The Riddle/Tricky question Thread

[Guest wildpegasus]

I thought it'd be a good idea to post a riddle/tricky question thread. Basically, ask riddles/tricky questions and see who can figure them out. Any question that's somewhat tricky should suffice here.

 

 

I guess I'll start with one.

 

A man is up in the raftors in a barren (except for the raftors), enclosed room where only a door is present. The weird thing is that the raftors are really high off the ground so nobody can figure out how he did it. The only clue is some water that is present underneath him. How did the man manage to get up there?

[the max 0]

Floated up on water that went back down.

[Guest OldSkoolNWA]

Blocks of ice

[Guest wildpegasus]

Blocks of ice

Yeah, that's right. IT was ice. The thing I noticed with that question is that some will get it right away but with others it will take a long time to get if they get it at all. It matters how you look at it.

 

Now anyone out there feel free to post any riddles. I think we can get a good thread going on here.

[Guest Nanks]

Why are 1980 One Dollar bills worth more than 1979 One Dollar bills??

[nl5xsk1 0]

Because there is one more of them ($1,980.00 vs $1,979.00)

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

What has four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three in the evening?

[Spaceman Spiff 0]

Answer = Man

 

Jeez, stop ripping off the Sphinx.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

What row of numbers comes next?

 

1

11

21

1211

111221

312211

13112221

[Guest Regina Phelange]

A husband and wife have 7 children, exactly half of these children are girls. (no siamese twins or hermaphrodites) How is this possible?

[Guest Regina Phelange]

A man was found strangled to death in his car, all the windows were rolled up and intact and all the doors were locked from the inside. How did the killer get in the car?

[Guest Regina Phelange]

I am invisible

I am never enough

I crumble mountains

I topple empires

What am I

[Spaceman Spiff 0]

A husband and wife have 7 children, exactly half of these children are girls. (no siamese twins or hermaphrodites) How is this possible?

2 separate families (i.e the husband and wife mentioned aren't married to each other).

[Spaceman Spiff 0]

I am invisible

I am never enough

I crumble mountains

I topple empires

What am I

Greed?

[Spaceman Spiff 0]

A man was found strangled to death in his car, all the windows were rolled up and intact and all the doors were locked from the inside. How did the killer get in the car?

His car is a convertible (with the top down)?

[Spaceman Spiff 0]

What row of numbers comes next?

 

1

11

21

1211

111221

312211

13112221

This one, however, has me stumped.

 

Hmm....

[Guest Regina Phelange]

A man was found strangled to death in his car, all the windows were rolled up and intact and all the doors were locked from the inside. How did the killer get in the car?

His car is a convertible (with the top down)?

right

[Guest Regina Phelange]

I am invisible

I am never enough

I crumble mountains

I topple empires

What am I

Greed?

no, good guess though

[Guest Regina Phelange]

A husband and wife have 7 children, exactly half of these children are girls. (no siamese twins or hermaphrodites) How is this possible?

2 separate families (i.e the husband and wife mentioned aren't married to each other).

no

[Kaertos 0]

I am invisible

I am never enough

I crumble mountains

I topple empires

What am I

 

Time.

 

A man was found strangled to death in his car, all the windows were rolled up and intact and all the doors were locked from the inside. How did the killer get in the car?

 

There are a couple of answers for this one. For one, just becuase the doors were locked form the inside doesn't mean anything. the killer could have forced the guy into the car, strangles him and got out of the car, letting the doors he had locked while in the car close behind him.

 

A husband and wife have 7 children, exactly half of these children are girls. (no siamese twins or hermaphrodites) How is this possible?

 

One child hasn't been born yet, thus the sex is unknown.

[The Metal Maniac 0]

1

11

21

1211

111221

312211

13112221

11111111, maybe?

 

And because I think it sounds better then the version asked:

 

This thing all things devours

Birds, beasts, trees flowers

Gnaws iron, bites steel

Grinds hard stones to meal

Slays king, ruins town

And beats high mountain down.

[Guest Regina Phelange]

1

11

21

1211

111221

312211

13112221

11111111, maybe?

 

And because I think it sounds better then the version asked:

 

This thing all things devours

Birds, beasts, trees flowers

Gnaws iron, bites steel

Grinds hard stones to meal

Slays king, ruins town

And beats high mountain down.

yeah that version is better, but i'm not Tolkien.

[Guest Regina Phelange]

I am invisible

I am never enough

I crumble mountains

I topple empires

What am I

 

Time.

 

A man was found strangled to death in his car, all the windows were rolled up and intact and all the doors were locked from the inside. How did the killer get in the car?

 

There are a couple of answers for this one. For one, just becuase the doors were locked form the inside doesn't mean anything. the killer could have forced the guy into the car, strangles him and got out of the car, letting the doors he had locked while in the car close behind him.

 

A husband and wife have 7 children, exactly half of these children are girls. (no siamese twins or hermaphrodites) How is this possible?

 

One child hasn't been born yet, thus the sex is unknown.

good, but still wrong on the 7 kids riddle

[The Amazing Rando 0]

What row of numbers comes next?

 

1

11

21

1211

111221

312211

13112221

1113213211

 

I had seen that one before though.

 

 

 

the 7 kids riddle, I believe the answer is that all of them are girls, so then exactly half are girls and so are the other half.

[Guest Regina Phelange]

What row of numbers comes next?

 

1

11

21

1211

111221

312211

13112221

1113213211

 

I had seen that one before though.

 

 

 

the 7 kids riddle, I believe the answer is that all of them are girls, so then exactly half are girls and so are the other half.

amazing, rando.

[Guest BDC]

It's the beginning of all eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of every ending and the end of every place. What is it?

[Guest Regina Phelange]

It's the beginning of all eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of every ending and the end of every place. What is it?

the letter "E"

[CanadianChris 0]

A farmer and his hired help were carrying grain to the barn. The farmer carried one sack of grain and the hired help carried two sacks. Who carried the heavier load and why?

[Spaceman Spiff 0]

The farmer. He carried 1 sack of grain, while the hired help carried 2 sacks (doesn't say any grain is in them).

[Guest Regina Phelange]

What is greater than god

More evil than the devil

Rich people want it

Poor people have it

And if you eat it you'll die?

 

What is it?