Crossing The Bridge Riddle
There are two villages separated with a river. Each day, four people cross the river through a bridge to work on the other side and earn for their families. On one night when they were returning from work, they noticed that the bridge was about to collapse. Now all of them wanted to cross the bridge before it collapsed as no one wanted to be stuck on that end without their families.
They had just one torch with them and since it was the night time, they could not see without it. The bridge had become weak and it could only accommodate two people at a time. It was going to collapse in just 17 minutes.
The four people took different times to cross the bridge. First one took only a minute, second one took 2 minutes, third one took 5 minutes and the last one took 10 minutes.
How would all of them have managed to cross the bridge in time?
They had just one torch with them and since it was the night time, they could not see without it. The bridge had become weak and it could only accommodate two people at a time. It was going to collapse in just 17 minutes.
The four people took different times to cross the bridge. First one took only a minute, second one took 2 minutes, third one took 5 minutes and the last one took 10 minutes.
How would all of them have managed to cross the bridge in time?
Hint:
Let us denote the four people with A, B, C and D.
A takes 1 minute to cross, B takes 2, C takes 5 and D takes 10.
A and B cross first spending 2 minutes.
A comes back with torch taking 1 minute.
C and D cross taking 10 minutes.
B comes back with torch taking 2 minutes.
Finally, A and B cross the bridge taking 2 minutes.
2 + 1 + 10 + 2 + 2 = 17 minutes
Thus, this is the way they all managed to cross that bridge that night. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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A takes 1 minute to cross, B takes 2, C takes 5 and D takes 10.
A and B cross first spending 2 minutes.
A comes back with torch taking 1 minute.
C and D cross taking 10 minutes.
B comes back with torch taking 2 minutes.
Finally, A and B cross the bridge taking 2 minutes.
2 + 1 + 10 + 2 + 2 = 17 minutes
Thus, this is the way they all managed to cross that bridge that night. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Copper And Tellurium Riddle
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Tells It Not Riddle
Whoever makes it, tells it not.
Whoever takes it, knows it not.
Whoever knows it, wants it not.
What is it?
Whoever takes it, knows it not.
Whoever knows it, wants it not.
What is it?
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Old Bananas Riddle
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People Cry At My Sight
I have a name that's not mine,
and no one cares about me in their prime.
People cry at my sight,
and lie by me all day and night.
What am I?
and no one cares about me in their prime.
People cry at my sight,
and lie by me all day and night.
What am I?
Hint:
Hung Around Peoples Necks
It can look like a T
It can look like an X
They can be found on chains
Hung around peoples necks
What is it?
It can look like an X
They can be found on chains
Hung around peoples necks
What is it?
Hint:
Fastening Two People
Hint:
The Same Birthday Riddle
How many people must be gathered together in a room, before you can be certain that there is a greater than 50/50 chance that at least two of them have the same birthday?
Hint:
Only twenty-three people need be in the room, a surprisingly small number. The probability that there will not be two matching birthdays is then, ignoring leap years, 365x364x363x...x343/365 over 23 which is approximately 0.493. this is less than half, and therefore the probability that a pair occurs is greater than 50-50. With as few as fourteen people in the room the chances are better than 50-50 that a pair will have birthdays on the same day or on consecutive days. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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White And Brittle
These are a part of your body
Sometimes theyre large, sometimes theyre little
Theyre white and they can be broken
And in some people they are brittle
What could these things be?
Sometimes theyre large, sometimes theyre little
Theyre white and they can be broken
And in some people they are brittle
What could these things be?
Hint:
The Cleanest People In The Choir Riddle
Hint:
I Kill People
I kill people when you need me to, I am not accepted and illegal, I need to be refilled from time to time and I can harm my owner. What am I?
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In A Hurricane Some People Fear Me Riddle
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5 People In A Room
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You See A Boat Riddle
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You Are Driving A Bus Riddle
What color were the bus driver's eyes?
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