Clever Riddles/Puzzles

[Tim Buck II]

A man attempts to marry his widows sister, is this legal? Yes, unless he didn't officially divorce with the woman's sister beforehand.

Answers in bold.

I think you'll find it's illegal to marry a dead man.

She didn't marry a dead man. She married a living man, who then married her sister, and died.

Without an official divorce, that's illegal.

 

[Maze1125]

A man attempts to marry his widows sister, is this legal? Yes, unless he didn't officially divorce with the woman's sister beforehand.

Answers in bold.

I think you'll find it's illegal to marry a dead man.

She didn't marry a dead man. She married a living man, who then married her sister, and died.

Without an official divorce, that's illegal.

No, look at the tenses.

"A man attempts (current tense) to marry his widows (also current tense) sister, is this legal?"

For the woman to currently be his widow, he must have already died.
But the attempt at marriage is current too. So, as he is currently dead, the current attempt at marriage must be between a woman and a dead man.

 

[Flap Jack452]

OK, get your math hats out for this one:

As I was going to St Ives, I met a man withe seven wives, the seven wives had seven kids, the seven kids had seven sacks, the seven sacks held seven cats, the seven cats had seven kittens. How many were going to St. Ives?

One.
I tell this to my friends ever few months and they never remember.

Those types of riddles are best spoken, it's more of a memory type of thing. With the text you can easily look back.

 

[Flap Jack452]

I just realised that he got it wrong. it goes like this:

As i was going to St Ives, I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks, each sack had seven cats,
Each cats had seven kits,
Kits, Cats, Sacks, Wives,
How many were going to St Ives?

Hmm, that makes it slightly more confusing

Fun Fact: St. Ives is a neighborhood close by me.

 

[the_dancy_vagrant]

A man goes up to a boy and says

I bet $20 i could jump higher than the house.

the man walks away with the $20.....how?

The house can't jump.

The other version of this one that I've heard is where the man says "See those houses over there? I bet you $20 if I take my shoes off I can jump over them."

 

[freakaknight]

An old one, not sure if someone's said it all ready ^o)

What does a beggar man have
that a rich man wants
that a dead man does

I remember that one from when i was about 8 lol

 

[freakaknight]

What runs but never walks?
Has a mouth but never talks?
Has a bed but never sleeps?

That one was In the jackie chan cartoon series! Lol

 

[Spacewolf]

I have two:

A man lives in a hotel, and everyday he gets the lift from the top floor (20th) to the bottom, and goes to work. However on the way back up after work he only goes to the 8th floor, and walks the rest of the way.

You are in a room, n which all the walls facing south. Out one of the windows you see a bear, what colour is it?

1st one hes a dwarf and so carnt reach the top buttons
2nd one white as its the north pole

An old one, not sure if someone's said it all ready ^o)

What does a beggar man have
that a rich man wants
that a dead man does

I remember that one from when i was about 8 lol

nothing

 

[meghan1104]

answer to #2
What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
a postage stamp

 

[Nemorov]

An old one, not sure if someone's said it all ready ^o)

What does a beggar man have
that a rich man wants
that a dead man does

I remember that one from when i was about 8 lol

Nothing.

 

[Macropter]

You have 11 sticks of the same size. How can you make them 9 without removing, breaking, or adding more?

Simply arrange them into the shape of the number 9?

 

[delanofilms]

Two brothers are born on the same day, to the same mother. They are not twins.
Explain


No clue about the 52 motorcylce one, any ideas guys?

Different year
the motorcycles are on the backs of cards. its a deck of cards (52)

 

[Affero-Dolor]

Interestingly enough I was asked a load of riddles today. Here are the ones I remember.

A man attempts to marry his widows sister, is this legal?

In a bungalow, everything is painted purple, the windows, the floor, the curtains, everything. What colour are the stairs?

How many pairs of animals did Moses put on the Ark?

Is there a 4th of July in Britain?

How many months have 28 days?

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

No doubt the intelligent members of the Escapist will know the answers instantly =P, but it was worth a try.

Nope, necrophilia is wrong
There aren't any
Moses didn't have an ark
Yes, there's one everywhere
All of them
A coffin

 

[Samuel Adams]

EDIT, just scrolled through a few pages. Found the answer (I was correct =D) since i cant delete posts ill just write this instead.

 

[GoldenCondor]

You have 11 sticks of the same size. How can you make them 9 without removing, breaking, or adding more?

Simply arrange them into the shape of the number 9?

Nope. But you're getting there.

 

[sune-ku]

You have 11 sticks of the same size. How can you make them 9 without removing, breaking, or adding more?

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[FallenRainbows]

All I see there Flap Jack452 is.

Learn to...

I do not get the rest at the moment. Is my logic in the right direction?

Learn to use your mind as a weapon.

 

[GoldenCondor]

You have 11 sticks of the same size. How can you make them 9 without removing, breaking, or adding more?

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You win!
A+

 

[Federalist92]

This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.