Clever Riddles/Puzzles

[purplegothchick]

1)Work the following problem out completly in your head:
Take 1000, add 20, add 1000, add 30, add 1000, add 40, add 1000, then add 10. What is the total?

2)Imagine a wine bottle with a string on the bottom of the cork so that the string dangles inside the bottle. On the string is tied a coin that dangles an inch from the bottom. Without touching the bottle, the cork, the string, or the coin with your hand or anything you might hold (like a stick or gun), how could you make the coin fall and hit the bottom of the wine bottle.

3)In a family, there is a mother, a father, and 7 daughters. Each daughter has exactly one brother. How many people are in the family?

4)There are three boxes containing fruit. The first box is marked CHERRIES, the second box is marked BANANAS, and the third box is marked CHERRIES AND BANANAS. Each of the boxes is labelled incorrectly. How could you label each box correctly if you were allowed to select only one fruit from one of the boxes?

5)If it takes seven men three hours to dig five holes, how long would it take for one man to dig half of a hole?

Number 5 is there's no such thing as half a hole. (The other ones I knew the answers to had already been answered!)

 

[Brotherofwill]

This is a fairly standard one, couldn't bother reading all the pages to see if it has been done before.

3 men are tied to poles. The poles are positioned in a straight line, allowing each man to only look at the pole straight ahead: The one at the front sees nothing, the one tied to the middle pole sees the man on the first pole and the last guy can see both the first and second man. The men either wear red or blue(both colors are represented)colored hats. In order to be untied they need to guess the color of their own hat.

Which man can solve the riddle and why?

To make the position of the poles a bit easier:

* = First pole
* = Second pole
* = Third pole

The line of sight would be to the north in this diagram.

 

[Glerken]

There's Buddha, kill him!

Yes, that is the full riddle. My 7th grade history teacher told us it and I was the first to figure it out!

Not really a riddle. There's no question. Nothing to answer.

I guess I'd have to go with "No"

 

[bad rider]

Two that were never solved, I think.

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Indianna Jones, a woman, a child and a old man have 22 minutes until the volcano erupts and destroys the only bridge out. However it's dark and they need a torch to see where Planks have rotted in the bridge, and only two people can cross at any time. They only have one torch.

Given that it takes indy 3 minutes the woman 4 minutes the child 6 minutes and the old guy 7 minutes to cross the bridge. How do they make their escape?

Edit: Note these are simple pen and paper excircises.

indy and the woman cross 4 minutes
indy goes back 3 minutes
old man and child cross 7 minutes
woman goes back 4 minutes
indy and woman cross 4 minutes
total: 22 minutes


EDIT: I fail at quoting.

Bravo.

 

[Ryuuzoji]

Haven't read all these pages, but does anyone know this one;

If you say my name, i am no more. Who am I?

Fear? I don't know

Silence

Precisly

 

[DrDeath3191]

There is no bear
Okay
If you have it, you do not tell
If you know it, you do not want it
If you receive it, you dont know it
What is it?

an std.

That makes sense, but my answer would be counterfeit money.

Yea i would agree counterfit money

A secret?

 

[Flap Jack452]

If you have it, you do not tell
If you know it, you do not want it
If you receive it, you dont know it
What is it?

Counterfeit money
EDIT: jeez, I should really check to see if other people have answered these.

 

[supermaster1337]

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

a human lifespan

4 is a baby crawling 2 is walking and 3 is when u use a cane
my question is how many legs does a cripple have?

i said that! that is what the human lifespan is.

and cripples have 4 legs again for the 4 wheels on a wheelchair.

 

[New Troll]

Two men wearing white shirts and blue pants are found dead in a cabin at the bottom of a cliff. How did they die?

No one has beaten this riddle yet...

Spoiler: HINT

Cabin not made of logs.

 

[ziratha]

Two men wearing white shirts and blue pants are found dead in a cabin at the bottom of a cliff. How did they die?

No one has beaten this riddle yet...

Spoiler: HINT

Cabin not made of logs.

They died when their plane crashed.

This is a fairly standard one, couldn't bother reading all the pages to see if it has been done before.

3 men are tied to poles. The poles are positioned in a straight line, allowing each man to only look at the pole straight ahead: The one at the front sees nothing, the one tied to the middle pole sees the man on the first pole and the last guy can see both the first and second man. The men either wear red or blue(both colors are represented)colored hats. In order to be untied they need to guess the color of their own hat.

Which man can solve the riddle and why?

To make the position of the poles a bit easier:

* = First pole
* = Second pole
* = Third pole

The line of sight would be to the north in this diagram.

If the first and second man have the same color hat, then the third one can determine that his hat must be the other colored hat. If the first and second man have different color hats, then the third man cannot deduce this, and by the third man's failure to solve the problem, then second man can solve the riddle by saying his hat doesn't match the color of the person in front of him.

 

[New Troll]

Two men wearing white shirts and blue pants are found dead in a cabin at the bottom of a cliff. How did they die?

No one has beaten this riddle yet...

Spoiler: HINT

Cabin not made of logs.

They died when their plane crashed.

Correct.

 

[Brotherofwill]

This is a fairly standard one, couldn't bother reading all the pages to see if it has been done before.

3 men are tied to poles. The poles are positioned in a straight line, allowing each man to only look at the pole straight ahead: The one at the front sees nothing, the one tied to the middle pole sees the man on the first pole and the last guy can see both the first and second man. The men either wear red or blue(both colors are represented)colored hats. In order to be untied they need to guess the color of their own hat.

Which man can solve the riddle and why?

To make the position of the poles a bit easier:

* = First pole
* = Second pole
* = Third pole

The line of sight would be to the north in this diagram.

If the first and second man have the same color hat, then the third one can determine that his hat must be the other colored hat. If the first and second man have different color hats, then the third man cannot deduce this, and by the third man's failure to solve the problem, then second man can solve the riddle by saying his hat doesn't match the color of the person in front of him.

Tres bien!

 

[GoldenCondor]

What has four wheels and flies?

Turbo Robot.

 

[GoldenCondor]

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

 

[TheBarefootBandit]

i have an easy one

2 coins add up to 30 cents, 1 is not a nickel

the first one is a quarter and the 2nd one is the nickel

yaaay!
see, easy XD

Scrubs?!

 

[a stranger]

I was interested to see some of the riddles you guys have picked up along your travels. They can be the trick questions, or just word games. Mine is:
L . . . N . . . .. S . . . U . . . . N . . . A . . . . ... P
. E . R . T . U . E . O . R . I . D . S . W . A ... O
. . A . . . O . . . ...Y . . . ...M . . . . A . . . E . . . .... N

i get it learn to use your mind as a weapon

 

[RockOn3906]

Okay, I've got an easy classic:

What has a foot on each end and one in the middle?

Apparently, this one hasn't been answered yet...

Spoiler: So here it is, for all to enjoy. :D

A yardstick. It's three feet long, after all.

 

[a stranger]

i dont no if this is a riddle but here you go

Things I know about you

1. Your reading my? comment
2. Now your saying/thinking thats a stupid fact.
4. You didnt notice that i skipped 3.
5. Your checking it now.
6. Your smiling.
7. Your still reading my comment.
8. You know all you have read is true.
10. You didnt notice that i skipped 9.
11. Your checking it now.
12. You didnt notice there are only 10 facts

 

[a stranger]

What has four wheels and flies?

a garbage truck

 

[19]

What can run, but never walks
has a mouth, but never talks
has a bed, but never sleeps
has a head, but never weeps?