The Loaded Revolver Riddle
Henry has been caught stealing cattle, and is brought into town for justice. The judge is his ex-wife Gretchen, who wants to show him some sympathy, but the law clearly calls for two shots to be taken at Henry from close range. To make things a little better for Henry, Gretchen tells him she will place two bullets into a six-chambered revolver in successive order. She will spin the chamber, close it, and take one shot. If Henry is still alive, she will then either take another shot, or spin the chamber again before shooting.
Henry is a bit incredulous that his own ex-wife would carry out the punishment, and a bit sad that she was always such a rule follower. He steels himself as Gretchen loads the chambers, spins the revolver, and pulls the trigger. Whew! It was blank. Then Gretchen asks, "Do you want me to pull the trigger again, or should I spin the chamber a second time before pulling the trigger?"
What should Henry choose?
Henry is a bit incredulous that his own ex-wife would carry out the punishment, and a bit sad that she was always such a rule follower. He steels himself as Gretchen loads the chambers, spins the revolver, and pulls the trigger. Whew! It was blank. Then Gretchen asks, "Do you want me to pull the trigger again, or should I spin the chamber a second time before pulling the trigger?"
What should Henry choose?
Hint:
Henry should have Gretchen pull the trigger again without spinning.
We know that the first chamber Gretchen fired was one of the four empty chambers. Since the bullets were placed in consecutive order, one of the empty chambers is followed by a bullet, and the other three empty chambers are followed by another empty chamber. So if Henry has Gretchen pull the trigger again, the probability that a bullet will be fired is 1/4.
If Gretchen spins the chamber again, the probability that she shoots Henry would be 2/6, or 1/3, since there are two possible bullets that would be in firing position out of the six possible chambers that would be in position. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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We know that the first chamber Gretchen fired was one of the four empty chambers. Since the bullets were placed in consecutive order, one of the empty chambers is followed by a bullet, and the other three empty chambers are followed by another empty chamber. So if Henry has Gretchen pull the trigger again, the probability that a bullet will be fired is 1/4.
If Gretchen spins the chamber again, the probability that she shoots Henry would be 2/6, or 1/3, since there are two possible bullets that would be in firing position out of the six possible chambers that would be in position. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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The Holy Trinity
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Bat School Riddle
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A Tank Without A Military
I'm white but I'm not snow
I have a bowl but I don't hold cereal
I have a tank but I'm not in the military
I can be sat on but I'm not a bench
I get flushed but I don't have a red face
I have a bowl but I don't hold cereal
I have a tank but I'm not in the military
I can be sat on but I'm not a bench
I get flushed but I don't have a red face
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Home Of The Flush
This is a part of the house
Where something can be flushed
It's the place you wash yourself
And where your teeth get brushed
Where something can be flushed
It's the place you wash yourself
And where your teeth get brushed
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Where You Go Potty
This is somewhere in the house
Where a mirror can be seen
It's where you can go potty
Also where you can get clean
Where a mirror can be seen
It's where you can go potty
Also where you can get clean
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In The Bathroom
If you go to the UK
British people call them loos
You find them in the bathroom
They're for number ones and twos
British people call them loos
You find them in the bathroom
They're for number ones and twos
Hint:
In The Bathroom It Is Seen
This is something that is white
In a bathroom it is seen
One outside that doesn't flush
Often gets called a latrine
In a bathroom it is seen
One outside that doesn't flush
Often gets called a latrine
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Cop On The Toilet
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Sailing On The Ocean
Once there was a man and his wife and son. They were out sailing on the ocean when they got ship wrecked on an island. There was little on the island, few coconuts, small amount of clean water, and some pineapple. There were also quite a few pelicans, which the man thought was strange cause there was so little food on the island. Well one day his son died. They were devastated. The man and his wife tried to survive by eating the pineapples and trying to catch a pelican but never could catch one. When the man was close to death his wife had brought him some meat from a pelican that she had caught. He loved it and that saved his life. He was rescued by a helicopter and brought back to his city without his wife cause she had died before. So one day back in the city he went into a bar and he ordered a pelican sandwich to remind him of his wife. He took one bite and he went outside and shot himself. Why did he kill himself?
Hint:
He took one bite of it but it was not the same meat that his wife had given to him on the island. He realized that the meat she had given him on the island was really her dead son. So he went out and killed himself because he couldn't live with himself after he ate his own son. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Sentence With All Letters
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Dancing Feet Riddle
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African American Poet Riddle
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Intertwining Dimensions Riddle
More than just a double triangle, I intertwine the internal and external dimensions of God, Torah and Israel. What am I?
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Home Of Hamsters Riddle
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