Power Outage Riddle
Julie is going on an extended trip for three weeks. She lives in a remote area where there are frequent electrical power outages which can last up to three or four days. Julie has quite a bit of food in her freezer which would go bad if it thawed and then re-froze. She does have digital clock and a VCR which would flash 12:00 if the power went out. Unfortunately the clock and VCR flash even if the power only goes out for a few seconds. What can Julie do so that when she returns home she will be able to determine whether the power was out long enough to thaw her food? Asking a neighbor whether the power was out, isn't a reliable option because the nearest house is half a mile away, and one house may have power, while another house may have no power. She won't be able to have a neighbor check on her house every day, and has no one to house sit.
Hint:
One thing Julie could do is freeze a tray of ice-cubes, and turn the tray of ice upside down in her freezer. When she comes home, she should check the tray. If the ice cubes are still in the tray, the food is safe to eat. If the trays are empty, it's time to clean out the freezer. She will have to make a judgment call if the ice-cubes are only slightly thawed. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Living An Exhausting Life Riddle
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How Did Tom Die Riddle
A man named Tom goes to a party. Him and three guests go into a back room to play some games. A few hours later the four of them are discovered dead. One was beaten with a shovel, another had a drill bit in his head, and the other had been clubbed to death. Tom has no marks on his body.
How did he die?
How did he die?
Hint:
He died of a heart attack (all of the deaths are related to a suit in a deck of cards). Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Living In A Hole Riddle
I'm usually slimy and sticky, soft but bumpy, bright and dull, I love to eat what bugs me and sometimes I live in a hole......what am I?
Hint:
Wings That Cannot Fly
Its cold and icy where we live
So we have to huddle in tight
We have wings but we cannot fly
So we cant soar to a great height
We are?
So we have to huddle in tight
We have wings but we cannot fly
So we cant soar to a great height
We are?
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10 Apples Riddle
Doctor Harish and a bus driver Manish are both in love with the same woman named Priyanka. The bus driver need to go for a long trip of 10 days. Before he left he gave priyanka 10 apples. Why?
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Seabed Monster Riddle
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The Confidence Of All
I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will,
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.
What am I? Body parts remaining: 6
No one ever saw me, nor ever will,
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.
What am I? Body parts remaining: 6
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The Actions Of Pericles
Pericles must answer Antiochus' riddle to win the hand of his daughter. If he fails he will face death. The riddle is:
"I am no viper, yet I feed
On mother's flesh which did me breed.
I sought a husband, in which labour
I found that kindness in a father:
He's father, son, and husband mild;
I mother, wife, and yet his child.
How they may be, and yet in two,
As you will live, resolve it you."
What does Pericles do?
"I am no viper, yet I feed
On mother's flesh which did me breed.
I sought a husband, in which labour
I found that kindness in a father:
He's father, son, and husband mild;
I mother, wife, and yet his child.
How they may be, and yet in two,
As you will live, resolve it you."
What does Pericles do?
Hint:
Understands the riddle to mean incest and hints to Antiochus his understanding.
Antiochus realises from Pericles' hints that Pericles has understood the riddle and determines to have him killed. I am not aware of any other reference to incest in Shakespeare. Incest seems to retain its rightful shock value much more in Shakespeare and the classics. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Antiochus realises from Pericles' hints that Pericles has understood the riddle and determines to have him killed. I am not aware of any other reference to incest in Shakespeare. Incest seems to retain its rightful shock value much more in Shakespeare and the classics. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Come Closer Riddle
Please come closer, you must understand,
I simply cannot see.
I've lived long, far from your school
With my humongous family.
Who am I?
I simply cannot see.
I've lived long, far from your school
With my humongous family.
Who am I?
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The Hundred Acre Woods
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Blossoming Ship Riddle
Managing to sail this ship
Across the ocean was awesome
The ship that the pilgrims sailed
Was named as though it might blossom
Across the ocean was awesome
The ship that the pilgrims sailed
Was named as though it might blossom
Hint:
Missionary Among Slaves
I lived from 1797 to 1883.
I was a missionary among slaves in New York.
I used my talent of speaker for the slavery movement.
My name was changed by a Quaker family to Van Wagener.
I was a missionary among slaves in New York.
I used my talent of speaker for the slavery movement.
My name was changed by a Quaker family to Van Wagener.
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Fought For Education Riddle
I saw education as the key to improving the lives of African-Americans in the 1900s, and fought to educate my people. Who am I?
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No Life Riddle
What is clear, but easily gets dirty. It is sometimes hard, but mostly not. Somethings can live in it, but if we do well die. It might not sound important, but yes it is, and without it there will be no life. It is?
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