Pearl Problems Riddle
"I'm a very rich man, so I've decided to give you some of my fortune. Do you see this bag? I have 5001 pearls inside it. 2501 of them are white, and 2500 of them are black. No, I am not racist. I'll let you take out any number of pearls from the bag without looking. If you take out the same number of black and white pearls, I will reward you with a number of gold bars equivalent to the number of pearls you took."
How many pearls should you take out to give yourself a good number of gold bars while still retaining a good chance of actually getting them?
How many pearls should you take out to give yourself a good number of gold bars while still retaining a good chance of actually getting them?
Hint: If you took out 2 pearls, you would have about a 50% chance of getting 2 gold bars. However, you can take even more pearls and still retain the 50% chance.
Take out 5000 pearls. If the remaining pearl is white, then you've won 5000 gold bars! Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Borrowing Books Riddle
Hint:
A Room That Has Books
Pirates were sneaky, you could say they were crooks. To find the next clue, go to a room that has books?
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Finding Books Riddle
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Shepherds And A Baby Riddle
If there are shepherds and a baby
Three kings but not a queen
It probably means youre looking at
A.....?
Three kings but not a queen
It probably means youre looking at
A.....?
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Coconut Toll Booth Riddle
There is a beautiful garden surrounded with water on three sides and only one road leading to it. This garden has thousands of coconut trees. Anyone can visit to pick coconuts.
The coconuts can be taken in boxes only. Each box can carry 20 coconuts.You can take as many boxes as you like for free but there are ten toll barriers on the road. Each toll booth collects tax in the form of you guessed it: coconuts. The number of coconuts taken is equal to the number of boxes. For example if you are carrying 50 boxes of coconut you have to pay 50 coconuts at each barrier.
If you took 10 boxes filled with coconuts from garden, tell me how many coconuts would you have remaining after crossing all ten toll booths?
The coconuts can be taken in boxes only. Each box can carry 20 coconuts.You can take as many boxes as you like for free but there are ten toll barriers on the road. Each toll booth collects tax in the form of you guessed it: coconuts. The number of coconuts taken is equal to the number of boxes. For example if you are carrying 50 boxes of coconut you have to pay 50 coconuts at each barrier.
If you took 10 boxes filled with coconuts from garden, tell me how many coconuts would you have remaining after crossing all ten toll booths?
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Fruit That Contains Water
This is a fruit that contains some water
And can provide milk and oil for cooking
If you ever want to see one growing
On a palm trees where you should be looking
This fruit is a?
And can provide milk and oil for cooking
If you ever want to see one growing
On a palm trees where you should be looking
This fruit is a?
Hint:
A Container Holder Water
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A Symbol Of Christianity
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Three Not Six
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Hung Around Peoples Necks
It can look like a T
It can look like an X
They can be found on chains
Hung around peoples necks
What is it?
It can look like an X
They can be found on chains
Hung around peoples necks
What is it?
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Psychopath Test Riddle
This is a story about a girl.
While at the funeral of her own mother, she met a guy whom she did not know. She thought this guy was amazing, so much the dream guy that she was searching for that she fell in love with him immediately.
However, she never asked for his name or number and afterward could not find anyone who knew who he was.
A few days later the girl killed her own sister.
Why did she kill her sister?
While at the funeral of her own mother, she met a guy whom she did not know. She thought this guy was amazing, so much the dream guy that she was searching for that she fell in love with him immediately.
However, she never asked for his name or number and afterward could not find anyone who knew who he was.
A few days later the girl killed her own sister.
Why did she kill her sister?
Hint:
She reasoned that if the guy appeared at her mother's funeral, then he might appear another family funeral.
If you answered this correctly, you think like a psychopath. This was a test by a famous American psychologist used to test if one has the same mentality as a killer. Many arrested serial killers took part in this test and answered correctly. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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If you answered this correctly, you think like a psychopath. This was a test by a famous American psychologist used to test if one has the same mentality as a killer. Many arrested serial killers took part in this test and answered correctly. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Born In Mourning
I have a name, but it isn't my name. My face shows signs of age. I always mean the same thing, no matter what I say. I'm born in mourning, and I last 'til the end of days. Men plant me, but I never grow. They run from me, but I never move. They look at me and see their future, rotting in the fields where I bloom. What am I?
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Meeting Your Fate
If you ever happen to see one of these etched
With your name, birth year and a future date
You might want to be worried that there is someone
Who knows when it is youll meet your fate
What is this?
With your name, birth year and a future date
You might want to be worried that there is someone
Who knows when it is youll meet your fate
What is this?
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Found Beneath A Chimney
I can keep you warm but Im not a scarf
Im often made of brick or stone but Im not a wall
I sometimes have a poker but I dont have a deck of cards
I contain logs but Im not a forest
Im found beneath a chimney but Im not Santa
What could I be?
Im often made of brick or stone but Im not a wall
I sometimes have a poker but I dont have a deck of cards
I contain logs but Im not a forest
Im found beneath a chimney but Im not Santa
What could I be?
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