A few fun riddles...

[bigh0rt]

Some of these are fun, some are a little lame; but I'm a fan of teasing the brain and hopefully some of you are too... don't cheat!!

Q1. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms: The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

Q2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

Q3. A magician was boasting one day at how long he could hold his breath under water. His record was 6 minutes. A kid that was listening said, "that's nothing, I can stay under water for 10 minutes using no type of equipment or air pockets!" The magician told the kid if he could do that, he'd give him $10,000. The kid did it and won the money. Can you figure out how?

Q4. There are two plastic jugs filled with water. How could you put all of this water into a barrel, without using the jugs or any dividers, and still tell which water came from which jug?

Q5. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and grey when you throw it away?

Q6. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

Q7. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching!

Q8. You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in?

Q9. If you overtake the last person, then you are...?

Q10. (in your head!) Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10. What is the total?

Q11. Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono. What is the name of the fifth daughter?


Now how many could you answer?
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ANSWERS:-

A1. The third. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead.

A2. The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry.

A3. The kid filled a glass of water and held it over his head for 10 minutes.

A4. Colour and Freeze them first. Take them out of the jugs and put the ice in the barrel. You will be able to tell which water came from which jug.

A5. The answer is Charcoal. In Homer Simpson's words: hmmmm... Barbecue.

A6. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.

A7. The letter "e", which is the most common letter in the English language, does not appear once in the long paragraph

A8. If you answer that you are first, then you are absolutely wrong! If you overtake the second person and you take his place, you are second!

A9. If you answered that you are second to last, then you are wrong again. Tell me, how can you overtake the LAST person?!

A10. Did you get 5000? The correct answer is actually 4100. Don't believe it? Check with your calculator!

A11. Nunu? NO! Of course not. The fifth daughter is Mary. Read the question again.

[Oznogrd]

dont agree with 9....depending on situation you can lap the person in last sorry track athlete had to throw that in, i'm done

[bigh0rt]

dont agree with 9....depending on situation you can lap the person in last sorry track athlete had to throw that in, i'm done

I agree completely with that one. In theory, you can lap the last place person from any other position.

[Matt]

Q10. (in your head!) Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10. What is the total

A10. Did you get 5000?

this one is stupid.....supposedly when you count in your head you get 5000, but i got 4100, the correct answer.

[bigh0rt]

illini, here's a site you may find interesting... don't want to give it its own thread, but since you're a track athlete... here's a cool site that can help you log your miles.

Check it out.

[Oznogrd]

that'll be great if i can fix my shoulders and actually get back to working out thanks though h0rt

[mvpshaq32]

Q10. (in your head!) Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10. What is the total

A10. Did you get 5000?

this one is stupid.....supposedly when you count in your head you get 5000, but i got 4100, the correct answer.

I agree. I think they want you to add the 1000s together then add up the other numbers. Then you supposedly think those add up to 1000 instead of 100 and think the sum is 5000. Or something along those lines of shit.....

[[Q]]

this sounds like something i would get in my junk mail folder

[bigh0rt]

this sounds like something i would get in my junk mail folder

Good, now Forward this to 20 other people or you'll never find true love.

[[Q]]

this sounds like something i would get in my junk mail folder

Good, now Forward this to 20 other people or you'll never find true love.

ehh too late... didn't need a chain letter to do that. I'm asian remember?

[Drex]

I got 5, 6, 7, 8 & 10 right

[bigh0rt]

I got 5, 6, 7, 8 & 10 right

I don't believe that you got #7 without guidance for a second. There's absolutely nothing that points you to that conclusion in that paragraph. In fact, if anything, it attemps to lure you to the punctuation; but you'll have a hell of a time convincing me you recognized the absence of a single alphabetical letter upon reading that paragraph...

[Drex]

LOL, it was kinda easy The thing that points you to that conclusion, is that it says "this shit is unusual" way too many times. It took a couple seconds, actually

[bigh0rt]

LOL, it was kinda easy The thing that points you to that conclusion, is that it says "this shit is unusual" way too many times. It took a couple seconds, actually

It says "this is unusual" twice... I'm not buying it.

[Joe']

I got number 1, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11 right.
And I agree with bigh0rt on the fact that you can't get #7 right without guidance.

[Drex]

Wow, I just read it a couple times

[bigh0rt]

I got number 1, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11 right.
And I agree with bigh0rt on the fact that you can't get #7 right without guidance.

Those are pretty much the ones I got intuitively, too. 2 and 5 made sense after reading the answer, but for ones like 3, 4, and 9 were just ehh, seemed like they were there for you to go "Aha." when you read the answer; and there's just next to no chance in hell at getting 7 out of the gates unless you're some sort of English Professor or Editor or something, and I doubt most of them would get it without some sort of direction, either.

[---]

^

Actually three times.

Some of those were pretty cool, and no matter how many times I try, I still add those numbers up to 5000

EDIT: Ohhhh... 4090 + 10 = 4100...

[Drex]

and there's just next to no chance in hell at getting 7 out of the gates unless you're some sort of English Professor or Editor or something, and I doubt most of them would get it without some sort of direction, either.

Don't know why I keep replying, probably because I don't want you to think that I'm cheating in this kind of things I read that paragraph about two or three times. E is the most common letter in english and spanish, so the first thing I thought was that it was missing (I think there's some book written like that). I read it again, searching for that letter, and then I wrote my reply. Happy now?

EDIT: LMAO @Flite

[Gundy]

The funny thing is that when I was adding the numbers up, I thought to myself that I better do it carefully because it will try to trick me, and I still got it wrong.

[Joe']

^

Actually three times.

Some of those were pretty cool, and no matter how many times I try, I still add those numbers up to 5000

EDIT: Ohhhh... 4090 + 10 = 4100...

That made my day

[YaoMing11]

^

Actually three times.

Some of those were pretty cool, and no matter how many times I try, I still add those numbers up to 5000

EDIT: Ohhhh... 4090 + 10 = 4100...

ohhhhhh thats why!!!!!!

[---]

The funny thing is that when I was adding the numbers up, I thought to myself that I better do it carefully because it will try to trick me, and I still got it wrong.

Same thing with me, I even used pen and paper after about the 5th time and still got it wrong. If I had a digital camera I would take a photo because it looks so damn funny right now, but heres whats writing on the paper:

1. 3
2. ?
3. ?
4. (scribbled out)
5. (scribbled out)
6. (scribbled out)
7. (scribbled out)
8. (scribbled out)
9. (scribbled out)
10. (scribbled out)
11. (scribbled out)

1000
1040
2040
2070
3070
3090
4090
5000

???

[BigKaboom2]

Q7. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching!

I thought it was unusual because it contained a declarative statement punctuated by a question mark. Oh well.

Q6. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

The answer is yes.

Q2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

Is it strange that I don't refer to photographs with personal pronouns?

[Sparks]

I got 1, 2(i feel smart, haha), 6, 7, 8 and 9 right.
I only got the unusual paragraph one right because I've seen it before.