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  • sharpx9
    Registered User
    • Sep 2004
    • 2085

    #1

    Riddle me this...

    A father's child, a mother's child, yet no one's son.
  • SpaceAce
    Confirmed User
    • Jul 2002
    • 6493

    #2
    A daughter.

    SpaceAce

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    • sharpx9
      Registered User
      • Sep 2004
      • 2085

      #3
      Originally posted by SpaceAce
      A daughter.

      SpaceAce

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      • sharpx9
        Registered User
        • Sep 2004
        • 2085

        #4
        Four men want to cross a bridge. They all begin on the same side. It is night, and they have only one flashlight with them. At most two men can cross the bridge at a time, and any party who crosses, either one or two people, must have the flashlight with them.
        The flashlight must be walked back and forth: it cannot be thrown, etc. Each man walks at a different speed. A pair must walk together at the speed of the slower man. Man 1 needs 1 minute to cross the bridge, man 2 needs 2 minutes, man 3 needs 5 minutes, and man 4 needs 10 minutes. For example, if man 1 and man 3 walk across together, they need 5 minutes.
        How can all four men cross the bridge in 17 minutes?

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        • nojob
          The Original NoJob
          • Feb 2004
          • 3682

          #5
          hmmm I didn't get to the thread fast enough to answer

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          • sharpx9
            Registered User
            • Sep 2004
            • 2085

            #6
            Julia is as old as John will be when Julia is twice as old as John was when Julia's age was half the sum of their present ages.

            John is as old as Julia was when John was half the age he will be 10 years from now.

            How old are John and Julia?

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            • sharpx9
              Registered User
              • Sep 2004
              • 2085

              #7
              It is said among my people that some things are improved by death.
              Tell me, what stinks while living, but in death, smells good?

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              • sharpx9
                Registered User
                • Sep 2004
                • 2085

                #8
                1) How long did the Hundred Years War last?
                2) Which country makes Panama hats?
                3) From which animal do we get catgut?
                4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
                5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?
                6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?
                7) What was King George VI's first name?
                8) What color is a purple finch?
                9) What country do Chinese gooseberries come from? (aka kiwifruit (keeweefruit) and zespri (zespree))
                10) How long did the Thirty Years War last?

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                • sharpx9
                  Registered User
                  • Sep 2004
                  • 2085

                  #9
                  There are two rooms - one room with three light bulbs, the other with three light switches. Each switch turns on one light. If you can only travel to each room once, how can you tell which switch controls which light?

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                  • sharpx9
                    Registered User
                    • Sep 2004
                    • 2085

                    #10
                    Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?

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                    • sharpx9
                      Registered User
                      • Sep 2004
                      • 2085

                      #11
                      If two's company and three's a crowd, what are four and five?



                      If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don't have it. What is it?



                      If you were in a dark room with a candle, a woodstove, a match and a gas lamp which do you light first?



                      A barrel of water weighs 20 pounds. What must you add to it to make it weigh 12 pounds?



                      A farmer had seventeen sheep, all but nine died, how many did he have left?



                      A father's child, a mother's child, yet no one's son.



                      A man builds a house with all 4 sides facing south. A bear walks past the house. What color is the bear?



                      A man drove all the way from New York to San Francisco only to discover at the end of the trip that he had a flat tire from the very start. Yet his car was completely unaffected by it? How is this possible?

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                      • sharpx9
                        Registered User
                        • Sep 2004
                        • 2085

                        #12
                        He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?



                        How are a jeweler and a jailer alike?



                        How many bricks does it take to complete a building made of brick?



                        How many of each animal did Moses take on the ark?



                        How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?



                        How much dirt is in a hole 4 feet deep and 2 feet wide?



                        I am used to bat with, yet I never get a hit. I am near a ball, yet it is never thrown. What am I?



                        I have a head like a cat. I have feet like at cat. But I am not a cat. What am I?



                        I know a word of letters three,
                        Add two and fewer there will be.



                        If a rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg, what kind of chicks would hatch?



                        If an egg came floating down the Green River, where did it come from?



                        If there are fifteen crows on a fence and the farmer shoots a third of them, how many crows are left?

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                        • sharpx9
                          Registered User
                          • Sep 2004
                          • 2085

                          #13
                          That outa keep you guys busy for a while tonight :D

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                          • sharpx9
                            Registered User
                            • Sep 2004
                            • 2085

                            #14

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                            • Nembrionic
                              Confirmed User
                              • Feb 2003
                              • 2424

                              #15
                              Originally posted by sharpx9
                              It is said among my people that some things are improved by death.
                              Tell me, what stinks while living, but in death, smells good?
                              life itself

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                              • Nembrionic
                                Confirmed User
                                • Feb 2003
                                • 2424

                                #16
                                Originally posted by sharpx9
                                He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?



                                How are a jeweler and a jailer alike?



                                How many bricks does it take to complete a building made of brick?



                                How many of each animal did Moses take on the ark?
                                * 0


                                How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?
                                * only one time



                                How much dirt is in a hole 4 feet deep and 2 feet wide?
                                *no way of telling, you need a lenght as well


                                I am used to bat with, yet I never get a hit. I am near a ball, yet it is never thrown. What am I?



                                I have a head like a cat. I have feet like at cat. But I am not a cat. What am I?



                                I know a word of letters three,
                                Add two and fewer there will be.



                                If a rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg, what kind of chicks would hatch?
                                * none. Roosters don't lay eggs


                                If an egg came floating down the Green River, where did it come from?



                                If there are fifteen crows on a fence and the farmer shoots a third of them, how many crows are left?
                                *14
                                Answers are in between

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                                • sharpx9
                                  Registered User
                                  • Sep 2004
                                  • 2085

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by Nembrionic
                                  life itself
                                  a pig....

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                                  • Nembrionic
                                    Confirmed User
                                    • Feb 2003
                                    • 2424

                                    #18
                                    and ehm...where's the rest?

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                                    • Varius
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Jun 2004
                                      • 6890

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by sharpx9
                                      Four men want to cross a bridge. They all begin on the same side. It is night, and they have only one flashlight with them. At most two men can cross the bridge at a time, and any party who crosses, either one or two people, must have the flashlight with them.
                                      The flashlight must be walked back and forth: it cannot be thrown, etc. Each man walks at a different speed. A pair must walk together at the speed of the slower man. Man 1 needs 1 minute to cross the bridge, man 2 needs 2 minutes, man 3 needs 5 minutes, and man 4 needs 10 minutes. For example, if man 1 and man 3 walk across together, they need 5 minutes.
                                      How can all four men cross the bridge in 17 minutes?
                                      man 1 and man 2 walk across together. this is 2 minutes
                                      man 2 walks back alone with flashlight, we are at 4 minutes now
                                      man 3 and man 4 walk across together, upto 14 mins now
                                      man 1 comes back alone with flashlight, 15 mins
                                      man 1 and 2 go across, upto 17 mins

                                      total: 17 minutes

                                      At first I kept getting stuck at 19 minutes, by sending man 1 and 4 across as step 1..but with a bit of trying diff combinations, I got it
                                      Skype variuscr - Email varius AT gmail

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                                      • TheMob
                                        Confirmed User
                                        • Jan 2003
                                        • 8584

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by sharpx9
                                        1) How long did the Hundred Years War last?
                                        2) Which country makes Panama hats?
                                        3) From which animal do we get catgut?
                                        4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
                                        5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?
                                        6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?
                                        7) What was King George VI's first name?
                                        8) What color is a purple finch?
                                        9) What country do Chinese gooseberries come from? (aka kiwifruit (keeweefruit) and zespri (zespree))
                                        10) How long did the Thirty Years War last?
                                        Wow, those are very tough

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                                        • demon100
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Oct 2003
                                          • 1203

                                          #21
                                          not a damn clue
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                                          • reynold
                                            Too lazy to set a custom title
                                            • Oct 2002
                                            • 51271

                                            #22
                                            A daughter.

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                                            • fr8
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Mar 2003
                                              • 5074

                                              #23
                                              the riddlers have struck like thunder.
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                                              • Nembrionic
                                                Confirmed User
                                                • Feb 2003
                                                • 2424

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by TheMob
                                                Wow, those are very tough
                                                Those are not riddles so any retard with Google can find those facts

                                                Ofcourse, the riddles in the thread are probably easily found that way as well, but takes away the fun.

                                                The ones you just replied too are just Weekend Millionair questions

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