Thread: Riddles

@Choppers: With reference to my riddle, you're Absolutely Right! Thanks for attempting!

@ac8409 & kurapika:With reference to kurapika's riddle...
What if you asked the other guard that only tells the truth-which door would he indicate leads to the gold? If you then take the door opposite to what's indicated, then you'll be wrong? What Am I missing here??



@ac8409: My attempt to answering your riddle...

You walk across the bridge as you normally would and after 1 minute, you've reached the middle of the bridge, and the dragon wakes up. Right before he wakes up, you turn around and face the other direction so that the dragon will think that you were heading the opposite direction.When he asks you to pay- you refuse. Assuming that he's a kind Dragon with 21st century manners he will coerce you back to the side where he thought you came from, which is the side you wanted to go to!

Okay..here's one from me:

As I was going to St. Ives
I met a man with seven wives.
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits;
Kits, cats, sacks and wives,
How many were going to St. Ives?

@Mackenna, I really like your answer to that demon riddle, well done :)
As for your riddle, I guess it has to be seven to the power of four, that makes 2401 travelers.
I don't include myself and the man, because you only ask for the kits, cats, sacks and wives (in the second last line)

@ trevor88: Thank you so much for your appreciation, your kind words and for attempting the riddle! Trust me, when I first heard the riddle myself, I came up with an answer similar to yours, till I stopped, read it again & figured it out...It's quite surprising but the correct answer is ONE. Here's how:

The riddle starts with-"As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with .....". This implies that I(the traveler) was going to St. Ives and on my way I met man with seven wives etc. Note that nowhere in the riddle does it mention that the man with his seven wives etc are also going to St.Ives! The second last line "Kits, cats, sacks and wives" are only a summary of all whom he met on his way. The riddle end's with "How many were going to St. Ives? " Answer: Only me(the traveler). And hence, the answer is ONE.:001_smile:

Ready for another one? Okay...here it comes!

Three men went to a Highway-Inn. The Innkeeper said a room cost $30, so each man put up $10 and went to their room. A little while later the Innkeeper realized the room was only $25, so he sent the bellboy back to the three guys' room with $5. On the way to the room the bellboy couldn't figure out how to split the $5 between the 3 men, so he gave each one of them $1 and he kept the other $2.
This meant that the 3 men paid $9 each for the room for a total of $27. Add the $2 that the bellboy kept = $29.

Question:Where did the other dollar go?

All the Best!

Mackenna

Originally Posted by mackenna

Ready for another one? Okay...here it comes!

Three men went to a Highway-Inn. The Innkeeper said a room cost $30, so each man put up $10 and went to their room. A little while later the Innkeeper realized the room was only $25, so he sent the bellboy back to the three guys' room with $5. On the way to the room the bellboy couldn't figure out how to split the $5 between the 3 men, so he gave each one of them $1 and he kept the other $2.
This meant that the 3 men paid $9 each for the room for a total of $27. Add the $2 that the bellboy kept = $29.

Question:Where did the other dollar go?

Well they first paid 30$ ( 10 each) then the bellboy gave 1$ back to each of them so 3 x 9$ each ( 25$ for the room and other 2$ bellboy kept)
So 25$ for the room
2$ to bellboy
and 1$ to each man (= 3$)
= 30$

@ Mackenna,
I had to laugh so hard when I read the solution to that riddle. It's so funny to see how easy it really was and how quick we people actually are to interpret what we read or hear. The riddle is sort of a semantic trap, cunningly set up to catch the sloppy reader. =) Really funny!
As for the other one, I tried to come up with an answer without looking at the things Soretyo wrote. So I wrote it down on a piece of paper and realized that when you count back, 9x3=27, the $2 of the bellboy are already included in the $27. $27 is the total amount the men actually pay for: the room ($25) + the (wrongfully appropriated) $2 fee of the bellboy. So you don't have to add the fee anymore, but you still got to add the $1 refund each of the three men gets if you want to get back to the original $30. So 25+2+3=30 =) Yep, that was a nice one too :)
Say, do you have any more in that riddle bag of yours?

damn I figured out that first one with answer one as soon as I read it.. I knew it couldn't be that simple.. lol

As for the room riddle..
$25 are with manager
$2 with bell boy
$1 each with customers

= $30 which $1 are you talking about.. :P :P

As for your way of looking at things.. $27 payed by each of them and $1 what each got back = $30 still which $1 are you talking about :P

As you say it. $27 paid by each of them = $25 for room and $2 for bell boy. ;)

Oh btw.. your dragon riddle's solution is right..


Here is a new one. When I go in I am all dry, when I come out I am all wet and I am the reason for the warm pleasure in your mouth. What am I? :001_tongue::001_tongue::001_tongue::001_tongue::0 01_tongue:

@soretyo, trevor88 and ac8409: Great going guys! Thanks for attempting my riddle and I'm glad that you enjoyed it! Congratulations! You've all hit the Bull's-eye! Here's a quick summary...

The solution is in the way the question is worded. You cannot add what one person HAS to what someone else has PAID and come up with any kind of a meaningful number, you have to subtract.

Each man has paid $9. $9 x 3 = $27
The bellboy has $2
_____________________________
Therefore, the difference=$25 and the Innkeeper has it!

Now, to look at it from the standpoint of the original $30:

Each man has $1. $1 x 3 = $3
The bellboy has $2
The Innkeeper has $25
_______________________________
Therefore, the total is $30

@ac8409:Thanks for letting my imagination run wild! Although my naughty side could have come up with many more interesting solutions to your riddle, but a chewing gum and a hard candy on a cold day(tried & tested!), would also have the same effect.

Here's an easy one!

A man holding a chicken, a fox, and a bag of corn comes to a river with a rowboat that can hold him and one other object. Keep in mind he can't leave the fox with the chicken or the fox will eat it or leave the chicken with the corn for the same reason.
Question:How does he get them all across?

All the best!

Mackenna

Originally Posted by mackenna

Therefore, the total is $30

@ac8409:Thanks for letting my imagination run wild! Although my naughty side could have come up with many more interesting solutions to your riddle, but a chewing gum and a hard candy on a cold day(tried & tested!), would also have the same effect.

That was the idea, but you got it perfect. ;)

Oh oh oh.. I know this one.. chicken fox corn
He takes the chicken first with him on the other end of the shore as fox wont eat corns. leave it there. comes back takes the fox with him. leave him at other side and take the chicken back with him. Leave him at first shore and takes the corns. Leave them with fox. comes back for chicken and now all four of them are on the other side. :D

@ac8409: You got it absolutely right! I'll take some time for my next riddle. So, in the meantime, do you have something that we can chew on?

@trevor88: I was looking forward to reading your reply too! I guess you must be caught up preparing for the weekend! Do you have any riddles in your bag that we can ponder over? 'cause I seem to have temporarily run out of mine!

@sretyo & all: Come on guys! Please send some interesting riddles our way!

Have a lovely weekend and hope to hear from you'll soon!

Best Wishes,

Mackenna:001_smile: