Lakes And Boats Riddle
There is a lake with shores A and B. Two motorboats M and N are standing on the opposite sides (A and B respectively). M leaves A and N leaves B and start moving with constant speeds. They meet for the first time 500 yards away from A. After touching the shores, they return back to the previous shore point without taking any break. This time they meet at 300 yards away from B.
Can you determine how wide the lake is? What is the relation between the speeds of boats?
Can you determine how wide the lake is? What is the relation between the speeds of boats?
Hint:
When the boats meet for the first time, they have sailed a combined distance that is equal to one length of the lake. When they meet the second time, they have sailed 3 lengths. The elapsed time and the distance for each is three times.
When they meet for the second time, the boat M has sailed 500 x 3 = 1500 yards. Now, this is 300 yards longer than the length of the lake, it must be 1200 yards wide.
The ration between the speed of boat M and boat N is equal to the ratio of the distance that they have sailed before they meet the first time. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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When they meet for the second time, the boat M has sailed 500 x 3 = 1500 yards. Now, this is 300 yards longer than the length of the lake, it must be 1200 yards wide.
The ration between the speed of boat M and boat N is equal to the ratio of the distance that they have sailed before they meet the first time. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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I Have Paint On Me Riddle
I sometimes have paint put on me but Im not a wall
I come from trees but Im not a fruit
I get put in a printer but Im not ink
What am I?
I come from trees but Im not a fruit
I get put in a printer but Im not ink
What am I?
Hint:
Raisins And Chocolate Chips Riddle
Some people prefer them with raisins
Some like them to contain chocolate chips
Whichever kind of these you like though
They dont last long once theyve passed your lips
What are they?
Some like them to contain chocolate chips
Whichever kind of these you like though
They dont last long once theyve passed your lips
What are they?
Hint:
Found In A Subway Riddle
I have seats but I'm not a living room
I have an engine but I'm not a car
I'm a mode of transport but I'm not an airplane
I'm sometimes a bullet but I'm not fired out of a gun
I can be found in a subway but Im not a sandwich.
What could I be?
I have an engine but I'm not a car
I'm a mode of transport but I'm not an airplane
I'm sometimes a bullet but I'm not fired out of a gun
I can be found in a subway but Im not a sandwich.
What could I be?
Hint:
It Was Murder Riddle
A body is found at the bottom of a multistory building. Seeing the position of the body it is evident that the person jumped from one of the windows.
A homicide detective is called to look after the case. He goes to the first floor and walks in the room facing the direction in which the body was found. He opens the window in that direction and flips a coin towards the floor.
Then he goes to the second floor and repeats the process. He keeps on doing it till the last floor. Then, when he climbs down, he tells the team that it is a murder not suicide.
How did he come to know that it was a murder?
A homicide detective is called to look after the case. He goes to the first floor and walks in the room facing the direction in which the body was found. He opens the window in that direction and flips a coin towards the floor.
Then he goes to the second floor and repeats the process. He keeps on doing it till the last floor. Then, when he climbs down, he tells the team that it is a murder not suicide.
How did he come to know that it was a murder?
Hint:
At each floor, he did the same task of opening the window and flipping the coin. If it was a suicide, then at least the window at any of the floors must have been left open by the person who jumped off. The situation only suggests that someone pushed him off and then closed the window again. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Puddle Of Water Riddle
Hint:
Japanese Ship Thief Riddle
A Japanese ship was en route in the open sea. The Japanese captain went for a shower removing his diamond ring and Rolex watch on the table. When he returned, his valuables were missing. The captain immediately called the five suspected crew members and asked each one where and what he was doing for the last 15 minutes.
The Filipino cook in a heavy overcoat said, I was in fridge room getting meat for cooking.
The Indian Engineer with a torch in hand said, I was working on generator engine.
The Sri Lankan seaman said, I was on the mast (top of the ship) correcting the flag which was upside down by mistake.
The British radio officer said, I was messaging to company that we are reaching the next port in 72 hours. From now that is Wednesday morning at 10 AM.
The British navigation officer said, I am on night watch, so sleeping in my cabin.
The captain caught the liar. So who is the thief?
The Filipino cook in a heavy overcoat said, I was in fridge room getting meat for cooking.
The Indian Engineer with a torch in hand said, I was working on generator engine.
The Sri Lankan seaman said, I was on the mast (top of the ship) correcting the flag which was upside down by mistake.
The British radio officer said, I was messaging to company that we are reaching the next port in 72 hours. From now that is Wednesday morning at 10 AM.
The British navigation officer said, I am on night watch, so sleeping in my cabin.
The captain caught the liar. So who is the thief?
Hint:
The thief is the Sri Lankan seaman. They are on a Japanese ship, so it will bear a Japanese flag. The Japanese flag will look the same upside down. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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No Windows Or Doors Riddle
Hint:
The Window Of Time Riddle
I am the window of time,
In which a single scene,
Always and never the same,
Forms on a shimmering screen;
The well of eternity,
Receding in the center,
Through which infinity
Beckons where none can enter.
What am I?
In which a single scene,
Always and never the same,
Forms on a shimmering screen;
The well of eternity,
Receding in the center,
Through which infinity
Beckons where none can enter.
What am I?
Hint:
Driven Through The Day Riddle
People are driven through the day by me
Late nights I do inspire
If not contained I run wild
What am I?
Late nights I do inspire
If not contained I run wild
What am I?
Hint:
Late For The Bus Riddle
A married couple is traveling by bus on dangerous mountain roads. Midway through their journey the bus stops for snacks and a restroom break. The couple is enjoying the postcards in the store when the bus driver curtly tells them its past time to leave. Fifteen minutes after, the bus is hit by a mud slide and two people are killed. The couple blames themselves for the deaths. Why?
Hint:
They blame themselves because they caused the bus to be late. If they had been on time, the bus would have already passed the location of the mud slide. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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A Place Where People Stand
Go to a place where people stand
The roads are wide and the vehicles grand
A booth showing tickets for sale on top
This the place where the coaches stop
Where is this place?
The roads are wide and the vehicles grand
A booth showing tickets for sale on top
This the place where the coaches stop
Where is this place?
Hint:
He Is My Son Riddle
A patient is rushed into the emergency ward of the National Hospital after a horrific road crash, and is in urgent need of an operation to save his life. The surgeon on duty walks into the room and says "Oh my god! I can't operate on this boy. He is my SON!" but the surgeon was not the boy's father. How could this be?
Hint:
Rings Tell My Age Riddle
Hint:
Rings Of Age Riddle
People climb me, cut me and burn me, they show me no respect! My rings are not of gold, but they do tell my age?
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