The 100 Pound Watermelon
There is a 100 pound watermelon laying out in the sun. 99 percent of the watermelon's weight is water. After laying out for a few hours 98 percent of the watermelon's weight is water.
How much water evaporated?
How much water evaporated?
Hint:
50 pounds.
In the beginning it is 99 pounds water and 1 pound other stuff. At the end the 1 pound other stuff is 2 percent so the total weight is 50 pounds. 50 pounds - 1 pound other stuff = 49 pounds water. So 99 pounds - 49 pounds = 50 pounds water lost. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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In the beginning it is 99 pounds water and 1 pound other stuff. At the end the 1 pound other stuff is 2 percent so the total weight is 50 pounds. 50 pounds - 1 pound other stuff = 49 pounds water. So 99 pounds - 49 pounds = 50 pounds water lost. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Skipping The Pop Quiz
A teacher decides to give a pop quiz one day but all of her students refuse to take the quiz thinking that the teacher will call off the quiz. She can give only one of these students a detention for skipping the quiz. All of the students know each other's names and if a student knows he/she is getting a detention they take the quiz.
How can she threaten her students with the single detention so they all take the quiz?
How can she threaten her students with the single detention so they all take the quiz?
Hint:
She tells them that she will give the student who skips the quiz whose name comes first alphabetically a detention. This student won't skip because they know they are getting a detention if they do. The next person alphabetically will then know that they will get a detention so they won't skip either, and so on. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Cocker Spaniel, Poodle Rooster Riddle
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Poke Your Fingers In My Eyes
Poke your fingers in my eyes and I will open my jaws wide. Linen cloth, quills, or paper, I am greedy and devour them all. Who am I?
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Rhymes With Pout Riddle
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The Thousand Pound Singer
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Sweet Potato Musician
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The Pony's Sore Throat Riddle
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Two Thousand Pound Gorilla Riddle
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Polar Bear Lunch Riddle
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Birds In Portugal Riddle
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A House With A Post On Top
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Gift To One, Poison To Others
I was a gift to the one but poison to the others
I was a favored sign but also a hated symbol
Some say that of many I was not short
While others talk of two that were far too long
I was stolen and then torn
And became something to mourn
I am in the Bible - what am I?
I was a favored sign but also a hated symbol
Some say that of many I was not short
While others talk of two that were far too long
I was stolen and then torn
And became something to mourn
I am in the Bible - what am I?
Hint: Genesis 37
Not A Potato Riddle
I have skin but Im not a person
I can be peeled but Im not a potato
Im a fruit but Im not an orange
I grow on trees but Im not a banana
Im usually red or green but Im not a grape
What am I?
I can be peeled but Im not a potato
Im a fruit but Im not an orange
I grow on trees but Im not a banana
Im usually red or green but Im not a grape
What am I?
Hint:
Not A Polygon Riddle
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