All with special sounds and features:
The first of us in glass is met,
And the next is found in jet;
A third that can be find in tin,
And the fourth a box within;
If the last you should pursue,
We have already given a clue.

What are we?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Razzorman on March 13, 2010, 17:31:15
Could you tell us the answer to the last one?
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: Purple Pineapple on March 14, 2010, 04:17:11
We are tiny, well-known creatures,
All with special sounds and features:
The first of us in glass is met,
And the next is found in jet;
A third that can be find in tin,
And the fourth a box within;
If the last you should pursue,
We have already given a clue.
Spoiler: (click to show/hide)

Could you tell us the answer to the last one?
Seconded.
Title: Re: Riddles
Post by: jetio4 on April 29, 2011, 19:38:29
Could you tell us the answer to the last one?
Seconded.

Although the last post was MORE THEN A YEAR AGO, I think this riddle is still up. My strategy would be to put the wine in 100x100 square, and have 1 prisoner test each row, and each coloumn. If say, the prisoner testing row 34 dies, and the prisoner testing row 50 dies, you know that it's the wine is row 34 and coloumn 50. 2 prisoners will die.