Riddles

MB74

What's the first medal they hand out in the olympics?

Careful............:P

Hyzepher

gabigeist wrote: »

He kips overnight so is in the same spot at midnight both days00:00:00??

Nope

Spike440

MB74 wrote: »

What's the first medal they hand out in the olympics?

Careful............:P

I'd love to know the answer to this one. In the meantime:


Glass A has oil in it.
Glass B has exactly the same amount of water in it.
I take a thimble of oil from glass A and put it into glass B.
I then take a thimble of the mixture in glass B and put it in glass A.
There is no waste.
At the end, both glasses have the same amount of liquid in them.
At the end, both glasses have the same amount of liquid as at the start.

Which is greater: the amount of water in glass A or the amount of oil in glass B?

MB74

Spike440 wrote: »

I'd love to know the answer to this one. In the meantime:


The answer of course is Bronze, nothing to do with what event but they always hand out bronze medals first. (yeah cheesey question!!!)

Spike440

I was going to post this but feared derision for giving the obvious answer. Like when the alarm goes off during QI. lol

Spike440

If a clock takes 2 seconds to strike two o'clock, how long does it take to strike three o'clock?

rgiller

Spike440 wrote: »

If a clock takes 2 seconds to strike two o'clock, how long does it take to strike three o'clock?

4 seconds? Gap between strikes is 2 seconds and there are two gaps

Spike440

rgiller wrote: »

4 seconds? Gap between strikes is 2 seconds and there are two gaps

Yup. Maybe you should put the answer in spoiler tags though.

Culchie

Shouldn't it be one hour and 4 seconds?;)

Quality

Spike440 wrote: »

I'd love to know the answer to this one. In the meantime:


Glass A has oil in it.
Glass B has exactly the same amount of water in it.
I take a thimble of oil from glass A and put it into glass B.
I then take a thimble of the mixture in glass B and put it in glass A.
There is no waste.
At the end, both glasses have the same amount of liquid in them.
At the end, both glasses have the same amount of liquid as at the start.

Which is greater: the amount of water in glass A or the amount of oil in glass B?

oil in glass b is greater

Spike440

Quality wrote: »

oil in glass b is greater

Nope.

Mark Hamill

Spike440 wrote: »

I'd love to know the answer to this one. In the meantime:


Glass A has oil in it.
Glass B has exactly the same amount of water in it.
I take a thimble of oil from glass A and put it into glass B.
I then take a thimble of the mixture in glass B and put it in glass A.
There is no waste.
At the end, both glasses have the same amount of liquid in them.
At the end, both glasses have the same amount of liquid as at the start.

Which is greater: the amount of water in glass A or the amount of oil in glass B?

The water in A

Spike440

Mark Hamill wrote: »

The water in A

Nope.

Spike440

Answer

The amount of water in glass A and oil in glass B is equal. Because there has been no waste, and the same amount of liquid remains in each glass, the oil gone from glass A is replaced by the same amount of water from glass B.

rgiller

Spike440 wrote: »

Answer

The amount of water in glass A and oil in glass B is equal. Because there has been no waste, and the same amount of liquid remains in each glass, the oil gone from glass A is replaced by the same amount of water from glass B.

Hmmm, except that

the liquid removed from B contained some oil and some water, in the ratio thimble volume:glass volume. Therefore not all liquid replaced in A was water, therefore more oil in B

Spike440

rgiller wrote: »

Hmmm, except that

the liquid removed from B contained some oil and some water, in the ratio thimble volume:glass volume. Therefore not all liquid replaced in A was water, therefore more oil in B

That's what I thought originally but my answer is correct. Say both are 100 mls and the thimble is 10 mls. If at the end glass A has 90 mls oil and 10 mls water, the extra 10 mls oil must be in glass b, and vice bersa. It works with any values. It's counter-intuitive I know!

Mark Hamill

Spike440 wrote: »

That's what I thought originally but my answer is correct. Say both are 100 mls and the thimble is 10 mls. If at the end glass A has 90 mls oil and 10 mls water, the extra 10 mls oil must be in glass b, and vice bersa. It works with any values. It's counter-intuitive I know!

I did that in my head earlier and came up my answer, but when I wrote it down just now to prove that you were wrong, I saw that I had made a mistake in my head:o
Nice Riddle.

Flashweaver

Try Little Britain:

I am solid but I'm liquid, i am coloured yet I'm clear, I am jelly, what am i?


Or here's a serious one, I havn't read all 8 pages so I hope it's not already here.

3 boys are on holiday and decide to get their parents a present so they go to the gift shop. The see the perfect gift, a lamp which costs 30 euros so they each put 10 euro towards it. At the checkout the shopkeeper remembers the lamp is actually on special offer and only costs 25 euros. To make up for this he gives each of the boys 1 euro back and keeps the remaining 2 (greedy I know!). So after getting a euro back each, the boys really only paid 9 euro each, yes? Well 3 9's is 27 and the 2 that the shopkeeper kept makes 29. So what happened to the last euro???:eek:

Apparent loopholes in Maths like this always make me wonder why we dont have a better system.....:D

cacio

they each paid €9 which equals €27, plus the €1 change they got back which is €3. They €2 the shopkeeper keeps is included in the original €9. so €27 for the lamp plus €3 change is €30.

Spike440

Two boys were born to the same woman, on the same date, in the same year yet they were not twins. How?

laoisforliam

They were both born on the same day, not same date ie. a sunday. ONe could have been born on a sunday in january and the next born on a sunday in december of the same year

Spike440

It's supposed to mean the same day (same date). I've amended the original riddle now.

Livvie

Spike440 wrote: »

It's supposed to mean the same day (same date). I've amended the original riddle now.

They were two of three boys, so are triplets?

Spike440

That's it!

bogwalrus

Flashweaver wrote: »

Try Little Britain:

I am solid but I'm liquid, i am coloured yet I'm clear, I am jelly, what am i?

i am anti-jelly? or maybe plasma?

Mark Hamill

Flashweaver wrote: »

I am solid but I'm liquid, i am coloured yet I'm clear, I am jelly, what am i?

Eh, are you jelly?

silverY

are you hair gel??

Quality

1. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three
> > rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of
> > assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that
> > haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
> >
> > 2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for
> over
> > 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go
> > out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this
> be?
> >
> > 3. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray
> when
> > you throw it away ?
> >
> > 4. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words
> > Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?
> >
> >
> >
> > 5. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to just how
> quickly
> > you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary
> > and plain that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact,
> > nothing is wrong with it! It is highly unusual though. Study it
> and
> > think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if
> you
> > work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any
> > coaching!
> >

Spike440

1.

The third room because the lions must be dead.

2.

She took a photo of him, developed it and hung it on the wall.

3.

Charcoal

4.

Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, St. Stephen's Day

5.

The letter "e" does not appear in the paragraph.

Quality

Spike440 wrote: »

1.

The third rooms because the lions must be dead.

2.

She took a photo of him, developed it and hung it on the wall.

3.

Charcoal

4.

Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, St. Stephen's Day

5.

The letter "e" does not appear in the paragraph.

jaysus your good!!;)