Riddle Thread.

[The Thinker]

Riddle me this: A man walks into a pub, walks upto the bar and asks the bartender for a glass of water. The bartender fetches him the glass of water and then throws it over the man. The man thanks the bartender and leaves.

Why did the bartender throw the glass of water over the man?

This is a proper answer to this, not because the bartender is an arsehole.

the man was on fire

The common answer is, I believe, that the man had hiccups. But fire is funnier.

 

[caz105]

depends on a lot of variables:
his weight and build
the height of each storey
weather conditions
etc

but mere seconds either way

A man leaps off of the roof of an eleven story building. He takes a running start and when he leaves the roof, he is traveling at 3.2m/s.

How long does it take him to reach the ground?

Actually his weight and build dont matter. Give me the hieght of the building, ill give you a time. Gravity pulls him down at 9.8 ms per second. His speed outwards off the building doesnt matter. Its horizontal and we are working on the vertical. Lets assume its 44 m tall cus a story is roughly 4m high. So hes falling 44 m from an initial speed of 0, accelerating at 9.8 ms-2. It should take him... about 3 seconds, 2.99 seconds if youre gonna get pedantic at me. Easy lol.

I find it hard to believe your physics teacher struggled with that. Im like 17 and i can do it using what i learned in my math A level. Pfff. And yeah its the rest of his life. But shhh. I solved it proper ^.^

Um you ignored air resistance which is affected by weight and build and many other factors.

 

[Merkavar]

Correct! Now for another: What is the average air velocity of an unladen swallow.

African or European?

11 meters/sec?


what goes up and down but doesnt move?

your mood

well yes but i was going to say the temperature. its a lame riddle for kids

 

[Doive]

there are three doors, behind one is a prize, you are asked to pick one, then they open one of the doors you DIDN'T pick, to reveal that the prize isn't behind it.

this leaves two doors, the one that you picked, and the one that you didn't. one has the prize the other does not.

you are given the opportunity to switch your selection to the other remaining door.


should you?

yes, your chance of winning the prize increases.

This was in a film, can't remember what it was. The idea is that your first choice gives you a 33% chance of winning and your second gives you a 50% chance, therefore your chances increase.
However, this is flawed logic as you also have a 50% chance of winning if you choose to stick with your original choice.

 

[kane.malakos]

there are three doors, behind one is a prize, you are asked to pick one, then they open one of the doors you DIDN'T pick, to reveal that the prize isn't behind it.

this leaves two doors, the one that you picked, and the one that you didn't. one has the prize the other does not.

you are given the opportunity to switch your selection to the other remaining door.


should you?

yes, your chance of winning the prize increases.

This was in a film, can't remember what it was. The idea is that your first choice gives you a 33% chance of winning and your second gives you a 50% chance, therefore your chances increase.
However, this is flawed logic as you also have a 50% chance of winning if you choose to stick with your original choice.

That's actually incorrect. You have a 1/3 chance of picking the correct door on your first try. If you switch your guess to the other door, you are essentially getting that door and the opened door, so you have a 66% chance of winning. It's confusing, but true.

 

[EmpressZombiKitty]

Since no one seemed to try my other one, here's another!

There was a man who was walking. There was heavy rain and it was very muddy. The man looks back to see his footprints, but they aren't there. Why?

He is walking on his hands, therefore leaving no FOOTprints?

Nope, but that's not a bad idea.

 

[EmpressZombiKitty]

There was a man who was walking. There was heavy rain and it was very muddy. The man looks back to see his footprints, but they aren't there. Why?

He was inside

Nope, but good try.

 

[EmpressZombiKitty]

Since no one seemed to try my other one, here's another!

There was a man who was walking. There was heavy rain and it was very muddy. The man looks back to see his footprints, but they aren't there. Why?

He's walking backwards?

Well Done!

 

[Rofl-Mayo]

What's the thing that Always goes up but never down?

My erection?

OT: What stinks when living and smells good when dead?

 

[BiscuitTrouser]

depends on a lot of variables:
his weight and build
the height of each storey
weather conditions
etc

but mere seconds either way

A man leaps off of the roof of an eleven story building. He takes a running start and when he leaves the roof, he is traveling at 3.2m/s.

How long does it take him to reach the ground?

Actually his weight and build dont matter. Give me the hieght of the building, ill give you a time. Gravity pulls him down at 9.8 ms per second. His speed outwards off the building doesnt matter. Its horizontal and we are working on the vertical. Lets assume its 44 m tall cus a story is roughly 4m high. So hes falling 44 m from an initial speed of 0, accelerating at 9.8 ms-2. It should take him... about 3 seconds, 2.99 seconds if youre gonna get pedantic at me. Easy lol.

I find it hard to believe your physics teacher struggled with that. Im like 17 and i can do it using what i learned in my math A level. Pfff. And yeah its the rest of his life. But shhh. I solved it proper ^.^

Um you ignored air resistance which is affected by weight and build and many other factors.

Weight doesnt affect air resistance. Mass has NO EFFECT ON FALLING AT ALL. It changes force when you hit the ground (momentum) but other than that no. No it doesnt. See newtons test with bowling balls and smaller lighter balls. My model assumes no air resistance. As i was taught, its impossible to actually factor this 100% realistically, so just ignore it to get an estimate.

 

[The Thinker]

What stinks when living and smells good when dead?

I've already guessed pigs on this one. (bacon)

 

[brendonnelly]

Person X and Person Y are going to have a 3km race to win a million dollars: Person X may choose any mode of transportation he wants to travel on the race (cars, etc) Person Y, however may only go on foot. Before the race, they must both drink a glass of water. Person Y wins the race. Why?

X has no fuel!

Nope, the vehicles are all full fueled and functional.

 

[omega 616]

In a room with only 2 exits are two guards, of which one will always tell the truth, and one will always lie, and you do not know which is which. One exit leads to certain death, the other to freedom. You may ask ONE guard ONE question. What do you ask to guarantee your freedom?

But if you ask only one of them about the doors then you still have a 50% chance of living. If you ask a question to find out whether they lie or not, you've still got no help on the doors. You need more questions.

And this should probably have gone in Forum Games.

It is about making a double negative. You could always ask them if you are male or female, if one has to lie then he is going to tell you your the wrong gender, so you don't pick his door.

 

[Aethren]

What runs but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, and has a bed but never sleeps?

Often held but never touched, always wet but never rusts, often bites but seldom bit, to use me well you must have wit.

You can spin, wheel and twist, but it can turn without moving. What is it?

Today he is there to trip you up and he will torture you tomorrow. Yet he is also there to ease the pain, when you are lost in grief and sorrow.

No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?

If you break me I'll not stop working. If you can touch me, my work is done. If you lose me, you must find me with a ring soon after. What am I?

Always old, sometimes new, never sad, sometimes blue. Never empty, sometimes full, never pushes, always pulls.

are they all supposed to be different riddles? i'm assuming so.

the first line is a river

the second is a tongue

the third could be tide

the fourth i don't know

the fifth is silence (and has already appeared in the thread)

the sixth and seventh i also don't know

You got 2/7 correct. It's not tide.

 

[Jon Shannow]

Take you out, put me in and a horse appears in this happy person.
who am i?

 

[SamuelT]

A man leaps off of the roof of an eleven story building. He takes a running start and when he leaves the roof, he is traveling at 3.2m/s.

How long does it take him to reach the ground?

2.61 seconds. Physics- It works.

Not when faced with the wonkey logic of riddles!

Never did anyone state the traveling velocity was downwards. >.>

 

[DuctTapeJedi]

A man leaps off of the roof of an eleven story building. He takes a running start and when he leaves the roof, he is traveling at 3.2m/s.

How long does it take him to reach the ground?

2.61 seconds. Physics- It works.

Not when faced with the wonkey logic of riddles!

Never did anyone state the traveling velocity was downwards. >.>

Someone did say there was a downward velocity. Newton. And the horizontal velocity doesn't factor in to the actual amount of air time.

 

[SamuelT]

A man leaps off of the roof of an eleven story building. He takes a running start and when he leaves the roof, he is traveling at 3.2m/s.

How long does it take him to reach the ground?

2.61 seconds. Physics- It works.

Not when faced with the wonkey logic of riddles!

Never did anyone state the traveling velocity was downwards. >.>

Someone did say there was a downward velocity. Newton. And the horizontal velocity doesn't factor in to the actual amount of air time.

Again; the logic of the riddle.

 

[spacecowboy86]

2 fathers and 2 sons were out hunting one day. By the end of the day, they had each shot and killed one duck, but they only bring home 3 ducks. How is this possible?

its a grandfather, his son, and his son's son, because the son is the son of the father and the father is the son of the grandfather = 2 sons. The grandfather is the father of the father and the father is the father of the youngest = 2 fathers.

you are in a basement with three switches, each switch turns on a lightbulb upstairs. how can you use the switches so that you can figure out which switch goes to which bulb the first time you go upstairs? (hint: you have as much time as you need)

 

[Epslion.Bear]

Person X and Person Y are going to have a 3km race to win a million dollars: Person X may choose any mode of transportation he wants to travel on the race (cars, etc) Person Y, however may only go on foot. Before the race, they must both drink a glass of water. Person Y wins the race. Why?

X chooses a Sinclair C5 and fails