View Full Version : I've got another riddle for you.. .
Hexxie
Jul 31, 2010, 01:59 AM
I always run, but never walk,
Often murmer, but never talk,
Have a bed, but do not sleep,
Have a mouth, but never eat.
What am I?
J_9
Jul 31, 2010, 01:59 AM
A river
Hexxie
Jul 31, 2010, 02:00 AM
Too easy for you.
Hexxie
Jul 31, 2010, 02:01 AM
Ok, how about this one:
You hear me before, yet you hear me again, then I die. Until ypu call me again.
J_9
Jul 31, 2010, 02:03 AM
An echo
Hexxie
Jul 31, 2010, 02:06 AM
Ok. One more:
I cannot be seen and I weigh nothing, but when put into a barrel, I make it lighter.
J_9
Jul 31, 2010, 02:07 AM
Four cups of coffee...
A hole
Hexxie
Jul 31, 2010, 02:09 AM
These are way too easy for you.
J_9
Jul 31, 2010, 02:09 AM
Yeah, guess they are.
J_9
Jul 31, 2010, 02:10 AM
Here's one
Two in a corner,
1 in a room,
0 in a house, but 1 in a shelter. What am I?
Hexxie
Jul 31, 2010, 02:11 AM
I need to come up with a difficult one for you, yet I am now tired. All right, I'll give it one more shot:
A king sits at a table with three glasses in front of him. Two of the glasses are full: one with rum and one with ale. What is the king's name?
Hexxie
Jul 31, 2010, 02:13 AM
Here's one
Two in a corner,
1 in a room,
0 in a house, but 1 in a shelter. What am I?
The letter R?
J_9
Jul 31, 2010, 02:21 AM
Yes.
I'll have to think about your last one.
J_9
Jul 31, 2010, 02:25 AM
Here's a toughy
This is a most unusual paragraph. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary you'd think nothing was wrong with it - and in fact, nothing is wrong with it. It is unusual though. Why? Study it, think about it, and you may find out. Try to do it without coaching. If you work at it for a bit it will dawn on you. So jump to it and try your skill at figuring it out. Good luck - don't blow your cool!
Hexxie
Jul 31, 2010, 02:30 AM
Ok, OK. Gimme, gimme.. . please:D
J_9
Jul 31, 2010, 02:31 AM
It's really tricky.
I'll give you mine if you give me yours.
Yours first.
Hexxie
Jul 31, 2010, 02:33 AM
You mean you want the answer?
KISS
Jul 31, 2010, 02:34 AM
Should read (punctuation):
This is a most unusual paragraph:
J_9
Jul 31, 2010, 02:34 AM
Has nothing to do with punctuation.
Hexxie
Jul 31, 2010, 02:37 AM
All right, but where is the paragragh?
J_9
Jul 31, 2010, 02:38 AM
Right here...
This is a most unusual paragraph. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary you'd think nothing was wrong with it - and in fact, nothing is wrong with it. It is unusual though. Why? Study it, think about it, and you may find out. Try to do it without coaching. If you work at it for a bit it will dawn on you. So jump to it and try your skill at figuring it out. Good luck - don't blow your cool!
Hexxie
Jul 31, 2010, 02:42 AM
Here's a toughy
This is a most unusual paragraph. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary you'd think nothing was wrong with it - and in fact, nothing is wrong with it. It is unusual though. Why? Study it, think about it, and you may find out. Try to do it without coaching. If you work at it for a bit it will dawn on you. So jump to it and try your skill at figuring it out. Good luck - don't blow your cool!
I think I just fiqured it out, about the paragragh I mean. Is the above the paragragh. LOL! I must be tired!
J_9
Jul 31, 2010, 02:43 AM
Well, what's the answer?
KISS
Jul 31, 2010, 02:44 AM
What does it say inside the triangle?
http://www.businessballs.com/images/paris_spring_puzzle.jpg
Hexxie
Jul 31, 2010, 02:46 AM
I got it!
There are no "E"s in it. Right?
Put me out of my misery so I can go to bed.
KISS
Jul 31, 2010, 02:46 AM
"This" is a word not a paragraph.
KISS
Jul 31, 2010, 02:47 AM
Oh my. I think no "E"'s is right.
J_9
Jul 31, 2010, 02:47 AM
I got it!
There are no "E"s in it. Right?
Put me out of my misery so I can go to bed.
Good job. That's it!! :D:D
Now get some sleep!
Hexxie
Jul 31, 2010, 02:48 AM
What does it say inside the triangle?
http://www.businessballs.com/images/paris_spring_puzzle.jpg
Paris into the spring?
KISS
Jul 31, 2010, 02:49 AM
No!
Hexxie
Jul 31, 2010, 02:51 AM
"This" is a word not a paragraph.
Ok, I missed this post. A word.. . Hmm.. .
KISS
Jul 31, 2010, 02:51 AM
Try again for what's in the triangle.
Hexxie
Jul 31, 2010, 02:56 AM
I'm thinking.. .
Hexxie
Jul 31, 2010, 03:00 AM
Words?
KISS
Jul 31, 2010, 03:11 AM
What words?
Hexxie
Jul 31, 2010, 03:13 AM
All right, you win.:)
I'm tired and need to go to bed. So, what is the answer?
KISS
Jul 31, 2010, 03:15 AM
Go to bed. Wake up fresh. Try again.
Hexxie
Jul 31, 2010, 03:17 AM
Owww.. . All right.
Hexxie
Jul 31, 2010, 03:18 AM
Goodnight.
And KISS, thanks for playing.:D
J_9
Jul 31, 2010, 03:19 AM
Goodnight Hexxie, I'm unsubscribing now. Have a good sleep.
Hexxie
Jul 31, 2010, 11:48 AM
Oh my! See what late night combined with a glass of wine does to me? (lol)
Forgive me J_9, I forgot to thank you too. :o Not sure you'll get this, but wanted to put it out there anyway.
Hexxie
Jul 31, 2010, 11:55 AM
KISS,
The words inside the triangle are:
"Paris in the the spring"
This is one of those brain tests, isn't it? I thought it was one of those play on words. You know, like:
Wear
_______
Black
(black underwear)
Is that it?
Hexxie
Jul 31, 2010, 12:03 PM
Anyone want to give this one a go?
A king sits at a table with three glasses in front of him. Two of the glasses are full; one with rum and one with ale. What is the king's name?
KISS
Jul 31, 2010, 12:05 PM
Your good. But where you got the first guess I'll never know.
Hexxie
Jul 31, 2010, 12:35 PM
You make me laugh!
I was thinking there were 2 "the"s, so, Paris in to the spring.
Or maybe it was just the wine.
All right, obviously I was effected by the wine.
morgaine300
Aug 3, 2010, 06:02 PM
I've decided the king's name is Henry. :p
The first ones were fairly easy, yes. Although the river stumped me for a minute. And the thing about the R's just flew over my head.
Hexxie
Aug 3, 2010, 07:35 PM
There are 2 letter Rs in the word corner, 1 letter R in the word room, none in house and 1 in shelter.
As for the king's name being Henry, think along these lines: Henry the eighth (King names with numbers).
morgaine300
Aug 3, 2010, 08:19 PM
No, I get the R's now. I mean when I read it, that went over my head.
Richard the III?
aimee_tt
Aug 3, 2010, 08:29 PM
Ive got one
First think of the person who lives in disguise,
Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies
Next, tell me what's always the last thing to mend,
The middle of middle and end of the end?
And finally give me the sound often heard
During the search of a hard-to-find word.
Now string them together, and answer me this,
What creature would you be unwilling to kiss?"
morgaine300
Aug 3, 2010, 09:28 PM
And finally give me the sound often heard
During the search of a hard-to-find word.
Sh*t?
Sorry. :D
aimee_tt
Aug 3, 2010, 09:32 PM
HAHA nice try but no
morgaine300
Aug 3, 2010, 10:29 PM
Actually, I've figured out part of it and am still lost on one part. Unfortunately it's the beginning I'm missing which makes it harder to just start guessing words.
aimee_tt
Aug 3, 2010, 10:43 PM
What have you got for the last parts?
morgaine300
Aug 3, 2010, 11:57 PM
Oh, the last part might be wrong - I just thought of another choice which more logical should make the end of a word.
morgaine300
Aug 4, 2010, 12:07 AM
Spider!
morgaine300
Aug 4, 2010, 02:15 AM
Two men have the following conversation.
John: Hi Matt. How are your three kids? I forgot what their ages are.
Matt: Hi John. Don't you remember? The product of their ages is 36.
John: I still don't remember.
Matt: The sum of their ages is the same as my house number.
John: I still can't remember!
Matt: The oldest one has red hair.
John: Ah, right. I remember now!
How old are Matt's kids?
Hexxie
Aug 4, 2010, 09:26 PM
No, I get the R's now. I mean when I read it, that went over my head.
Richard the III?
Not Richard, but you are getting closer. (the III is correct)
Hexxie
Aug 4, 2010, 09:38 PM
[QUOTE=morgaine300;2465756]
Matt: The sum of their ages is the same as my house number.
[QUOTE]
I'm stuck at this part. :confused:
ROLCAM
Aug 4, 2010, 09:48 PM
The letter r!
Hexxie
Aug 4, 2010, 10:03 PM
Pronounced as one letter,
But written with three,
Two letters there are and only two in me,
I'm double, I'm single, I'm black, blue, and gray,
I'm read from both ends and the same either way.
ROLCAM
Aug 4, 2010, 10:28 PM
An eye!
Hexxie
Aug 4, 2010, 10:31 PM
an eye !!
Yes.
morgaine300
Aug 4, 2010, 10:45 PM
Not Richard, but you are getting closer. (the III is correct)
Was there a Henry III? Well, of course there was if there was a Henry VIII. But I don't know anything about him.
The problem is that I really don't get the riddle. I don't even remember what you said that made me think of Henry. But there isn't anything in the riddle that's giving away to me who it would be.
morgaine300
Aug 4, 2010, 10:47 PM
[QUOTE=morgaine300;2465756]
Matt: The sum of their ages is the same as my house number.
[QUOTE]
I'm stuck at this part. :confused:
It might help to know why you're stuck. Are you not getting how you could know what would be his house number? Cause you wouldn't and you don't need to.
What you have to think about is that he knows his house number but still doesn't know the ages of the sons.
Hexxie
Aug 5, 2010, 12:37 AM
Here's what I have so far:
36+1+1=38
18+2+1=21
12+3+1=16
9+4+1=14
9+2+2=13
6+6+1=13
6+3+2=11
4+3+3=10
Hexxie
Aug 5, 2010, 01:11 AM
The problem is that I really don't get the riddle. I don't even remember what you said that made me think of Henry. But there isn't anything in the riddle that's giving away to me who it would be.
A king sits at a table with three glasses in front of him. Two of the glasses are full; one with rum and one with ale. What is the king's name?
This riddle is a conundrum.
morgaine300
Aug 5, 2010, 01:58 AM
Wow, I had to look up the word conumdrum. The meaning I know is that it doesn't have a definitive answer, like my albatross puzzle. But I see it also says a play on words. I guess this is a play on words.
It did occur to me that the third glass was actually a pair of glasses like you sit on your face, or even a monicle. But you said the III was right, which could be the 3 glasses.
Does this require any actual knowledge of kings? Otherwise I think this has just gone over my head.
ROLCAM
Aug 5, 2010, 04:11 AM
What is the king's name?
GUESS - Duncan
Hexxie
Aug 5, 2010, 11:53 AM
Wow, I had to look up the word conumdrum. The meaning I know is that it doesn't have a definitive answer, like my albatross puzzle. But I see it also says a play on words. I guess this is a play on words.
It did occur to me that the third glass was actually a pair of glasses like you sit on your face, or even a monicle. But you said the III was right, which could be the 3 glasses.
Does this require any actual knowledge of kings? Otherwise I think this has just gone over my head.
According to Webster's Dictionary, one of the meanings of
"conundrum" is a riddle who's answer is a pun.
And no, no actual knowledge of kings needed.
Would you like the answer now?
slapshot_oi
Aug 5, 2010, 12:03 PM
words?
Paris in the Spring
Edit:
Never mind didn't know there was a second page to this thread. Disregard
Hexxie
Aug 5, 2010, 12:09 PM
Here's what I have so far:
36+1+1=38
18+2+1=21
12+3+1=16
9+4+1=14
9+2+2=13
6+6+1=13
6+3+2=11
4+3+3=10
Morgaine,
Help me! Where do I go from here?
morgaine300
Aug 5, 2010, 04:34 PM
OK, the man has concluded from the first statement what the possible combinations of numbers were, as you did. Then with the second statement, he figures the additions with those numbers as you have. He obviously knows his own house number, right? If he knows his own house number, what reason is in there that he still doesn't know the answer?
Hexxie
Aug 6, 2010, 11:36 PM
Oh, shoot! Duh.:p
The ages are 9,2, and 2.
That one stumped me. I think I blew a gasket figuiring it out. Got stuck at that one point and just couldn't see past it.
I did get it didn't I? (Please say yes, even if I'm wrong.. . I can't keep going with it -lol).
morgaine300
Aug 7, 2010, 01:26 AM
You're correct. And no I'm not lying to make you feel better. (I hope you didn't end up in the ER with that there gasket thingy.)
Hexxie
Aug 9, 2010, 12:09 PM
You're correct. And no I'm not lying to make you feel better. (I hope you didn't end up in the ER with that there gasket thingy.)
Thanks for the well wishes, feeling much better now. You know how sometimes you just get hung up on something and can't see past it? I just couldn't see the forest. ;)
Thanks for getting me through it.
morgaine300
Aug 9, 2010, 02:21 PM
Looks like this thread has pretty well pooped out, but I've got lots more if anyone gets back in the mood one of these days. Just give a shout.
Hexxie
Aug 13, 2010, 01:58 PM
I need to come up with a difficult one for you, yet I am now tired. Alright, I'll give it one more shot:
A king sits at a table with three glasses in front of him. Two of the glasses are full: one with rum and one with ale. What is the king's name?
For Morgaine:
Phillip the III
morgaine300
Aug 13, 2010, 02:42 PM
I don't get it. Which is probably why I couldn't solve it.
morgaine300
Aug 13, 2010, 04:45 PM
Never mind. My brother had to explain it to me. But he heard it verbally. I just glanced at it and never really "read it" to myself.
morgaine300
Aug 17, 2010, 06:28 PM
OK, here's one for the language lovers:
There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?
Whoever gets this wins one free year of AMHD membership. :p
morgaine300
Aug 17, 2010, 06:31 PM
And since that's a tough one, I'll also throw in a couple of easy ones:
What's bigger than the universe, greater than God, more evil than the devil. The poor have it and the rich want it. The dead eat it but if you do, you will surely die.
If you break me
I do not stop working,
If you touch me
I may be snared,
If you lose me
Nothing will matter.
Just Looking
Aug 19, 2010, 07:09 AM
I think I know the answer, and it's so appropriate for AMHD.
A heart
adam_89
Aug 19, 2010, 07:57 AM
A heat for the second one J-Lo?
I know the first one, but I will let somebody else have a go.
morgaine300
Aug 19, 2010, 04:02 PM
Heart is correct for the second one.
adam_89
Aug 20, 2010, 06:02 AM
OK OK, the answer for the first one is Nothing.
morgaine300
Aug 20, 2010, 01:20 PM
Correct.
morgaine300
Aug 20, 2010, 01:22 PM
Three more easy ones:
Until I am measured
I am not known,
Yet how you miss me
When I have flown.
You heard me before,
Yet you hear me again,
Then I die,
'Till you call me again
Johnny's mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child's name?
morgaine300
Aug 20, 2010, 01:23 PM
And harder one:
Three antique clocks were put up for auction, the first lost one minute every 24 hours; the second lost one minute every hour; and the third didn't work at all. Which clock would you buy if you chose the one that showed the correct time the most often?
adam_89
Aug 20, 2010, 01:50 PM
For the harder one, my guess would be the one that didn't work at all because it is at least right 2 times a day no matter what. Where the other ones would always be wrong.
adam_89
Aug 20, 2010, 01:54 PM
Three more easy ones:
Until I am measured
I am not known,
Yet how you miss me
When I have flown.
You heard me before,
Yet you hear me again,
Then I die,
'Till you call me again
Johnny's mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child's name?
Hmmm... Johnny's mom's 3rd child's name... Hmmm... Kind of tricky... Hmmm... Oh, I know... Roger? Or maybe it is this one: Johnny
morgaine300
Aug 20, 2010, 03:27 PM
For the harder one, my guess would be the one that didn't work at all because it is atleast right 2 times a day no matter what. Where the other ones would always be wrong.
The other ones aren't always wrong. And you are correct that the one that doesn't work is right 2 times a day. (Not "at least" but exactly.)
morgaine300
Aug 20, 2010, 03:28 PM
Hmmm... Johnny's mom's 3rd childs name....Hmmm....Kind of tricky...Hmmm....Oh, I know....Roger? Or maybe it is this one: Johnny
Yeah, that one's a bit on the silly side. There's way more where that came from but I haven't had time to go through them. I'm trying to hunt down harder ones.