Post Riddles

[chowderhead]

Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362

Originally posted by: chowderhead

Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel

Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362
Okay, this is one of those where you can only ask yes or no questions, and you have to figure out what is going on...

There is a cabin in the forest in which everyone is dead. No one committed suicide, and no one was murdered. How did they die?
Tas.

Did the cabin have electricity?
Was there a fire?

Yes, the cabin had electricity. And yes, there was a minor fire, but that was not the cause of their death.
Tas.

smoke inhalation or starvation.

They did not die of smoke inhalation or starvation at all...
Tas.

are these human beings that died or are we talking about leaves or other nonsense?

 

[snoopdoug1]

Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362
Okay, this is one of those where you can only ask yes or no questions, and you have to figure out what is going on...

There is a cabin in the forest in which everyone is dead. No one committed suicide, and no one was murdered. How did they die?
Tas.

They were dancing around in a circle, nekkid and holding hands. A bolt of lightning struck one of them, killing all of them.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Originally posted by: chowderhead

Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362

Originally posted by: chowderhead

Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel

Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362
Okay, this is one of those where you can only ask yes or no questions, and you have to figure out what is going on...

There is a cabin in the forest in which everyone is dead. No one committed suicide, and no one was murdered. How did they die?
Tas.

Did the cabin have electricity?
Was there a fire?

Yes, the cabin had electricity. And yes, there was a minor fire, but that was not the cause of their death.
Tas.

smoke inhalation or starvation.

They did not die of smoke inhalation or starvation at all...
Tas.

are these human beings that died or are we talking about leaves or other nonsense?

Yes, these are human beings who until recently were living breathing, healthy individuals.

Originally posted by: Doug3737

They were dancing around in a circle, nekkid and holding hands. A bolt of lightning struck one of them, killing all of them.

LOL, umm, no...
Tas.

 

[dds14u]

6) 3 POWs are taken into a dark room with three chairs. The 3 chairs are lined up all facing forward (i.e. the back chair is facing the first 2 chairs, the middle chair is facing the 1st chair, the first chair is facing the wall). The men are seated and all are shown 3 white hats and 2 black hats. Each man has a random hat place on top of his head. He cannot see his own hat, but can see the color of the hats that are in front of him (the back seat can see the two front seat hats, the middle seat can see the front hat, the front seat can see nothing). Men can never take off the hats to look at them, but whoever guesses the color of their hat, can leave the POW camp. The other two will be killed. You only get one guess, and if you are wrong you are shot. AFTER AN EXTREMELY LONG TIME, one of the POWs gets up, names his hat color and walks out of the camp. Which POW according to chair placement figured it out, and what was his color?

OK not sure about this, but it seems conditional:
If 1 and 2 are black, 3 knows his is white, he leaves.
If 1 is black, 2 should realize he is white after 3 doesn't immediately leave.
If 1 is white, both 2 and 3 will hesitate...so 1 would know he's white?
I'm shaky on the last one.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Here's another one:

There are two doors in front of you, and a statue in front of each door. There is a plaque that tells the rules:

One of the statues always tells the truth, and the other one always lies, but you don't know which is which. One of the rooms is filled with treasure, and the other one holds your doom. You only get one choice, and you can only ask one of the statues one question...

Tas.

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: dds14u
6) 3 POWs are taken into a dark room with three chairs. The 3 chairs are lined up all facing forward (i.e. the back chair is facing the first 2 chairs, the middle chair is facing the 1st chair, the first chair is facing the wall). The men are seated and all are shown 3 white hats and 2 black hats. Each man has a random hat place on top of his head. He cannot see his own hat, but can see the color of the hats that are in front of him (the back seat can see the two front seat hats, the middle seat can see the front hat, the front seat can see nothing). Men can never take off the hats to look at them, but whoever guesses the color of their hat, can leave the POW camp. The other two will be killed. You only get one guess, and if you are wrong you are shot. AFTER AN EXTREMELY LONG TIME, one of the POWs gets up, names his hat color and walks out of the camp. Which POW according to chair placement figured it out, and what was his color?

OK not sure about this, but it seems conditional:
If 1 and 2 are black, 3 knows his is white, he leaves.
If 1 is black, 2 should realize he is white after 3 doesn't immediately leave.
If 1 is white, both 2 and 3 will hesitate...so 1 would know he's white?
I'm shaky on the last one.

Almost there actually. Remember that it is after an extremly long time... Work out the combonatorics. You are basically there though. Good job BTW

1 & 2 are black 3 instantaneously know white.
1 is black, and 3 doesn't answer immediately, 2 should realize he is white.
...
So?...

Since neither of these cases fits an EXTREMELY LONG TIME. The one condition that is equivalent in these two combonations should be switched.

 

[DaShen]

No. 1 and 2 are not solved by anyone yet. I posted solutions though.

 

[HonkeyDonk]

Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362

Originally posted by: chowderhead

Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362

Originally posted by: chowderhead

Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel

Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362
Okay, this is one of those where you can only ask yes or no questions, and you have to figure out what is going on...

There is a cabin in the forest in which everyone is dead. No one committed suicide, and no one was murdered. How did they die?
Tas.

Did the cabin have electricity?
Was there a fire?

Yes, the cabin had electricity. And yes, there was a minor fire, but that was not the cause of their death.
Tas.

smoke inhalation or starvation.

They did not die of smoke inhalation or starvation at all...
Tas.

are these human beings that died or are we talking about leaves or other nonsense?

Yes, these are human beings who until recently were living breathing, healthy individuals.

Originally posted by: Doug3737

They were dancing around in a circle, nekkid and holding hands. A bolt of lightning struck one of them, killing all of them.

LOL, umm, no...
Tas.

The cabin was an airplane cabin and the airplane crashed into the forest and everyone died from that.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362
Here's another one:

There are two doors in front of you, and a statue in front of each door. There is a plaque that tells the rules:

One of the statues always tells the truth, and the other one always lies, but you don't know which is which. One of the rooms is filled with treasure, and the other one holds your doom. You only get one choice, and you can only ask one of the statues one question...

Tas.

So what's the answer?

 

[EQTitan]

You are in a room, the only other objects in the room are a mirror, a wooden table, and a neon stick (for you to see). There are no doors, no windows, just walls. How do you get out of this room with out removing the walls?

 

[AkumaX]

1 + 1 = 11 BIN = 3 DEC?

 

[g8wayrebel]

presuming you can leave the door open , you could also turn on two lights..enter unscrew one lit bulb...exit turn off one switch..light goes out is one, switch remaining on is second, and never turned on is third

 

[g8wayrebel]

a nickel and a quarter...ONE of them isn't a nickel!
edit:
WAY LATE!!

 

[snoopdoug1]

Originally posted by: DaShen

Originally posted by: dds14u
6) 3 POWs are taken into a dark room with three chairs. The 3 chairs are lined up all facing forward (i.e. the back chair is facing the first 2 chairs, the middle chair is facing the 1st chair, the first chair is facing the wall). The men are seated and all are shown 3 white hats and 2 black hats. Each man has a random hat place on top of his head. He cannot see his own hat, but can see the color of the hats that are in front of him (the back seat can see the two front seat hats, the middle seat can see the front hat, the front seat can see nothing). Men can never take off the hats to look at them, but whoever guesses the color of their hat, can leave the POW camp. The other two will be killed. You only get one guess, and if you are wrong you are shot. AFTER AN EXTREMELY LONG TIME, one of the POWs gets up, names his hat color and walks out of the camp. Which POW according to chair placement figured it out, and what was his color?

OK not sure about this, but it seems conditional:
If 1 and 2 are black, 3 knows his is white, he leaves.
If 1 is black, 2 should realize he is white after 3 doesn't immediately leave.
If 1 is white, both 2 and 3 will hesitate...so 1 would know he's white?
I'm shaky on the last one.

Almost there actually. Remember that it is after an extremly long time... Work out the combonatorics. You are basically there though. Good job BTW

1 & 2 are black 3 instantaneously know white.
1 is black, and 3 doesn't answer immediately, 2 should realize he is white.
...
So?...

Since neither of these cases fits an EXTREMELY LONG TIME. The one condition that is equivalent in these two combonations should be switched.

So 1 knows he has a white hat. He knows he or 2 has a white hat, or 3 would have answered immediately. He knows he's white because if he was black, then 2 would have known he was white.

 

[snoopdoug1]

Here's another one...

If it takes 8 men 8 days to dig 8 holes, how long will it take 4 men to dig half a hole?

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: Doug3737
Here's another one...

If it takes 8 men 8 days to dig 8 holes, how long will it take 4 men to dig half a hole?

It depends how big the hole is...

 

[snoopdoug1]

Originally posted by: Mwilding

Originally posted by: Doug3737
Here's another one...

If it takes 8 men 8 days to dig 8 holes, how long will it take 4 men to dig half a hole?

It depends how big the hole is...

Close... since there isn't much interest...

Answer: There is no such thing as half a hole. A hole is just a hole.

 

[Calin]

Originally posted by: mitmot
Another one for ya:

There is a dead man in a car. The windows are rolled up and the doors are locked. The car itself is in perfect condition and it was NOT a suicide. Explain.

The way japanese test for waterproof cars: They put a cat inside the car, close all the doors/windows/ventilation and if in 24 hours the cat is dead (suffocated), the car is waterproof (rainproof or automate wash proof or whatever).
Romanians have also a "cat test" for cars waterproofness. And it is just like the japanese test, except for the success criterion. The car is considered waterproof if at the end of those 24 hours the cat is still in the car and not outside

 

[Calin]

Originally posted by: mitmot

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: mitmot
Another one for ya:

There is a dead man in a car. The windows are rolled up and the doors are locked. The car itself is in perfect condition and it was NOT a suicide. Explain.

I killed him, and placed him in the car!

how you gonna get in if the doors are locked

Use the remote control

 

[Calin]

Originally posted by: Kyteland

Originally posted by: DaShen
4) You are a detective and have found a man, hanging by his neck from a rope from the ceiling, dead. There is no furniture or place for this man to stand to get to the hanging point. The room is humid and stale at the same time. How did the man kill himself?

By hanging himself by his neck, duh.

he jumped real high. He pulled himself (with its hands) until he was able to put the rope around his neck

 

[Calin]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
1.

2. tasburrfoot78362 got this one - the answer is "2"

3.

4. Dough3737 got this one
Kid1 and Kid2 go, Kid1 rows back.
Mom goes, Kid2 comes back.
Kid1 and Kid2 go again, Kid1 rows back.
Dad goes, Kid2 comes back.
Kid1 and Kid2 go across.

5.

But the boat can carry only one adult or two kids, not one adult and one kid

 

[superjohnyo]

Originally posted by: EQTitan
You are in a room, the only other objects in the room are a mirror, a wooden table, and a neon stick (for you to see). There are no doors, no windows, just walls. How do you get out of this room with out removing the walls?

You look through the mirror and see what you saw. You take the saw and saw the table in half. Two halves make a whole. Escape through said hole.


Or something like that.

 

[superjohnyo]

Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362
Here's another one:

There are two doors in front of you, and a statue in front of each door. There is a plaque that tells the rules:

One of the statues always tells the truth, and the other one always lies, but you don't know which is which. One of the rooms is filled with treasure, and the other one holds your doom. You only get one choice, and you can only ask one of the statues one question...

Tas.

Ask one what the other would say, and do the opposite.

 

[Calin]

Originally posted by: Doug3737
Here's another one...

If it takes 8 men 8 days to dig 8 holes, how long will it take 4 men to dig half a hole?

one day

 

[Calin]

Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362
Here's another one:

There are two doors in front of you, and a statue in front of each door. There is a plaque that tells the rules:

One of the statues always tells the truth, and the other one always lies, but you don't know which is which. One of the rooms is filled with treasure, and the other one holds your doom. You only get one choice, and you can only ask one of the statues one question...

Tas.

What chamber the other statue says it guards? If the answer is doom, go to the other room. If the answer is riches, go to this room (remember, one false and one true makes one false)