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Report, edit, etc...Posted by RexyRex on 2005-08-11 at 05:06:57
Rules:
- I'm cheap and I got these off a website. If you'd like to cheat and get the answers off the same one...keep them to yourself.
- Every riddle solved generates another one.
- Person who solves the most riddles wins.
    1) Cathy has six pairs of black gloves and six pairs of brown gloves in her drawer. In complete darkness, how many gloves must she take from the drawer in order to be sure to get a pair that match?

    2) Mom, Dad, and 2 kids have come to a river, and they find a boat. It is small and can only carry one adult or 2 kids at a time. Both kids are good rowers, but how can the whole family reach the other side of the river?

    3) Why can't you take a picture of a Indian woman with hair curlers

    4) What is the largest possible number you can write using only 2 digits - just 2 digits, nothing else?

    5) Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain in the world?

    6) Because cigars cannot be entirely smoked, a hobo who collects cigar butts can make a cigar to smoke out of every 5 butts that he finds. Today, he has collected 25 cigar butts. How many cigars will he be able to smoke?

    7) Jenn is facetious. She is also abstemious. She gets pneumonia. Given those clues, what is the only American tree she will like?

    8) How many birth days does the average man have?

    9) Someone at a party introduces you to your mother's only sister's husband's sister in law. He has no brothers. What do you call this lady?

    10) Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of gold?

    11) Two planes take off at the same exact moment. They are flying across the Atlantic. One leaves New York and is flying to Paris at 500 miles per hour. The other leaves Paris and is flying to New York at only 450 miles per hour ( because of a strong head wind ). Which one will be closer to Paris when they meet?

    12) A carpenter was in a terrible hurry. He had to work as quickly as possible to cut a very heavy 10 foot plank into 10 equal sections. If it takes 1 minute per cut, how long will it take him to get the 10 equal pieces?

    13) Why are 1898 silver dollars worth more than 1897 silver dollars?

    14) What English word can have 4 of its 5 letters removed and still retain it's original pronunciation?

    15) 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?

    16) In your sock drawer, you have a ratio of 5 pairs of blue socks, 4 pairs of brown socks, and 6 pairs of black socks. In complete darkness, how many socks would you need to pull out to get a matching pair of the same color?

    17) How can a woman living in New Jersey, legally marry 3 men, without ever getting a divorce, be widowed, or becoming legally separated?

    18) A woman goes into a hardware store to buy something for her house. When asked the price, the clerk replies, "the price of one is twelve cents, the price of forty-four is twenty-four cents, and the price a hundred and forty-four is thirty-six cents. What does the woman want to buy?

    19) If there are 5 apples on the counter and you take away 2, how many do you have?

    20) If, having only one match, on a freezing winter day, you entered a room which contained a lamp, a kerosene heater, and a wood burning stove, which should you light first.
PsychoTemplar: 4
Tarh: 4
user posted image: 3
Dr.Sh0tgun: 2
Shmeeps: 2
Lisk: 1
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Dr.Shotgun on 2005-08-11 at 05:40:20
1.Five.
2.Both kids row out, one gets dropped off, other kid rows back. Dad rows, kid on the other side takes boat back,two kids row out, one kid is left behind, mom takes the boat and drops off, one kid takes the boat back, and both kids row back to the other side.
3.You can't take a picture of an Indian woman with hair curlers because there would be to many curlers to see anything because of the amount of hair.
4.(9!^9!)! (many people forget the incredible mind-numbing power of factorials.
5.Mount Everest has always been the tallest mountain, even before being discovered!
Report, edit, etc...Posted by RexyRex on 2005-08-11 at 05:59:12
1) No.
2) Hooray! You win.
3) No.
4) I see more than just two numbers.
5) Same exact wording, punctuation as the site. ermm.gif Hooray! You win!
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Lisk on 2005-08-11 at 07:22:22
1) 3?
3) no such thing... curles isnt a photocamera
4) infinite? smile.gif
Report, edit, etc...Posted by IceWarrior98 on 2005-08-11 at 08:37:41
4) Highest two digit number eh? id say 99 but the other guy said it first so ill say 10. happy.gif

ADDITION:
6) All of them.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Shmeeps on 2005-08-11 at 09:39:34
QUOTE
1) Cathy has six pairs of black gloves and six pairs of brown gloves in her drawer. In complete darkness, how many gloves must she take from the drawer in order to be sure to get a pair that match?

14?

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3) Why can't you take a picture of a Indian woman with hair curlers?

They don't use them?

QUOTE
4) What is the largest possible number you can write using only 2 digits - just 2 digits, nothing else?

9[sup]9[/sup]?

QUOTE
6) Because cigars cannot be entirely smoked, a hobo who collects cigar butts can make a cigar to smoke out of every 5 butts that he finds. Today, he has collected 25 cigar butts. How many cigars will he be able to smoke?

6 cigars.

25 = 5 cigars. 5 cigars means 5 butts left, so one more after that.

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7) Jenn is facetious. She is also abstemious. She gets pneumonia. Given those clues, what is the only American tree she will like?

I remember this one. I think it's the Sequoia?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Mini Moose 2707 on 2005-08-11 at 09:48:35
1. 3
Report, edit, etc...Posted by notnuclearrabbit on 2005-08-11 at 09:56:46
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4) What is the largest possible number you can write using only 2 digits - just 2 digits, nothing else?

FF

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3) Why can't you take a picture of a Indian woman with hair curlers?

How the Eff do hair curlers take a picture, they're not a camera![/center]
Report, edit, etc...Posted by lonely_duck on 2005-08-11 at 10:14:46
1. 8
Report, edit, etc...Posted by PCFredZ on 2005-08-11 at 11:00:26
#1 is obviously 3. BeeR already got it though.

Take 2 out, they're either paired up already or 2 different colors. Take 1 more, it'll make a pair if they're not paired up already. Extra numbers just to throw you off.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by ihatett_da_hated on 2005-08-11 at 12:57:40
4. There is none. There are an infinite nuber of base-xs.

6. 25 + 5 + 1 = 31
Report, edit, etc...Posted by RexyRex on 2005-08-11 at 16:25:41
QUOTE(Lisk @ Aug 11 2005, 04:22 AM)
1) 3?
3) no such thing... curles isnt a photocamera
4) infinite? smile.gif
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1) No.
2) Hooray! You win!
4) No.

QUOTE(IceWarrior98 @ Aug 11 2005, 05:37 AM)
4) Highest two digit number eh? id say 99 but the other guy said it first so ill say 10. happy.gif

ADDITION:
6) All of them.
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4) No.
6) No.
QUOTE(Mini Moose 2707 @ Aug 11 2005, 06:48 AM)
1. 3
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1) No.

QUOTE(nuclearrabbit @ Aug 11 2005, 06:56 AM)
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FF
How the Eff do hair curlers take a picture, they're not a camera![/center]
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3) Previously solved. sad.gif

QUOTE(ihatett_da_hated @ Aug 11 2005, 09:57 AM)
4.  There is none.  There are an infinite nuber of base-xs.

6.  25 + 5 + 1 = 31
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4) No.
6) Break the answer down into one number.

QUOTE(EzDay281 @ Aug 11 2005, 12:48 PM)
The eleventh glove will be a match with another.
(BR=Brown, BL=Black)
BRL, BRL, BRL, BRL, BRL, BRL, BLL, BLL, BLL, BLL, BLL, BLL, BR/BLR
Infinite. You never specified that you're using a base-10 number system.
Assuming you are, however, the answer would be 9 to the 9th(9^9), or, in full form, 387420489.00.
Or perhaps 9e9, or 9x10^9.
4.8.
Since he can't smoke the last fifth of every cigar, that means that he only gets 4/5 per cigar.
4/5x5=4. Use the remainders to create a last one, and that's another 4/5.
And now that I'm done answering, I'll respond to the other posts(note that I answered before reading, so that my answers would be entirely mine):

My brother asked a similar question in grade-school, except it was "with 3 digits". I got it right on the first try.
He said one person said "9+9+9"... >_>
A carrot is not a number, and anyways, it said "digit", not "number".
According to dictionary.com, the only digits I see in "9^9" are 9, and 9. ^ isn't "0-9".
Phear my ownage logic!
>_>
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3) No.

ADDITION:
QUOTE(Shmeeps @ Aug 11 2005, 06:39 AM)
14?
They don't use them?
9[sup]9[/sup]?
6 cigars.

25 = 5 cigars. 5 cigars means 5 butts left, so one more after that.
I remember this one. I think it's the Sequoia?
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No.
No.
--> Hooray! You win!
No.
--> Hooray! You win!
Report, edit, etc...Posted by ihatett_da_hated on 2005-08-11 at 16:27:14
Rex:

1. How am I wrong?
2. I did. tongue.gif
Report, edit, etc...Posted by RexyRex on 2005-08-11 at 16:31:46
1) Two numbers. Shmeeps got it: 9[sup]9[/sup].
2) I need a solid number, not an equasion.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Chef on 2005-08-11 at 16:33:05
10. They weigh the same.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by RexyRex on 2005-08-11 at 16:34:09
10) Bingo. smile.gif
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Tarh on 2005-08-11 at 16:34:24
QUOTE
Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of gold? ROFLGG


They weight the same - 1 pound.

EDIT:
Oops... posted at the same time.

ADDITION:
Unless you are talking about a "pound" as in the currency? The wording of the sentence could be either one. The former is already anwered, as for the currency - more values are required. Thus I can assume that you are talking about pounds as in weight.

QUOTE
ROFLGG
Report, edit, etc...Posted by RexyRex on 2005-08-11 at 16:36:59
PT: Yup.
Tarh: Already solved. sad.gif
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Chef on 2005-08-11 at 16:37:50
Normally I don't say a lonnie of pennies. Clearly discussing mass... especially since she's American.

The reason I took out my answer for 6 is because someone already said it =/

OH NEVERMIND, they put the wrong answer. 6. 6
Report, edit, etc...Posted by CheeZe on 2005-08-11 at 16:37:59
The answer for number 8 is one.

The answer for number 1 is three.

I'm pretty sure the answer for number 9 is your mother.

In theory, the answer for number 11 should be the planes are exactly the same when they meet.. but I sense trickery!
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Tarh on 2005-08-11 at 16:38:35
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Two planes take off at the same exact moment. They are flying across the Atlantic. One leaves New York and is flying to Paris at 500 miles per hour. The other leaves Paris and is flying to New York at only 450 miles per hour ( because of a strong head wind ). Which one will be closer to Paris when they meet?


The one that left paris will be?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by RexyRex on 2005-08-11 at 16:38:54
You suck, CheeZe. Correct.
You got three of them right...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Chef on 2005-08-11 at 16:42:28
I'm weak minded =J

ADDITION:
1. 3
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Tarh on 2005-08-11 at 16:42:42
12. 9 minutes?

ADDITION:
1. 13?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Chef on 2005-08-11 at 16:47:00
Ooops, stupid second page...

ADDITION:
You're too slow striking through the riddles rex =P I keep answering and then finding them on the next page.

ADDITION:
15. Johnny
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