Thread: Riddles

I'm going to say #4. Only #4 can be true if all of the other statements are false. With #1, #2, and #3, there are other possible true statements. #5 contradicts itself.

Yes, correct sir :)





Next one:

There are eight oranges in a box. How can you divide them between eight people so that each person gets one orange, and one orange is still left in the box?
The oranges must not be peeled or cut.

Divide the first seven oranges amongst seven people. Then, leaving the eighth orange in the box, give the box and orange to the eighth person. All eight people end up with one orange each and one orange remains in the box.

Yep, correct! Well done copper :)

Write down the next number in this series:

18, 46, 94, 63, 52, ?

Nice one. I drank an entire cup of tea staring at this before I realized what I was missing.
I'll leave it to you to decide whether to reveal the basis of the progression - or leave it for others to solve as well.
I know that I was slow to see the "twist" here.

18, 46, 94, 63, 52, ? .. 61

Well done Copper :) Yes, the number that was missing is 61 as 4 squared equals 16. The twist was that the numbers form a fragment of the series of the squares, read from back to front.

/me goes away as copper is owning the thread.

It is greater than God and more evil than the devil. The poor have it, the rich need it and if you eat it you'll die. What is it?

@A_J Is it: nothing?