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Been thinking on making this thread for month. I myself is very bad in solving riddles.
I have not a riddle myself that you can try to solve. I therefore hope the first person who read this has a riddle we can try to solve.
The rules are almost the same as in our other puzzle threads
1. The winner has the ball and can post a riddle. If the person doesn't have any riddle to post, he or she can let someone else do it.
2. The person who have posted the riddle can, as in who want to be a millionaire, give us 3 hints. If he or she wants to.
Markus
Aktungbby
07-29-17, 01:41 PM
The riddle is : did Eichhörnchen put U up 2 this?:O: https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/batman/images/f/f3/Btas_riddler.gif/revision/latest?cb=20111101031838https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/batman/images/f/f3/Btas_riddler.gif/revision/latest?cb=20111101031838
No, Have had this idea since Jim made his what-where who thread and after I had created my image-puzzle thread. Remember it, then I forget about it, then I remember it.
So no.
Markus
Eichhörnchen
07-29-17, 02:02 PM
Not me, but here's a riddle: You have two dogs... how can you give one away but keep BOTH?
Aktungbby
07-29-17, 02:08 PM
That was Tarjak's 'who what where' thread! Jimbuna effectively ended the who what where thread and your images thread with puzzles which remain unsolved??!! The riddle is: are we too stupid to solve them or...did he intend to end the threads cleverly as moderator!?:D riddle: You have two dogs... how can you give one away but keep BOTH? Give it to your wife as an anniversary gift!
Eichhörnchen
07-29-17, 02:40 PM
Not the right answer...
The only solution I can come up with is this
These two dogs is a male and a female dog-you let them breed and get a puppy and when this puppy is old enough(12 weeks in Denmark and Sweden) you give that puppy to another person and you still have two dogs.
Markus
Eichhörnchen
07-29-17, 04:34 PM
You're over-thinking this (it's just me, remember?)
Not me, but here's a riddle: You have two dogs... how can you give one away but keep BOTH?Name one of them one, and the other both. Give away one, and you'll still have Both.
Eichhörnchen
07-29-17, 04:53 PM
Name one of them BOTH and hand over the other one... simples. STEED gets the cigar and gets lumbered with the next riddle :)
Name one of them BOTH and hand over the other one... simples. STEED gets the cigar and gets lumbered with the next riddle :)
Woohoo...:D
Hang on folks I'm trying to remember one off the radio earlier this week. Will post soon....
A man lives on the seventh floor in a block of flats, he takes the lift to the ground floor every day he goes to work. When coming home he takes the lift back up to the fourth floor and walks up the stairs back to the seventh floor, why?
Rockstar
07-29-17, 09:40 PM
ummm what the hell is a 'block of flats'? :k_confused: :D
A man lives on the seventh floor in a block of flats, he takes the lift to the ground floor every day he goes to work. When coming home he takes the lift back up to the fourth floor and walks up the stairs back to the seventh floor, why?
The lift only goes to the fourth floor so he probably has to walk down from the seventh to the fourth to take the lift to the ground... :hmmm:
<O>
Eichhörnchen
07-30-17, 03:02 AM
He's a janitor; the cleaning-cupboard is on the ground floor and it's his job only to clean the stairs from the fourth floor to the seventh?
(@ Rockstar... a block of flats is what we call a tower-block of apartments)
The lift only goes to the fourth floor so he probably has to walk down from the seventh to the fourth to take the lift to the ground... :hmmm:
<O>
No, he can get the lift from the seventh floor to the ground floor no problem. So why on his return he only goes up to the fourth floor and not the seventh?
He's a janitor; the cleaning-cupboard is on the ground floor and it's his job only to clean the stairs from the fourth floor to the seventh?
No
Keep them coming folks. :)
Rockstar
07-30-17, 11:01 AM
A man lives on the seventh floor in a block of flats, he takes the lift to the ground floor every day he goes to work. When coming home he takes the lift back up to the fourth floor and walks up the stairs back to the seventh floor, why?
He had to get out of the elevator because another rider passed a big stinky?
or
http://memecreator.org/static/images/memes/3918441.jpg
But then if he already knew this why would he live there to begin with?
^You are getting warmer. :)
Eichhörnchen
07-30-17, 11:53 AM
He's knocking-off some bird on the fourth floor, so tells his wife he's shagged-out because he took the stairs.
He's knocking-off some bird on the fourth floor, so tells his wife he's shagged-out because he took the stairs.
:har: :har:
Rockstar is warm, i need the correct wording.
Eichhörnchen
07-30-17, 12:30 PM
So does he take the lift to the fourth floor every day or just on one occasion here?
So does he take the lift to the fourth floor every day or just on one occasion here?
Every day
The answer is almost there in the picture Rock Star posted, all i need is the correct wording.
I will post the answer 7pm GMT UK time, so hurry up and don't over think it.
Eichhörnchen
07-30-17, 12:42 PM
Because the short-arsed idiot can't reach button 7!
Because the short-arsed idiot can't reach button 7!
http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/c6/c6ec07acba126c1a11b63a95c385b845095fbad9a74de2e816 8637dcbe28ede2.jpg
WE HAVE A WINNER. :yeah:
Rock star you were very close but Eichhörnchen hit the nail on the head over to you Eichhörnchen...
Eichhörnchen
07-30-17, 12:50 PM
Why didn't he just stand on a box or something? He's an idiot.
I feel like I stole that but I'll have to go away and think now.
Why didn't he just stand on a box or something? He's an idiot.
I feel like I stole that but I'll have to go away and think now.
In the mean time a easy one for all and here is a clue read it slowly.
There was a plane crash every single person died. Who survived?
Press for answer
Married couples
Eichhörnchen
07-30-17, 01:11 PM
The married ones?
The married ones?
I take you did not peak. :)
Eichhörnchen
07-30-17, 01:31 PM
No, I guessed that one without looking at answers it was so easy. Here's one:
http://i.imgur.com/2FF0BhU.jpg
I've got a little basket which holds five nuts; how do I divide them between Catfish, Rockstar, eisenwurst, fumo30 and propbeanie so that each squirrel gets a nut, but one nut remains in the basket? (btw, we didn't invite Moonlight)
Eisenwurst
07-30-17, 07:41 PM
Give one bloke the basket as well.
I got a good one ( that's what I tell all the girls ).
Give out all the nuts.
Then, stand in the basket.
Five nuts distributed, one nut in the basket.
Eichhörnchen
07-31-17, 01:32 AM
(:har: Good one, razark! True, but not the right answer :har:)
Okay, eisenwurst, you got it right... so let's see your good one :)
Eisenwurst
07-31-17, 02:27 AM
There's this hill with a toilet on the summit.
One guy's sitting on the bog doing his stuff. One guy's calmly walking down the hill away from the toilet. One fellow's running up the hill to the toilet in a hurry.
3 guys ok? Now. What are their nationalities????
Easier than it seems!:)
As for seeing my good one, Eichhornchen..........cheeky.
Eichhörnchen
07-31-17, 02:50 AM
I hope you're not going to upset anyone with this :haha:
Anyway, I'm thinking hard...
Eichhörnchen
07-31-17, 03:26 AM
Is the one going up a 'rushin' guy and the one coming down a 'finish' guy? Don't know about the other one.
Catfish
07-31-17, 03:42 AM
Is the one going up a 'rushin' guy and the one coming down a 'finish' guy? Don't know about the other one.
Maybe he is the leader of the brown masses? :hmmm::O:
Eisenwurst
07-31-17, 07:50 PM
Is the one going up a 'rushin' guy and the one coming down a 'finish' guy? Don't know about the other one.
Nutpower. 2 out of 3 correct. the guy in a hurry is russian....rushing. the guy calming leaving is finnish......finished.
One left. I'll make it easy.
Where does this gent hail from??? 3 words in the country name. First word is what you want.
http://i.imgur.com/4voUF36.jpg
Eisenwurst
07-31-17, 07:58 PM
Maybe he is the leader of the brown masses? :hmmm::O:
'Fraid not:).
Eichhörnchen
08-01-17, 02:14 AM
I googled for nose-piercing pictures and got.... is he from "Pap-pooer" New Guinea?
Rockstar
08-01-17, 06:26 AM
a rushin', a shetlander and finnish
Eichhörnchen
08-01-17, 07:02 AM
I already got the first two and only the women pierce their noses and tattoo their buttocks on Shetland
Rockstar
08-01-17, 08:46 AM
'Papau' New Guinea
Jimbuna
08-01-17, 09:24 AM
'Papau' New Guinea
Gotta be :)
Eichhörnchen
08-01-17, 11:16 AM
You guys have missed the bloody banana-boat... read post #40
Rockstar
08-01-17, 11:53 AM
Why didn't someone tell me the squirrel already posted?
You guys have missed the bloody banana-boat... read post #40
Hey what's the beef? Calm down or jim will pinched you're nuts. :03:
Eisenwurst
08-01-17, 07:00 PM
I googled for nose-piercing pictures and got.... is he from "Pap-pooer" New Guinea?
Damn intellectuals. You got it, Nutfather ( godfather ).
Losing participants needn't feel bad 'cause they get a free dance lesson at BOB's dance studio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdbt-sx5MDc
Over to you Eichhorchen.
Eichhörnchen
08-02-17, 04:29 AM
http://i.imgur.com/UkkswYh.png Okay... "What kind of nut gives you a cold?"
Catfish
08-02-17, 05:45 AM
Are you into poker? "Stone-cold nuts"? :hmmm:
Eichhörnchen
08-02-17, 06:05 AM
... and nope
Eichhörnchen
08-02-17, 07:55 AM
CAAA-SHEW! http://i.imgur.com/buUXtzq.jpg vienna's turn
Gesundheit!!...
A monkey, a squirrel, and a bird are racing to the top of a coconut tree. Who will get the banana first, the monkey, the squirrel, or the bird?...
<O>
Eichhörnchen
08-02-17, 08:55 AM
:har: None of them... it's a coconut tree :har:
:har: None of them... it's a coconut tree :har:
Correct!!...
It was the only 'squirrel' joke I could remember; that plus a little girl stumped me with the riddle a few decades ago... :haha:
<O>
Sailor Steve
08-02-17, 10:23 AM
What is it that blinds most people and yet can help others to see ?
Did you read the rules?
1. The winner has the ball and can post a riddle.
Eichhörnchen
08-02-17, 11:50 AM
Yes, stop barging in, CW... I'm still thinking
Eichhörnchen
08-02-17, 12:13 PM
A boy and a doctor went fishing; the boy was the doctor's son, yet the doctor wasn't the boy's father... so who is the doctor?
Eichhörnchen
08-02-17, 02:34 PM
:salute: vienna wins again :salute:
One snowy night, Sherlock Holmes was in his house sitting by a fire. All of a sudden, a snowball came crashing through his window, breaking it. Holmes got up and looked out the window just in time to see three neighborhood kids who were brothers run around a corner. Their names were John Crimson, Mark Crimson, and Paul Crimson...
The next day, Holmes found a note on his door that read:
"? Crimson. He broke your window."
Which of the 3 Crimson brothers should Sherlock Holmes question about the incident?...
<O>
Catfish
08-02-17, 03:24 PM
That is easy. Question Mark.. Crimson.
Eichhörnchen
08-02-17, 03:30 PM
Oh I liked that v. much (I didn't see it at all). Very good one, mate :haha:
Yea got it, but I was late posting, hats off to you catfish. :)
That is easy. Question Mark.. Crimson.
Absolutely correct! Your go, Catfish...
<O>
Catfish
08-03-17, 01:55 AM
After some heavy drinking a man finds a coin of gold on the street. Despite there being neither moon, nor stars visible in the sky, nor street lights, he saw the coin from far away.
How?
Eisenwurst
08-03-17, 03:07 AM
It was daytime. Sun's reflected and all that scientific stuff.
Catfish
08-03-17, 03:09 AM
Yep, of course drinking is not limited to night times :haha:
You are next :up:
Eisenwurst
08-03-17, 03:20 AM
How many Australians does it take to paint a house????:):)
Catfish
08-03-17, 04:45 AM
1000?
One holds the paintbrush, while the other 999 move the house back and forth? :hmmm:
Crikey's, No! Everyone know any Australian is capable of both simultaneously painting and moving the house on his own... :D
<O>
Aktungbby
08-03-17, 02:26 PM
None! Real Aussies don't do it! https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/34/08/e3/3408e3e1f3c8c4bfaa9719994b3c2da7--aboriginal-culture-aboriginal-people.jpghttps://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/7a/c2/fc/7ac2fce50bc84fd1d9a5848e9955a460--aboriginal-culture-aboriginal-people.jpg
Eisenwurst
08-03-17, 08:03 PM
To move things along and give others their turn, here's some clues.
1.It's a riddle, not a joke.
2.You need to think in a P.C. ( Politically Correct ) way to get the answer.
Easy:) :yep:
Eisenwurst
08-04-17, 07:26 AM
1000?
One holds the paintbrush, while the other 999 move the house back and forth? :hmmm:
Funny, but not the right answer.
Eisenwurst
08-04-17, 07:34 AM
Crikey's, No! Everyone know any Australian is capable of both simultaneously painting and moving the house on his own... :D
<O>
No, but a great answer, so you get honorary Australian citizenship:yep:
Eisenwurst
08-04-17, 07:43 AM
None! Real Aussies don't do it! https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/34/08/e3/3408e3e1f3c8c4bfaa9719994b3c2da7--aboriginal-culture-aboriginal-people.jpghttps://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/7a/c2/fc/7ac2fce50bc84fd1d9a5848e9955a460--aboriginal-culture-aboriginal-people.jpg
Sorry Aktungbby but no. Good answer though, also a philosophical minefield.
Eichhörnchen
08-04-17, 01:33 PM
One, if it's Rolf Harris...
Eisenwurst
08-04-17, 06:52 PM
One, if it's Rolf Harris...
I don't know pidgin for no, so no, not Rolf. I think he's still in the nick and any painting he's doing is with his back to the wall.
Rockstar
08-04-17, 11:10 PM
16, one paints while the others 15 cheer on 'good on ya mate'
Eisenwurst
08-05-17, 12:15 AM
16, one paints while the others 15 cheer on 'good on ya mate'
Sorry but no. A likely scenario would be :- one bloke at the TAB putting bets on, one bloke doing a runner to the bottle shop for grog, the foreman at the site co-ordinating everything, and the poor apprentice doing all the work. But that's not the answer either.
Clue. Think in a PC way. Why should Australians be any different than any other nationality?
There, I've almost given the answer:)
Eichhörnchen
08-05-17, 01:29 AM
I was going to say "None, because they'd get a woman to do it"... but you didn't say "Australian men". So maybe "None, because they'd get (another nationality person) to do it"
Jimbuna
08-05-17, 08:38 AM
They can do it standing on their head.
Eisenwurst
08-05-17, 08:02 PM
I was going to say "None, because they'd get a woman to do it"... but you didn't say "Australian men". So maybe "None, because they'd get (another nationality person) to do it"
No. Come on guys, what if you was to substitute another nationality ( not racial stereotype ) for "Australian" and then compare both nationalities as equals.:):):):):):):)
Eisenwurst
08-05-17, 08:05 PM
They can do it standing on their head.
They can. But not the right answer. And the beer would fall out:wah:
Eichhörnchen
08-06-17, 04:34 AM
No. Come on guys, what if you was to substitute another nationality ( not racial stereotype ) for "Australian" and then compare both nationalities as equals.:):):):):):):)
I'm not going there... :oops:
Jimbuna
08-06-17, 09:17 AM
Something to do with Poms or Aboriginals? :hmmm:
Eisenwurst
08-07-17, 12:27 AM
Something to do with Poms or Aboriginals? :hmmm:
No, but thanks for persevering.
The answer has everything to do with equality and numbers!:hmmm:
Jimbuna
08-07-17, 10:41 AM
Well I'm beat :doh:
Wonder if I or we should add a third rule- How long time an unsolved riddle should be unsolved- 2 days, 3 days or more ? What do you say ?
My thought is-If a riddle haven't been solved after x-days, not even after the host of the riddle have given 3 hints, the host tell us the solution to his or her riddle AND thereafter it's open for everyone to post a riddle.
Just a thought
Markus
Aktungbby
08-07-17, 11:12 AM
My thought is-If a riddle haven't been solved after x-days, not even after the host of the riddle have given 3 hints, the host tell us the solution to his or her riddle AND thereafter it's open for everyone to post a riddle.
That was Tarjak's 'who what where' thread! Jimbuna effectively ended the who what where thread and your images thread with puzzles which remain unsolved??!! The riddle is: are we too stupid to solve them or...did he intend to end the threads cleverly as moderator!?:D WELL ok mapuc; but only if Jimbuna gives up the answers in the two threads that have us still confounded. The rule would have to be consistent for all the 'guessing games'!:03:( Besides I really liked Tarjac's game the best; it had fabulous participation.)
Eichhörnchen
08-07-17, 02:41 PM
http://i.imgur.com/jdPagyG.jpg
No, but thanks for persevering.
The answer has everything to do with equality and numbers!:hmmm:
It takes every single Australian to paint a house!
Equal share.
fireftr18
08-07-17, 06:49 PM
Wonder if I or we should add a third rule- How long time an unsolved riddle should be unsolved- 2 days, 3 days or more ? What do you say ?
My thought is-If a riddle haven't been solved after x-days, not even after the host of the riddle have given 3 hints, the host tell us the solution to his or her riddle AND thereafter it's open for everyone to post a riddle.
Just a thought
Markus
Let's go with 2 days, and the one that posted the riddle needs to post a new riddle.
Eisenwurst
08-07-17, 06:52 PM
"How many Australians does it take to paint a house?"
The answer's very straight and boring and not witty.
"The same number as any other nationality".
Whoever wants the "Talking Stick" can have it.
Eisenwurst
08-07-17, 06:54 PM
http://i.imgur.com/jdPagyG.jpg
Good Movie.
Eichhörnchen
08-08-17, 02:56 AM
"How many Australians does it take to paint a house?"
The answer's very straight and boring and not witty.
"The same number as any other nationality".
Whoever wants the "Talking Stick" can have it.
Is that it? That's nutty. Okay, Commander Wallace wanted a go, so I nominate him.
Jimbuna
08-08-17, 05:10 AM
Let's go with 2 days, and the one that posted the riddle needs to post a new riddle.
Agreed :yep:
Eisenwurst
08-10-17, 12:25 AM
http://i.imgur.com/B6Mlo7f.jpg
Eichhörnchen
08-10-17, 04:32 AM
http://i.imgur.com/RCTS8Q9.jpg
Jimbuna
08-10-17, 09:17 AM
No takers?
Here's an easy one to get the thread started again.
I’m always there, some distance away. Somewhere between land or sea and sky I lay. You may move towards me, yet distant I stay.
Aktungbby
08-10-17, 11:45 AM
a mirage!
Catfish
08-11-17, 02:04 AM
^ Yep. Or look at my location..
Or a Fata Morgana.
Alternatively it could be a black number on my bank account.
Jimbuna
08-11-17, 07:34 AM
Yep, 'Horizon' it is.
Quite easy really.
Cool!
What gets thrown overboard, when it's finally needed?
Catfish
08-11-17, 02:00 PM
Lifebelt.
Lifebelt.
Good answer, I didn't think of that one! I thought about the anchor...
Your turn!
Catfish
08-11-17, 02:24 PM
A woman enters a street.
She sees a red house, and instantly knows she's broke.
How?
She is playing monopoly and cannot pay the fee.
Catfish
08-11-17, 02:49 PM
^ :haha:
yep, your turn :up:
Haha! Good one!
Ok, a stupid one:
Why does a golfer allways bring two pair of pants?
Jimbuna
08-12-17, 07:31 AM
In case he got a hole in one.
In case he got a hole in one.
Correct, Jimbuna!!
Jimbuna
08-13-17, 06:47 AM
What rock group has four men that don't sing?
Full answer..Mount Rushmore
Or is jim being crafty? :hmmm:
Jimbuna
08-13-17, 10:20 AM
Rushmore will do fine.
Eichhörnchen
08-14-17, 11:21 AM
http://i.imgur.com/4dBukDX.jpg
So, the squirrel king collected taxes from all the 10 squirrel districts in his kingdom!
The districts had to pay 1000 nuts each.
But the king heard a rumor that one of the districts cheated, and that they've eaten a small piece of each nut.
The only way to seperate a real nut from a chewed nut is to weigh it.
A whole nut weighs 20 grams, and a slightly chewed nut weighs 19,5 grams.
The squirrel king has a bathroom scale at his disposal, but it is expensive to use, so he wants to use it as few times as possible.
How many times does he have to use the scale to figure out who cheated?
Jimbuna
08-14-17, 02:05 PM
Just the once.
Once is correct!
But I'm sorry to say, that I need to know how he does it aswell!
Catfish
08-15-17, 01:29 AM
10 districts.
The districts had to pay 1000 nuts each.
Makes 10.000 nuts.
20 grams per nut make 200000 grams, or 200 kilograms.
I am not sure how capable the king's bathromm scale is, but a scale for humans should be able to measure up to 200 kilogrms.
If a squirrel scale can only scale less, we have to divide the 200 kilograms through the scale's capability, to find out how often he has to use it.
Or not? I am easily fooled with mathematics :hmmm:
Or the question is wrong :O:
Once is correct!
But I'm sorry to say, that I need to know how he does it aswell!
He places one nut from each district on the scale until the scale reads x,5. The last nut placed is from the district that cheated.
10 districts.
The districts had to pay 1000 nuts each.
Makes 10.000 nuts.
20 grams per nut make 200000 grams, or 200 kilograms.
I am not sure how capable the king's bathromm scale is, but a scale for humans should be able to measure up to 200 kilogrms.
If a squirrel scale can only scale less, we have to divide the 200 kilograms through the scale's capability, to find out how often he has to use it.
Or not? I am easily fooled with mathematics :hmmm:
Or the question is wrong :O:
Yes, pardon my bad translation of the riddle from Swedish to English.
Anyway, yes, the scale is super sensitive (shows grams) and it can easily take 200 kg.
What we know is that he only needs to use it once, since Jimbuna guessed correct.
And we know, all of the nuts it will not weigh 200kg in total, since 1000 nuts only weigh 19,5 grams per nut!
I hope the question is clearer now! Ask if what!
He places one nut from each district on the scale until the scale reads x,5. The last nut placed is from the district that cheated.
That counts as alot of measurments.
Only once is needed!
Eichhörnchen
08-15-17, 12:43 PM
Does he have to weigh himself during this?
No, it is enough to weigh the nuts to figure out who cheated.
One hint, and then I will present the solution tomorrow.
So the king sits there with ten bags of nuts from ten districts, they all weigh 20kg except one that weighs 19,5.
Weighing all the nuts just shows 199,5kg, and no clue to who cheated. Weighing less nuts but equal amount from each District doesn't help either.
So there is no point to put the same amount of nuts from each district on the scale.
Eichhörnchen
08-16-17, 07:33 AM
I need to know this... after all I don't want anyone messing with my nuts either... but I just can't figure it out. Is it a trick answer or a real mathematical solution? I just don't know, but I am thinking hard about it :hmmm:
Oh, I get it. It's one time because the king takes two nuts from the first district, four from the second district and so on and puts the resulting 110 nuts on the scale at once. Depending on the weight, he can see who cheated:
2199 g and district 1 cheated
2198 g and district 2 cheated
2197 g and district 3 cheated
2196 g and district 4 cheated
2195 g and district 5 cheated
2194 g and district 6 cheated
2193 g and district 7 cheated
2192 g and district 8 cheated
2191 g and district 9 cheated
2190 g and district 10 cheated
Rockstar
08-16-17, 09:42 AM
exit polls indicate we may have winner
Oh, I get it. It's one time because the king takes two nuts from the first district, four from the second district and so on and puts the resulting 110 nuts on the scale at once. Depending on the weight, he can see who cheated:
2199 g and district 1 cheated
2198 g and district 2 cheated
2197 g and district 3 cheated
2196 g and district 4 cheated
2195 g and district 5 cheated
2194 g and district 6 cheated
2193 g and district 7 cheated
2192 g and district 8 cheated
2191 g and district 9 cheated
2190 g and district 10 cheated
Excellent answer! And a bonus point for the solution to even the numbers!
Over to you :salute:
Eichhörnchen
08-16-17, 04:30 PM
You're a genius, Nathaniel B. :salute:
You're a genius, Nathaniel B. :salute:
Well, I don't know about that. I did need a hint to get me on the right track. But thank you, anyway. :)
Okay, this one might be a little tricky:
A boat sank and only two men survived. They manage to swim to a deserted island, but there is no food there. After a while, one man cannot stand the hunger any longer, so he kills and eats the other man. :o Eventually, the killer is rescued and he tells his rescuers that he is the lone survivor of the wreck. To this day, no one has found out about what he did.
Who is the killer?
No guesses yet? Should I provide a couple of clues?
No guesses yet? Should I provide a couple of clues?
According to Rule number 2 you can give us 3 hints max.
Markus
Eichhörnchen
08-18-17, 02:16 PM
No guesses yet? Should I provide a couple of clues?
Yes
fireftr18
08-18-17, 07:14 PM
I don't understand because of the way it's worded. My answer is "the one man." There seems to be some information missing.
The cook of the boat, since only he knows how to make a human stew?
The answer is more specific than "the man who was rescued" or similar. It's a specific person. (And no, it's not the cook.) Here are a couple of clues:
The killer is someone known to all of you.
The most important clue is that no one has found out to this day.
All of the information you need to deduce the identity of the killer is provided. However, as riddles go, this one may be a little...unusual.
Alright, one last clue. And if someone doesn't get it now, I'll be amazed...and tell you the answer.
If no one has found out about what happened, how do I know about it?
Eichhörnchen
08-20-17, 09:14 AM
You? Did you cook him first?
You?
Correct, sir!
Did you cook him first?
Yes...with some fava beans and a nice Chianti. :D
(...or maybe it was spinach, as according to my avatar I am now apparently Popeye.)
Eichhörnchen
08-20-17, 10:35 AM
... sent to me last week by an old pal I recently met up with again on Facebook
http://i.imgur.com/uSHjzH1.jpg
Oh, and the riddle is: what is the saying depicted here?
Catfish
08-20-17, 01:01 PM
^ ouch lol
Jimbuna
08-20-17, 01:12 PM
The nights are drawing in.
Catfish
08-20-17, 01:18 PM
The nights are drawing in.
Seems right, but can there be two nights? :hmmm:
^ ouch lol
What can I say? I come from a Catholic school/church background; all we ever saw around the parish were sings like 'Bingo Tonight', 'Drawing Tonight', 'Raffle Tonight", etc. For years I thought Las Vegas was just an advanced branch of the Vatican... :haha:
<O>
Jimbuna
08-20-17, 01:45 PM
Seems right, but can there be two nights? :hmmm:
I reckon so but all should soon be revealed.
Eichhörnchen
08-20-17, 01:54 PM
Jim got it... nights simply as in plural
Jimbuna
08-20-17, 02:28 PM
Peter and Mary are found lying dead on the floor of an apartment. There pieces of broken glass nearby.
The only witness is a cat. They were not poisoned and there were no marks on their bodies.
How did they die?
The cat pushed the glass down from a table, which scared and gave them both a heart attack!
Jimbuna
08-21-17, 05:11 AM
The cat pushed the glass down from a table, which scared and gave them both a heart attack!
Correct http://i.imgur.com/dKsByiP.gif
Haha!
No, I actually guessed this one.
But I read plenty of similar situational riddles.
Four boats are travelling exactly the same direction, the same speed and with exactly the same distance between each and every one of them.
How?
They're being towed together...
<O>
Not sure how you are thinking, but the distance between boat A and B, would not be the same as between boat A and C then, if they are on top of eachother.
Jimbuna
08-22-17, 02:43 PM
A fairground ride.
A fairground ride.
No, one of the boats is a tanker and another one is a sailboat. They are in the ocean.
Four boats are travelling exactly the same direction, the same speed and with exactly the same distance between each and every one of them.
How?
Lets work this one out. How would three boats travel keep to the same distance between all three of them?
Rockstar
08-24-17, 05:43 PM
They proceed in the same direction, at the same speed, and in order to maintain an equal distance between all three they must travel in a equilateral triangle formation.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Regular_triangle_1.svg/500px-Regular_triangle_1.svg.png
Aktungbby
08-24-17, 05:49 PM
Are they all in the water under power?
They proceed in the same direction, at the same speed, and in order to maintain an equal distance between all three they must travel in a equilateral triangle formation.
Exactly! Now we need a fourth boat in this picture.
Are they all in the water under power?
If I understand correctly, that they are moving? Then yes!
Catfish
08-25-17, 02:14 AM
They move at the edges of a triangular pyramid/tetrahedon, so one of the ships is a sub. :hmmm:
In case that is right Rockstar should get the credit..
They move at the edges of a triangular pyramid/tetrahedon, so one of the ships is a sub. :hmmm:
In case that is right Rockstar should get the credit..
That is the solution! The fourth boat is a Uboat.
Yes, he was close. We'll have to ask if Rockstar thinks he would have solved the third dimension, otherwise it's your turn.
There is a few philosophical alternative solutions, is the PBY Catalina a boat or a plane? Make the pyramid above sea level instead of under.
Another one:
What if one boat is at the northpole, one boat just off the coast of australia, one off the coast of east Africa and one somewhere near south America. Forming a pyramid around the earth?
:salute:
bracer, you wouldn't happen to have been the author of this work, would you?...:
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/08/ancient-babylonian-tablet-may-contain-first-evidence-trigonometry
:D
<O>
bracer, you wouldn't happen to have been the author of this work, would you?...:
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/08/ancient-babylonian-tablet-may-contain-first-evidence-trigonometry
:D
<O>
Haha! No, but I have a replica of it here next to me for calculating AoB and torpedo settings. The battery never dies on that thing! :)
Rockstar
08-25-17, 09:17 AM
Good one Bracer. I yield to Catfish.
Catfish
08-25-17, 02:09 PM
Ok i did not find a real good one, but here goes:
Homicide: A man lies shot dead behind the wheel in his car. There is a pistol on the back-seat. All Windows are shut. The doors are locked and the car has no bullet holes.
How?
Aktungbby
08-25-17, 07:33 PM
HE SHOT HIMSELF DEAD IN THE BACK SEAT; YOU DIDN'T SAY HOW FAR 'BEHIND THE WHEEL' HE WAS.
Someone shot him, then rolled up the window, tossed the gun in the back, and locked the door when they left.
Someone shot him, the bullet did not exit his body, then tossed the gun in the back, and locked the door.
Someone shot him and he dropped the gun in the back seat. The doors are locked, but open, which allows for no bullet holes.
Someone shot him, brought him to the car, and while moving the body into the trunk, his gun fell out and landed in the back seat. The body is in the trunk, because the wheel he is behind is the spare tire, not the steering wheel. The murderer then locked the doors to delay discovery.
Some unlikely series of events happened, leading to the situation described above.
Catfish
08-26-17, 06:40 AM
It's a convertible?
That. :up:
Your turn :yep:
What can travel by itself, but is never alone; has a name, but does not exist.
Jimbuna
08-26-17, 08:50 AM
A shadow
A shadow
Correct, sir! On to you...
Jimbuna
08-27-17, 08:42 AM
What will often make noise, can usually stop it, and seldom likes noise?
Sounds like a feature of a breed called musicians.
I can "make noise" and stop it, but if I hear an unintended noise, then it's not very good. :)
Eichhörnchen
08-27-17, 02:31 PM
A baby?
Rockstar
08-27-17, 03:19 PM
chupacabras?
Jimbuna
08-28-17, 05:31 AM
Nope, none of those but many on here have one.
Catfish
08-28-17, 05:56 AM
Nope, none of those but many on here have one.
I didn't know crabs were sensitive to noise :hmmm:
Rockstar
08-28-17, 08:49 AM
a dog? (I have four)
Aktungbby
08-28-17, 09:49 AM
Nope, none of those but many on here have one.
an imaginary friend?:O:
Eichhörnchen
08-28-17, 12:07 PM
A wife?
Jimbuna
08-28-17, 02:49 PM
I didn't know crabs were sensitive to noise :hmmm:
:haha:
Jimbuna
08-28-17, 02:49 PM
A wife?
Right on the mark :yep:
Eichhörnchen
08-28-17, 03:26 PM
Re-arrange these letters, OOUSWTDNEJR, to spell just one word
Jimbuna
08-28-17, 04:56 PM
JUSTONEWORD
Eichhörnchen
08-28-17, 05:52 PM
That didn't take long, did it?
Jimbuna
08-29-17, 11:45 AM
Who are you, the wife?
Jimbuna
08-29-17, 12:02 PM
I'm a female living in a city, I have legally married 3 men, without ever getting a divorce, or having been widowed, or becoming legally separated?
Who or what am I?
Catfish
08-29-17, 12:11 PM
^ easy, a woman in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia etc..
Jimbuna
08-29-17, 12:15 PM
Afraid not.
Jimbuna
08-29-17, 02:57 PM
Rgr that.
I'll pass. Can't think of anything right now, and have spotty access to the computer.
Jimbuna
08-30-17, 09:00 AM
If a horse says, "All horses are liars" is the horse telling the truth?
Von Due
08-30-17, 09:41 AM
If a horse says, "All horses are liars" is the horse telling the truth?
The question is rather "should one stop drinking?"
Jimbuna
08-30-17, 09:45 AM
The question is rather "should one stop drinking?"
You trying to say Mr Ed wasn't real? :hmmm:
Eichhörnchen
08-30-17, 11:24 AM
Who are you, the wife?
I only just got that... :haha:
Jimbuna
08-31-17, 06:10 AM
I only just got that... :haha:
Pretty much what she says on ocassion :03:
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