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Riddle of the day - Christmas Eve 2009

Friday, December 25th, 2009

I am not old, I am not young

I cannot carry, but I am strong

In this world I have no place

I carry of at my own pace.

I am a thing, that you can’t see

But once a day, you become me

I cannot search, for I am blind

But there’s not a thing, that I can’t find.

I cannot run, I cannot stop

I can’t lose heigh, I’m at the top

But to find me, you must dig deep

But stop once the hill, has gone to steep.

What am I?

College Brain Teaser

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

Professor Winter’s answer key to a chemistry test was stolen during one of his chemistry classes. Only three students - Amos, Burt and Cobb - had the opportunity to steal the answer key.

Five chemistry classes had been held in the lab that week.
Amos attended only two of the classes.
Burt attended only three of the classes.
Cobb attended only four of the classes.
The professor conducted only three of the classes.
Each of the three students attended only two of the professor’s classes.
No two of the five classes were attended by the same group of students from the three students under suspicion.
Two of the three students, who attended one of the professor’s classes that the third student did not attend, were proven innocent of the theft.

Which one of the three students stole the answer key?

Are girls evil?

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

http://komplexify.com/blog/2006/03/09/on-the-proof-of-the-supposed-evilness-of-girls/

Riddle batch of the day #2

Friday, December 12th, 2008

1. My first is twice in apple but not once in tart. My second is in liver but not in heart. My third is in giant and also in ghost. Whole I’m best when I am roast. What am I?

2. There are five acquaintances. One of them shot and killed one of the other five. Which man is the murderer? 1. Dan ran in the NY City marathon yesterday with one of the innocent men. 2. Mike considered being a farmer before he moved to the city. 3. Jeff is a top-notch computer consultant and wants to install Ben?s new computer next week. 4. The murderer had his leg amputated last month. 5. Ben met Jack for the first time six months ago. 6. Jack has been in seclusion since the crime. 7. Dan used to drink heavily. 8. Ben and Jeff built their last computers together. 9. The murderer is Jack’s brother; they grew up together in Seattle.

3.  Waiter asks “How many?”

Each person comes up with a different number.
1….3….4…and 0.
All of them are right.
how is this true?

4.  Sam Sham, Captain Frank, and a few other men were swapping war stories. Sham told one about his uncle Sly who lost his arm during the war. “Uncle Sly met a General who was shocked that Sly had lost his arm and yet had not received a medal for bravery. The general removed one of his own medals and pinned it on Sly’s uniform. He then mentioned that had Sly lost both arms, he would have received a commission. Hearing this, Sly withdrew his sword and with one swift stroke, he cut off his other arm. Shortly thereafter, he was appointed Minister of Armaments.” Captain Frank looked blankly at sham and said, “You couldn’t possibly expect anyone to believe that yarn, could you?” Why not?

5. A man goes into a bank one day and deposits $1,663.
A few days later he enters the same bank and deposits $1,527.
A few more days and the man deposits $1,126 and then $1,096.
How much will the man deposit next time he enters the bank??

Here are the numbers for you again:
1663
1527
1126
1096

6. What is small, round and wears shorts?

7. An old man did not have much except a well near his house.
He had two sons. he loved the elder more.
so while dying he gave his house to the elder and well to the younger
but there was a condition the water in the well belonged to the elder.
The elder son was wicked. He drove the younger out of his house.
So the younger made a small hut close by. But the elder charged him for the water from the well because he owned the water.
After a year the younger one went to the King to ask for justice. The King heard the case, and passed a judgment that pleased the younger and the elder was left at loss. What was the King’s judgment?

Riddle batch of the day #1

Friday, December 12th, 2008

1. What is a Fedja?

2. There are three chickens and one bird on the seashore and across the ocean there are 7 dogs. Two boats can bring them across but they can only go 3 at a time. Chickens can’t go with birds because they will fight. Dogs cant go with chickens because they will eat them. How do they get across?

3. A guy gets on a plane, sits down and notices his friend. He greets his friends and then gets thrown off the plane and put in jail. Why?

4. What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right hand?

5. There are seven girls on a school bus. Each girl has seven backpacks. in each backpack there are seven small cats. For every small cat, there are 8 big cats. how many legs are on the bus?

6. I saw a man in white, he looked quite a sight. He was not old, but he stood in the cold. And when he felt the sun, he started to run.

Riddle

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

What was significant about 3661 seconds past midnight on the 1st of January 2001?

Brain Teaser

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

Through wind and rain I always play,
I roam the earth, yet here I stay;
I crumble stones, and fire cannot burn me;
Yet I am soft- you can gauge me with your hand.

What am I?

Brain Teaser

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

What do you take that leaves more behind?

Brain Teaser

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

If you utter my name, I won’t exist anymore. What am I?

Riddle Batch #9

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

1) What occurs once every minute,
twice every moment,
but never in a thousand years?

2) What can fill a room but takes up no space?

3) A rich man’s son was kidnapped. The ransom note told him to
bring a valuable diamond to a phone booth in the middle of a
public park. Plainclothes police officers surrounded the park,
intending to follow the criminal or his messenger. The rich man
arrived at the phone booth and followed instructions but the
police were powerless to prevent the diamond from leaving the
park and reaching the crafty villain. What did he do?

4)
Fred and Jim, two popular politicians, met at a club to discuss the overthrow of their party
leader. They each ordered a vodka on the rocks. Jim downed his and ordered another. He then
drank his second in a gulp and decided to wait before he ordered a third.

5)  A chicken farmer has figured out that a hen and a half can lay an egg and a half in a day and a
half. How many hens does the farmer need to produce one dozen eggs in 6 days?