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Puzzle/Riddle(2) Hub *Are you smart enough to solve these?*
(Go to the last pages for the most recent riddles.
Greeting's puzzle go-ers.
I have decided to make another puzzle hub. Do not be fooled, this is not the official Puzzle/Riddle Hub.
I'll probably make the official Puzzle/Riddle Hub a blog or something, but if someone has a recommendation on how I can approach this, feel free to PM me.
As the MasterRiddler, I challenge you to solve these riddles:
#1: A woman was horrified to find a fly in her tea. The waiter took her cup and went into the kitchen and returned with a fresh cup of tea. She shouted, "You brought me the same tea!" How did she know?
#2:A petshop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said "Parrot repeats everything it hears." A young man bought the parrot and for two weeks he spoke to it and it didn't say a word. He returned the parrot but the shopkeeper said he never lied about the parrot. How can this be?
#3:Which word in the English language becomes shorter when it is lengthened?
#4:You give someone a dollar. You are this person's brother, but the person is not your brother. How can that be?
#5:A psychologist goes to a village in Africa and decides to compare foot size to intelligence. He notes that in general, as foot size increases, so does intelligence. How can this be?
#6: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?
#7:He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?
#8:How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?
Greeting's puzzle go-ers.
I have decided to make another puzzle hub. Do not be fooled, this is not the official Puzzle/Riddle Hub.
I'll probably make the official Puzzle/Riddle Hub a blog or something, but if someone has a recommendation on how I can approach this, feel free to PM me.
As the MasterRiddler, I challenge you to solve these riddles:
#1: A woman was horrified to find a fly in her tea. The waiter took her cup and went into the kitchen and returned with a fresh cup of tea. She shouted, "You brought me the same tea!" How did she know?
#2:A petshop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said "Parrot repeats everything it hears." A young man bought the parrot and for two weeks he spoke to it and it didn't say a word. He returned the parrot but the shopkeeper said he never lied about the parrot. How can this be?
#3:Which word in the English language becomes shorter when it is lengthened?
#4:You give someone a dollar. You are this person's brother, but the person is not your brother. How can that be?
#5:A psychologist goes to a village in Africa and decides to compare foot size to intelligence. He notes that in general, as foot size increases, so does intelligence. How can this be?
#6: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?
#7:He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?
#8:How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?
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My answer for #2:
One about the murderer being convicted:
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The parrot's deaf? XD
One about the murderer being convicted:
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The lion room; if a lion hasn't eaten in three years, they'll be dead.
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Putting the answers in spoilers would have been nice. Also; Necro-thread much? (Though I do enjoy this hub)
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I have an old one that took me a while to figure out.
There is a man with a cabbage, a goat, and a wolf. The wolf will eat the goat if left alone with it, the goat will eat the cabbage if left alone with it. Now the man wants to cross a river with his cabbage,his sheep, and his wolf but the boat will sink if he takes more then 1 of them with him across the river. How does the man cross the river? take the wolf, then the cabbage, then the goat.
And another
A cowboy goes into town on Friday. He stays and sleeps in the town for 3 24-hour days. He leaves town on Friday. How did he do this? the horse's name is friday
>:3
There is a man with a cabbage, a goat, and a wolf. The wolf will eat the goat if left alone with it, the goat will eat the cabbage if left alone with it. Now the man wants to cross a river with his cabbage,his sheep, and his wolf but the boat will sink if he takes more then 1 of them with him across the river. How does the man cross the river? take the wolf, then the cabbage, then the goat.
And another
A cowboy goes into town on Friday. He stays and sleeps in the town for 3 24-hour days. He leaves town on Friday. How did he do this? the horse's name is friday
>:3
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Why didnt you put the answers in spoilers?
Also, those are really popular ones.
Also, those are really popular ones.
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#1 Splenda (sugar) was in it or something
#2: The parrot can't hear/didn't hear anything
#3: Short -> shorter
#4 person is a girl she is sister
#5 He meant that when people grew older they grow bigger and so does their knowlege/intelligence
#6 Lions who haven't eaten for 3 years probably died
#7 a priest
#8 Once 25 - 5 = 20 minus the "5"
#2: The parrot can't hear/didn't hear anything
#3: Short -> shorter
#4 person is a girl she is sister
#5 He meant that when people grew older they grow bigger and so does their knowlege/intelligence
#6 Lions who haven't eaten for 3 years probably died
#7 a priest
#8 Once 25 - 5 = 20 minus the "5"
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The future of this hub is in my hands once again, as they have been many moons ago.
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Clearly, this hub has dwindled in interest.
That's alright with me really. I have no more interest in this site anymore.
--The mods aren't helpful and refuse to answer EVERY one of my questions/concerns, and when I go to the Admin, he/she never replied.
--Plus, sometimes the site lags beyond my control and even crashes periodically.
--Noobs keep reporting my skins (in the past) for looking SIMILAR to other people's. Some were removed for ACTUALLY breaking a PMC rule, which is fine, but others, not so much.
If this account were to get banned for what I said (because the mods are offended easily and are strict on keeping order), it doesn't matter. I could always make another account if I wanted to. They can't stop me.
And even if they ban my ip address (which pretty much only an Admin could do, but this is an educated guess), I could either join this site through a proxy, change my ip, or use other computers I have access to with different ip's. The mods can't stop me. The mods can't stop anyone really. They just ban them so they don't have to deal with them anymore, but if everyone were to uproar, they couldn't possibly ban EVERYONE.
It's like this on any forum site really.
It's not even worth it being a mod. You are forced to deal with noobs and constantly patrol around to make sure no one is doing bad. You don't even get paid, it's just something "fun" they do. I'm sure it works for them, but I just see no true benefit. (educated guess)
If a mod really cared, he/she could and would tell me otherwise and not just fill the stereotype people think of mods and just ban me.
I will probably just limit my PMC visiting to maybe once a month or so. They really need to expand what people can do on this site or just maybe add new things to keep everything fresh.
I'm just saying. I bid you fair-well PMC.
-Davis
That's alright with me really. I have no more interest in this site anymore.
--The mods aren't helpful and refuse to answer EVERY one of my questions/concerns, and when I go to the Admin, he/she never replied.
--Plus, sometimes the site lags beyond my control and even crashes periodically.
--Noobs keep reporting my skins (in the past) for looking SIMILAR to other people's. Some were removed for ACTUALLY breaking a PMC rule, which is fine, but others, not so much.
If this account were to get banned for what I said (because the mods are offended easily and are strict on keeping order), it doesn't matter. I could always make another account if I wanted to. They can't stop me.
And even if they ban my ip address (which pretty much only an Admin could do, but this is an educated guess), I could either join this site through a proxy, change my ip, or use other computers I have access to with different ip's. The mods can't stop me. The mods can't stop anyone really. They just ban them so they don't have to deal with them anymore, but if everyone were to uproar, they couldn't possibly ban EVERYONE.
It's like this on any forum site really.
It's not even worth it being a mod. You are forced to deal with noobs and constantly patrol around to make sure no one is doing bad. You don't even get paid, it's just something "fun" they do. I'm sure it works for them, but I just see no true benefit. (educated guess)
If a mod really cared, he/she could and would tell me otherwise and not just fill the stereotype people think of mods and just ban me.
I will probably just limit my PMC visiting to maybe once a month or so. They really need to expand what people can do on this site or just maybe add new things to keep everything fresh.
I'm just saying. I bid you fair-well PMC.
-Davis
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The ones on the bottom of the last page.
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What riddles did you answer?
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1. Erm... not sure... being derpy right now...
2. SILENCE. (Yes, I had to say it loudly.)
3. Soap.
4. 404 Error.
5. A comb-potato-clock-hybrid? Or maybe a blind lady with no fingers, cold feet, and her mouth sewn shut?
2. SILENCE. (Yes, I had to say it loudly.)
3. Soap.
4. 404 Error.
5. A comb-potato-clock-hybrid? Or maybe a blind lady with no fingers, cold feet, and her mouth sewn shut?
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Hello?
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The most recent riddles are on the page before this one.
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Remember, you can post your own riddles.
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What is the most you take, the more you leave behind?
answer:
What is so fragile that when you say its name you break it?
answer:
You use it between your head and your toes, the more it works the thinner it grows. What is it?
answer:
What can bring back the dead; make us cry, make us laugh, make us young; born in an instant yet lasts a life time?
answer:
Hands she has but does not hold, teeth she has but does not bite, feet she has but they are cold, eyes she has but without sight. Who is she?
answer:
answer:
What is so fragile that when you say its name you break it?
answer:
You use it between your head and your toes, the more it works the thinner it grows. What is it?
answer:
What can bring back the dead; make us cry, make us laugh, make us young; born in an instant yet lasts a life time?
answer:
Hands she has but does not hold, teeth she has but does not bite, feet she has but they are cold, eyes she has but without sight. Who is she?
answer:
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Correct.
It's $1 per digit, so 913 is only $3.
Try the second one.
It's $1 per digit, so 913 is only $3.
Try the second one.
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The first one-- Each time the decimal point moves over one, its adds $1.00. Thus, 913 costs $3.00. (maybe...?)
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What's the matter? These too hard?
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Remember, you can post your own riddles.
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Correct.
--There is a shop that reads:
Buy 1 for $1.00
10 for $2.00
100 for $3.00
I needed 913 and still only paid $3.00. How could this be financially viable for the shop-keeper?
--Using only two 2's and any combination of mathematical signs, symbols and functions can you make 5?
How many other ways can you do this?
--There is a shop that reads:
Buy 1 for $1.00
10 for $2.00
100 for $3.00
I needed 913 and still only paid $3.00. How could this be financially viable for the shop-keeper?
--Using only two 2's and any combination of mathematical signs, symbols and functions can you make 5?
How many other ways can you do this?
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the second one:
2 and a half + 2 and a half.
2 and a half + 2 and a half.
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#1. I am guessing mr. White, if he always hits the target, then shoot him first.
#2. A husband.
#2. A husband.
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Correct.
--Mr. Black, Mr. Gray, and Mr. White are fighting in a truel. They each get a gun and take turns shooting at each other until only one person is left. Mr. Black, who hits his shot 1/3 of the time, gets to shoot first. Mr. Gray, who hits his shot 2/3 of the time, gets to shoot next, assuming he is still alive. Mr. White, who hits his shot all the time, shoots next, assuming he is also alive. The cycle repeats. If you are Mr. Black, where should you shoot first for the highest chance of survival?
--If you throw me from the window,
I will leave a grieving wife.
Bring me back, but in the door, and
You'll see someone giving life!
What am I?
--Mr. Black, Mr. Gray, and Mr. White are fighting in a truel. They each get a gun and take turns shooting at each other until only one person is left. Mr. Black, who hits his shot 1/3 of the time, gets to shoot first. Mr. Gray, who hits his shot 2/3 of the time, gets to shoot next, assuming he is still alive. Mr. White, who hits his shot all the time, shoots next, assuming he is also alive. The cycle repeats. If you are Mr. Black, where should you shoot first for the highest chance of survival?
--If you throw me from the window,
I will leave a grieving wife.
Bring me back, but in the door, and
You'll see someone giving life!
What am I?
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17. Is a fly that fell in the water -.-
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17 is fire. It's easy, if you give a fire wood, that's it's food, and it'll stay burning longer, but if you give it water, it'll extinguish the fire. Derp.
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The ia a way you can find this out, but it is a bit tricky, you have to draw some sort of graph, I believe the person cannot prove his logic,
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How did you figure that out?
Show me your logic, otherwise I don't believe you.
Show me your logic, otherwise I don't believe you.
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with the information i had i drew something like Yellow-Norwegian-horses-water-blend
Blue-Dane-cats-dunhill-tea,Red-british-Milk-Pallmall-birds,Green-German-coffee-Prince,White-Swedish-Dogs
By getting every clue together i drew the house scheme Yellow-Blue-Red-Green-White
and if that makes any sense to you good if not i cant really explain
Blue-Dane-cats-dunhill-tea,Red-british-Milk-Pallmall-birds,Green-German-coffee-Prince,White-Swedish-Dogs
By getting every clue together i drew the house scheme Yellow-Blue-Red-Green-White
and if that makes any sense to you good if not i cant really explain
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What can you catch but not throw?
A Hacker xD
A Hacker xD
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Here's a hard riddle that Einstein made himself. Don't use the internet for the answer.
There are no tricks, just pure logic, so good luck and don't give up.
1. In a street there are five houses, painted five different colours.
2. In each house lives a person of different nationality
3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke different brand of cigar and keep a different pet.
THE QUESTION: WHO OWNS THE FISH?
HINTS
1. The Brit lives in a red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The Green house is next to, and on the left of the White house.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the centre house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water.
ALBERT EINSTEIN WROTE THIS RIDDLE EARLY DURING THE 19th CENTURY. HE SAID THAT 98% OF THE WORLD POPULATION WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SOLVE IT.
There are no tricks, just pure logic, so good luck and don't give up.
1. In a street there are five houses, painted five different colours.
2. In each house lives a person of different nationality
3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke different brand of cigar and keep a different pet.
THE QUESTION: WHO OWNS THE FISH?
HINTS
1. The Brit lives in a red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The Green house is next to, and on the left of the White house.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the centre house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water.
ALBERT EINSTEIN WROTE THIS RIDDLE EARLY DURING THE 19th CENTURY. HE SAID THAT 98% OF THE WORLD POPULATION WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SOLVE IT.
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The answer is: The German, the german owns the fish
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--The priest in my hometown told us that on a particular day he would walk on water for 30 minutes. The lake was not dry and we all observed the priest actually walking on water. How? The water froze.
--A man was just doing his job when his suit was torn. Why did he die three minutes later? An astronaut didn't get enough air and he died.
--What year comes next in this sequence: 1973 1979 1987 1993 1997 1999
Idk 2001 or 2003? odd numbers
--You are in a room where there are no metal objects except for two iron rods. Only one of them is a magnet. How can you identify this magnet?
Don't know this one either :/
--A man was just doing his job when his suit was torn. Why did he die three minutes later? An astronaut didn't get enough air and he died.
--What year comes next in this sequence: 1973 1979 1987 1993 1997 1999
Idk 2001 or 2003? odd numbers
--You are in a room where there are no metal objects except for two iron rods. Only one of them is a magnet. How can you identify this magnet?
Don't know this one either :/
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4 is easy. You're a girl, so your'e his sister, not brother. Derp.
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Which? If you're talking about Apollo's, he means that the digits used in pi are the answer. The digits in 1.16 are 1 and 6. the digits used in 10,897 are 0,1,7,8, and 9.
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Do you mind explaining the logic behind that?
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I'm afraid I don't get that last riddle.
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A 2nd grader knew all the digits of pi. What are they?
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Of course he would know them, all the digits of pi in order are 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
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1. The lake is frozen.
2. 2003. (This one took forever).
3. Touch the tip of A pole to the center of the B pole. The touch the opposite tip of A pole to the same center of B pole. If B pole doesn't react differently each time, it is the magnet. If B pole sticks at one time, and pushes away another time, A pole is the magnet,
Sorry, I was in NYC for 2 weeks without laptop.
2. 2003. (This one took forever).
3. Touch the tip of A pole to the center of the B pole. The touch the opposite tip of A pole to the same center of B pole. If B pole doesn't react differently each time, it is the magnet. If B pole sticks at one time, and pushes away another time, A pole is the magnet,
Sorry, I was in NYC for 2 weeks without laptop.
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Is nobody answering these riddles anymore?
Have my fans left me ;(
Have my fans left me ;(
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I'll post more once people can solve these.
Remember, you can always post your own as well.
Remember, you can always post your own as well.
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I'll post more once people can solve these.
Remember, you can always post your own as well.
Remember, you can always post your own as well.
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Sorry for the delay, but I have returned!
--The priest in my hometown told us that on a particular day he would walk on water for 30 minutes. The lake was not dry and we all observed the priest actually walking on water. How?
--A man was just doing his job when his suit was torn. Why did he die three minutes later?
--What year comes next in this sequence: 1973 1979 1987 1993 1997 1999
--You are in a room where there are no metal objects except for two iron rods. Only one of them is a magnet. How can you identify this magnet?
--The priest in my hometown told us that on a particular day he would walk on water for 30 minutes. The lake was not dry and we all observed the priest actually walking on water. How?
--A man was just doing his job when his suit was torn. Why did he die three minutes later?
--What year comes next in this sequence: 1973 1979 1987 1993 1997 1999
--You are in a room where there are no metal objects except for two iron rods. Only one of them is a magnet. How can you identify this magnet?
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Make more! =D
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I'll post more riddles soon.
Entertain yourselves through any means necessary.
(hint: MORE USER-RIDDLES)
Entertain yourselves through any means necessary.
(hint: MORE USER-RIDDLES)
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oh i didn't know that one so i didn't answer XD.
And, what's up with the thedethbot?
And, what's up with the thedethbot?
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It's my IGN but the username is taken.
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No one knows, and you didn't manage to answer them correctly XD They're all original riddles! Also, you forgot to try to answer "What does a man, poor and deprived, need whilst content?"
Sincerely,
thedethbot
Sincerely,
thedethbot
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where did you see those riddles?
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1. She sweetened the original cup with sugar!
2.The parrot was deaf!
3.Short+er=shorter
4.You gave a dollar to your sister!
5.Shoe size increases with age. And 'the older, the wiser'!
6.The lions. They would be dead if they hadn't eaten in 3 years!
7.He was the Justice Of the Peace!
8.Once. It won't be 25 anymore!
9.Thursday.
10=9
11.IDK
12.IDK
13.Corn
14=13
15. A cold
16.IDK
17.A candle.
2.The parrot was deaf!
3.Short+er=shorter
4.You gave a dollar to your sister!
5.Shoe size increases with age. And 'the older, the wiser'!
6.The lions. They would be dead if they hadn't eaten in 3 years!
7.He was the Justice Of the Peace!
8.Once. It won't be 25 anymore!
9.Thursday.
10=9
11.IDK
12.IDK
13.Corn
14=13
15. A cold
16.IDK
17.A candle.
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GrimReeparGrimReeparpagetdUm you could use the inside of the shoe
What rises and falls without end, yet never brightens the day?
What goes on without stopping yet stops to each man one day, What Ebbs and Flows like rivers, yet crashes and rewinds like a Car wreck in a movie, What goes dastardly fast when times seem to be good, and slow as the tortoise when rough roads are near,
What seems to be nothing but hands on a dime?
Sorry, but i wanted to try and guess these because i was bored.
Um, for what rises and falls... your chest maybe? 'Cause you're breathing?
And for the other one... a plane?
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