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Old 05-16-2003, 12:00 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Prophecy's Thread of Riddles and Brainteasers

Welcome to my thread, this is the place to come to stump your friends or see if your friends can stump you with their favorite riddle or brainteaser. All I ask is that all new riddles be held till the last riddle/brainteaser was answered correctly. If you get the answer right, then its your turn to add a riddle. I'll go first:


They call me a man, but I'll never have a wife.
I was given a body, but not given life.
They made me a mouth, but didn't give me breath.
Water gives me life and sun brings me death
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Old 05-16-2003, 12:13 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 05-16-2003, 12:18 PM   #3 (permalink)
 
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<b>uncle phil</b> sounds like you are right.
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Old 05-16-2003, 12:23 PM   #4 (permalink)
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A snowman!

This is the oldest riddle I know, the riddle of the Sphinx: I walk on four legs in the morning, two during the day, and three in the evening. What am I?
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Old 05-16-2003, 12:33 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Peetster got it, it was a snowman...

and

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I walk on four legs in the morning, two during the day, and three in the evening. What am I?
A man? four in the morning is a child in early life, 2 in the day is walking up right in mid life and 3 in the evening is an old man with a walking stick, right?
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Old 05-16-2003, 05:45 PM   #6 (permalink)
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A man is looking at a picture of someone when he is asked to explain his relationship to the person in the picture. His response...

Brothers and sisters I have none,
but that man's father
was my father's son.

Who is in the picture?
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Old 05-16-2003, 06:10 PM   #7 (permalink)
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- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
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Old 05-16-2003, 11:37 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Old 05-17-2003, 05:22 AM   #9 (permalink)
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It was him in the picture.
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Old 05-17-2003, 11:25 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Peetster got it, it was a snowman...

and



A man? four in the morning is a child in early life, 2 in the day is walking up right in mid life and 3 in the evening is an old man with a walking stick, right?
Exactly right!

I think Uncle Phil got the next one right.
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Old 05-17-2003, 03:51 PM   #11 (permalink)
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"Brothers and sisters I have none,
but that man's father
was my father's son.

Who is in the picture?"

His son.
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Old 06-13-2003, 01:32 PM   #12 (permalink)
 
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**Bump**



Johnny's mother had three kids



Penny





Nick





and.....?????????
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Old 06-13-2003, 01:41 PM   #13 (permalink)
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...heeeeeeeeeeres JOHNNY!
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- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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Old 06-13-2003, 05:33 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Obviously the answer is Johnny, if two kids were already named and he's the only one left

How many letters are in the alphabet?
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Old 06-14-2003, 04:13 PM   #15 (permalink)
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How many letters are in the alphabet?

Unique then 7
the alpb

None unique then 11
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"I would like about three fiddy"
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Old 06-14-2003, 06:39 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Obviously BBtB cheated

In a stable there are men and horses. In all, there are 22 heads and 72 feet. How many men and how many horses are in the stable?
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Old 06-14-2003, 06:52 PM   #17 (permalink)
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8 men and 14 horses.

A man lived in a house for 3 months. He had no visitors and never left the house. One night he turned off the lights and left the house. He was never seen again. But his exit resulted in 100 people dying.
How was that?
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Old 06-14-2003, 07:03 PM   #18 (permalink)
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He lived in a light house and turning off the light caused boat accidents?
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Old 06-14-2003, 07:18 PM   #19 (permalink)
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spectre: Absolutely right! That was fast...

So, your turn, I think.
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Old 06-16-2003, 11:35 AM   #20 (permalink)
 
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Ok, there are three red hats and two white hats.

You are sitting in a desk in a classromm facing the front of the class.
There is a person siting directly behind you (he can see you).
There is also a person sitting directly behind him (the person sitting behind you). This person can see both the person behind you and you.

Another person enters the class and places a hat on each of your heads. You do not know which hat was placed on your head and you can't see what color it is.

You can't see anyone else's hat.
The person behind you can see your hat only.
The person behind him can see both of your hats.

The peson that put the hats on your heat asks the three of you to call out the color of the hat you are wearing as soon as you know what the color is.

After a few seconds nobody has said anything.

What color hat are you wearing?

Note: You can assume that the two people behind you are at least as smart as you.
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Old 06-16-2003, 03:51 PM   #21 (permalink)
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You take the damn hat off and look at it.

Duh.
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Old 06-17-2003, 03:15 AM   #22 (permalink)
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It has roots that nobody sees, and is taller than trees.
Up, up it goes, and yet it never grows.
What is it?
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What's easier to believe: that a guy was born without sex in the manner of several Greek demigods and grew up to be able to transmute liquids and alter his body density yet couldn't escape government execution, or that three freemasons in a vehicle made with aluminum foil in an era before digital technology escaped our atmosphere, landing on the moon, broadcasted from there, and then flew back without burning up?
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Old 06-17-2003, 04:29 AM   #23 (permalink)
 
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Hang on a second there.
I am surprised that you all gave up so fast on the riddle that I posted.

<b>Bones</b>You may be wearing a cubs hat but what color is it?

<b>KWSN</b> fine, you take it off your head and look at it. What color is it? Duh.

Nice try though.
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Old 06-17-2003, 04:36 AM   #24 (permalink)
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Old 06-17-2003, 04:41 AM   #25 (permalink)
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Um, a white hat?
If the first 2 hats were red, the last guy would've easily guessed that he had a white one. But he didn't.
If my hat were red, the middle guy would've used the logic above, and hearing no answer from 3rd guy, would've guessed that he had a white hat.
So I gots me a white hat. Makes sense in my head anyway.
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Old 06-17-2003, 05:04 AM   #26 (permalink)
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I figure that no one talked at all, that there isn't enough info to figure out who has what hat on. All I know is that both of the front two people weren't wearing white hats at the same time.
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Old 06-17-2003, 05:08 AM   #27 (permalink)
 
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<b>crackpot</b>, <b>Meridae'n</b> is right, you are mixing up the numbers of each color hat.

There are 2 white and 3 red.

The guy at the back would have known that he was wearing a red hat had he seen two white hats in front of him.

The middle guy, knowing this would have guessed that he was wearing a red hat had he seen you wearing a white hat.

You knowing all this know that you are wearing a red hat. If you were wearing a white hat one of the other guys whould have know what color hat they were wearing.

Nice work <b>Meridae'n</b>

Anybody alse got one?
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Old 06-17-2003, 05:16 AM   #28 (permalink)
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You walk into a room and see an overturned table, a man with a bullet in his head, and 53 bicycles on the floor. What happened?
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Old 06-17-2003, 05:35 AM   #29 (permalink)
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I guess I need a little more help with this answer...

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The guy at the back would have known that he was wearing a red hat had he seen two white hats in front of him.
Correct but he didn't see two white hats. Meaning that either both people in front of him were wearing red hats or one was wearing a red and the other a white. Either way he can't pick beyond a shadow of a doubt what hat he's wearing.


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The middle guy, knowing this would have guessed that he was wearing a red hat had he seen you wearing a white hat.
Knowing what? The third guy didn't say anything right? So all the 2nd guy knows is if the first guy is wearing white or red. That still leaves a 50% chance for him(the second guy)to be wearing white and a 66% chance for red, if that makes sense.


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You knowing all this know that you are wearing a red hat. If you were wearing a white hat one of the other guys whould have know what color hat they were wearing.
Again I'm lost. I'm wearing a red hat and the 2nd is wearing a white hat. The 2nd guy is still lost and so is the third. Can you explain the answer in a different way?
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Old 06-17-2003, 05:53 AM   #30 (permalink)
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You walk into a room and see an overturned table, a man with a bullet in his head, and 53 bicycles on the floor. What happened?
the dead guy was cheating at poker? bicycle brand deck of cards? 52 card deck plus the one he got caught with up his sleeve?
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Old 06-17-2003, 06:01 AM   #31 (permalink)
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Damn, guess I'm colour-blind.
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Old 06-17-2003, 06:36 AM   #32 (permalink)
 
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<b>Prophecy</b>, I will try to be a clearer.

The guy in the back can see the hats of the two people in front of him.
- If he were to see two white hats in front then he would know he was wearing a red hat and he would. Since he did not say anything we know that he does not see two white hats in front of him.
- If he were to see two red hats he could be wearing a red or a white hat.
- If he were to see a red and a white hat then he could be wearing a red or a white hat.

The important thing to note so far is that the guy in the back did not say anything so this means that he does not see two white hats in front of him.

The guy in the middle can only see your hat but he also knows that the guy behind him can't tell what hat he (the guy behind) is wearing. The guy in the middle, therefore, knows that him and you are not both wearing white hats.
- If the middle guy sees you were wearing a white hat then the middle guy knows that he is not wearing a white hat (he would know that he is wearing a red hat) and he would say something. He knows this because had the guy in back see two white hats he would have said something.

You are also smart so you know that the guy in the back would have said something had he see two white hats. That leaves you with three options to consider:
1. Middle = Red, You = White
2. Middle = White, You = Red
3. Middle = Red, You = Red

You also know that if your hat was white (option 1) then the middle guy would know that his had is red and he would have said something. But he did not say something. This leaves you with the other two options. In both of these options your hat is red.

Answer: You know your hat is red.
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Old 06-17-2003, 06:55 AM   #33 (permalink)
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Old 06-17-2003, 07:21 AM   #34 (permalink)
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the dead guy was cheating at poker? bicycle brand deck of cards? 52 card deck plus the one he got caught with up his sleeve?
Bingo. Good work.
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