Dropping Coconuts Riddle
You have two coconuts and you want to find out how high they can be dropped from a 100 story building before they break. But you only have $1.40 and the elevator costs a dime each time you ride it up (it's free for rides down).
How can you drop the coconuts to guarantee you will find the lowest floor they will break at, while starting and ending at floor 1?
How can you drop the coconuts to guarantee you will find the lowest floor they will break at, while starting and ending at floor 1?
Hint: They break when dropped from the same height and they don't weaken from getting dropped.
You could drop it at floor 1 first (because you start at floor 1). Then you would go to the floors: 14, 27, 39, 50, 60, 69, 77, 84, 90, 95, 99, and 100. Whatever floor your first coconut breaks at, go to the floor above the last floor the coconut survived and drop the second coconut from this floor. Then go up by one floor until the second coconut breaks and that is the lowest floor it will break at. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Cowboy Cows
Two cowboys live next door to each other and both have a corral for their cows in the back. One day they meet at the back of their homes, standing next to a wall dividing their corrals. The first cowboy gets to thinking and asks his neighbor for a cow so he can double his herd. The other cowboys replies, Thats fine by me partner, cuz then well have the same number of cows? How many cows does each cowboy own?
Hint:
We’ll use A to represent the first cowboy and B for the second cowboy.
A + 1 = 2A, so A = 1.
A + 1 = B – 1, so B = 3. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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A + 1 = 2A, so A = 1.
A + 1 = B – 1, so B = 3. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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The Countdown Is On
A house with lots of open windows
Some numbers show you what to keep close
The countdown is on and you will find
Something is hidden back behind
I am an?
Some numbers show you what to keep close
The countdown is on and you will find
Something is hidden back behind
I am an?
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The Murder Of Ray Whitcombe
Ray Whitcombe is found dead in his office at his desk. The police have narrowed the suspects down to three people: Mrs. Barbara Whitcombe, Ray's wife; Mr. Jason McCubbins, Ray's business partner; and Mr. Harold Nichols, Ray's best friend. All three visited Mr. Whitcombe the day of his murder, but all three provide the police with stories of explanation as to the reason for their visit. Police found Mr. Whitcombe with his wrist watch still on his right arm, a torn up picture of his wife laying on the floor beside the trash can, and an ink pen in his right hand. On the desk, the police found a name plate, a telephone that was off the hook, and a personal calendar turned to the July 5th page with 7B91011 written on it. After examining this evidence, the police knew their suspect. Who was it?
Hint:
Jason McCubbins, Ray's business partner. The calendar is the clue to solving this murder. The police realized that since Mr. Whitcombe was wearing his watch on his right arm, he must be left handed. But the pen was found in his right hand. Realizing that the number on the calendar was written in a hurry and with his opposite hand, police matched the written number with the months of the year. So the B was an 8, thereby giving us 7-8-9-10-11: July, August, September, October, November. Use the first letter of each month and it spells J-A-S-O-N. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Letting Air In Riddle
There are a lot of me on schools
On a car and your home too
Made of glass and can be opened
In order to let air through
I'm????
On a car and your home too
Made of glass and can be opened
In order to let air through
I'm????
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The Spit Jam Mystery
There was once a rich man who lived in a large circle house, one day he woke up and found that someone had spit jam all over his new shirt. When he asked who did it, the 1st servant said "it wasn't me I was cooking." The 2nd servant said " It wasn't me I was tiding up the books" the 3rd servant said "It wasn't me I was dusting the corners of the house" Who did it?
Hint:
The third servant because they said they were dusting the corners of the house, but the house has no corners since it's a circle! Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Down The Volcano Riddle
A man and a woman just got married and they are flying to Hawaii for their honeymoon. As the couple were looking down into one of the largest volcanoes, the wife falls in and dies. The husband flies back to his home very sad.
The next day, he gets a phone call. The person on the phone said "I know who killed your wife."
Who killed the wife?
Who called the husband?
How did they know?
The next day, he gets a phone call. The person on the phone said "I know who killed your wife."
Who killed the wife?
Who called the husband?
How did they know?
Hint:
The husband killed his wife.
The person who called was a flight attendant, because after reading about the death of his wife in the Newspaper she realized he bought one round trip ticket for himself and a one way ticket for his wife. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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The person who called was a flight attendant, because after reading about the death of his wife in the Newspaper she realized he bought one round trip ticket for himself and a one way ticket for his wife. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Five Best Friends
There are five best friends. They all go to a salon. One gets a touch up, one gets there hair done, one gets a manicure, one gets a pedicure, one got her eyebrows done. When they go back to there hotel they fall asleep. 10 minutes later they here a scream. When they turned on the light there was a dead man on the floor with a knife beside him. They called the police and the police arrested the murderer. Who did it and how did they know?
Hint:
It was the girl who got her hair done because before the other girls got there makeover they had to wash there hands! Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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A Round Hotel
There is a round hotel. A famous person walks in. The lights go off. When the lights turn back on the famous person is dead. Who did it, the waiter dusting the corner, the chef holding cleavers, or the crazy customer?
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The Ship Thief Riddle
A Japanese ship is on route back to the shore from the Atlantic Ocean. Seeking the silent waves, the captain decides to take a shower. He keeps his Rolex and diamond studded gold bracelet on the shelf and goes for a shower. When he returns back, he finds both the watch and bracelet missing. He immediately calls the four crew members and asks them what they were doing during that duration. Following are the answers:
1. French Guy, the Cook: I was in the kitchen, making bacon sandwiches for everybody.
2. Russian Guy, the engineer: I was in the generator room, checking the generator.
3. Pakistani Guy, the housekeeper: I saw that the flag hoisted on the ship was upside down, so I went to correct it.
4. Srilankan Guy, the second housekeeper: I was tired and taking a quick nap.
The captain immediately knew who the thief was. Can you tell?
1. French Guy, the Cook: I was in the kitchen, making bacon sandwiches for everybody.
2. Russian Guy, the engineer: I was in the generator room, checking the generator.
3. Pakistani Guy, the housekeeper: I saw that the flag hoisted on the ship was upside down, so I went to correct it.
4. Srilankan Guy, the second housekeeper: I was tired and taking a quick nap.
The captain immediately knew who the thief was. Can you tell?
Hint:
The thief is the Pakistani guy. It is because the flag of Japan looks same when upside down and no one can tell if it is upside down. So, he was telling a lie. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Running Bases Riddle
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99 Points Riddle
While out bowling with his friends, a man managed to throw eight strikes (all ten pins knocked down in a single throw) and not a single gutter ball during the entire game. To his amazement, his final score was only 99 points! Assuming there were no penalties or fouls, can you come up with a ten frame scorecard with eight strikes and a final score of only 99 points?
Hint: If you knock down a single pin, for example at the far left of the back row, then repeat the same identical shot on your second throw, you'll score 0 points for your second throw (because there's no pin there anymore), but it's not a gutter ball as the s
Just to reiterate the hint, if you knock down a single pin, for example at the far left of the back row, then repeat the same identical shot on your second throw, you'll score 0 points for your second throw (because there's no pin there anymore), but it's not a gutter ball as the shot did not enter the gutter. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Two Have Ten
This is what you use to write
But it is not a pen
One of these has five fingers
And two of them have ten
But it is not a pen
One of these has five fingers
And two of them have ten
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Protecting His Majesty And Queen
To the left of the clergy of backwards discourse,
And to the right of the fortress sits the knight and his horse,
He's duty bound to protect his majesty and queen,
And though his path is strait he always lands in between.
What is he?
And to the right of the fortress sits the knight and his horse,
He's duty bound to protect his majesty and queen,
And though his path is strait he always lands in between.
What is he?
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Throwing A Basketball Riddle
A man takes a basketball and throws it as hard as he can. There is nothing in front, behind, or on either side of him, and yet, the ball comes back and hits him square in the face. How can this be?
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