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Hobgoblin Lord
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light one rope, when it is half way consumed light the other rope, when it finishes burning its benn 45 minutes?

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Do you mean the widths and densities vary between the ropes, or each rope varies throughout it's length?


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Posted: 16th May 2007 13:39 Edited at: 16th May 2007 13:42
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Fallout: Both (I've edited the original problem to make it slightly more clear ).

Hobgoblin,
No, because of the different burning speeds of the different sections of the rope, "Half" of the rope isn't necessarily Half an Hour

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Ahh, got it. I wrote out an answer which involved suspiciously cutting the rope, and then suddenly the real answer came to me.

Set rope A burning at one end.
Set rope B burning at both ends.
Rope B should take 30 minutes to burn out, as it's burning twice as fast.
When B is burnt out, rope A has 30 minutes left. Now light the other side of rope A, burning rope A twice as fast (15 minutes left).
Total time 45 minutes.

That's a cool riddle. Really had to think about that one.


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Posted: 16th May 2007 17:19 Edited at: 16th May 2007 17:21
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Light the first rope on both ends, and light the other rope on only one end. When the first rope is completely burned, 1/2 hour has gone by. Now light the other side of the remaining rope. That portion will burn in 15 minutes, for a total of 45.

Edit: Ha, I was looking at page 5 and didn't see this one was already solved
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Quote: "He picks up the table, and breaks it down the middle. He now has 2 halves. He then puts them back together to make a whole. He escapes through his newly created hole"

yep, well almost. the more full version is:
he he rubs his arm on the table until it is sore, he then uses the saw to cut the table in two. he puts to two pieces back together to make a whole, he then climbs out through the hole. when outside he screams until his voice is hoarse and rides away on the horse.


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A man painted his fence green by mixing yellow paint and blue paint that he had found in his garage. That night, he went to sleep (duh). The next morning, much to his surprise he found that the fence was blue. No one had touched the fence or repainted it. How could this happen?

Ok, this one is slightly easier:
A police officer is sitting at a red light on his motorcycle when two teenagers driving a sports car drive by him at 45 MPH. He makes no attempt to follow them or punish them in any way. Why?



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He's eating a doghnut

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he didn't want to do the paperwork.

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Posted: 17th May 2007 01:57 Edited at: 17th May 2007 02:01
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[edit999] No hints!! Too easy!!

Both are wrong though


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then the car crossed with the green passing through the other street in the intersection.

Or he already met his ticket quota that month.

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Quote: "then the car crossed with the green passing through the other street in the intersection"


Yes that's right


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Okay, I've got one.

A man leaves home. He goes straight for a while then turns left. Again, he goes straight for a while, then turns left. He goes straight again, turns left, and goes on the way back home,and meets a man in a mask on the way home.
What is the profession of the man who made three left turns?
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spoiler for snowblinds(easy)


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Snowblind 44,
He is a baseball player.

Who will die first?
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well then

a man leaves home, goes straight for awhile, turns left, goes straight for awhile, turns left, and goes straight returning home. How?

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Posted: 17th May 2007 14:49
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Quote: "a man leaves home, goes straight for awhile, turns left, goes straight for awhile, turns left, and goes straight returning home. How?"


You didn't specify how many degrees his left turns were, so it doesn't need to be the standard 90 degrees.....right? For all we know, he could be turning 180 degrees the first turn and 360 the next one.

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Posted: 17th May 2007 16:06
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Fallout,

Nice work on solving it

It's not an easy one to think about - since the way the riddle's set out, you tend to think in terms of length rather than time, which makes this difficult!

Crit, good work on solving it too

Quote: "A man painted his fence green by mixing yellow paint and blue paint that he had found in his garage. That night, he went to sleep (duh). The next morning, much to his surprise he found that the fence was blue. No one had touched the fence or repainted it. How could this happen?"


The Green paint was waterbased craft paint - it rained during the night, leaving only the proper out-door blue paint on the fence

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Posted: 17th May 2007 16:10 Edited at: 17th May 2007 16:11
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His house is next to the grass field he's walking and turning left in. If you can't walk straight through a grass field you have got a mighty problem.

Edit: if we're still talking about baseball then someone had made an out which brought the total to three meaning he might as well go home.

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Posted: 17th May 2007 16:16
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Quote: "The Green paint was waterbased craft paint - it rained during the night, leaving only the proper out-door blue paint on the fence "


Yes, that's the basic idea. He mixed yellow and blu paint when he painted the fence green, and the yellow was waterbased.
Good job


There is an orange in the middle of a circular table. Without touching or move the orange or the table, how could you put another orange directly under the first one?


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Quote: "There is an orange in the middle of a circular table. Without touching or move the orange or the table, how could you put another orange directly under the first one?"


Put it under the table

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just put the second orange directly under the first one, but under the table - you never said the oranges had to touch.


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I'm sure people read each others answers...

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I'm sure people read each others answers...


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I'm sure people read each others answers...

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


A human being.

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?"


He stood on a block of ice.



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Lolzipopz, two years after they were answered

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I only read the first post..... IT DIDN'T SAY THEY WERE ANSWERED.

Anyway, I've read through now, so here's one for you.


Quote: "Romeo and Juliet were found lying dead on the floor of a room.

All that was found in the room was a table, a bit of broken glass and a puddle."


Note: It's not a quote, it just makes it more visible

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It was poison obv.

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i think it has something to do with a goldfish..


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blobby 101 is a lot closer than Z.

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They ate a poison fish and died


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Romeo & Juliet are the names of fish (dead ones).



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Scraggle wins the beer.
Or just in case you don't like alcohol.

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Quote: "Put it under the table"


Kentaree is right

Ok this one should be harder, you guys are too smart :
A woman applies for a job as a secretary/typist. There are dozens of applicants for the job, and each is required to take a typing test. The woman can type only 11 WPM, yet she gets the job. How is this possible?


A man is crowned king. Shortly afterwards, he is captured by the enemy and chopped directly into two pieces. Why?


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Quote: "how could you put another orange directly? under the first one?"

That confused me.

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By directly I meant vertically, in a straight line, down under it (as opposed to somewhere to the side of the first orange but at a lower level)


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Oh by directly I thought you meant nothing inbetween it, directly under it, not a table.

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Quote: "A woman applies for a job as a secretary/typist. There are dozens of applicants for the job, and each is required to take a typing test. The woman can type only 11 WPM, yet she gets the job. How is this possible?
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It's 11 Words per Millisecond?
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Here's one:

A digging expadition finds a grave with two perfectly preserved bodies inside.
Without a second thought, the diggers instantly knew the body's were those of Adam & Eve.
How?

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Quote: "A woman applies for a job as a secretary/typist. There are dozens of applicants for the job, and each is required to take a typing test. The woman can type only 11 WPM, yet she gets the job. How is this possible?"


She was the only woman who applied - The boss was a male, and hired her instantly (happens all the time!)

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He read the head stone?


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Quote: "A man is crowned king. Shortly afterwards, he is captured by the enemy and chopped directly into two pieces. Why?"


You are playing draughts (Checkers in americanesque)



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Quote: "A woman applies for a job as a secretary/typist. There are dozens of applicants for the job, and each is required to take a typing test. The woman can type only 11 WPM, yet she gets the job. How is this possible?"


I can give you two reasons...

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Quote: "It's 11 Words per Millisecond?"

No

Quote: "She was the only woman who applied - The boss was a male, and hired her instantly (happens all the time!)"

No

Quote: "I can give you two reasons..."

No

Quote: "You are playing draughts (Checkers in americanesque)"

Yes


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She may have been the only woman who applied, but did any males apply? I think she was the only person to apply so she got the job?

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Quote: "There are dozens of applicants for the job"


Both men and women
I have to tell you that the answer is less of a riddle then a question of how much trivial knowledge you have


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One was missing a rib?

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That's good


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The other applicants got less than 11WPM?


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