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Person99
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Posted: 8th May 2007 10:08 Edited at: 11th May 2007 05:39
Alright, since this is mainly a programming and 3d forum, people probably have some brains.

If anyone wants a riddle on here, just tell me the riddle, and i'll edit it onto the top post. Once it is answered correctly, I will put a "-Answered" tag at the end.

Just try to answer a riddle, and post as many as you can.


So, I'll start out with some common riddles, that I am sure people can solve.


Alright, I have listed the first two, you list yours.

New riddles:

It has existed forever, you can't see, you can't stop it, but without it you would cease to exist. What is "it"?
-

You can never see it, yet it is fixed in front of you. What is it?
-

What can you always see, but no matter how far you travel, never reach?
-

A man went in to a shop and asked: "How much is 1?"
"£1.20" replied the shopkeeper.
"How much are 10?" asked the man,
"£2.40" replied the shopkeeper,
"I'll have a 100" said the man,
The shopkeeper charged him £3.60, what was the man buying?
-

Whats at the end of the alphabet?
It isnt Z.
-


This isnt really a riddle but it confused my teacher -
What is the opposite to fish?
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What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening?
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Theres a room, with three lightes and a door and outside the room there are three light switches.You can only go in the room once and the light switches are far away from the door. Once you open the door you have to go in.The roof is kind of low and there is no window in the door. How would you find out what switch goes to wich light?
-


I have a tail, and I have a head, but I don't have a body, and I'm not a snake. What am I?
-

A Theif steals 3 Jade balls from a shrine in a Jungle.
After escaping, the theif comes to a 100m foot bridge which has a maximum weight of 100KG.
Knowing that he himself weighs 88KG, and each of the balls weighs 5KG, he quickly realizes he will not be able to cross the bridge by any normal means.
However, he works out a way to do it.
How?

Hints: He didn't roll them (it's a foot bridge, they'd roll off!).
He didn't throw them across.
He didn't find another way around, he DID cross the bridge.
He did keep all three Jade balls with him at all times across the bridge (the authorities were hot on his tail, afterall!).
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A man is found hung in his jail cell, from the light.
The cell is quite large: 5x5x3.5m.
There is nothing else in the cell except the man, the rope he used to hang himself, and a puddle of water.
His feet are measured to be a meter off the ground.
How did he manage to hang himself?

Hint: No, he didn't jump."
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There is a fork in the road guarded by two men. One road leads to heaven while the other leads to hell.

Long riddles:

There are four people sitting down, like...


-Answered

Answered riddles:

The maker doesn't need it.
The buyer doesn't use it.
The user never sees it.
What am I?
-Answered


To scramble up stone, and be information prone.
-Answered

What's brown and sticky?
-Answered

You get trapped inside a room. The room has two doors. One door will kill you if you open it, and the other door leads out of the room into saftey.
But you do not know which door is the death trap, and which one is
the safe one.
Beside each door is a robot. There are two robots.
They both know which door is which.
You can ask one of the robots one question, but only one, no more. After you ask one of the robots the question, they answer it, and then they both self-destruct.
One of the robots always lies, and one of the robots always tells the truth. You however, do not know which robot is which.
What is the question that you can ask one of the robots that would tell you which door is the safe one?
-Answered


It starts with E, ends with E, and only has one letter. What is it?
Hint: It is not the letter E.
- Answered

What gets wet when drying?
- Answered

A horse travels the same distance every day.
Strangely, two of its legs travel 30 miles each day and the other two legs travel nearly 31 miles.
It would seem that two of the horse's legs must be one mile ahead of the other two legs, but of course this can't be true.
Since the horse is normal, how is this situation possible?
-Answered

A man is given the choice to be hung or shot. If he makes a true statement, he will be shot, if he lies, he will be hanged. What can he say so that he will not be shot or hanged?
-Answered

Suppose that you want to go to heaven, and you are given the chance to ask only one question directed to only one of the two men. One man will always tell the truth, while the other will always tell a lie, but you can't tell them apart.

What question must you ask to know which way is heaven?
-Answered

To scramble up stone, and be information prone.
-Answered



It may take me a while to get new riddles on the first post, just so you people know .

NOTICE: Riddles don't go into "Answered" until someone answers them, and then the author confirms that answer as correct.

NOTICE: Riddles with images need to supply the link to the image in order to be able to be posted. They will be in the long riddles area under a CODE tag if the images are over 200 x 200.

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it has existed forever, you can't see, you can't stop it, but without it you would cease to exist. What is "it"?

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Posted: 8th May 2007 10:42 Edited at: 8th May 2007 10:43
Quote: "it has existed forever, you can't see, you can't stop it, but without it you would cease to exist. What is "it"?"


Time?

Quote: "It starts with E, ends with E, and only has one letter. What is it?
Hint: It is not the letter E."


Simply an envelope!

Quote: "What gets wet when drying?"


A towel... we need some harder ones

Here's one for you..

You can never see it, yet it is fixed in front of you. What is it?

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Posted: 8th May 2007 11:41 Edited at: 8th May 2007 11:46
I just made one up. Have a go ...

To scramble up stone, and be information prone.


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Posted: 8th May 2007 13:31
Quote: "You can never see it, yet it is fixed in front of you. What is it?"

An invisible noob?

See I'm good at these.

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Posted: 8th May 2007 14:56
Ok, here's another one. Done before, but reworded a little:

What can you always see, but no matter how far you travel, never reach?


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Posted: 8th May 2007 19:10
Quote: "What can you always see, but no matter how far you travel, never reach?"


The past

Quote: "To scramble up stone, and be information prone."

notes
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Posted: 8th May 2007 19:29
A man went in to a shop and asked: "How much is 1?"
"£1.20" replied the shopkeeper.
"How much are 10?" asked the man,
"£2.40" replied the shopkeeper,
"I'll have a 100" said the man,
The shopkeeper charged him £3.60, what was the man buying?
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Posted: 8th May 2007 19:32


Solve this.

Ok here is the rules you must draw the shape above, while following the conditions listed below
You may use only one writing instrument
You may not alter any line you have drawn
You may not draw over lines
You may not lift up your writing instruement
You may not alter your drawing space (ie, folding or cutting paper)

Any line includes the middle lines.

Also inorder to prove you completed the task, you must submit a "comic strip" of each step
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Posted: 8th May 2007 19:32
@Crit

Notes is correct, but the past is incorrect. Not a bad answer though.


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Posted: 8th May 2007 19:48
Quote: "What can you always see, but no matter how far you travel, never reach?"

A rainbow?
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Posted: 8th May 2007 21:05
Quote: "What can you always see, but no matter how far you travel, never reach?"


the horizon??

Our aim is to keep the loo's clean, your aim can help.

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Posted: 8th May 2007 21:09
Quote: "the horizon??"

Funny, I was going to say that earlier, but after I read about what the true horizon is on Wikipedia, I didn't.

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Posted: 8th May 2007 21:56 Edited at: 8th May 2007 21:56
I remember a similar thread from a year ago. There were some really good one's in there. I know this one is well known, but perhaps not by everyone, so give people who haven't heard it a chance.

The maker doesn't need it.
The buyer doesn't use it.
The user never sees it.

What am I?

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Posted: 8th May 2007 22:28
A coffin...



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What travels round the world but lives in the corner?

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Quote: "Quote: "You can never see it, yet it is fixed in front of you. What is it?"
An invisible noob?

See I'm good at these. "


I knew it was too easy

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Posted: 8th May 2007 22:47 Edited at: 8th May 2007 22:48
PowerSoft got it. (Coffin)

Quote: ""You can never see it, yet it is fixed in front of you. What is it?""


Is it your line of sight?


(I'm terrible at riddles. Guess I should have watched more Batman growing up?)

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Posted: 8th May 2007 22:56 Edited at: 8th May 2007 22:56
Quote: "You can never see it, yet it is fixed in front of you. What is it?""


your nose
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Posted: 8th May 2007 22:57
Quote: "What travels round the world but lives in the corner?
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a stamp

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Posted: 8th May 2007 23:00
Whats at the end of the alphabet?

It isnt Z.


Quote: "A man went in to a shop and asked: "How much is 1?"
"£1.20" replied the shopkeeper.
"How much are 10?" asked the man,
"£2.40" replied the shopkeeper,
"I'll have a 100" said the man,
The shopkeeper charged him £3.60, what was the man buying?"


An object?

If only you were me... Then You'd understand.
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Posted: 8th May 2007 23:05 Edited at: 8th May 2007 23:11
Quote: "Whats at the end of the alphabet?

It isnt Z."


A question mark?

Quote: ""A man went in to a shop and asked: "How much is 1?"
"£1.20" replied the shopkeeper.
"How much are 10?" asked the man,
"£2.40" replied the shopkeeper,
"I'll have a 100" said the man,
The shopkeeper charged him £3.60, what was the man buying?""


In bulk?

Or how about individual numbers. For a door perhaps?
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Posted: 8th May 2007 23:14
Yh you got it!

This isnt really a riddle but it confused my teacher -

What is the opposite to fish?

If only you were me... Then You'd understand.
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Posted: 8th May 2007 23:17
To be fished?
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Posted: 8th May 2007 23:36
Why are religious texts(whichever you prefer) like Jeopardy?

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Posted: 8th May 2007 23:37 Edited at: 8th May 2007 23:38
Quote: "Whats at the end of the alphabet?

It isnt Z."


Å? (in my alphabet atleast)

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Posted: 8th May 2007 23:58 Edited at: 8th May 2007 23:58
t

Isn't anyone going to guess mine.
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Quote: "Quote: "You can never see it, yet it is fixed in front of you. What is it?""

your nose "

You can see your nose if you cross your eyes and look down.


Here's a pretty famous riddle:

What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening?


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Quote: "Whats at the end of the alphabet?"


Ö


Quote: "What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening?"


Human



How is this pronounced(in british)?

ghoti

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What is the opposite to fish?

hsif?

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Quote: "A man went in to a shop and asked: "How much is 1?"
"£1.20" replied the shopkeeper.
"How much are 10?" asked the man,
"£2.40" replied the shopkeeper,
"I'll have a 100" said the man,
The shopkeeper charged him £3.60, what was the man buying?"


Three numbers for his front door.


A horse travels the same distance every day.

Strangely, two of its legs travel 30 miles each day and the other two legs travel nearly 31 miles.

It would seem that two of the horse's legs must be one mile ahead of the other two legs, but of course this can't be true.

Since the horse is normal, how is this situation possible?

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Posted: 9th May 2007 06:42 Edited at: 9th May 2007 06:53
Back guys, sorry I wasn't here, had to go. I will now go through and post the riddles on my main post.

Edit: Posted the ones that did not have images in it.
I do this so that people can quote old ones, and try to answer them.

Jeremiah, please give me the link for your image, so I can add a code tag to it, if you want it on the first post.

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Quote: "Since the horse is normal, how is this situation possible?"


Is it going in a circle or making a continuous turn?

That's not as bad as you think you said.
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Posted: 9th May 2007 06:56
Quote: "What can you always see, but no matter how far you travel, never reach?"


Your nose.

What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening?

Humans.
Four legs: Baby
Two legs: Adult
Three legs: Adult with cane

Actually, most people now get 4-legged canes, so the riddle should now be:

What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at non, and on six legs in the evening?



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Posted: 9th May 2007 09:11
Ionstreams answer has to be right.

Is it going in a circle or making a continuous turn.


What's really pathetic is I almost typed in, it gallopped on it's hind legs for some of the journey.
I'm really terrible at riddles

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Well, we have to wait for the author's confirmation before I can post it under "Answered".

I have a really tough one:

You get trapped inside a room. The room has two doors. One door will kill you if you open it, and the other door leads out of the room into saftey.

But you do not know which door is the death trap, and which one is
the safe one.

Beside each door is a robot. There are two robots.
They both know which door is which.

You can ask one of the robots one question, but only one, no more. After you ask one of the robots the question, they answer it, and then they both self-destruct.

One of the robots always lies, and one of the robots always tells the truth. You however, do not know which robot is which.

What is the question that you can ask one of the robots that would tell you which door is the safe one?

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Posted: 9th May 2007 12:35
Quote: "What can you always see, but no matter how far you travel, never reach?""


The answer was the horizon, and not your nose, which clearly anyone except someone who's just had their head blown up could reach.

As for the robot one, you asked Robot A which door Robot B would say is the safe one. Both robots will respond with the death door, since the lying robot would lie and tell you the truth bot would give you the death door, and the truth bot would be honest and tell you the lying robot would give you the death door. Bloody hell, that's hard to explain.


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Posted: 9th May 2007 13:55 Edited at: 9th May 2007 13:59
Here's some:

Quote: "There's four people sitting down, like this:

A | B C D

Where A, B, C & D are the people, and | is a wall.

They are all looking at the wall.
None of them can turn around, and they are not allowed to communicate with eachother.
Once seated, they are each given a sticker on their back.
There are only two colours (Yellow & Red), and two of each sticker.
They are layed out like:

Y | R Y R

The first of the four people to guess which colour they have on their backs wins.

Only one person, however, can guess correctly.

Who is it, and why?

Hint: Yes, only D can see C's sticker. Both C & D can see B's sticker - A & B can only see the wall.
The wall is not transparent.
The wall is not reflective."


Quote: "A Theif steals 3 Jade balls from a shrine in a Jungle.
After escaping, the theif comes to a 100m foot bridge which has a maximum weight of 100KG.
Knowing that he himself weighs 88KG, and each of the balls weighs 5KG, he quickly realizes he will not be able to cross the bridge by any normal means.
However, he works out a way to do it.
How?

Hints: He didn't roll them (it's a foot bridge, they'd roll off!).
He didn't throw them across.
He didn't find another way around, he DID cross the bridge.
He did keep all three Jade balls with him at all times across the bridge (the authorities were hot on his tail, afterall!)."


Quote: "A man is found hung in his jail cell, from the light.
The cell is quite large: 5x5x3.5m.
There is nothing else in the cell except the man, the rope he used to hang himself, and a puddle of water.
His feet are measured to be a meter off the ground.
How did he manage to hang himself?

Hint: No, he didn't jump."


I love latteral thinking puzzles - it's a good way to flex my brain muscles

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@Jess

It's C, because he knows that if D saw two of the same colour, he would shout out his colour. Since he hasn't, D must be looking at a red and a yellow (and therefore not know which colour he is, as there is 1 red and 1 yellow remaining). Since C can see B is red, and he knows he has to be a different colour, he shouts yellow. I like that one. Proper tough.


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Posted: 9th May 2007 14:01 Edited at: 9th May 2007 14:02
Good work

I saw that one on one of those shows on Discovery Channel - They left it for about half hour, and I didn't get it till about 5 seconds before they told us the answer!

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The last one, I'm guessing has to be something to do with ice because of the puddle of water? But not sure if that breaks the rules.

The second one, I was thinking he juggled them as he went, but in real world physics, the downwards force caused by throwing them up would negate the weight loss (for the moment he'd be heavier), so not sure if that's the answer? Still thinking.

Edit: He only needed to lose 3 kilos, so did he strip naked and relieve himself in the bushes quickly?


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Posted: 9th May 2007 14:19
You're right on both counts.

(I did think about the force of the ball landing and having to push up, but if he started juggling before he got onto the bridge, then it'd balance out... sorta. It's definatly not perfect, though )

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You did forget to mention the freezer that was in the blokes cell! Or the mega sized scotch on the rocks he'd had to drink earlier!

Trying to think up some new ones, but it's not easy ...


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I've seen it a few times written without any mention of how the block of ice got there, but none-the-less, if we gloss over the less important issues that make it fail, then everything's ok

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Theres a room, with three lightes and a door and outside the room there are three light switches.You can only go in the room once and the light switches are far away from the door. Once you open the door you have to go in.The roof is kind of low and there is no window in the door. How would you find out what switch goes to wich light?

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Posted: 9th May 2007 15:55
Quote: "How is this pronounced(in british)?

ghoti"


Fish!

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Posted: 9th May 2007 16:58
@fxgamer

Heard this one before. I'll give some other peeps a chance and answer in a bit if nobody gets it.


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What's brown and sticky?

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A stick! (of poo)

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Quote: "What is the opposite to fish?

hsif?"


Yep

Quote: "What's brown and sticky?"


Poo?

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The answer is a stick you fools!


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