Riddles

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"What word has kst in the middle, in the beginning, and in the end?"

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inkstand done. ~;p
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First one has been done also.

I shall fetch two more.

Ok.

If a third of six is three, what is half of twenty?


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Four men sat down to play,
They played all night 'till break of day,
They played for gold and not for fun
With separate scores for everyone.
When they came to square accounts,
They all had made quite fair amounts.
Can you the paradox explain,
If no one lost, how could all gain?

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If a third of six is three, what is half of twenty?

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My guess would be 10, the fact that a third of six is three doesn't change the meaning of a half.

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Four men sat down to play,
They played all night 'till break of day,
They played for gold and not for fun
With separate scores for everyone.
When they came to square accounts,
They all had made quite fair amounts.
Can you the paradox explain,
If no one lost, how could all gain?

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They weren't playing each other ~:)

Sorry, both incorrect.

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Originally Posted by pevergreen

First one has been done also.

I shall fetch two more.

Ok.

If a third of six is three, what is half of twenty?


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Four men sat down to play,
They played all night 'till break of day,
They played for gold and not for fun
With separate scores for everyone.
When they came to square accounts,
They all had made quite fair amounts.
Can you the paradox explain,
If no one lost, how could all gain?

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They were a string quartet?
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Originally Posted by pevergreen

If a third of six is three, what is half of twenty?

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15

In regards to this sentence, 1/3 = 1/2 since 3/6= 1/2. 1/3 multiplied by 3/2 is 1/2 so 1/3 of 20 is 1/2 of 20 or 10 multiplied by 1.5 to get 15.

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Originally Posted by pevergreen

Four men sat down to play,
They played all night 'till break of day,
They played for gold and not for fun
With separate scores for everyone.
When they came to square accounts,
They all had made quite fair amounts.
Can you the paradox explain,
If no one lost, how could all gain?

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Music. The four men were part of a quartet.

They played for money as in that was their job. Separate scores meant that they had
different sheets of music which is also known as a score

I am reasonably sure that I got them correct so heres mine:

You are in a house with a ground floor and a basement.

On the ground floor there are three light bulbs that looks exactly the same and are placed next to each other.

In the basement, there are three unlabeled switches with each for one of the light bulbs.

If there is no way to look at the light bulbs from the basement, and there is nothing else in the house, how do you determine which switch is for which light bulb?

Edit: My post count is l33T!

First one yes. The answer i have is

15. The question is worded to make it confusing. Instead of considering how 3 can be a third of 6, work out what three is one third of, which is 9. By using the same sort of reasoning, you know that half of twenty is ten and therefore ten is one third of 30. Consequently, if three is on third of six, 15 must be half of twenty.

And for the other one: The players were professional musicians.

What is the value of 1/2 of 2/3 of 3/4 of 4/5 of 5/6 of 7/8 of 8/9 of 9/10 of one thousand?

I think you missed a 6/7 there, but shouldn't it just be 100?

yes. :tongue: On both accounts. Bah.

Anyone else got some?

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Originally Posted by Xdeathfire

I am reasonably sure that I got them correct so heres mine:

You are in a house with a ground floor and a basement.

On the ground floor there are three light bulbs that looks exactly the same and are placed next to each other.

In the basement, there are three unlabeled switches with each for one of the light bulbs.

If there is no way to look at the light bulbs from the basement, and there is nothing else in the house, how do you determine which switch is for which light bulb?

Edit: My post count is l33T!

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I think you should specify that you only get to go to the ground floor once. Otherwise you could just flip one switch, go check it, flip another, go check it, etc.

Ajax

You leave one on for a long time, then go check. Turn a diff one on.

One will be off the entire time, one will be hot from being on a while, and the third will be just turned on.

pevergreen your correct

Bump for more. Mine seem to be too easy.

Okay, I want help with a riddle that has bothered me for ages. Read it in a book years ago.

The riddles is posed like this:

I sat with my love, and I drank with my love, and my love she gave me light. I'll give any man a pint o'wine, that'll read my riddle right.

Another character answers:

I sat in a chair made of my love's bones, drank from her skull, and saw by the light of a candle made from her fat. There. Are you satisfied?

For the life of me I have never puzzled this one out. Help appreciated, since you clever Orgahs whipped through every other riddle.

I don't understand what you don't get.

Doesnt sound like there is anything to answer.

Very amusing, lads. Now if anyone wants to pose a serious answer ...

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Originally Posted by Lemur

Okay, I want help with a riddle that has bothered me for ages. Read it in a book years ago.

The riddles is posed like this:

I sat with my love, and I drank with my love, and my love she gave me light. I'll give any man a pint o'wine, that'll read my riddle right.

Another character answers:

I sat in a chair made of my love's bones, drank from her skull, and saw by the light of a candle made from her fat. There. Are you satisfied?

For the life of me I have never puzzled this one out. Help appreciated, since you clever Orgahs whipped through every other riddle.

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The second person has solved the riddle by suggesting that the questioner murdered his wife: there is no puzzle remaining. It would have been clearer had he replied 'You sat in a chair made of your love's bones...'.

However, after some searching I came across this source (about half way down the page, marked 'page 11'), which suggests an alternative, less macabre answer: his love was a bottle of wine.

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* The Fool:
A riddle. I sat with my love, and I drank with my love, and my love she gave me light. I'll give any man a pint o'wine, that'll read my riddle right. Only I don't have a pint of wine. Do you give up?
* Tim Hunter:
I don't understand the question.
* The Fool:
How about your friend?
* Mister E:
It is an evil rhyme, and it has an evil answer.
* The Fool:
Oh so? But can you riddle it?
* Mister E:
I sat in a chair made of my love's bones, drank from her skull, and saw by the light of a candle made from her fat. There. Are you satisfied, fool? Let us leave this place, Timothy Hunter.

It may be that the "true" answer to this riddle is "wine". The teller sits with a bottle of wine and drinks from it; a candle is stuck in a wine bottle and lit. This is why the Fool doesn't have a pint of wine, he drank it.

Mister E, as a consequence of his character, may simply be taking the most evil interpretation that he can.

While we're on the subject of answers to riddles, my favorite response to Carroll's classic

"How is a raven like a writing desk?"

is

"Because both begins with b."

Ajax

Here's an Army riddle I heard once:

You are a lieutenant. For this task you have a squad consisting of a sergeant and 4 men. Equipment consists of a 30' flagpole and two lengths of rope measuring 40' and 20'. There is a 10' deep hole dug. How do you raise the flagpole?

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"Sergeant! Get this flagpole up!"

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Originally Posted by drone

Here's an Army riddle I heard once:

You are a lieutenant. For this task you have a squad consisting of a sergeant and 4 men. Equipment consists of a 30' flagpole and two lengths of rope measuring 40' and 20'. There is a 10' deep hole dug. How do you raise the flagpole?

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"Sergeant! Get this flagpole up!"

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Which side of a duck has the most feathers?

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Originally Posted by Moros

Which side of a duck has the most feathers?

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The out side.

correct lol that was an easy one wasn't it. Another one:

You lay 8 matches on a table, you take four matches. Now you have 7 (on the table).
How?

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Originally Posted by Moros

correct lol that was an easy one wasn't it. Another one:

You lay 8 matches on a table, you take four matches. Now you have 7.
How?

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I already had 3 in my hand?

No, 7 on the table. sorry for not being clear.

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Two fathers and two sons go to a restaurant. They order three chickens. How many chickens will each of them have? (Equal amount.)
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Originally Posted by Mouzafphaerre

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Two fathers and two sons go to a restaurant. They order three chickens. How many chickens will each of them have? (Equal amount.)
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I'm going to say 3 because I'm suspecting it's a man with his father and his grandfather.

Ajax

Don't you mean one?

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Originally Posted by Moros

Another one:

You lay 8 matches on a table, you take four matches. Now you have 7 (on the table).
How?

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I'm guessing they are laid out like this:

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