Questions & Riddles...

[Jack & Coke]

You are trying to escape a jungle and are running down a trail... (local natives who want to eat your head are chasing you)

You come to a fork in the road.

The two trails leading away from the fork look identical - You do not know which trail is which.

One trail leads to safety.

The other trail leads to death.

There are two brothers (twins) who guard the trails.

Both guards are the only ones who know which trail is which.

One of the guards ALWAYS tells the TRUTH.

The other guard ALWAYS tells a LIE.

The two guards look identical - You do not know which guard is which.

You are only allowed to ask one guard one question.

What do you ask if you want to escape to safety?

[digitard]

You ask either one of them

"Would he tell me that this path leads to death" and point to a path ... then go down the opposite path.

Yeah, thats from "THE LABYRINTH" ..lol

Sincerely,
Dave K

[BobTheCow]

lol, i've heard that SO many times...and yet, i can never seem to remember the right answer :rolleyes:

[Jack & Coke]

digitard, cool! I didn't know it was in a movie. Someone asked us this in the office today... cool question.

Do you guys have any cool trick questions to share?

[digitard]

What is greater than God,
More evil than the Devil,
Rich people need it,
Poor people have it,
And if you eat it you will die.

Sincerely,
Dave K

[petefol]

nothing!

[yeahthatsme]

i have one!

if a plane crashes half and half on the border between canada and the US where would you bury the survivors?

[digitard]

You dont bury survivors...

:)

Sincerely,
Dave

[Python14]

I got this from dieHard 3: With a Vengence and use it regularly to deter people from doing things.I've added my own dialog btw

There is a bomb in front of you. If you run ,it goes off. If you move it, it goes off. If you try to disarm it, yea, you got it, boom. Well, you can't very well just up and see how far you can run before she blows because there are people around and you don't need 15 stiff bodies anymore than you need a hole in your head. Well, the only way you can stop it from blowing a hole in the world is by using two plastic jugs( one exactly 5 gallons, one exactly 3 gallons), an unlimited supply of water, and your wits, to fill one of the jugs to with exactly four gallons of water. You have 2 minutes from the moment you finish reading this.
I repeat, you must fill one of the jugs with exactly four gallons.

Explain the steps to getting exactly four gallons.

[pbguy888]

What can you put in a barrel ( like a wood one not paintball ) That makes it lighter and can be seen by the human eye?

[Restola]

Originally posted by Python14
Explain the steps to getting exactly four gallons.
Fill the 5 gallon jug to the top.

Fill the 3 gallon jug from the 5 gallon.

Empty the 3 gallon.

Pour the 2 gallons that are still in the 5 gallon jug into the 3 gallon jug.

Refill the 5 gallon jug.

Fill the last empty gallon of the 3 gallon jug with 1 gallon from the 5 gallon jug.

Presto! A 5 gallon jug with exactly 4 gallons.



Originally posted by pbguy888
What can you put in a barrel ( like a wood one not paintball ) That makes it lighter and can be seen by the human eye?
A hole

[Restola]

My question:

A hunter leaves his camp one morning and travels 5 miles due south. After a brief rest, he hikes 3 miles east. Finding nothing of interest, he heads north. After walking for 5 miles, he finds himself back at his camp, where a bear is rummaging throughhis supplies. He fires one shot, and kills the bear. What color was the bear?

[Jack & Coke]

white (polar bear)

:)

A man walked into a bar, and before he could say a word, he was knocked unconscious.

Why?

[Python14]

Because, he walked into a frigin' bar and bumped is dumb bald head on it.

[Jack & Coke]

Two men are in a cabin in the mountains. Both are dead.

Explain.

[Python14]

I've heard this one before but can't remember the answer....Are they part of some strange homosexual suicide cult?

[fire1811]

This one's from Are you Afraid of the dark
What can you put in a barrel ( like a wood one not paintball ) That makes it lighter and can be seen by the human eye?

pgguy888

AHHH MAN I was going to do that one

ITS A HOLE
i loved that show when i was younger. thats the one where there in the taxi and its gonna hit a tree
lol man i cant believe i remember that
thats been my favorite riddle since that show aired

:D

[RetroEclipseMan]

Originally posted by Jack & Coke
Two men are in a cabin in the mountains. Both are dead.

Explain.

Would that be two men flying an airplane that crashed in the mountains?

Here's one:

What goes by 4 legs in the morning, 2 legs in the afternoon and 3 legs at night?

[petefol]

Originally posted by RetroEclipseMan

What goes by 4 legs in the morning, 2 legs in the afternoon and 3 legs at night?
thats the riddle of the sphinx from oedipus. the day symbolizes life, man crawls on 4 legs as a baby, walks on his 2 feet as an adult, and walks on 3 (2 legs and a cane) when he is old.

A guy lives on the 15th floor of a sky scraper, everyday when he leaves for work he takes the elevator down to the lobby, then when hes back he takes the stairs back up to his apartment unless someone else is in the elevator or if it's raining and he has his umbrella. why is that?

[Will Wood]

He is a migit :) can't reach the buttons.

[Demobilized]

He reachs up and can hit the button with his umbrealla.

Next time leave out the part that he has the umbreale and let the person conenct the dots.


Something fell into a well and manged to climb out. Whats was it?

[Magsrule3]

Water?

Wait I dont get the one about the polar bear...Exlpain?

[TigerMan]

A man just arrived in the desert. He died right when he got there. He had all the supplies, like water, and his back pack had been unopen. How'd he die?

[petefol]

his backback is his parachute, which didnt open and he fell to his death.

[Demobilized]

The guy was wet.

[paintbattler]

this one is old....i dunno if it is a riddle but..

what is the most dirtyest joke?

[FooTemps]

How do you get an elephant into a refridgerator?

[FalconGuy016]

Ahh so many unanswered riddles that I want to know now!

[Restola]

Originally posted by Magsrule3
Wait I dont get the one about the polar bear...Exlpain?
The only place on earth that you can walk due south, east, then due north and end up where you started is the north pole. So it has to be a (white) polar bear.

[-Carnifex-]

Open the frig, put the elephant inside.

How do you get a giraffe into a frig?

[Krazy Ivan]

open the fridge, take the elephant out, then put the giraffe in.

Oh yes, and the dirty joke, a horse jumps into the mud, dirtier, 2 horses jump into the mud.

[Jack & Coke]

Here's an easy one...

If there are 6 Birds on a Wall, how many can you shoot with only 4 bullets and a gun?

[aaron_mag]

Originally posted by Jack & Coke
Here's an easy one...

If there are 6 Birds on a Wall, how many can you shoot with only 4 bullets and a gun?

It is one because the rest will fly away after the first shot?

I've got one, pretty easy

A man lies dead of a stab wound in a room with only a puddle of water. No one has entered or left the room prior to his death. How did he die?

[Krazy Ivan]

Hrm, don't know about that one but here's another so we can get 2 questions:

A man is shot dead in his car, all the windows are up and the doors are all locked. None of the doors/windows/windshield(s) are damaged and the killer didn't have a key to the car. How did the killer shoot the man.

[aaron_mag]

Originally posted by Krazy Ivan
Hrm, don't know about that one but here's another so we can get 2 questions:

A man is shot dead in his car, all the windows are up and the doors are all locked. None of the doors/windows/windshield(s) are damaged and the killer didn't have a key to the car. How did the killer shoot the man.

I was thinking that it was he died of a heart attack from hearing a gunshot in his car but you say he is "shot dead in his car". So I guess I don't know unless the killer is still in the car.

[Meat Popsicle]

Originally posted by aaron_mag

A man lies dead of a stab wound in a room with only a puddle of water. No one has entered or left the room prior to his death. How did he die?

Stabbed himself with an icicle.

[RW-2086]

Originally posted by Krazy Ivan
A man is shot dead in his car, all the windows are up and the doors are all locked. None of the doors/windows/windshield(s) are damaged and the killer didn't have a key to the car. How did the killer shoot the man.

It's a convertible.

[Ultimator]

The moment you say my name I am gone. What am I?

[aaron_mag]

Originally posted by Ultimator
The moment you say my name I am gone. What am I?

Silence....

A convertible. Of course. It was so simple:)

Figured Meat Popsicle would be the one to get the icicle one:D

[Jack & Coke]

Take the number of your fingers multiplied by the number of you toes divided by one half and add it to the number of months in a year. What is the total?

[pito189]

Originally posted by Jack & Coke
Take the number of your fingers multiplied by the number of you toes divided by one half and add it to the number of months in a year. What is the total?

10 .* 10 ./ 1/2 .+ 12 = 62

?:confused:

[xrancid_milkx]

I got one,

53 bicycles on a field of green, with one man dead. What happened?

[Meat Popsicle]

Originally posted by Jack & Coke
Take the number of your fingers multiplied by the number of you toes divided by one half and add it to the number of months in a year. What is the total?

172

8 (a thumb is not a finger) * 10 /.5 +12 = 172

[Jack & Coke]

If you include thumbs, the answer is:

(10)(10) = 100

100 / (1/2) = 200

200 + 12 = 212

:)


Here's a VERY difficult one (It's a CLASSIC):

Andy dislikes the Catcher. Ed's sister is engaged to the Second Baseman. The Center Fielder is taller than the Right Fielder. Harry and the Third Baseman live in the same building. Paul and Allen each won $20 from the Pitcher at pinochle. Ed and the Outfielders play poker during their free time. The Pitcher's wife is the Shortstop's cousin. All the Battery and Infield, except Allen, Harry, and Andy, are shorter than Sam. Paul, Andy, and the Shortstop lost $50 at the Racetrack. Paul, Harry, Bill, and the Catcher took a trouncing from the Second Baseman at Pool. Sam is getting a divorce. The Catcher and the Third Baseman have the same mother-in-law. Ed, Paul, Jerry, the Right Fielder and the Center Fielder are bachelors. The others are married. The Shortstop, the Third Baseman, and Bill each cleaned up $100 betting the fight. One of the Outfielders is either Mike or Andy.
Jerry is taller than Bill. Mike is shorter than Bill.
Each of them is heavier than the Third Baseman.

So, who plays First Base??

[Jack & Coke]

Originally posted by xrancid_milkx
I got one,

53 bicycles on a field of green, with one man dead. What happened?

I don't know the answer but does this have something to do with playing cards? (i.e. poker?)

[Krazy Ivan]

Stabbed in the head?? IE Suicide king??

[WicKeD_WaYz]

3 people go to a hotel to pay for a room. The room costs $30. They each pay $10.

Once they are in the room the hotel realizes they had made a mistake, and the room only costs 25$. So they give the bellboy 5$ to bring up to their room.

The bellboy decided to keep 2$ of that money as a tip to himself so he gives the 3 people 3 dollars back.

They devided the money up between themselves and each got a dollar back.

They each originally payed 10$ and each got 1$ back, so they each payed the hotel 9$.

9x9x9 = 27

27+ 2 (dollars for the bellboys tip) = 29

What happened to the other dollar?

[aaron_mag]

Dollar is not missing.

$3x$9 = $27 of which $2 is to the bell boy and $25 for the hotel.

[xrancid_milkx]

Jack & coke: Yes it does.....
ANWSER: bicycles are a type of card. Their are 52 cards in a deck. So if there was 53 someone cheated. And the field of green is a pocker table. The man cheated in a poker game and was killed.

[RW-2086]

I'm gonna figure out who plays first base...

[Jack & Coke]

well? Who's on first?:p

[Jack & Coke]

Ok, I think it's Paul.

[davidb]

Originally posted by Jack & Coke
well? Who's on first?:p

Yes!! :D

[Meat Popsicle]

Originally posted by davidb


Yes!! :D

Not the pronoun but someone with the unlikely name of "who".

[Jack & Coke]

Why are 1976 silver dollars worth more than 1975 silver dollars?

[FrAuStY]

1976 silver dollars is worth 1976$
1975 silver dollars is worth 1975$

Another easy one.. a man is dead in a room.. hung. The only thing near him is a wet blanket. What happened?

[Krazy Ivan]

He stood on an ice cube with the towel on it. As the ice cube melted he slowly hung himself.

[Jack & Coke]

If, having only one match, on a freezing winter day, you entered a room which contained a lamp, a kerosene heater, and a wood burning stove, which should you light first?

[ntn4502]

umm the match...too easy

[Jack & Coke]

Which room has no door, no windows, no floor and no roof?

[HoppysMag]

two guys standing in line at the customer service desk. a blind man, and a deaf mute. the deaf mute tells the customer service man he wants to get a hammer by acting like he is pounding a nail... how does the blind guy tell the customer service guy he wants a shovel?

[petefol]

Originally posted by HoppysMag
two guys standing in line at the customer service desk. a blind man, and a deaf mute. the deaf mute tells the customer service man he wants to get a hammer by acting like he is pounding a nail... how does the blind guy tell the customer service guy he wants a shovel?
he says "i want a shovel"

[HoppysMag]

Originally posted by petefol

he says "i want a shovel"

bingo.

yes they have fourth of july in england, its right fter the 3rd and right before the 5th

[Jack & Coke]

Originally posted by Jack & Coke
Which room has no door, no windows, no floor and no roof?

...a mush-room :)

What word in the English language begins with "e", ends with "e", and has one letter in it?

[BobTheCow]

What word in the English language begins with "e", ends with "e", and has one letter in it?
Envelope :)

Which is heavier, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?

How much dirt is in a hole one foot wide, one foot long, and one foot deep?

(sorry these are so easy, I don't know any others! :eek: )

[petefol]

Originally posted by BobTheCow63

Envelope :)

Which is heavier, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?

How much dirt is in a hole one foot wide, one foot long, and one foot deep?

(sorry these are so easy, I don't know any others! :eek: )
a pound of feathers and a pound of bricks both weigh a pound. a whole has no dirt in it.

[Jonno06]

2 elephants are taking a shower...

1 says "radio".

[Jack & Coke]

Lets see how smart you are:

An insurance salesman knocks on the door of a home in a housing development.

When a lady answers he asks "How many children do you have?"

She replies "Three."

When he asks, "What are their ages?" she decides that he is to nosy and refuses to tell him. After he aplogizes for his apparent rudeness he asks for a hint about the children's ages.

She says "If you multiply their three ages you get 36." (Their ages are exact numberd.) He thinks for a while and then asks for another hint.

When she says, "The sum of their ages is the number on the house next door," he immediately jumps over the fence to determine this number.

This done, he returns to the lady asks for one last hint. "All right," she says, "the eldest plays the piano!"

He then knows their ages.

Do you?

[illshowumyramrod]

12 i think

[Jack & Coke]

Sorry, Incorrect.

12 * 12 * 12 = 1,728 not 36



What are the ages of the 3 children?

Child A: ?

Child B: ?

Child C: ?

[illshowumyramrod]

11, 12, and 13... I suck at math,

[Jack & Coke]

Originally posted by illshowumyramrod
11, 12, and 13... I suck at math,

I think you missed the first hint she gave...

"...If you multiply their three ages you get 36..."

that means A * B * C = 36, where A, B, and C are the ages of the kids.

[TraXeR]

I don't know the answer to the 3 kids joke, but here's another one.

Theres 2 islands with a river between them, on one island theres you, a boat, a bag of chicken feed, a chicken, and a wolf. If you leave the chicken with the feed, the chicken eats the feed, if you leave the wolf with chicken, the wolf would eat the chicken. You can take as many trips as you want in the boat and you can move ONLY by the boat (no swimming or throwing, etc), but can only take one of the "items" at a time. How do you get all of them including yourself and the boat to the other island without one of the "items" getting eaten?

muahahahah

P.S. you can take BACK items as well from the other island.

[Jack & Coke]

dude... that's a party foul.

you're not supposed to ask another question until the previous one is solved or deemed too difficult to solve.

At least give it a chance before blasting out a new question...

*looks for forum etiquette book*

[mcveighr]

What word in the English language begins with "e", ends with "e", and has one letter in it?

eye

[Rather]

what was the # of the next door house?

or was there no house next door so there are no children?

:confused: :confused:

[WickeDKlowN]

1, 2, and 18
1, 4, and 9
3, 3, and 4
2, 3, and 6
theres a bunch :confused:

[MayAMonkeyBeYourPinata]

the kids are 36, 1 and 1

or

4, 3 and 3

or

12, 3 and 1

[WickeDKlowN]

read the 1st reply, lol

[canemaster]

Originally posted by Restola

The only place on earth that you can walk due south, east, then due north and end up where you started is the north pole. So it has to be a (white) polar bear.


What if some guy imported a brown bear there?

[Jack & Coke]

The unique combinations are:

1 1 36
1 2 18
1 3 12
1 4 9
1 6 6
2 2 9
2 3 6
3 3 4

[Jack & Coke]

Originally posted by Rather
what was the # of the next door house?

or was there no house next door so there are no children?

:confused: :confused:

He goes next door and learns the number of the house.

Now if the number of the house equals the sum of the three ages, then the riddle is solved. however, if house number equals the sum of multiple age combos, then he needs another hint. Too many unknowns, not enough equations.

If you add up all the unique age combination which have the product of 36 (see previous post), you will notice some thing interesting...

1 + 1 + 36 = 38
1 + 2 + 18 = 21
1 + 3 + 12 = 16
1 + 4 + 9 = 14
1 + 6 + 6 = 13
2 + 2 + 9 = 13
2 + 3 + 6 = 11
3 + 3 + 4 = 10

Notice how the only non-unique combo is 1,6,6 and 2,2,9 which add up to 13?

Since he requires another hint, we know that the house number must be 13.

Now which one is it? 1,6,6 or 2,2,9 ?

[Python14]

It's 2,2,9

She says the oldest plays the Piano. If that is true, that means there is only one oldest child. Thus, the her year old child plays the Piano and her two twins do whatever.

[Python14]

Heres a new one

Phi Kappa Puzzle

Puzzle by Andrew Moskalik

You've just arrived on U of P campus, one of the fresh faces of the class of ’68 (2168, of course), only to find that you're rooming with Sean Malfe, captain of the puzzle team, computer class president, son of rocketry trillionaire Hinty Malfe, and the biggest of the BMOC. This is gonna be a great year! "23-skidoo, Junior," Sean says, punching you in the arm, anemically, after you introduce yourself. “I hear you fancy yourself a puzzler.” You blush and nod. "Tell ya what," says Sean, "y'know, the puzzlers in the sophomore class are pretty lame, so I bet I could get you on the varsity puzzle squad right away. Whatta ya say?" Of course! You jump at the chance. Rumor has it that all the hottest people of your chosen sexual orientation and appropriate gender are on the varsity puzzle squad. "Get over to Turing Lecture Hall at seven tomorrow morning," says Sean, "We'll see what you can do."

Sean, being the Very Important Person he is, soon takes off to do Very Important Stuff, leaving you to unpack your things. That night, Sean still isn't back, and you can hardly sleep from the excitement, but soon enough you drift off. Bright and early the next morn, you walk over to Turing. You head toward the Lecture Hall, expecting to find the puzzle team engaging in some Word Search calisthenics. But when walk into the room, it’s empty! Well, almost. The only thing there is an ancient circa nineteen-eighty Betamax video player and TV with the words "play me" written on a paper taped to the screen. Pulling the paper off and hitting play, you see a scene of Sean and the rest of the puzzle team boarding a short-hop rocket with his father’s coat of arms painted on the hull. The camera zooms in on Sean, who’s hauling a kegger of seltzer water aboard. He looks up and says "If you're a real puzzler, Junior, you'll know where to meet us." He winks, and the tape ends.

What the heck? There’s no puzzle here! You've been set up! You ball up the paper and pitch it on the floor in frustration. But wait a minute! The back of the paper is covered with text. You smooth it out and take a look. That’s more like it:

--------

1 Like Seneca/Famous Red wearable/Simplified speech

2 Pope, Mercurius /Chromosome partitioning process/Reason Ranger is not Lone

3 Noted magic dragon behavior/fruitful/Thlayli

4 Gin buddy/ Myshkin/One after David

5 What a Sgt doesn’t have/NetHack "m"/Ice, but not steam

6 Profession where stupidity is not a handicap /Bird that is no more/Bond type

7 First word of Miller’s tales /Wacky helmet material/Roosevelt contracted this

8 BooBoo’s bosom buddy/BooBoo’s bosom buddy’s basket/Thin translucent paper

9 Pole or missionary/Picture font/Unsainted Beatle

10 Type of army-less general/Jackie O hat style/hidebound man or old bone

11 ‘Husker Frank/Top beef cut/Infamous atoll

12 Roisterous punk genre/When toves gyre/Artis Leon Ivey, Jr

--------

Time to use those puzzle skills and prove you’re ready for the varsity level. Where will you find Sean and the rest of the puzzlers?

[TraXeR]

Originally posted by Jack & Coke
dude... that's a party foul.

you're not supposed to ask another question until the previous one is solved or deemed too difficult to solve.

At least give it a chance before blasting out a new question...

*looks for forum etiquette book*

Oh, sorry J&C, I guess I didn't read the first post clear enough, my bad. Sorry man.

[member#10,261]

-You can't see it
-If you put it in a bucket it make's the bucket lighter

What is it?

[scarpa43]

-You can't see it

If you put it in a bucket it make's the bucket lighter

a hole

[member#10,261]

yup

[SpecialBlend2786]

Originally posted by TraXeR
Theres 2 islands with a river between them, on one island theres you, a boat, a bag of chicken feed, a chicken, and a wolf. If you leave the chicken with the feed, the chicken eats the feed, if you leave the wolf with chicken, the wolf would eat the chicken. You can take as many trips as you want in the boat and you can move ONLY by the boat (no swimming or throwing, etc), but can only take one of the "items" at a time. How do you get all of them including yourself and the boat to the other island without one of the "items" getting eaten?

muahahahah

P.S. you can take BACK items as well from the other island.

First, take the Chicken across, and leave it on the other side.
Next, Take the chicken feed across, leave it on the other side and bring the chicken BACK
Next, Take the wolf across.
Finally, go back and get the chicken, and take him across.

heres a pretty easy one:
It wasn't my sister, nor my brother, but still was the child of my father and mother. Who was it?

[Tunaman]

Originally posted by Jack & Coke
You are trying to escape a jungle and are running down a trail... (local natives who want to eat your head are chasing you)

You come to a fork in the road.

The two trails leading away from the fork look identical - You do not know which trail is which.

One trail leads to safety.

The other trail leads to death.

There are two brothers (twins) who guard the trails.

Both guards are the only ones who know which trail is which.

One of the guards ALWAYS tells the TRUTH.

The other guard ALWAYS tells a LIE.

The two guards look identical - You do not know which guard is which.

You are only allowed to ask one guard one question.

What do you ask if you want to escape to safety? You ask one of them..."is your brother a liar"?:D :)

[SpecialBlend2786]

Heres another one:

A horse is tied to a 15 ft rope and there is a bail of hay 25 ft away from him. Yet the horse is able to eat from the bail of hay. How is this possible?

[-Carnifex-]

The rope isn't tied to anything else?

[land hurricane]

A horse is tied to a 15 ft rope and there is a bail of hay 25 ft away from him. Yet the horse is able to eat from the bail of hay. How is this possible?

there is another bail of hay?
or..
it must be a MAGICAL horse

[SpecialBlend2786]

Originally posted by -Carnifex-
The rope isn't tied to anything else?

we have a winner.

This one is kinda cool too. But i dont think anyone will get it. lol

The passage is taken from the book "Gatsby" written by Ernest Vincent Wright in the late 1930's

"Gatsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had had its noisy run; and with not many folks in sight, His Honor got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a mayor out of City Hall is a shining mark for any politician. And so, coming to Broadway, a booming bass drum and sounds of singing, told of a small Salvation Army unit carrying on amidst Broadway's night shopping crowds. Gadsby, walking towards that group, saw a youg girl, back toward him, just finishing a long, soulful oration ... "

What is so unsual about this passage?

[-Carnifex-]

It says a busy days traffic at night? That's all I got.

[FactsOfLife]

Originally posted by SpecialBlend2786
heres a pretty easy one:

It wasn't my sister, nor my brother, but still was the child of my father and mother. Who was it?

myself.

[SpecialBlend2786]

FactsofLife: correct, told ya it was easy :)

Carnifex: good point, but not the answer.

Hint: Look closely at the words, what do they all have in common?

[tobz]

They are all lacking the most common letter of the english language, "e".

[SpecialBlend2786]

tobz, you're a genius.

[tobz]

Still working on the Phi Kappa Puzzle..

[SpecialBlend2786]

haha, i have the answer to that one, let me know if you want it.