Clever Riddles/Puzzles

[Anarchemitis]

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

I bet a tuppence no one will guess mine.

 

[Flap Jack452]

I like the hotel one. Heres another:
A man is found dead outside a building with fifty two motorcycles around him... how did this happen?

Is he a jumper?

Nope.

 

[WittyName]

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.

spoilers

Spoiler

so long as he has nothing to do with the murder, yes.

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bungalow no stairs

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one pair of each animal. One

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yeah, it's held on the 4th of july... strangely

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all of them

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a grave/tombstone

how many out of 6?

EDIT: all my corrections were already spotted Ah well

 

[Singularly Datarific]

A tree falls down in the forest, what color is it?

 

[queensbomb]

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

How many months have 28 days?

All of them.

Very good, got answers for the others? =P

Bungalows have no stairs.

Britain still has 4th of July, seeing as how its a date/

And if the one about "the maker doesn't want it" is like the one I already answered, it's counterfeit money.

That's about it.

 

[Yog Sothoth]

What gets wetter and wetter as it dries?

 

[Davey Woo]

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

I bet a tuppence no one will guess mine.

I'm really tempted to answer yours with "your mum" lol, but other than that I can't think of an answer.

 

[Hunde Des Krieg]

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? wouldn't he be dead

In a bungalow, everything is painted purple, the windows, the floor, the curtains, everything. What colour are the stairs? I don't know

How many pairs of animals did Moses put on the Ark? All of them? That one seems tricky

Is there a 4th of July in Britain? of course

How many months have 28 days? all of them

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

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

 

[Nekroneko]

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?
How will he do that when he's dead?

In a bungalow, everything is painted purple, the windows, the floor, the curtains, everything. What colour are the stairs?
Unless they have a basement there are no stairs

How many pairs of animals did Moses put on the Ark?
None it was Noah

Is there a 4th of July in Britain?
Yes, and in many many other countries too

How many months have 28 days?
All of em

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

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

 

[queensbomb]

What is put on a table, cut, but never eaten?

Flowers, you cut the ends off to make them fit into a vase?

Not what the real answer is, but that would actually work. 0_o

Is it body in a morgue?

Nope, keep trying. Sorry if I double posted.

 

[Hunde Des Krieg]

What gets wetter and wetter as it dries?

A Towel

 

[WittyName]

What is put on a table, cut, but never eaten?

Flowers, you cut the ends off to make them fit into a vase?

Not what the real answer is, but that would actually work. 0_o

Is it body in a morgue?

Nope, keep trying. Sorry if I double posted.

Pack of cards

 

[Trivun]

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

Haha, this is so easy... I've guessed almost all of these correctly then been ninja'd for almost all of them... Anyway, this one is so simple, really obvious: They're two of a set of triplets, or quadruplets, or whatever...

 

[queensbomb]

What is put on a table, cut, but never eaten?

Flowers, you cut the ends off to make them fit into a vase?

Not what the real answer is, but that would actually work. 0_o

Is it body in a morgue?

Nope, keep trying. Sorry if I double posted.

Pack of cards

Yep.

 

[Sprogus]

What has 4 legs in the morning, 2 legs in the afternoon and 3 legs in the evening?

 

[Davey Woo]

I got some more.

A farmer has 16 sheep, all but 9 die, how many are left?

You have 3 apples, you pick up one apple, how many apples do you have?

These ones are easier

 

[Yog Sothoth]

In the morning I walk on four legs.
In the noontime I walk on two.
In the evening I need three.
What am I?

What has 4 legs in the morning, 2 legs in the afternoon and 3 legs in the evening?

Damn, ninja'd on that one too!

Spoiler: Answer

A man... crawls as a child, walks as an adult, and needs a cane when old.

 

[Maze1125]

I like the hotel one. Heres another:
A man is found dead outside a casino with fifty two motorcycles around him... how did this happen?

He was killed for cheating and the motorcycles were the patterns on the back of his deck of cards?

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

There was a third baby, they're triplets.

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

No, he's dead so it would be necrophilia.

 

[WittyName]

What is put on a table, cut, but never eaten?

Flowers, you cut the ends off to make them fit into a vase?

Not what the real answer is, but that would actually work. 0_o

Is it body in a morgue?

Nope, keep trying. Sorry if I double posted.

Pack of cards

Yep.

YAY!!!!! *pats self on back*

 

[Maze1125]

I got some more.

A farmer has 16 sheep, all but 9 die, how many are left?

9

You have 3 apples, you pick up one apple, how many apples do you have?

3