riddles galore

[Bilbo]

Originally posted by MaGi kOz
the electrician is probably the wife/ husband of the plumber. since sex isn't given and all.


can i ask one?

There was this prisoner on death row (back in the days where they executed by shooting) for crimes unimaginable. On the day of his execution, the guard in charge of it asked the man if he has any last statements. The guard was a bit bored since he's seen so many executions so he decides to spice it up. He tells the prisoner that if his last statement is a lie, he will hang him instead, which is more painful if his neck doesn't break on the fall. If his statement was truthful, he'll continue with the shooting and end his life quick.

So the prisoner thought for a few seconds and uttered his final statement only to find it to not be his last. The guard, not knowing what to do, just freed the prisoner. Why?

You will hang me.

[King Missile]

nice one bilbz, since you didnt bother posting a new riddle i thought i would , here it goes:

You are in a cold house in the winter. It is dark. You have one match. There is a candle and there is a wood burning stove. Which do you light first?

[TelC@t]

The match

[froedrick]

damn i read it to late

[adastalin]

Originally posted by MaGi kOz
There was this prisoner on death row (back in the days where they executed by shooting) for crimes unimaginable. On the day of his execution, the guard in charge of it asked the man if he has any last statements. The guard was a bit bored since he's seen so many executions so he decides to spice it up. He tells the prisoner that if his last statement is a lie, he will hang him instead, which is more painful if his neck doesn't break on the fall. If his statement was truthful, he'll continue with the shooting and end his life quick.

So the prisoner thought for a few seconds and uttered his final statement only to find it to not be his last. The guard, not knowing what to do, just freed the prisoner. Why?

Er... did he say something like: "The next thing I say is the truth but the last thing I said was a lie"?

[EDIT] Not sure if that makes sense...its confusing me...

[Azhran]

Bilbz already answered that one

[Jason]

A majority of these so-called riddles people have been posting are nothing more than a play on words. And a riddle isn't really a riddle anymore if it's been solved.

[King Missile]

Originally posted by syc0tik
A majority of these so-called riddles people have been posting are nothing more than a play on words. And a riddle isn't really a riddle anymore if it's been solved.

shut you mouth mister...

then another "riddle" for the masses:

There are 5 hats. Three are blue, two are red. They are placed in a box and mixed up. Three people are blind folded and standing in a line one behind the other facing forward. Each person reaches into the box, one at a time and withdraws a hat which is then placed on their head. Their blind folds are then removed. The first person in line knows the color of her hat and of the two people behind her. How does she know this? ( she cannot turn around and look behind her and they cannot speak)

[adastalin]

Whoops, mb, never saw that....
still my answer is a bit different.

[Troll King]

Originally posted by King Missile
shut you mouth mister...

then another "riddle" for the masses:

There are 5 hats. Three are blue, two are red. They are placed in a box and mixed up. Three people are blind folded and standing in a line one behind the other facing forward. Each person reaches into the box, one at a time and withdraws a hat which is then placed on their head. Their blind folds are then removed. The first person in line knows the color of her hat and of the two people behind her. How does she know this? ( she cannot turn around and look behind her and they cannot speak)

The problem with this riddle is that it presumes that none of the three people are idiots.

The first person in line knows the answer if none of the other two behind her has answered yet. She only has to wait for a bit to see if the other two have answers. Since they do not, then she and the middle person cannot BOTH be wearing red hats. If they were, the third person would have seen that and knew that he had to be wearing blue. Since he does not say anything, the first two people must be wearing 1 red and 1 blue hat between them, or two blue hats. The second person would have thought the same thing. Looking at the first person in line, if he sees that person is wearing a red hat, then the he must be wearing blue. However, if the first person was wearing blue, he won't know if they were wearing one of each or if they both wore blue. If he doesn't say anything, then that must be the case, and the first person must be wearing blue. The first person in line only has to wait to realize that the other two behind her cannot know what colour they are wearing. If they do not know then she must be wearing a blue hat.

I'm not sure how she can possibly know the colours the two people behind her are wearing though



Here's a similar riddle:

Those same three non-idiots from King Missile's riddle work in a coal mine. After a hard day's work, they leave the mine together. They decided to play a game. Looking at each others' foreheads, some or all three of them have soot on their foreheads. They cannot see their own foreheads. They stand staring at each other until one person is the first to be certain of whether he or she has soot on their forehead. Eventually, the quickest of the three figures it out. How did he know?

[froedrick]

TK, I'm going to think of that one untill i get the answer, I won't read the answer if its posted untill i get mine (a thinker )


p.s. this is the best thread in a long while

[Troll King]

Bah, I knew I told it wrong.

Here it is, properly done:


Those three people who may or may not be smudged must hold a hand up if they see a smudged forehead on at least one of the other two. They are to hold their hands up unless they know for certain whether they are smudged or not. One person eventually does. How did he know?

[syzygy]

Originally posted by froedrick
p.s. this is the best thread in a long while

ty, ty

tk, ur explanation to king missile's riddle only confused me more...as to ur new riddle, u stated:

Originally posted by Troll King
They are to hold their hands up unless they know for certain whether they are smudged or not.

does that infer that they can't hold their hand up if they "know for certain whether they are smudged or not"?

[syzygy]

Originally posted by ÆNIMA
sissy guy! or sizzyguy

u don't win for 2 reasons: Mr. Peanuts was first to win in another thread...and ur wrong either way.

u can still ponder over it if u want, or u can look it up in a dictionary.

[Fit of Rage]

Originally posted by froedrick
p.s. this is the best thread in a long while

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