¤ Riddles ¤

SallyDP · Active Poster Joined: 16 Mar 2007 Posts: 100

Actually, you can!!! Just flip the 6 and it turns into 9!!! Can't you see it? I thought this was the best way... what is your solution then?

kfgmaster · Happy Camper Joined: 16 Mar 2007 Posts: 38

Nice one... Never thought of that. My way isn't that genius and I don't have it to hand sorry. Legend.

SallyDP · Active Poster Joined: 16 Mar 2007 Posts: 100

LOL! So you post the riddle without having a solution??? Hmmm... then how would we know the answer? If you don't have the correct anser then you are cheating! LOL!!! But I guess I won't even bother with the ones I don't have any idea.

kfgmaster · Happy Camper Joined: 16 Mar 2007 Posts: 38

I didn't say I didn't have the answer, I said I didn't have it to hand i.e. I am on the computer, the riddle is in a book and the book is not here near me... Sorry for the confusion.

Lena · Active Poster Joined: 21 Apr 2007 Posts: 100

Bottle of Medicine
A mother has three sick children. She has a 24-ounce bottle of medicine and needs to give each child eight ounces of the medicine. She is unable to get to the store and has only three clean containers, which measure 5, 11 and 13 ounces. The electricity is out and she has no way of heating water to wash the containers and doesn't want to spread germs. How can she divide the medicine to give each child an equal portion without having any two children drink from the same container?

Answer: Fill the 5 oz. and 11 oz. Containers from the 24 oz. container. This leaves 8 oz. in the 24 oz. bottle. Next empty the 11 oz. bottle by pouring the contents into the 13 oz. bottle. Fill the 13 oz. bottle from the 5 oz. container (with 2 oz.) and put the remaining 3 oz. in the 11 oz. bottle. This leaves the 5 oz. container empty. Now pour 5 oz. from the 13 oz. bottle into the 5 oz. bottle leaving 8 oz. in the 13 oz. bottle. Finally pour the 5 oz. bottle contents into the 11 oz. bottle giving 8 oz. in this container. Highlight to read

Lena · Active Poster Joined: 21 Apr 2007 Posts: 100

A man who lived on the top floor of a twenty story building had to go up and down daily for work, and of course, for food and the other necessities. On most days he could only ride the elevator to the fifteenth story, and he would have to walk the rest of the way. When it rained, however, he could ride all the way up to the twentieth story. Why?

Answer: The man wasn't tall enough to reach the button for the 20th floor. He could only reach the 15th story button on the elevator. When it rained, he brought his umbrella, and used it to press the 20th story button on the elevator. Highlight for answer

Lena · Active Poster Joined: 21 Apr 2007 Posts: 100

A man has ten coins totaling $1.19. From these coins, he cannot make exact change for a dollar, half-dollar, quarter, dime, or nickel. What are the coins?





Answer: A half-dollar, a quarter, four dimes, and four pennies

Lena · Active Poster Joined: 21 Apr 2007 Posts: 100

A woman went into a bank to cash an insurance refund check. By mistake the teller gave her dollars for cents and cents for dollars. She put the money in her purse but accidentally dropped a nickel on the floor. When she got home, she found that she had exactly twice the amount of the check she had cashed. She didn't have any money in her wallet before going to the bank. What was the exact amount of that check?




Answer: The amount must have been $31.63. She received $63.31. After she dropped a nickel there would remain the sum of $63.26, which is twice the amount of the check

Lena · Active Poster Joined: 21 Apr 2007 Posts: 100

A man is walking down a road with a basket of eggs. As he is walking he meets someone who buys one-half of his eggs plus one-half of an egg. He walks a little further and meets another person who buys one-half of his eggs plus one-half of an egg. After proceeding further he meets another person who buys one-half of his eggs plus one half an egg. At this point he has sold all of his eggs, and he never broke an egg. How many eggs did the man have to start with?




Answer: 7 eggs. The first person bought one half of his eggs plus one half an egg (3 1/2 + 1/2 = 4 eggs) This left him 3 eggs. The second person bought one-half of his eggs plus one half an egg, (1 1/2 + 1/2 = 2 eggs) leaving the man 1 egg. The last person bought one-half of his eggs plus one-half an egg, (1/2 + 1/2 = 1 egg) leaving no eggs.

Lena · Active Poster Joined: 21 Apr 2007 Posts: 100

How can you distribute three apples to two fathers and their two sons, giving a whole apple to each.





Answer: They are Grandfather - Father - Son. The middle is a father and a son at the same time!

Lena · Active Poster Joined: 21 Apr 2007 Posts: 100

Three men sitting in a small motorboat one mile from the shoreline. The first is afraid of water, the second afraid of drowning, and the third afraid of sharks. The boats motor is not operational and there is nothing to row with. How do they get to the shoreline.


Answer: Get out and walk, the boat is one-mile inland!