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lana_banana · 10-18-2004, 04:22 AM

I think everyones probably heard this one, but...

1. You are in a house where all four walls face south. A bear walks past the window. What colour is it?

And some others...

2. A woman has five children, and exactly half of them are boys. How is this possible?

3. Take one from 19 to leave 20

4. What would you add to nine to make six?

5. There are two sheep standing in a field. One is facing north and the other south. How can they see each other without turning round?

6. What question can you never answer yes to, even though it's true? (there is more than one, but they have the same gist)

7. What question must you always answer yes to?

8. If a group of people contain a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, an uncle, an aunt, a sister, a brother, a niece, a nephew and two cousins, what is the smallest number they can be?

Bloodred · 10-18-2004, 05:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Paradise

??? There are four different variables here: 1) a door that leads to freedom, 2) a door that leads to death, 3) a guard who tells the truth, and 4) a guard who lies.

How do you know which door each guard is guarding? There are four different possibilities, but you can only ask one question to determine which door is the correct one. I still don't see how it works out with one question.

We'll call them guard A and guard B.

Go to guard A and ask "If I ask guard B which is the safe door, what would he tell me?"
Now if guard A is the liar, he would automatically tell you the wrong door.
But, if guard A is the truth teller, then he would tell you the door that the liar would say, which is also the wrong one.

So you go to the door that he didn't tell you to.

ryan. · 10-18-2004, 06:43 AM

If missing666 is right about Fweddie's riddle, that is virtually impossible to get right if you don't know it, purely because the answer comes from out of nothing. I thought the answer was walk through the walls, because they're not made of anything.

I have some riddles.

A man lives on the 12th floor of a building. He works every day of the week. Each day, he takes the elevator down to the ground floor and goes to work. Then he comes back, uses the elevator to go to the 6th floor, and then uses the stairs to walk to the 12th floor. Why is this?

And before anyone asks:
- no, the elevator doesn't mysteriously break every day on the 6th floor
- no, the elevator doesn't have any faults and it is perfectly capable of reaching the 12th floor
- no, the man does not walk the steps through choice, or for exercise

ryan. · 10-18-2004, 07:30 AM

I think I worked out the chess one. Let me know if it's wrong.

ryan. · 10-18-2004, 09:11 AM

Quote:

Put an olive in 'stine', mix it up, and get the equivalent of a fool's London subway

[television]

Quote:

a farmer has three sons. to decide which of the three should become heir to the farm, he poses a challenge to them to find out which is wise enough to manage it. he tells them whomever can fill the barn the most, will inherit the farm. he gives them each a small amount of money with which to buy something to fill the barn.
the oldest son goes to town and buys a bail of hay. he brings it back and dumps it out over the a small corner of the barn.
the middle son goes to town and uses all the money on a bag of feathers. he brings it back, and it fills slightly more of the barn than the hay did.
the youngest son goes to town and buys two small items. he brings them back and fills the entire barn, and becomes heir to the land.

what were the items, and what did he fill the barn with?

[A box of matches and some petrol - he filled the barn with fire?]

Quote:

brainteaser- a black dog stands in the middle of a dark road under a broken street lamp. a car with two broken headlighs approches the dog, but somehow turns to avoid him. how could the driver have seen the dog in time?

[I think there were a few answers given, but 'the car has it's foglights on' since the headlights don't work could be an answer. BTW, what was the correct answer? The moonlight thing?]

ryan. · 10-18-2004, 02:53 PM

1. You are in a house where all four walls face south. A bear walks past the window. What colour is it?

White, because it's a polar bear. Is this because it's on the very top of the earth (North Pole), so all four walls would automatically face south, or something?

2. A woman has five children, and exactly half of them are boys. How is this possible?

They're all boys, so half that, quarter it, do what you like; they're still boys. Alternatively, you could say 'half of them' would include the mother, so therefore she has three sons (3), two daughters (2) and herself (1), which equals six. Half of six is three, and that's how many sons she has.

3. Take one from 19 to leave 20

I haven't figured this one out...

4. What would you add to nine to make six?

180 Degrees? A mirror? Minus three (as in, 9 + -3 = 6)? I'm not sure.

5. There are two sheep standing in a field. One is facing north and the other south. How can they see each other without turning round?

One sheep is called north, the other is called south? Wait... they'd be looking at each other anyway.

6. What question can you never answer yes to, even though it's true? (there is more than one, but they have the same gist)

"Can you tell me a lie?"

7. What question must you always answer yes to?

"Can you say yes?"

8. If a group of people contain a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, an uncle, an aunt, a sister, a brother, a niece, a nephew and two cousins, what is the smallest number they can be?

Two: the father and mother are cousins, and the father can also be an uncle, brother, newphew, etc...

Those were cool, I probably got a few wrong.

rachel_dancer · 10-18-2004, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HuggableMonster

A man lives on the 12th floor of a building. He works every day of the week. Each day, he takes the elevator down to the ground floor and goes to work. Then he comes back, uses the elevator to go to the 6th floor, and then uses the stairs to walk to the 12th floor. Why is this?

[ the man is a midget. he can't read the 12th floor! ]

ryan. · 10-18-2004, 03:08 PM

[Rachel, close enough. He couldn't reach the 12th floor button. You said 'read'

]

sweet_lil_lie · 10-18-2004, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bjsm_USA

[MOSES didn't take anything into an ARK

]

YAY!!!!! i suck at this stuff.......

Paradise · 10-18-2004, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by missing666

i dont get what you mean, the answer is there ... do you not understand it? because wether its possible to answer that question or not that is the answer and i seems to work

I missed the part in six's answer which gave the answer, so I didn't get what you were saying. It makes sense now.

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ryan. Member of the Banned PERMA BANNED Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hellhole, United Kingdom Assholeness: 100% Age: 23 Posts: 361 Points: 198.00 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 198.00 Donate	1. You are in a house where all four walls face south. A bear walks past the window. What colour is it? White, because it's a polar bear. Is this because it's on the very top of the earth (North Pole), so all four walls would automatically face south, or something? 2. A woman has five children, and exactly half of them are boys. How is this possible? They're all boys, so half that, quarter it, do what you like; they're still boys. Alternatively, you could say 'half of them' would include the mother, so therefore she has three sons (3), two daughters (2) and herself (1), which equals six. Half of six is three, and that's how many sons she has. 3. Take one from 19 to leave 20 I haven't figured this one out... 4. What would you add to nine to make six? 180 Degrees? A mirror? Minus three (as in, 9 + -3 = 6)? I'm not sure. 5. There are two sheep standing in a field. One is facing north and the other south. How can they see each other without turning round? One sheep is called north, the other is called south? Wait... they'd be looking at each other anyway. 6. What question can you never answer yes to, even though it's true? (there is more than one, but they have the same gist) "Can you tell me a lie?" 7. What question must you always answer yes to? "Can you say yes?" 8. If a group of people contain a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, an uncle, an aunt, a sister, a brother, a niece, a nephew and two cousins, what is the smallest number they can be? Two: the father and mother are cousins, and the father can also be an uncle, brother, newphew, etc... Those were cool, I probably got a few wrong. Last edited by ryan. : 10-18-2004 at 03:05 PM.

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10-18-2004, 04:22 AM	#41 (permalink)
lana_banana Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Australia Age: 19 Posts: 101 Points: 139.00 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 139.00 Donate	I think everyones probably heard this one, but... 1. You are in a house where all four walls face south. A bear walks past the window. What colour is it? And some others... 2. A woman has five children, and exactly half of them are boys. How is this possible? 3. Take one from 19 to leave 20 4. What would you add to nine to make six? 5. There are two sheep standing in a field. One is facing north and the other south. How can they see each other without turning round? 6. What question can you never answer yes to, even though it's true? (there is more than one, but they have the same gist) 7. What question must you always answer yes to? 8. If a group of people contain a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, an uncle, an aunt, a sister, a brother, a niece, a nephew and two cousins, what is the smallest number they can be?

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ryan. Member of the Banned PERMA BANNED Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hellhole, United Kingdom Assholeness: 100% Age: 23 Posts: 361 Points: 198.00 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 198.00 Donate	If missing666 is right about Fweddie's riddle, that is virtually impossible to get right if you don't know it, purely because the answer comes from out of nothing. I thought the answer was walk through the walls, because they're not made of anything. I have some riddles. A man lives on the 12th floor of a building. He works every day of the week. Each day, he takes the elevator down to the ground floor and goes to work. Then he comes back, uses the elevator to go to the 6th floor, and then uses the stairs to walk to the 12th floor. Why is this? And before anyone asks: - no, the elevator doesn't mysteriously break every day on the 6th floor - no, the elevator doesn't have any faults and it is perfectly capable of reaching the 12th floor - no, the man does not walk the steps through choice, or for exercise

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ryan. Member of the Banned PERMA BANNED Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hellhole, United Kingdom Assholeness: 100% Age: 23 Posts: 361 Points: 198.00 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 198.00 Donate	[Rachel, close enough. He couldn't reach the 12th floor button. You said 'read' ]

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