The Riddle Thread

[Zephik]

*Google it if your a cheater*

Okay, lets start out with an easy one.

What gets wetter as it dries?

You can either reply with an answer or another riddle. I don't plan on posting a new riddle every time someone gets it right. lol I'm just not that smart.

**UPDATE**

For those of you who want just one really hard Riddle to solve, here you go, knock yourselves out. +rep for the person who gets it right!

Einstein's Riddle

The story behind Einstein's riddle is that Albert Einstein created it in the late 1800s, and claimed that 98% of the world population couldn't solve it. I am not sure of the true origin, but I have seen this one floating around the internet, and it is a good brain exercise. Here it is:

- In a street there are five houses, painted five different colors.

- In each house lives a person of different nationality

- These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke different brand of cigar and keep a different pet.

Einstein's riddle is: Who owns the fish?

Necessary clues:

1. The British man lives in a red house.
2. The Swedish man keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Danish man drinks tea.
4. The Green house is next to, and on the left of the White house.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the center house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The Blends smoker lives next to the one who drinks water.

[jdbnsn]

a towel?

[Zephik]

a towel?

NO... oh wait, yep. lol Told you that it was going to be an easy one.

Okay, now for a slightly harder one.

What row of numbers comes next?

1
11
21
1211
111221
312221
13112221

Heres another one if nobody can figure out the one above.

There is a town in Texas where 5% of all the people living there have unlisted phone numbers. If you selected 100 names at random from the town's phone directory, on average, how
many of these people would have unlisted phone numbers?

[jdbnsn]

There is a town in Texas where 5% of all the people living there have unlisted phone numbers. If you selected 100 names at random from the town's phone directory, on average, how
many of these people would have unlisted phone numbers?

zero. They are not listed in the directory.

[jdbnsn]

I think I know how the number thing works, but it's a bit of a mind screw... Is this right?

1
11
21
1211
111221
312221
13112221


1113213211


I think this was on the mensa test

[DaveW]

I think this was on the mensa test

I hate menza. No offence intended to anyone here who's a member. I think the books are great, for example. But the idea of an elitist group of people who consider themselves better for having a superior intellect, based on a test which most people consider fatally flawed, just irritates me to my core.

My dad is a member of Menza, and although I qualify their entry conditions, I refuse to join their `ranks'. Much to the chagrin of my father. The sooner we stop breaking ourselves up into elitist groups the better.

(Sorry for the rant. Menza really irritates me!)

To make up for the rant, here's a riddle based on a popular urban legend.

A forest fire is being put out by the fire brigade. When they finally manage to put it out, they start to assess the damage. While exploring, they find the body of a dead man. He is wearing swimming trunks and is unburned. The nearest body of water is 6 miles away.

How did he get there?

-Dave

[jdbnsn]

Well I flunked the mensa test anyway, so I am not worthy of joining the ranks if I wanted to.

As for the fire, did he get sucked into the water tank that the fire fighters filled to put it out?

[Zephik]

As for the fire, did he get sucked into the water tank that the fire fighters filled to put it out?

Gah! You totally took my answer! lol

By the way, you have gotten all of my riddles right so far, I don't know about Dave's though. I hope you are, because it means that I am too. :p

When I lived on the lake, we had a forest fire somewhat near by, so these HUGE planes would come down and basically skim across the lake on their bellies, scooping up tons of water. It was AWESOME, since they flew right over my house, making it vibrate a little from the roar of the engines.

But since that hasn't happened at our lake before (we've had helicopters with buckets on rope) people saw the planes and thought they were crash landing, so there was like 5 boats racing towards the plane before it pulled up. It was pretty funny, but I can understand. I was about to run down to my boat to help too. lol

Coeur d'Alene lake in the Summer time can be pretty busy, and that includes divers. So if someone was diving far from their boat for some reason, or the airplane just didn't see them, I would only imagine that they would scoop up the person on accident.

**BTW**

What is broken every time it's spoken?

And/or

What has a mouth but can't chew?

[.Maleficus.]

Zephik: Here's my stab at Einstein's riddle.

The Norwegian.

*please be right...*

[Zephik]

Zephik: Here's my stab at Einstein's riddle.

The Norwegian.

*please be right...*

Nope, sorry. Please try again!

*Insert Quarter to Continue*

*30*

*29*

*28*

[jdbnsn]

Is it unfair to draw this info on paper to solve Eisntein's riddle? This looks like a process of elimination thing but I don't think I can do it in my head.

[Zephik]

Is it unfair to draw this info on paper to solve Eisntein's riddle?

Is it unfair? I would certainly think not. I'm not going to give extra "props" to a person who does is strictly in their head (although, I'll be jealous of them. :P). I'll give the extra "props" to the person who uses whatever means necessary to figure out the riddle. Its kind of like a person lifting a very heavy object. Okay, so your insanely strong, which is pretty cool in itself, but I would give my "reputation points" to the person who uses some kind of pulley system to lift the object instead.

^_^

[jdbnsn]

Well by drawing it out I think I know which one it is, but I want to see if anyone can do it in their head too (and also see if I'm right or wrong).

[.Maleficus.]

I GOT IT! FOR SURE THIS TIME!

THE GERMAN OWNS THE FISH.

I did it on paper :D. I did the first time too, but I found my mistake. That's a good riddle Zephik, nice find!

[Zephik]

I GOT IT! FOR SURE THIS TIME!

THE GERMAN OWNS THE FISH.

I did it on paper :D. I did the first time too, but I found my mistake. That's a good riddle Zephik, nice find!

Oh, I'm sorry. But "The German" is incorrect. Better luck next time though.

Nah, I'm just foolin' with ya! You got it right!

*confetti, balloons and +reps fall from the ceiling*

Still got these riddles by the way...

What is broken every time it's spoken?

What has a mouth but can't chew?

What can go up and come down without moving?

[.Maleficus.]

Hehe, my sister is working on Einstein's Riddle right now. She's stuck though. And I can tell it's getting to her :D:D.


Edit: She couldn't get it.

[jdbnsn]

I have a couple for you.

1) A politician wrote a touching, and very long speech. How did this speech help keep him in office even prior to giving it?

2) Julius and Aromea are found lying dead on the floor without a scratch. There is also a broken bowl lying between them. What was the cause of death?

[jdbnsn]

As for the mouth that cannot chew....I have it in the back of my mind that some natural structure has been coined as a "mouth", like the mouth of the river where it diverges or something like that. Also seems like there is a mouth of a storm or something. Otherwise I'd say I am stumped.

Broken every time it's spoken...took me a while to get it, but.....silence.

[jdbnsn]

what can go up and down without moving? Temperature

[Zephik]

jd, you are really good at riddles. Just thought I'd let you know. lol


I have a couple for you.

1) A politician wrote a touching, and very long speech. How did this speech help keep him in office even prior to giving it?

2) Julius and Aromea are found lying dead on the floor without a scratch. There is also a broken bowl lying between them. What was the cause of death?

1. He was in his office when he wrote it and if he left his office before warming the hearts of the lynch mob outside, they were going to kill him, so he was forced to stay in his office and write something that would save his life. ?

2. The shockwave from the bowl as it hit the floor caused an electromagnetic disruption in the part of their brains that tells them to breathe.

I, on the other hand, am not. :)

[jdbnsn]

Oooh, I remeber one from chemistry class. This was an extra-credit question on my fundamentals of chem in college. "5 points will be rewarded to thee, if thou can make sense of this one, two, and three"

Cite one two-worded palindrome that can accurately describe the three-way relationship in the atomic particles of the non-metalic portion in table salt.

[jdbnsn]

jd, you are really good at riddles. Just thought I'd let you know. lol



1. He was in his office when he wrote it and if he left his office before warming the hearts of the lynch mob outside, they were going to kill him, so he was forced to stay in his office and write something that would save his life. ?

2. The shockwave from the bowl as it hit the floor caused an electromagnetic disruption in the part of their brains that tells them to breathe.

I, on the other hand, am not. :)



Nope and nope. I'll give you a hint on them.

1) there was no poison in the bowl

2) the answer is a historical fact.

EDIT: BTW- It's only fair to warn you that misdirection is my specialty.

[Omega]

EDIT: BTW- It's only fair to warn you that misdirection is my specialty.

Like we didn't know this already...

=p

[jdbnsn]

:p

[Zephik]

1. People generally liked him and he was a good politician.

2. God cast Level 7 Smite.

I win! :D

lol okay, I'm done.

[jdbnsn]

BTW- +rep to anyone who can solve the above riddles, two of them are quite difficult and one is medium. As for the chem question, I'll give credit to a solid explaination without solving the palindrome (because on the test I couldn't get it either, I suck at palindromes).

[jdbnsn]

Julius and Aromea are the most unobvious of the stack, it's a forensic puzzle, but you have to ask yuorself the most fundamental questions about the scene.

[jdbnsn]

So was the mouth that can't chew right or wrong?

[Zephik]

So was the mouth that can't chew right or wrong?

Triple post! :eek:

lol I suppose you got it right. The answer is a river. or a stream. or anything else that has a mouth but can't chew for that matter. :P

Okay, I've heard that this one is supposed to be pretty hard. Lets see how long it takes "the riddler" to solve this one. lol


I turn polar bears white

and I will make you cry.

I make guys have to pee

and girls comb their hair.

I make celebrities look stupid

and normal people look like celebrities.

I turn pancakes brown

and make your champagne bubble.

If you squeeze me, I'll pop.

If you look at me, you'll pop.

Can you guess the riddle?

[noopypoop]

The death one: it was just their time?

[jdbnsn]

Triple post!

I swear I think 90% of the people don't understand what a double and triple post really means.

Noopy- Nice reasoning, but no. Their life was cut short.

One more for you. This is fairly well known and you have likely seen it before, it's not a riddle but a puzzle. It was used in a study years ago to compare the conceptual thinking skills of eskimo children vs urban children to develop an idea of whether or not consistent television viewing effected the development of structural reasoning. The results were significantly suggestive that TV does indeed impair reasoning, but the study was too abstract and the results were scrapped. I don't have a scanner here so sketch this out...

Draw a grid of 9 dots like below and draw no more than 4 line segments that together pass through all 9 dots without lifting the pencil from the page.

O O O

O O O

O O O


EDIT: I can't get the dots lined up above correctly, but they should be arranged in a square formation, not the rectangle seen above.

[jdbnsn]

I turn polar bears white

and I will make you cry.

I make guys have to pee

and girls comb their hair.

I make celebrities look stupid

and normal people look like celebrities.

I turn pancakes brown

and make your champagne bubble.

If you squeeze me, I'll pop.

If you look at me, you'll pop.

Can you guess the riddle?

Yikes! This one is tough...

EDIT: when you said "can you guess the riddle?" is that part of the riddle or just you asking?

So far I can gone through air, light, pressure, and nothing fits, that last line jacks me up "If you look at me, you'll pop", I can't think of anything that does that :(

[Zephik]

Yikes! This one is tough...

EDIT: when you said "can you guess the riddle?" is that part of the riddle or just you asking?

So far I can gone through air, light, pressure, and nothing fits, that last line jacks me up "If you look at me, you'll pop", I can't think of anything that does that :(

The last line is not apart of the riddle to the best of my knowledge.

Hint: Don't take "pop" too literally. Think about how your job (or most peoples jobs, for that matter) can be sometimes.

You seem to be on the right track for the most part though, asking the right questions at least.

[NightrainSrt4]

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/3450/dsc01303fm8.jpg

Had to draw it and snap a pic as I couldn't figure out an easy way by typing. That one was pretty easy for me, I am pretty good at those types.

[jdbnsn]

ooo snap! that is correct.

Has anyone made any progress on the other riddles? Too hard?

[NightrainSrt4]

Oooh, I remeber one from chemistry class. This was an extra-credit question on my fundamentals of chem in college. "5 points will be rewarded to thee, if thou can make sense of this one, two, and three"

Cite one two-worded palindrome that can accurately describe the three-way relationship in the atomic particles of the non-metalic portion in table salt.

I have no clue, but I will try to start to work it out, and others can chime in.

Table salt = sodium chloride

sodium is the metallic portion whereas chlorine is the non-metallic portion

Basic atomic particles of chlorine: electrons, neutrons, protons just like any other atom...so not sure what is unique here.

Ehh I have no clue and I am horrible at palindromes.

[jdbnsn]

Well I just realized that I gave you the wrong info anyway (dammit!). It wasn't table salt, it was lye. Sorry man, my bad again.

[NightrainSrt4]

Ahhh... I was wondering why I couldn't think of anything for chlorine. I will soon return :D

Edit: I have no clue, although when I see the answer I will probably slap my head. Doh!

Here is what I know.


Lye: Theres a few different chemicals considered lye. Examples: sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide. In either case hydroxide would be the non-metallic portion. Hydroxide = OH-

Single bond between the oxygen and hydrogen.

Ehh, I suck at palindromes...maybe someone can roll with the ball from there. The thing with palindromes is I never know where to start to come up with one...

[Drum Thumper]

Oooh...riddles!

What first lies in bed, then stands in bed
First white, then red
The plumper it gets, the better the old lady likes it?

[jdbnsn]

Oooh...riddles!

What first lies in bed, then stands in bed
First white, then red
The plumper it gets, the better the old lady likes it?

A rose?

[jdbnsn]

Single bond between the oxygen and hydrogen.

The meat of the answer revolves around this.

[Drum Thumper]

A rose?

Nope. But close.

[jdbnsn]

a flower?

[Drum Thumper]

You're very close. Think a bit more.

[jdbnsn]

If it is a type of flower I am tapping out, little to no knowledge about them.

[Drum Thumper]

If it is a type of flower I am tapping out, little to no knowledge about them.

It's not a type of flower, but it does indeed flower.

[jdbnsn]

hmmm....fruits flower, but don't grow in beds, some are red but I don't know about starting out white (unless you count white flower to red apple and such). Berries grow in beds, strawberries particulary follow this pattern of white flower to plump red berries, is it a strawberry?

[Drum Thumper]

It is indeed a strawberry.

Give me a bit to think of some more.

[Drum Thumper]

What walks on four legs, then two legs, and then three legs?

[jdbnsn]

A man.

[Drum Thumper]

A man.

That was quick. And painfully obvious.

[jdbnsn]

I still have two unsolved riddles on the table if you want to take a shot...


1) A politician wrote a touching, and very long speech. How did this speech help keep him in office even prior to giving it?

2) Julius and Aromea are found lying dead on the floor without a scratch. There is also a broken bowl lying between them. What was the cause of death?

[Drum Thumper]

1). He's a dictator.

2). The floor gave way, they both died in the fall, and the bowl broke as well?

[noopypoop]

Taking another shot:


They both had a peanut allergy(or some kind of food allergy in this case im using peanuts) The bowl was filled with cookies which contained peanut oil, they ate alll the cookies with the bowl in hands and as they died they dropped the bowl.

[Luke122]

I still have two unsolved riddles on the table if you want to take a shot...

1. Ethics?

2. Julius and Aromea are fish, the bowl was their fishbowl.

[noopypoop]

2. Julius and Aromea are fish, the bowl was their fishbowl.

Crap i think my answer is way off now....

[Nukkinz]

Julius and Aromea are found lying dead on the floor without a scratch. There is also a broken bowl lying between them. What was the cause of death?

Julius and Aromea were beaten with the bowl, the floor is what was without a scratch.

Thats the best i could come up with :redface:

[jdbnsn]

Luke is correct! The fishbowl fell and the cause of death was suffocation.

But no for #1.

[jdbnsn]

I turn polar bears white

and I will make you cry.

I make guys have to pee

and girls comb their hair.

I make celebrities look stupid

and normal people look like celebrities.

I turn pancakes brown

and make your champagne bubble.

If you squeeze me, I'll pop.

If you look at me, you'll pop.

Can you guess the riddle?


Alright Zephik, I admit it. This damned thing has been eating away at me all day. I have run through this thing so many time in my head and cannot find any variable that is true for all of those. Most riddles lead you away from the answer one way or another and you overlook a simple solution, but I'm not so sure about this one :( Here is what I think:
I asked you if "can you guess the riddle?" was part of it or your words and you sounded unsure, that means they are not your words and they are part of the riddle. The fact that it is worded so strangely (guess the riddle?), shouldn't it be asking "what am I?" instead? It's like this is several riddles in a list and the question is "which one?" or "what am I asking?". I don't get any sense that one line is more important than the other, so I don't think it's asking to choose which, I think the riddle is asking, "what am I asking?" If that isn't it, I have no f-ing clue what the answer is.

[jdbnsn]

We have to wait to hear from Zephik, but there are still these unsolved riddles...


"5 points will be rewarded to thee, if thou can make sense of this one, two, and three"

Cite one two-worded palindrome that can accurately describe the three-way relationship in the atomic particles of the non-metalic portion in lye.

and

A politician wrote a touching, and very long speech. How did this speech help keep him in office even prior to giving it?

[Zephik]

So do you want to hear the answer? I'm not sure if thats what you are saying or not, since you could of just googled it. I hope your not under the impression that I created this riddle, lol that would be way beyond me. Its a riddle I heard about in either early middle school or late elementary though, so its been around for some time.

Here is the Answer if you want it. (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070608194934AAKB0Rp)

[jdbnsn]

I know you didn't write it because you were not sure if the last line was part of the riddle. I don't know how effective google would be in this situation, but maybe it is on the net, I don't think my riddles are (maybe one of them is). I posted earlier the closest thing I'm going to come to an answer to this thing, if that's not right then I have no clue.

EDIT: Time???? I thought of that but it doesn't seem to fit all of them. Ah well, too tough for me. Nice one! +rep

[jdbnsn]

BTW- Luke solved one of mine, 2 remain. If you can get those I have some really tough ones.

[Zephik]

EDIT: Time???? I thought of that but it doesn't seem to fit all of them. Ah well, too tough for me. Nice one! +rep

I'm not going to lie, I'm in the same boat with you. Someone made sense of it to me when I first tried to solve the riddle in school, but its escaped me since then.

A riddle thats answer is a riddle. Thats just horrible. lol

Okay, heres an easy one.

What has six faces,
But does not wear makeup.
It also has twenty-one eyes,
But cannot see?

And another one.

What is the next 3 letters in this riddle?
o t t f f s s _ _ _

[NightrainSrt4]

What has six faces,
But does not wear makeup.
It also has twenty-one eyes,
But cannot see?



A die

[jdbnsn]

What is the next 3 letters in this riddle?
o t t f f s s _ _ _

I know this one, but it's because I've seen it before so I won't ruin it. It can be solved with the same method as the first number puzzle you posted though.

Here's one (I did get this off the internet, but it's a good one, not too hard but takes some thought).

You have four drinking glasses and you are asked to arrange them on a table so that the center of each glass's base is the exact same distance from the other three. How will you arrange them?

[Drum Thumper]

What is the next 3 letters in this riddle?
o t t f f s s _ _ _

e n t would be the next three letters.

I obviously know what's going on here, so I'll +rep whoever can tell us how I arrived at this conclusion.

[Zephik]

e n t would be the next three letters.

I obviously know what's going on here, so I'll +rep whoever can tell us how I arrived at this conclusion.

Ah man, of course, I had to be the one who posted it, so I already know the answer. But... free rep... NO! Must resist the temptation!

Okay, count to ten, breathe in breathe out...

Ah, much better. I feel better now. :redface:

^_^

[Drum Thumper]

Ah man, of course, I had to be the one who posted it, so I already know the answer. But... free rep... NO! Must resist the temptation!

Okay, count to ten, breathe in breathe out...

Ah, much better. I feel better now. :redface:

^_^

I LOL'd. Especially at that last part!

Have some rep for making me laugh!

[danthegeek]

This is one I found interesting and it took me a while

I'm as small as an ant,
as big as a whale.
I'll approach like a breeeze,
but can come like a gale.
By some I get hit,
but all have shown fear.
I'll dance to the music,
though I can't hear.
Of names I have many,
Of names I have one.
I'm as slow as a snail,
but from me you can't run.
What am I?

-dan

[Drum Thumper]

but from me you can't run.

-dan

From this line alone I am pretty confident that the answer is 'your shadow'

[Drum Thumper]

A few more to add to the collection:

I pass before the sun, yet I make not a shadow. What am I?

Although my cow is dead, I still beat her...what a racket she makes!

What can go up a chimney down, but not down a chimney up?

And here's one right up Jon's alley:

We are very little creatures, all of us have different features. One of us in glass is set; one of us you'll find in jet. Another you may see in tin, and a fourth is boxed within. If the fifth you should pursue, it can never fly from you. What are we?

[danthegeek]

From this line alone I am pretty confident that the answer is 'your shadow'

Yup good job. "A Shadow"

[jdbnsn]

night

drum

stumped

stumped

[SgtM]

What can go up a chimney down, but not down a chimney up?



An umbrella.

[jdbnsn]

ooooh, nice one!

[jdbnsn]

We are very little creatures, all of us have different features. One of us in glass is set; one of us you'll find in jet. Another you may see in tin, and a fourth is boxed within. If the fifth you should pursue, it can never fly from you. What are we?

I am struggling with this one.
the riddle is emphasizing 5 words:
-glass
-jet
-tin
-boxed
-you
The "tiny creatures with different features" are found within each of these things or words. They are all containers. Technically, bacteria is correct but I don't think that is what the riddle is teasing out. I'll keep working.

[Pointy_Stick]

This is my answer to jdbnsn's politician riddle.

The politician was Theodore Roosevelt and was about to give a speech and was carrying the thick manuscript in his jacket when a man attempted to assassinate Roosevelt by shooting him. However, the bullet struck the speech in his pocket, slowing the bullet enough so that the shot was not fatal. Thus the speech saved Roosevelt's life, allowing him to stay in office, even though he had not yet delivered it!
More info (http://www.historybuff.com/library/refteddy.html)
Copy of the speech (http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/research/speech%20kill%20moose.htm)

[jdbnsn]

correct!

[jdbnsn]

That leaves only this unsolved riddle of mine, it's pretty tough and if you can solve it I'll post some really hard ones.


"5 points will be rewarded to thee, if thou can make sense of this one, two, and three"

Cite one two-worded palindrome that can accurately describe the three-way relationship in the atomic particles of the non-metalic portion in lye.

[jdbnsn]

here is another fun one for you forensic fans...

You are a detective called to the scene of a crime, here is what you find...

A man was found murdered one Sunday morning and his wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and was given these alibis:
-The Wife said she was in bed reading a book.
-The Cook claimed she cooking breakfast.
-The Gardener claimed he was planting seeds.
-The Maid claimed she was getting the mail.
-The Butler claimed he polishing the silver.

You arrest the murderer. Who did it and how did you know?

[Zephik]

here is another fun one for you forensic fans...

You are a detective called to the scene of a crime, here is what you find...

A man was found murdered one Sunday morning and his wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and was given these alibis:
-The Wife said she was in bed reading a book.
-The Cook claimed she cooking breakfast.
-The Gardener claimed he was planting seeds.
-The Maid claimed she was getting the mail.
-The Butler claimed he polishing the silver.

You arrest the murdered. Who did it and how did you know?

Do people get mail on Sunday Morning?

[jdbnsn]

here is another one, little tougher..

Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it,
Five in the middle is seen;
First of all figures, the first of all letters,
Take up their stations between.
Join all together, and then you will bring
Before you the name of an eminent king.

[jdbnsn]

Do people get mail on Sunday Morning?

no they do not

[Zephik]

no they do not

I didn't think so. Besides, its the butlers job to "fetch" things, the maid cleans things, not the butler (unless all you have is one or the other). At least, thats my understanding of it. Regardless though, my answer would have to be the maid, as there is no mail on Sunday mornings, so she couldn't of possibly been fetching the mail. Unless of course, it was day old mail or something, but no one who can afford all those people would allow such a thing as that.

Hey, I think I finally found the sort of riddles I'm good at! ^_^

...the easy ones, that is. :p

[jdbnsn]

well done! you arrested the maid!

[Needsleep]

here is another one, little tougher..

Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it,
Five in the middle is seen;
First of all figures, the first of all letters,
Take up their stations between.
Join all together, and then you will bring
Before you the name of an eminent king.

david?

d=500
v=5
a=1st of all letters
i = 1st of all figures

[merkure]

I am struggling with this one.
the riddle is emphasizing 5 words:
-glass
-jet
-tin
-boxed
-you
The "tiny creatures with different features" are found within each of these things or words. They are all containers. Technically, bacteria is correct but I don't think that is what the riddle is teasing out. I'll keep working.

vowels

[xRyokenx]

I turn polar bears white

and I will make you cry.

I make guys have to pee

and girls comb their hair.

I make celebrities look stupid

and normal people look like celebrities.

I turn pancakes brown

and make your champagne bubble.

If you squeeze me, I'll pop.

If you look at me, you'll pop.

Can you guess the riddle?

The answer is no.

[jdbnsn]

bah! you jerks are too damned smart for my puzzles (or you are finding them on google :) )

DAVID is indeed the correct answer!

And for Drum's riddle, grrrrr, it was right infront of me and I missed it! Nice! (assuming that is correct, but it does make sense)

So can you solve the chem riddle? You won't find that on google, I assure you.

[BigJohnson]

here is another fun one for you forensic fans...

You are a detective called to the scene of a crime, here is what you find...

A man was found murdered one Sunday morning and his wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and was given these alibis:
-The Wife said she was in bed reading a book.
-The Cook claimed she cooking breakfast.
-The Gardener claimed he was planting seeds.
-The Maid claimed she was getting the mail.
-The Butler claimed he polishing the silver.

You arrest the murderer. Who did it and how did you know?

The maid, no mail on sunday

[BigJohnson]

Three brothers share a family sport:
A non-stop marathon
The oldest one is fat and short
And trudges slowly on
The middle brother's tall and slim
And keeps a steady pace
The youngest runs just like the wind,
Speeding through the race
"He's young in years, we let him run,"
The other brothers say
"'Cause though he's surely number one,
He's second, in a way."

[Airbozo]

well done! you arrested the maid!

I would have arrested the whole lot;

Seriously, who reads a book in bed on sunday morning?
Breakfast does not take long enough to be an alibi...(although knowing what was for breakfast would help)
Gardeners do not work on sunday.
Mail is not delivered on sunday.
Silver is polished on saturday as sunday is usually the big meal with the fine silver.

And how did the guy die? Blow to the head from a large object? (the wife's large book?) Stabbed with fine silver with a trace of polish? Poisoned? (there goes the breakfast alibi) Struck with a sharp object with particles of compost embedded in the wound? Who knows, maybe the maid is the only innocent one and was only trying to cover her ass from forgetting to pick up the mail on saturday... Or the guy fell down the stairs after tripping on the rug...

[Zephik]

I would have arrested the whole lot;

Seriously, who reads a book in bed on sunday morning?
Breakfast does not take long enough to be an alibi...(although knowing what was for breakfast would help)
Gardeners do not work on sunday.
Mail is not delivered on sunday.
Silver is polished on saturday as sunday is usually the big meal with the fine silver.

And how did the guy die? Blow to the head from a large object? (the wife's large book?) Stabbed with fine silver with a trace of polish? Poisoned? (there goes the breakfast alibi) Struck with a sharp object with particles of compost embedded in the wound? Who knows, maybe the maid is the only innocent one and was only trying to cover her ass from forgetting to pick up the mail on saturday... Or the guy fell down the stairs after tripping on the rug...

Well maybe we should arrest you too! I mean c'mon, who takes riddles that seriously?

I'm on to you Mr. Bozo, I'm on to you. :devious:

But no really, I was thinking pretty much the same thing. lol

[jdbnsn]

lol, you'd make a great forensic investigator Boz, you asked all the right questions. But no, the maid did it, I was there and saw everything.

[Zephik]

lol, you'd make a great forensic investigator Boz, you asked all the right questions. But no, the maid did it, I was there and saw everything.

Okay, seriously JD, we need to stop posting at the same time. lmao

...or maybe not. Hmm, I thought we've done that like 4 times in this thread so far, but this is the only time I could find that we did. odd.

CONSPIRACY!

[Scotty]

Jon you have way too much time on your hands, and have far too smart a brain for your own good.

[jdbnsn]

lol, thanks Scotty but I would disagree on both counts. :rolleyes:

[Drum Thumper]

vowels

Bingo! Good work on that.

[jdbnsn]

We should have a contest here to see who can post the most difficult riddles, this is getting fun!

Jon

[Luke122]

I"m loving this thread too..

busting my brain on your last one Jon..

"5 points will be rewarded to thee, if thou can make sense of this one, two, and three"

"Cite one two-worded palindrome that can accurately describe the three-way relationship in the atomic particles of the non-metalic portion in lye."

Lye = NaOH, non metallic would be the hydroxide, OH. There's a covalent bond at work here, sharing an electron between the oxygen and hydrogen, and another with the sodium.

...still working on this one.

[jdbnsn]

mmmm, you are dissecting the concept well and focusing on the important matter, forget the sodium. The problem with this riddle that makes it so hard to solve is the fact that a palindrome isn't easy to come up with. The scientific concept is rather simple, poetically describing it is not. There technically isn't an electron exchange between the ions anyway, it's the charge of the atoms that make them hug. But the sodium is not important here.

[Luke122]

There's a Finnish palidrome for someone who sells lye... one long word though..19 letters.

Being the king of misdirection that Jon is, I'm sure that I'm taking this too literally.

[jdbnsn]

yup, this palindrome contains two words, not a 19 lettered word (think physical description)

[Luke122]

3 men agree to share a hotel room on a business trip. The room will cost $30 for the night, so they each pay $10.

After the men return to their room, the desk clerk decides to give them a discount, so he sends a bellhop to their room with $5.

The bellhop stops midway, and is unsure how to divide the $5 among the 3 men. He keeps $2 for himself, and gives each man $1, so they each paid $9 for the night.

3 men x $9 = $27, +$2 the bellhop kept = $29.

Where is the missing dollar?

[Drum Thumper]

A few more:

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.

A hill full, a hole full, yet you cannot catch a bowl full. What is it?

'Twas in Heaven pronounce; 'twas muttered in hell; and echo caught faintly the sound as it fell. On the confines of earth it was permitted to rest; and in the depths of its presence it was confessed.

[jdbnsn]

This is a tricky one, there is a jacked up illusion in that math because the money is all there, I just can't quite figure out the sum at the end.

[jdbnsn]

Alright, I did the math wrong and came up with $29. I'm going to try again.

[Drum Thumper]

3 men agree to share a hotel room on a business trip. The room will cost $30 for the night, so they each pay $10.

After the men return to their room, the desk clerk decides to give them a discount, so he sends a bellhop to their room with $5.

The bellhop stops midway, and is unsure how to divide the $5 among the 3 men. He keeps $2 for himself, and gives each man $1, so they each paid $9 for the night.

3 men x $9 = $27, +$2 the bellhop kept = $29.

Where is the missing dollar?

It was there all along. The desk clerk knocked $5 off of the total bill, thus dropping it to $25. $25/3= $8.34, $8.33 and $8.33. Add a dollar to each of those amounts and the total is $28. Add in the two bucks the bellhop kept and you get $30.

[Drum Thumper]

This is a tricky one, there is a jacked up illusion in that math because the money is all there, I just can't quite figure out the sum at the end.

That's because you're looking at the wrong end of the equation!

[jdbnsn]

Yeah, I just did the math again except from a credit and debit point of view and it worked out, money going to hotel + bellhop =$27 and money returned was $3 which adds up to $30. Slick riddle though!

[Drum Thumper]

Not by any means tough, but this one did make me stop a minute and think:

Iron roof and glass walls, burns and burns yet never falls.

[Drum Thumper]

A few more to add to the collection:

I pass before the sun, yet I make not a shadow. What am I?



night



Sorry Jon, that's actually wrong. I didn't catch your responses till just now.

Wanna give it another shot?

[noopypoop]

Heres one i heard a while back...



Your fiend is bragging to you about his adventure he had while you didnt see him for a year.



"First i went to the pits of africa, and even with a broken leg, i fought off lion. Then in the middle of the ocean, i managed to fight of a killer shark even though my oar was broken and huge storm with high tides was goin on.Then i managed to fight off a polar bear in the dead of winter at the south pole, even when i had a horrible cold with no weapons. Pretty amazing eh!"


How do you know hes lying?

[jdbnsn]

I think the one that trips you up and punished tomorrow is addiction or liquor

[jdbnsn]

Heres one i heard a while back...



Your fiend is bragging to you about his adventure he had while you didnt see him for a year.



"First i went to the pits of africa, and even with a broken leg, i fought off lion. Then in the middle of the ocean, i managed to fight of a killer shark even though my oar was broken and huge storm with high tides was goin on.Then i managed to fight off a polar bear in the dead of winter at the south pole, even when i had a horrible cold with no weapons. Pretty amazing eh!"


How do you know hes lying?



Is it because there aren't any polar bears at the SP?

[noopypoop]

Is it because there aren't any polar bears at the SP?



Nope. Maybe it was antarctica. But still no

[Scotty]

The ULTIMATE of ALL riddles EVER

NotPron (http://www.deathball.net/notpron/)

Go on waste your life, or atl east some of it, i never completed that, got to something like lvl60 odd

Its amazingly well put together, but takes some serious knowledge at points.

Over 12 Million visitors only 156 to ever properly complete it.

[noopypoop]

The ULTIMATE of ALL riddles EVER

NotPron (http://www.deathball.net/notpron/)

Go on waste your life, or atl east some of it, i never completed that, got to something like lvl60 odd

Its amazingly well put together, but takes some serious knowledge at points.

I dont wanna try, it has scary music:(

[Drum Thumper]

Heres one i heard a while back...



Your fiend is bragging to you about his adventure he had while you didnt see him for a year.



"First i went to the pits of africa, and even with a broken leg, i fought off lion. Then in the middle of the ocean, i managed to fight of a killer shark even though my oar was broken and huge storm with high tides was goin on.Then i managed to fight off a polar bear in the dead of winter at the south pole, even when i had a horrible cold with no weapons. Pretty amazing eh!"


How do you know hes lying?

Simple. Unless your friend is Chuck Norris, he's full of it!

[xRyokenx]

Heres one i heard a while back...



Your fiend is bragging to you about his adventure he had while you didnt see him for a year.



"First i went to the pits of africa, and even with a broken leg, i fought off lion. Then in the middle of the ocean, i managed to fight of a killer shark even though my oar was broken and huge storm with high tides was goin on.Then i managed to fight off a polar bear in the dead of winter at the south pole, even when i had a horrible cold with no weapons. Pretty amazing eh!"


How do you know hes lying?
No polar bears in Antarctica, they all live up north.

[noopypoop]

No polar bears in Antarctica, they all live up north.

Ah! what every, shere every the polar bears live.THERE!:mad:

[Drum Thumper]

I think the one that trips you up and punished tomorrow is addiction or liquor

Close enough. The historical answer is alcohol, and both answers you gave can mean the same thing in this sense.

[Drum Thumper]

Ah! what every, shere every the polar bears live.THERE!:mad:

:?:?:?

[jdbnsn]

Close enough. The historical answer is alcohol, and both answers you gave can mean the same thing in this sense.

That one was pretty easy for me, I've been reading my AA book alot lately and that just struck home :)

[jdbnsn]

Sorry Jon, that's actually wrong. I didn't catch your responses till just now.

Wanna give it another shot?

umm...air, atmosphere, a cool summer breeze, UV light, saran-wrap? Hell I don't know

[noopypoop]

Ill give a hint to my riddle: To find the answer, you have to have some sommon common knowledge of uncommon knowledge.The reason people dont know the answer is because of common misconseption.

[jdbnsn]

Here are some things that strike me as possible common misconceptions ( I don't even know if I am right or wrong about them)
-polar bears hibernate during the winter don't they?
-killer sharks, do they travel that far away from coastlines?
-And from what I see on the discovery channel, it's always dead of winter at the SP

[noopypoop]

Actually let me rephrase this, there is a common misconception that may lead you to the answer.It is not the answer in its entirety

[NightrainSrt4]

Ya, as far as I knew there aren't any polar bears in antarctica / sp . You got penguins and sea lions and some birds, but no polar bears. They live in/around the arctic circle.

[noopypoop]

Ya, as far as I knew there aren't any polar bears in antarctica / sp . You got penguins and sea lions and some birds, but no polar bears. They live in/around the arctic circle.

Ok then, he fought the polar bear in the acrctic circle sheesh, you guys still are way off!

[Luke122]

Heres one i heard a while back...
Your fiend is bragging to you about his adventure he had while you didnt see him for a year.

"First i went to the pits of africa, and even with a broken leg, i fought off lion. Then in the middle of the ocean, i managed to fight of a killer shark even though my oar was broken and huge storm with high tides was goin on.Then i managed to fight off a polar bear in the dead of winter at the south pole, even when i had a horrible cold with no weapons. Pretty amazing eh!"

How do you know hes lying?

He's a jackass.

It's always winter at the south pole, and there are no polar bears there.

High tide isnt relevant in the middle of the ocean.. it's only relevant in reference to land.. plus, sharks prefer warm, coastal waters. During storms, they would be in the deep, away from the storms.

The pits of Africa would refer to some very deep and remote forested regions. Lions are not found in that environment.

But I'm serious.. he's a jackass if he's telling a story like that.

[noopypoop]

He's a jackass.

It's always winter at the south pole, and there are no polar bears there.

High tide isnt relevant in the middle of the ocean.. it's only relevant in reference to land.. plus, sharks prefer warm, coastal waters. During storms, they would be in the deep, away from the storms.

The pits of Africa would refer to some very deep and remote forested regions. Lions are not found in that environment.

But I'm serious.. he's a jackass if he's telling a story like that.

Dude, its just a riddle:p

[noopypoop]

And guys i dont remember he whole riddle so thats why the info is wrong. In three post that are answers to this riddle, if they are wrong, the answer will be revealed

[jdbnsn]

This is pretty good, we've combed through that thing several times and still haven't solved it.

[noopypoop]

This is pretty good, we've combed through that thing several times and still haven't solved it.

Its actually a stupid answer. Once you hear it youl be like HOW THE HELL WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT!!

[jdbnsn]

Here is one that is still on the table...

You have four drinking glasses and you are asked to arrange them on a table so that the center of each glass's base is the exact same distance from the other three. How will you arrange them?

[Luke122]

I know that one Jon. :)

There's a similar one with 4 coins, and each coin has to touch every other coin.

[Luke122]

Dude, its just a riddle:p

Haha.. I know. ;) If one of my friends told a story like that, I'd call him a jackass to his face. :D

[BigJohnson]

Here is one that is still on the table...

You have four drinking glasses and you are asked to arrange them on a table so that the center of each glass's base is the exact same distance from the other three. How will you arrange them?

Put them each on their sides with the bottoms equidistant from a point on the table in a circular formation.

[BigJohnson]

Also, this one hasn't been solved.
Three brothers share a family sport:
A non-stop marathon
The oldest one is fat and short
And trudges slowly on
The middle brother's tall and slim
And keeps a steady pace
The youngest runs just like the wind,
Speeding through the race
"He's young in years, we let him run,"
The other brothers say
"'Cause though he's surely number one,
He's second, in a way."
How is this possible?

[noopypoop]

Also, this one hasn't been solved.
Three brothers share a family sport:
A non-stop marathon
The oldest one is fat and short
And trudges slowly on
The middle brother's tall and slim
And keeps a steady pace
The youngest runs just like the wind,
Speeding through the race
"He's young in years, we let him run,"
The other brothers say
"'Cause though he's surely number one,
He's second, in a way."
How is this possible?

They had a sister?


Or he was in 2nd grade?

[NightrainSrt4]

Put them each on their sides with the bottoms equidistant from a point on the table in a circular formation.

I am still trying to figure this one out, but that wouldn't work, least I don't think so.

They would be equidistant from a point, but the distances between them would be different. The ones directly across from another would be farther away from each other than one adjacent.

[jdbnsn]

They would be equidistant from a point, but the distances between them would be different. The ones directly across from another would be farther away from each other than one adjacent.
excatly, that won't work. ever taken organic chem?

[noopypoop]

Anyone want me to say the answer? This is really bugging me.

[xRyokenx]

For the glasses you put one upside down, and then set the other three on top touching each other glass only once... hard to illustrate with words though...

[jdbnsn]

Anyone want me to say the answer? This is really bugging me.

sure, I guess I lost interest when you told me I'd be disappointed :neutral:

The 3 brothers:
I see some clues here and some things that are not possible.
-a non-stop marathon: marathons are a set distance of 26 miles to commemorate the dash of phillipidies from marathon to athens to announce success against the persians, so a non-stop marathon is an oxy-moron.
-however, a non-stop race implies that they must be running in a circle.
-I think the deception here is the word brothers, people don't run non-stop, so maybe planets?
-also, the middle and oldest brothers are given physical descriptions, while the youngest is not described beyond the fact that he runs faster.
-this is a head scratcher, are they a machine? hour, minute, and second hands of a watch would make sense.

[jdbnsn]

For the glasses you put one upside down, and then set the other three on top touching each other glass only once... hard to illustrate with words though...

you are very close, but I'm not sure I entirely understand your answer

[xRyokenx]

Lemme draw something.

EDIT: Nevermind, I can't draw. Just imagine you have four atoms connected to each other, each with the ability to make three bonds. That's the only way I know how to explain it. I suck at drawing anything but abstract art. :neutral:

[Omega]

Oh, A clock. "He is second in a way" means he's the second hand, and he's faster than the other two. The minute hand is the longest and second thinnest usually, and the hour hand is short and fat.

Basically: Jon got it.

[jdbnsn]

well, maybe. maybe not

[noopypoop]

The answer:In the dead of winter in the arctic circle, it iis so cold that it is impossible for a cold germ to survive.There was no way for him to get a cold.


The misconception: You get a cold from being in the cold, Completely untrue

[jdbnsn]

lol, it's also untrue that viruses cannot survive in the cold, especially where polar bears are able to live. Flawed riddle!!! Get him!

[noopypoop]

lol, it's also untrue that viruses cannot survive in the cold, especially where polar bears are able to live. Flawed riddle!!! Get him!

You wouldnt of figured it out any way:)


Of all the things in the riddle , the only detail you overlook was the fact that he got a cold. So ha, i win!:p

[noopypoop]

I have another one, more of a joke, but lets see if you guys understan the joke.



Four guys who worked together all promiced each other that whoever died first they would put $300k in their casket at the funeral.....

A couple of months later, one of the menn dies. The first man puts in $300k straight cash. The second man puts in $300k worth of gold. The third man writes out a check for $900k, and puts it in, and takes the cash and gold as his change.

[Airbozo]

The answer:In the dead of winter in the arctic circle, it iis so cold that it is impossible for a cold germ to survive.There was no way for him to get a cold.


The misconception: You get a cold from being in the cold, Completely untrue

Assuming that cold germs can not survive in a deep freeze, colds have an incubation period so he would have had to catch it before he was at the south pole. Then there is enough warmth in the Sinus passages to incubate anything...


OH and thank the Jew's/Nazi's for the revelation that being cold does not give you a cold. There were extensive experiments where Jew's were submersed in freezing water to see what the effect was. Not one of them caught a cold. Several however lost limbs due to frostbite (that is not the medical term). Saw a show on the medical experiments that the Nazi's did on TLC...

Back to your riddles...

[jdbnsn]

eesh, tough history for a riddle thread, however true it is.


Assuming that cold germs can not survive in a deep freeze, colds have an incubation period so he would have had to catch it before he was at the south pole. Then there is enough warmth in the Sinus passages to incubate anything...

There was no mention of a deep freeze, if mammals like people and bears can tolerate the environment you can be damned sure a virus can.


Of all the things in the riddle , the only detail you overlook was the fact that he got a cold. So ha, i win!

The reason it was the only thing overlooked is because it was the only plausible statement in the story! You have mid-oceanic sharks and tides, antartic polar bears, a broken legged guy fighting tigers in African "pits" what ever the hell those are...so lol, go stand in the corner and think about what you did.

[noopypoop]

eesh, tough history for a riddle thread, however true it is.



There was no mention of a deep freeze, if mammals like people and bears can tolerate the environment you can be damned sure a virus can.



The reason it was the only thing overlooked is because it was the only plausible statement in the story! You have mid-oceanic sharks and tides, antartic polar bears, a broken legged guy fighting tigers in African "pits" what ever the hell those are...so lol, go stand in the corner and think about what you did.

Lol, well im sorry i read it 3 years ago NOT ON THE INTERNET!



Now i want to see if anyone gets my joke.

[jdbnsn]

I'm just givin you grief, we have fun :)

[jdbnsn]

LOL, I like the joke. Heaven doesn't take checks, but hell takes VISA.

[Omega]

that was great. You can't pay your boat fare for the river styx with checks!

[jdbnsn]

Why are there no square man hole covers?

This isn't a joke, the answer is a fact.

Same with these:

Why do retailer's set prices around the actual price the item is selling for? such as 9.99 instead of 10 dollars?

A man holidaying abroad fell off a yacht into deep water. He could not swim and he was not wearing anything to keep him afloat. It took 30 minutes for the people on the yacht to realize someone was missing. The missing man was rescued two hours later. Why didn't he drown?

[Omega]

Why are there no square man hole covers?

This isn't a joke, the answer is a fact.

Same with these:

Why do retailer's set prices around the actual price the item is selling for? such as 9.99 instead of 10 dollars?

$9.99 looks less than $10.00.

Round manhole covers: Iono, so they can't go on a "wrong" way?

[xRyokenx]

Because you can't make a circle go through a hole like that. You could drop a square cover down the hole though, and good luck getting it back out.

The man tread water for two hours straight? That or they were in the Dead Sea and he just floated in the water due to the high salt content.

[jdbnsn]

$9.99 looks less than $10.00.
nope, popular misconception


Because you can't make a circle go through a hole like that. You could drop a square cover down the hole though, and good luck getting it back out.
ding ding ding! correct!


The man tread water for two hours straight? That or they were in the Dead Sea and he just floated in the water due to the high salt content.
correct!

[xRyokenx]

$9.99 saves those numbers on the signs telling you the price?

[jdbnsn]

nope, that wouldn't help if it were $19.95

[danthegeek]

nope, that wouldn't help if it were $19.95

Because they still get tax for a whole dollar even though it is only 99 cents so they make more money?

[noopypoop]

Because they still get tax for a whole dollar even though it is only 99 cents so they make more money?

the tax goes to gov't

[noopypoop]

The 2000 computer contoversy?

[Drum Thumper]

umm...air, atmosphere, a cool summer breeze, UV light, saran-wrap? Hell I don't know

Wind. Good enough for me.

[noopypoop]

Oooh just remembered another one.


A man is found dead in his barn. He hung himself from the 20 foot rafters of the barn. There were no ladders. All there was on the ground was a puddle of water.

How did the man reach the rafters?

[Drum Thumper]

Oooh just remembered another one.


A man is found dead in his barn. He hung himself from the 20 foot rafters of the barn. There were no ladders. All there was on the ground was a puddle of water.

How did the man reach the rafters?

A great one at that!

There was a huge chunk of ice in the barn. I've heard two different versions: one is he purposely slipped, the other is that he was quite twisted and died of suffocation, since he did not jump or slip.

[Drum Thumper]

A riddle, a riddle, I suppose: a hundred eyes yet not a nose!

What is it?

[noopypoop]

A great one at that!

There was a huge chunk of ice in the barn. I've heard two different versions: one is he purposely slipped, the other is that he was quite twisted and died of suffocation, since he did not jump or slip.

Correct!


And yet another one...


A horse is tied to a rope next to a barn. The rop is 15 ft long, the horse's necck/ head is 1 foot long. The horse wants to eat oats that are 17 feet away. How is this possible.

[Drum Thumper]

Correct!


And yet another one...


A horse is tied to a rope next to a barn. The rop is 15 ft long, the horse's necck/ head is 1 foot long. The horse wants to eat oats that are 17 feet away. How is this possible.

The other end of the rope isn't tied to anything.

[noopypoop]

The other end of the rope isn't tied to anything.

Damn you!


Again another one.....



Once apon a time there was a princess and a peasant. They were both in love,but theKing would not approve.The king made a deal that he would pick out of a hat, one option neing marry and one death. The peasant overheard the king talking to his advisor saying he was going to put 2 death cards in.The next day, at the drawing, the peasent ended up marrying the princess. How?

[xRyokenx]

The king didn't really put two death cards in? That or he put two death cards and one marriage card in and they got the marriage one.

[noopypoop]

The king didn't really put two death cards in? That or he put two death cards and one marriage card in and they got the marriage one.

Nope. He put in two death cards. this riddle requires critical thinking. The answer isnt just there for you unlike ny two other riddles.

[xRyokenx]

In that case, did they skip town? Just kidding. Any number of things could've happened, the king could've died of a heart attack or something, lol.

[noopypoop]

In that case, did they skip town? Just kidding. Any number of things could've happened, the king could've died of a heart attack or something, lol.

Theres many different ways the story ends, but they all have the same idea to them. Its more complex then the king dieing trust me.

[Trace]

Did the peasant switch the cards in the hat?

[NightrainSrt4]

Here is one that is still on the table...

You have four drinking glasses and you are asked to arrange them on a table so that the center of each glass's base is the exact same distance from the other three. How will you arrange them?


Do the glasses all have to be touching the table?

If not, then a tetrahedron would work.

Three in an equilateral triangle, and the fourth held above the center the same distance away. A tetrahedron.

Least thats what I think you were getting at with the chemistry question?...


Edit: Less you can lean the base 3 against each other, and place the fourth on top without toppling it over. Self supporting structure, still holds the tetrahedrons qualities.

[noopypoop]

Did the peasant switch the cards in the hat?

nope. The whole time there are two death cards

[noopypoop]

btw riddle thread I dub thee my first subscribed thread ever!

[BigJohnson]

Jon, you were right. It is the hands on a clock. I had to go back and find that one, but it was good.

[jdbnsn]

Do the glasses all have to be touching the table?

If not, then a tetrahedron would work.

Three in an equilateral triangle, and the fourth held above the center the same distance away. A tetrahedron.

Least thats what I think you were getting at with the chemistry question?...



EDIT: I misread your answer, not quite correct but close. All glasses must be resting on the surface of the table, no stacking.

[jdbnsn]

So far all answers to the "why do stores use $9.99 vs $10.00" have all been incorrect.

[jdbnsn]

I can see a strategy working for the peasant, but I don't know if this is the answer to the riddle. Had I been the peasant with the knowledge that the King was going to publicly cheat to impede my marriage and condemn me to death, I would wait of him to draw the death card, and then ask him to draw the other card afterward "just so I can see what it looks like". He would be shamed and his credibility destroyed (very bad move according to Machiovelli), his embarrassment may cause him to refuse and allow the marriage to shut me up.

[Zephik]

nope, popular misconception

Then that is the most popular misconception I have heard to date. Everyone I have ever asked says "because # looks cheaper than #". $9.99 makes people feel like its a lot cheaper than $10, even though its not.

By the way, interesting tid bit. When I visited Montana, I bought 99cent fries and received a penny back. But at the time, it was more annoying than interesting. What the hell do you do with a penny these days? Collect them? All they do is get in the way. Although, over a good year of buying things in Montana, I'm sure you'd have at least a couple dollars. lol /pointless

Hmm, so why DO they do it then? There are SO many reasons...

Well, I can knock at least half of them out with this next question.

Does it have anything to do with Gasoline?

I'll also add this, since it just came to mind.

Say you have a toy, that toy is 5 dollars. What if you added 99 cents? It would be 5.99. Would people feel like they are paying 6 dollars or 5 dollars? Thinking about it, 6, but most people don't think about it, so even though your paying 6 dollars, you still feel like your paying 5 dollars. That way, the market industry makes almost an entire extra dollar by raising the price to the highest possible amount.

Think of a car for another example. What sounds cheaper?

$29,999.99 or $30,000.00?

Am I even warm? lol

[Drum Thumper]

Once upon a time there was a princess and a peasant. They were both in love, but the King would not approve.The king made a deal that he would pick out of a hat, one option being marry and one death. The peasant overheard the king talking to his advisor saying he was going to put 2 death cards in.The next day, at the drawing, the peasant ended up marrying the princess. How?

While the King and his Advisor were not looking, the peasant tipped the scales in his favor, by adding a few more marriage cards to the hat.

Plausible, but somehow I do not think that this is the correct answer.

[Zephik]

Okay, heres my guess, its probably way off.

The marriage card applies to both of them, so why would the death card not? So instead of killing his daughter at the risk of a death card, he let them marry?

Am I even warm?

[Drum Thumper]

Then that is the most popular misconception I have heard to date. Everyone I have ever asked says "because # looks cheaper than #". $9.99 makes people feel like its a lot cheaper than $10, even though its not.

Agreed



By the way, interesting tid bit. When I visited Montana, I bought 99cent fries and received a penny back. But at the time, it was more annoying than interesting. What the hell do you do with a penny these days? Collect them? All they do is get in the way. Although, over a good year of buying things in Montana, I'm sure you'd have at least a couple dollars. lol /pointless

Interesting view on this. However, I would much rather get a penny back from a $.99 order of fries here in Montana as opposed to paying $1.02 or more nearly anywhere else in the United States due to the sales tax. Since you hardly ever have pennies on you, you inevitably end up with $.98 in change.


Hmm, so why DO they do it then? There are SO many reasons...

Well, I can knock at least half of them out with this next question.

Does it have anything to do with Gasoline?

that 9/10ths of a cent is added in. It's not a scam. Dunno if that's what you're getting at here.


I'll also add this, since it just came to mind.

Say you have a toy, that toy is 5 dollars. What if you added 99 cents? It would be 5.99. Would people feel like they are paying 6 dollars or 5 dollars? Thinking about it, 6, but most people don't think about it, so even though your paying 6 dollars, you still feel like your paying 5 dollars. That way, the market industry makes almost an entire extra dollar by raising the price to the highest possible amount.

Think of a car for another example. What sounds cheaper?

$29,999.99 or $30,000.00?

Am I even warm? lol

To me, it seems to be a matter of psychology; similar to the old days where store owners would mark an item up in order to sell it at the 'SALE' price, which just happened to be the same as the original price. Didn't take too long for the general public to catch onto that.

Sadly, in this day and age, the whole 'marking it up to mark it down' scheme would probably work. People, it seems, have become to reliant on machines. I see this every day at work: people will buy groceries, their total will be $12.50 (for the sake of the argument), and they'll stand there slack jawed, trying to figure out how to add $25.00 to their total (cash back limit). I usually get really impatient and rattle off the total right after they ask if they could make their check for $25 over.

In a professional matter, of course.

[Ironcat]

The guy reaches into the hat, pulls out a piece of paper, and says aloud, "I choose the other piece of paper still in the hat", and since this one (he then opens the one he grabbed) says DEATH, that one must say marriage so I am free to marry your daughter.

_________________________________________________

The answer to the other mystery riddle is "light", or more specifically "sunlight"...

I turn polar bears white (polar bear fur is actually transparent but trapped light makes it look white)

and I will make you cry. (John Denver - sunshine in my eyes can make me cry)

I make guys have to pee (first thing in the morning)

and girls comb their hair. (again, getting ready in the morning)

I make celebrities look stupid (bad lighting)

and normal people look like celebrities. (good lighting)

I turn pancakes brown (you cook them in the morning when it gets light)

and make your champagne bubble. (it bubbles when you open it - or light hits the champagne)

If you squeeze me, I'll pop. (no idea)

If you look at me, you'll pop. (no idea)

Can you guess the riddle?

[Ironcat]

Here's another one with a unique "catch" at the end.

A woman goes to her mother's funeral and sees the man of her dreams.
Although she never gets the chance to talk to him, she falls head over heels in love.
When she leaves the funeral, she goes home and kills her sister.
Why?

[noopypoop]

I can see a strategy working for the peasant, but I don't know if this is the answer to the riddle. Had I been the peasant with the knowledge that the King was going to publicly cheat to impede my marriage and condemn me to death, I would wait of him to draw the death card, and then ask him to draw the other card afterward "just so I can see what it looks like". He would be shamed and his credibility destroyed (very bad move according to Machiovelli), his embarrassment may cause him to refuse and allow the marriage to shut me up.

very very close

[.Maleficus.]

Fastest. Growing. Thread. EVER.

[Needsleep]

Here's another one with a unique "catch" at the end.

A woman goes to her mother's funeral and sees the man of her dreams.
Although she never gets the chance to talk to him, she falls head over heels in love.
When she leaves the funeral, she goes home and kills her sister.
Why?

hoping that if another female relative of hers dies she'll get to meet him again?

[jdbnsn]

Here's another one with a unique "catch" at the end.

A woman goes to her mother's funeral and sees the man of her dreams.
Although she never gets the chance to talk to him, she falls head over heels in love.
When she leaves the funeral, she goes home and kills her sister.
Why?

This one screams lateralus. Was the motive related to the man she fell in love with?

[jdbnsn]

very very close

Ironcat's answer sounds more plausible, I don't know why but I was thinking the king was drawing the cards for him. Now realizing the peasant himself draws the cards, that method makes the most sense.

[Zephik]

Did the peasant ask the king to show all the cards in the hat after he drew one? Then if the king said no, then the peasant would say "why not?" or something and another. If the king didn't show all the cards, then he would seem fishy and maybe people would demand it or something.

Warmer? Colder?


Fastest. Growing. Thread. EVER.

I knew it would be. Who doesn't like riddles? Or at least, who on this website wouldn't like a good riddle? We have so many smart people here, it was a sure win! :p

...on a side note. In the Adult Swim Ad to the side of the page, the one that is all static screen looking, is there something there or is it just me? Like one of those pictures you get really close to, then slowly pull away to reveal a picture. Idk, I can just see lines, and they almost look like they form a picture or something...

Hmmm, I can even imagine seeing words now.. maybe not like full actual words, but a collective of hidden lettering or something. Subliminal messaging?? or maybe I just need to go to sleep... lol

[jdbnsn]

Does that mean you all give up on the partial price riddle?

BTW- The chem riddle and the glass arrangement riddle remain unsloved as well.

[Zephik]

Does that mean you all give up on the partial price riddle?

So I take it then that it has nothing to do with gasoline or sales? Is the answer an actual fact or no?

[jdbnsn]

nope, not related to gas or sales. The answer is indeed a fact.

[noopypoop]

The guy reaches into the hat, pulls out a piece of paper, and says aloud, "I choose the other piece of paper still in the hat", and since this one (he then opens the one he grabbed) says DEATH, that one must say marriage so I am free to marry your daughter.

_________________________________________________

The answer to the other mystery riddle is "light", or more specifically "sunlight"...

I turn polar bears white (polar bear fur is actually transparent but trapped light makes it look white)

and I will make you cry. (John Denver - sunshine in my eyes can make me cry)

I make guys have to pee (first thing in the morning)

and girls comb their hair. (again, getting ready in the morning)

I make celebrities look stupid (bad lighting)

and normal people look like celebrities. (good lighting)

I turn pancakes brown (you cook them in the morning when it gets light)

and make your champagne bubble. (it bubbles when you open it - or light hits the champagne)

If you squeeze me, I'll pop. (no idea)

If you look at me, you'll pop. (no idea)

Can you guess the riddle?




CORRECT!!!:)Thats a classic

[jdbnsn]

ha I said light in post #32 but chucked it because it didn't explain the last two.

[Zephik]

nope, not related to gas or sales. The answer is indeed a fact.

shenanigans! lol


ha I said light in post #32 but chucked it because it didn't explain the last two.

I think I can explain the last one, at least. The second to last I have no idea either.

Okay, to explain the last one you have to do only one thing. Comprehend all of time.

Make sense now? I tried comprehending the vastness of space, I eventually "popped" and gave up.

...unless Ironcat is right, and the answer is light. Then I have no idea.

The time has come,
winter is here
and those yellow bears disappear.
(I turn polar bears white )

^^When the Winter comes, the light appears. Time is what causes winter to come, I guess is what they are saying. So when it becomes winter, the light comes, which makes them white. ...I always thought the light went away in winter tho, so wouldn't that turn them yellow and not white? or maybe polar bears are born yellow, but then become white? idk.

The time has past
as man looks back with a sigh
and a tear in his eye.
(and I will make you cry.)

^^When you become old, you miss your youth? Which is a direct effect of time? Maybe? or maybe its just that you miss "the good old days", old being a description of time.

As time is held
boys cross their legs
but of course the toilet begs
(I make guys have to pee)

^^As time goes on, you have to pee more and more? Ever try holding it I guess? It just gets worse and worse. If time didn't exist, would we still pee? Would we even need to?

As time marches on
Girls loose their blush
and swap a comb for their brush
(and girls comb their hair.)

^^I'm going with Ironcat on this one, after they wake up, they get ready. When do they wake up? In the morning. Thats how we measure time after all, by the sky and its features and effects on our world.

As time passes
For those held high
their end is nigh
(I make celebrities look stupid )

^^Brittney was all that and a bag of chips, now shes ridiculed constantly. It didn't happen all at the same time, it happened over time.

As time catches up
Everyone is equal
when we get to the final sequel
(and normal people look like celebrities.)

^^Throughout time, people have proven to be worth mentioning, like a hero. which I guess you can say a person who did something heroic and brave is a celebrity of a different kind. or it could be that, when all is said and done, and when we start to become old, we are all equal. The grim reaper sees no difference in one person over the other.

As time turns
Without it we have flour and water
With it we have breakfast for my daughter
(I turn pancakes brown )

^^Cook for 3 minutes, flip and repeat. Minutes being another measurement of time.

As time revolves
How does one turn water and wine
into something so fine
(and make your champagne bubble.)

^^when wine ferments, it creates gas (ever heard of a bung hole?). I'll assume that champagne is the same... or something.

As time runs out
The more in a minute you try and squeeze
the less you can do with ease.
(If you squeeze me, I'll pop. )

^^okay, I have no idea at all. I was thinking like a person panics as time runs out.. but its saying if you squeeze ME, me being time. or light. idk. so confusing...

As time ticks
All the time that has past
man cannot comprehend something so vast.
(If you look at me, you'll pop. )

^^Try and comprehend time, you'll pop.

Okay, thats my sad attempt on trying to make sense of this riddle...

[jdbnsn]

:eek: you call shenanigans on me? better be able to prove it!

[Needsleep]

.99 in stead of 1.00 made cashiers open the till to fork out the penny save 'pocketing' the whole bill/note and stealing from their employers?

[jdbnsn]

correct. The original cash machines were designed to allow the store owner to perform other tasks while not having to watch his hired help. It had two built in features, it recorded each transaction, and made the signature "ku-ching" when the drawer opened. A store owner was encouraged to make certain each transaction made it necessary for the clerk to provide as much change as possible so he could not afford to run the till from his pocket. This developed into a tradition and I'm willing to bet you that modern retailers don't even know why they set prices that way but.

[Zephik]

correct. The original cash machines were designed to allow the store owner to perform other tasks while not having to watch his hired help. It had two built in features, it recorded each transaction, and made the signature "ku-ching" when the drawer opened. A store owner was encouraged to make certain each transaction made it necessary for the clerk to provide as much change as possible so he could not afford to run the till from his pocket. This developed into a tradition and I'm willing to bet you that modern retailers don't even know why they set prices that way but.

I DEMAND SOURCES!

lmao jk, good riddle jd! Impressive that it took so long for someone to figure out the answer.

[jdbnsn]

heehee, to be honest I don't have any sources. That's just the story as I heard it so I guess I could be wrong about that. But it is more interesting that the "decieve the consumer" tale.

[Needsleep]

yah same here, was my pops who told me not to fall for that ."99 sounds cheaper" malarkey and gave me that spin on where it came from. Appears the old guy had some gems in his noggin eh?

[jdbnsn]

"5 points will be rewarded to thee, if thou can make sense of this one, two, and three"

"Cite one two-worded palindrome that can accurately describe the three-way relationship in the atomic particles of the non-metalic portion in lye."

two words, first and last letters="n"

[BigJohnson]

I never took chem in anyway. I was able to bypass it to take Physics. So I really have no idea about your little chem riddle.
I am also having trouble figuring out the glass riddle. All of the glasses have to touch the table, right?

[jdbnsn]

I never took chem in anyway. I was able to bypass it to take Physics. So I really have no idea about your little chem riddle.
I am also having trouble figuring out the glass riddle. All of the glasses have to touch the table, right?

that is correct, all glasses are in contact with the table, and they are not in contact with each other. xRyokenX posted an answer that was very close earlier.

[jdbnsn]

The answer to the chem question can be solved by first figuring out who are the players in the 3 way relationship, how do they behave, and more importantly, how do they behave in this situation?

[Luke122]

Round Manhole covers: A circular cover is the only shape that cant fall down it's own hole.

[jdbnsn]

Round Manhole covers: A circular cover is the only shape that cant fall down it's own hole.

correct, but xryokenx already nailed this one.

[Luke122]

I havent had my "full throttle" yet this morning. I'll be faster right away...

[Zephik]

The answer to the chem question can be solved by first figuring out who are the players in the 3 way relationship, how do they behave, and more importantly, how do they behave in this situation?

42.

[jdbnsn]

awhatywho?

[Luke122]

You know.. the answer.. to the meaning of life, everything! 42!

[Luke122]

OH snap..

"never even"

[jdbnsn]

OH snap..

"never even"

:eek:

I'm VERY impressed! Care to explain your answer to the others?

I guess I'm going to have to come up with some tougher riddles, you guys are too smart.

[jdbnsn]

You know.. the answer.. to the meaning of life, everything! 42!

I thought the meaning to life was 11?

[BigJohnson]

I would definately like an explanation. And if figuring it out was a forhead slap or did you just figure it out.

Edit: Im not really sure what I said there.

[Needsleep]

ehe i'd got never even from lookin at a list of palindromes startin with N but a) that was cheating and b) i'd've fallen flat on my face when it came to the explaination, didnt post it up here just had to work it out for the sake of my own damn curiosity.

goldie but oldie riddle;

man rides into town on friday
stays 3 days and then
leaves town on friday

how?

[jdbnsn]

ehe i'd got never even from lookin at a list of palindromes startin with N but a) that was cheating and b) i'd've fallen flat on my face when it came to the explaination, didnt post it up here just had to work it out for the sake of my own damn curiosity.

goldie but oldie riddle;

man rides into town on friday
stays 3 days and then
leaves town on friday

how?

So that is to say you understand the answer?

as for the horseman, I know this because I have heard it before so I won't answer it.

[NightrainSrt4]

This must be Jon's misdirection thing kicking in. Because I can't for the life of me figure out how "never even" has much of anything to do with the bonds in the hydroxide. I think I was probably concentrating too much on the chemistry and not enough on the riddle portion though.

1. I hate palindromes.

2. I dislike riddles that relate to much to something I know. I always overlook things that are probably blatantly obvious.


Keep the riddles coming, I want to see if I do better on the percocets lol. :p I need something to keep me awake, because these damn things knock me the hell out.

[jdbnsn]

No, actually you need to focus heavily on the chemistry and once you have the concept fresh in your mind the palindrome should make sense. I just didn't expect anyone to get the palindrome itself, the chemistry isn't realy misleading.

[jdbnsn]

Actually, if you know the answer hold off on posting it. I want to see if Luke solved it or just googled the damned palindrome list.

[NightrainSrt4]

I think I am starting to get it now, least the chem portion of it. But I will wait a bit. You pretty much told me before when you said I had the meat of it, but I just dropped it and didn't look to far into it. Although, what I am thinking, although applicable, may not be exactly what it is getting at.

I never would have gotten the palindrome portion of it though either way. I suck at those.

[Zephik]

man rides into town on friday
stays 3 days and then
leaves town on friday

how?

The name of the horse that the man rode into town on is named Friday?

Assuming that there is a horse of course, but I can't see how else someone could "ride into town"...

[Zephik]

Here is another one for you guys...

You heard me before, yet you hear me again.
Then I die, 'Til you call me again.
What am I?

and another one, of a similar nature...

I turn around once. What is out will not get in.
I turn around again. What is in will not get out.
What am I?

[BigJohnson]

The horses name is Friday.

[Zephik]

The horses name is Friday.

NO WAY! :eek:

:p

[jdbnsn]

You heard me before, yet you hear me again.
Then I die, 'Til you call me again.
What am I?


This sounds like an echo

[BigJohnson]

NO WAY! :eek:

:p

Eh, maybe I should refresh before throwing my answers out there.:lick:

[BigJohnson]

You can see nothing else
When you look at my face,
I will look you in the eye
And I will never lie.

What am I?

[Zephik]

This sounds like an echo

This sounds like a correct answer. :p


You can see nothing else
When you look at my face,
I will look you in the eye
And I will never lie.

What am I?

A clown?

oh wait, thats "I will look you in the eye, and you wish to die". god I hate clowns lol

[BigJohnson]

Haha. Nice. +rep for making me laugh when talking to a customer.

[jdbnsn]

You can see nothing else
When you look at my face,
I will look you in the eye
And I will never lie.

What am I?

mirror?

[jdbnsn]

I turn around once. What is out will not get in.
I turn around again. What is in will not get out.
What am I?

sound?

[xRyokenx]

You can see nothing else
When you look at my face,
I will look you in the eye
And I will never lie.

What am I?
A mirror?

EDIT: Crap, just saw that JD said that before I posted. lol

[BigJohnson]

A mirror is correct.
Jon we are going to have to come up with something better for you.

[Drum Thumper]

I'm also awaiting answers to the following:



A hill full, a hole full, yet you cannot catch a bowl full. What is it?

'Twas in Heaven pronounced; 'twas muttered in hell; and echo caught faintly the sound as it fell. On the confines of earth it was permitted to rest; and in the depths of its presence it was confessed.

Iron roof and glass walls, burns and burns yet never falls.

A riddle, a riddle, I suppose: a hundred eyes yet not a nose!

What is it?

[Zephik]

sound?

Nope.

[jdbnsn]

I'm also awaiting answers to the following:

I forgot that one, it sounds interesting...

hmmm...sound is wrong....thinking...

[jdbnsn]

a valve?