Good Riddles - Page 21

Jay Carr · 04-20-2007, 12:21 PM

Interesting twist, actually. But sadly this riddle takes place in the early 20th century, and people with /\/\4|) l337 s|<i77z were nary to be found. But you're getting your head in the right place, so keep going...

And we have officially exceeded 400 posts!

2pac · 04-22-2007, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hayne


	Is it related to something Martin Luther King said?

nop, i did not saw something like that. But I really recommend to check it by your self.

fazstp · 04-26-2007, 12:42 AM

Not a riddle but if you want something to do;

http://www.newscientist.com/blog/sho...ths-749085.jpg

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zalister


	And we have officially exceeded 400 posts!

Most replies to a coat room thread. We need a stats page; most posts to a thread, most views of a thread, most prolific poster (Hayne?).

fazstp · 05-21-2007, 02:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zalister


	But you're getting your head in the right place, so keep going...

Well, I give up...

Jay Carr · 05-21-2007, 03:24 AM

Oh boy...I had completely forgotten! I'll give you a really really big hint, how about that? Numbers are not always represnted by numerals (i.e. 1,2,3,4), but are also words, therefore...

fazstp · 05-21-2007, 04:33 PM

Ok just to recap;

His sons are named: 3, 8, 9, 10, 13, 30, 39, 80, 89, 90, 98.

His name isn't Everything because he would have to reuse letters
His name isn't Interchangeability because it contains superfluous letters
His name isn't Nineteen Eighty Three
His name isn't Bogie because it wasn't leet

fazstp · 05-21-2007, 11:48 PM

Here are some other results. None of them meet the no superfluous letters rule;

-- "hyperintelligent"
-- "hyperpigmentation"
-- "interchangeability"
-- "noninterchangeability"
-- "pharyngoepiglottidean"
-- "straight-line-frequency"

fazstp · 05-22-2007, 02:59 AM

I don't think you'd find this one in the dictionary but it gets a few hits on Google - Ninetyeighter

Jay Carr · 05-22-2007, 04:04 AM

Hyperintelligent is the correct answer, good job fazstp

. That's one of the harder ones I've found.

Anyone else have a riddle?

edalzell · 05-22-2007, 09:19 AM

Just so that I don't have to figure it out each time, could the answer be explained?

Jay Carr · 05-22-2007, 02:53 PM

Hyperintelligent contains the letters for all of the numbers he used for names by the father, (three, eight, nine, ten, etc), and has no extras. His other answers work as well, but hyperintelligent is the answer I was given.

fazstp · 05-22-2007, 04:10 PM

Hyperintelligent still has extra letters. The minimum set required for the father's name is EEGHIINNRTTY, no P and no L.

Jay Carr · 05-23-2007, 02:21 AM

Really? Don't I feel dumb! Hmm...I thought it was the right answer, maybe I put down the wrong riddle? I'll go check...

donquichote · 05-23-2007, 04:14 PM

Thanks, fazstp! I gave up a long time ago....

Daniel_C · 05-24-2007, 02:36 PM

Here is an easy one from when I was a kid.
You have a 5 gallon jug, a 3 gallon jug, and a pool of water. How do you get exactly 4 gallons in the 5 gallon jug?

edalzell · 05-24-2007, 02:39 PM

Fill up the 5 gallon jug.
Empty it into the 3 gallon jug.
Empty the 3 gallon jug.
Pour the remaining 2 G into the 3 gallon jug.
Fill up the 5 G jug.
Pour it into the 3G jug until it is full.

There will be 4G left in the 5G jug.

Daniel_C · 05-24-2007, 03:15 PM

Yep you can also fill the 3 gallon, pour it into the 5, fill the 3 again, pour it in the 5 again, and your left with 1 gallon in the 3 gallon. Empty the 5 gallon and pour that 1 into it, then fill the 3 gallon and pour it into the 5 for 4 gallons.

Ok another simple one:
A man is out on a camping trip in the American southwest. On his second day he wakes up and has breakfast. Once he is ready to go he gets on his horse and starts riding. He rides throughout the day with the occasional stop to use the bathroom and eat. As the sun starts getting low in the sky he decides it's time to stop. He take the saddle off his horse, ties it up, and then starts to cook his dinner. After the day's worth of riding two of the horse's legs have covered significantly more ground than the other two. How did this happen?

Jay Carr · 05-25-2007, 10:24 AM

He was constently turning left or right?

Daniel_C · 05-25-2007, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zalister


	He was constently turning left or right?

Essentially yes. He ran around in a circle all day on his horse. The outer two legs going on a longer circumference each time. By the end of the day they have covered more ground than the two inner legs which were following a smaller circumference circle.

Daniel_C · 05-25-2007, 04:31 PM

Ok, one more simple one I remember from when I was younger.
You have a water pail filled up about 3/4 of the way. You take a 4 lb. Iron ball and drop it into the liquid. Instead of sinking the iron ball floats on the surface.
Why does this happen?

04-20-2007, 12:21 PM	#401
Jay Carr Hall of Famer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Springfield, MO, USA Posts: 3,110	Interesting twist, actually. But sadly this riddle takes place in the early 20th century, and people with /\/\4\|) l337 s\|<i77z were nary to be found. But you're getting your head in the right place, so keep going... And we have officially exceeded 400 posts! __________________ ~ Long ago I was called Zalister, keep that in mind when reading responses to my old posts.

05-21-2007, 03:24 AM	#405
Jay Carr Hall of Famer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Springfield, MO, USA Posts: 3,110	Oh boy...I had completely forgotten! I'll give you a really really big hint, how about that? Numbers are not always represnted by numerals (i.e. 1,2,3,4), but are also words, therefore... __________________ ~ Long ago I was called Zalister, keep that in mind when reading responses to my old posts.

05-21-2007, 04:33 PM	#406
fazstp MVP Join Date: May 2004 Location: Melbourne, AUS Posts: 1,576	Ok just to recap; His sons are named: 3, 8, 9, 10, 13, 30, 39, 80, 89, 90, 98. His name isn't Everything because he would have to reuse letters His name isn't Interchangeability because it contains superfluous letters His name isn't Nineteen Eighty Three His name isn't Bogie because it wasn't leet __________________ Inspire you of think the elephant dint Inspire you of think the elephant dint

05-21-2007, 11:48 PM	#407
fazstp MVP Join Date: May 2004 Location: Melbourne, AUS Posts: 1,576	Here are some other results. None of them meet the no superfluous letters rule; -- "hyperintelligent" -- "hyperpigmentation" -- "interchangeability" -- "noninterchangeability" -- "pharyngoepiglottidean" -- "straight-line-frequency" __________________ Inspire you of think the elephant dint Inspire you of think the elephant dint

05-22-2007, 02:59 AM	#408
fazstp MVP Join Date: May 2004 Location: Melbourne, AUS Posts: 1,576	I don't think you'd find this one in the dictionary but it gets a few hits on Google - Ninetyeighter __________________ Inspire you of think the elephant dint Inspire you of think the elephant dint

05-22-2007, 04:04 AM	#409
Jay Carr Hall of Famer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Springfield, MO, USA Posts: 3,110	Hyperintelligent is the correct answer, good job fazstp . That's one of the harder ones I've found. Anyone else have a riddle? __________________ ~ Long ago I was called Zalister, keep that in mind when reading responses to my old posts.

05-22-2007, 09:19 AM	#410
edalzell MVP Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Vancouver Posts: 1,390	Just so that I don't have to figure it out each time, could the answer be explained?

05-22-2007, 02:53 PM	#411
Jay Carr Hall of Famer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Springfield, MO, USA Posts: 3,110	Hyperintelligent contains the letters for all of the numbers he used for names by the father, (three, eight, nine, ten, etc), and has no extras. His other answers work as well, but hyperintelligent is the answer I was given. __________________ ~ Long ago I was called Zalister, keep that in mind when reading responses to my old posts.

05-22-2007, 04:10 PM	#412
fazstp MVP Join Date: May 2004 Location: Melbourne, AUS Posts: 1,576	Hyperintelligent still has extra letters. The minimum set required for the father's name is EEGHIINNRTTY, no P and no L. __________________ Inspire you of think the elephant dint Inspire you of think the elephant dint

05-23-2007, 02:21 AM	#413
Jay Carr Hall of Famer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Springfield, MO, USA Posts: 3,110	Really? Don't I feel dumb! Hmm...I thought it was the right answer, maybe I put down the wrong riddle? I'll go check... __________________ ~ Long ago I was called Zalister, keep that in mind when reading responses to my old posts.

05-23-2007, 04:14 PM	#414
donquichote Triple-A Player Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 55	Thanks, fazstp! I gave up a long time ago....

05-24-2007, 02:36 PM	#415
Daniel_C Triple-A Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Orleans Posts: 186	Here is an easy one from when I was a kid. You have a 5 gallon jug, a 3 gallon jug, and a pool of water. How do you get exactly 4 gallons in the 5 gallon jug? __________________ Home: Dual 2GHz G5 Tower/ 2 Gigs RAM / GeForce 6800 GT DDL Work: MacBook 2GHz Core Duo / 2 Gigs RAM

05-24-2007, 02:39 PM	#416
edalzell MVP Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Vancouver Posts: 1,390	Fill up the 5 gallon jug. Empty it into the 3 gallon jug. Empty the 3 gallon jug. Pour the remaining 2 G into the 3 gallon jug. Fill up the 5 G jug. Pour it into the 3G jug until it is full. There will be 4G left in the 5G jug.

05-24-2007, 03:15 PM	#417
Daniel_C Triple-A Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Orleans Posts: 186	Yep you can also fill the 3 gallon, pour it into the 5, fill the 3 again, pour it in the 5 again, and your left with 1 gallon in the 3 gallon. Empty the 5 gallon and pour that 1 into it, then fill the 3 gallon and pour it into the 5 for 4 gallons. Ok another simple one: A man is out on a camping trip in the American southwest. On his second day he wakes up and has breakfast. Once he is ready to go he gets on his horse and starts riding. He rides throughout the day with the occasional stop to use the bathroom and eat. As the sun starts getting low in the sky he decides it's time to stop. He take the saddle off his horse, ties it up, and then starts to cook his dinner. After the day's worth of riding two of the horse's legs have covered significantly more ground than the other two. How did this happen? __________________ Home: Dual 2GHz G5 Tower/ 2 Gigs RAM / GeForce 6800 GT DDL Work: MacBook 2GHz Core Duo / 2 Gigs RAM

05-25-2007, 10:24 AM	#418
Jay Carr Hall of Famer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Springfield, MO, USA Posts: 3,110	He was constently turning left or right? __________________ ~ Long ago I was called Zalister, keep that in mind when reading responses to my old posts.

05-25-2007, 04:31 PM	#420
Daniel_C Triple-A Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Orleans Posts: 186	Ok, one more simple one I remember from when I was younger. You have a water pail filled up about 3/4 of the way. You take a 4 lb. Iron ball and drop it into the liquid. Instead of sinking the iron ball floats on the surface. Why does this happen? __________________ Home: Dual 2GHz G5 Tower/ 2 Gigs RAM / GeForce 6800 GT DDL Work: MacBook 2GHz Core Duo / 2 Gigs RAM