FRUSTRATED BY THEIR FATHERS INCONSISTENT POCKET MONEY ALLOCATIONS HIS NINE BOYS AND THREE GIRLS AGREED TO SHARE THEIR PENNIES EQUALLY EVERY BOY GAV RIDDLES WITH ANSWERS TO SOLVE - PUZZLES & BRAIN TEASERS

He was too young. Boy, NOT teenage boy.... Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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He lives in Alaska and sunrise's are every six months. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Blood Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Blood Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Jonah Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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A nativity scene Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Father-mother-father

To beat two games in a row, it is necessary to win the second game. This means that it would be to his advantage to play the second game against the weaker player. Though he plays his father twice, he has a higher chance of winning by playing his mother second. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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The odds are 11:1. (The probability is 1/12.)

Imagine they sat down in age order, with each person randomly picking a seat. The first person is guaranteed to pick a seat that "works". The second oldest can sit to his right or left, since these five can sit either clockwise or counterclockwise. The probability of picking a seat that works is thus 2/4, or 1/2. The third oldest now has three chairs to choose from, one of which continues the progression in the order determined by the second person, for a probability of 1/3. This leaves two seats for the fourth oldest, or a 1/2 chance. The youngest would thus be guaranteed to sit in the right seat, since there is only one seat left. This gives 1 * 1/2 * 1/3 * 1/2 * 1 = 1/12, or 11:1 odds against. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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1/3

This is a famous question in understanding conditional probability, which simply means that given some information you might be able to get a better estimate.

The following are possible combinations of two children that form a sample space in any earthly family:

Boy - Girl
Girl - Boy
Boy - Boy
Girl - Girl

Since we know one of the children is a boy, we will drop the girl-girl possibility from the sample space.
This leaves only three possibilities, one of which is two boys. Hence the probability is 1/3 Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Those that remain behind must have written {1,4,6,8,9} and from this only {1,9} are odd. The probability of an odd number is thus 2/5.
Expected number of odds is 2/5 * 90 = 36 Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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The surgeon is the boys mother. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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An advent calendar Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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