Blue Eyes Riddle
Both of my parents have brown eyes, as do I. My brother and my wife have blue eyes. Using the simple brown-blue model (two genes; a brown gene dominates blue gene), what are the chances of my first child having blue eyes?
Hint: Given my brother's blue eyes, what are the odds on my pair of eye-color genes?
1 in 3.
Since my brother has blue eyes (bb), both of my parents carry one brown and one blue gene (Bb). The three possibilities for my genotype, equally likely, are BB, Bb, and bB. Thus, there is a 2/3 chance that I carry a blue gene.
If I carry a blue gene, there is a 50% chance I will pass it on to my first child (and, obviously, 0% if I carry two brown genes).
Since my child will certainly get a blue gene from my wife, my gene will determine the eye color.
Multiplying the probabilities of those two independent events, there is a chance of 1/2 x 2/3 = 1/3 of my passing on a blue gene. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Since my brother has blue eyes (bb), both of my parents carry one brown and one blue gene (Bb). The three possibilities for my genotype, equally likely, are BB, Bb, and bB. Thus, there is a 2/3 chance that I carry a blue gene.
If I carry a blue gene, there is a 50% chance I will pass it on to my first child (and, obviously, 0% if I carry two brown genes).
Since my child will certainly get a blue gene from my wife, my gene will determine the eye color.
Multiplying the probabilities of those two independent events, there is a chance of 1/2 x 2/3 = 1/3 of my passing on a blue gene. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Blue Christmas Riddle
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A Blue Elephant Riddle
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Colors Pattern Riddle
Which one of the colors (not all of that color, just one part of a group) should be changed to make the pattern correct :
1) Black : Red
2) Blue : White
3) Yellow : Black
4) Red : Red
5) Black : White
6) Blue : Black
7) Yellow: Red
8) Red : Blue
9) Black : Black
10) Blue : Red
11) Yellow : White
12) Red : Black
1) Black : Red
2) Blue : White
3) Yellow : Black
4) Red : Red
5) Black : White
6) Blue : Black
7) Yellow: Red
8) Red : Blue
9) Black : Black
10) Blue : Red
11) Yellow : White
12) Red : Black
Hint:
The latter part of # 8 should be white. The pattern on the left goes black, blue, yellow, red, black, etc, and the pattern on the right goes red, white, black, red, etc. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Colors Of The Rainbow Riddle
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Colorful Eyes Riddle
A little boy has green eyes on Monday, the next Monday his eyes were blue, the following Monday his eyes were gray. If you ask him what color eyes he has on Sunday, what will he say?
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The Color You'd Find In A Rainbow
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The Rainbow Neighborhood Riddle
There was a neighborhood of one-story houses.
One was red and everything in the house was red.
Another was purple and everything in the house was purple.
Yet another was yellow and everything in the house was yellow.
Still another was blue and everything in the house was blue.
In the green house everything was green,
and in the gray house everything was grey.
What color were the stairs in the yellow house?
One was red and everything in the house was red.
Another was purple and everything in the house was purple.
Yet another was yellow and everything in the house was yellow.
Still another was blue and everything in the house was blue.
In the green house everything was green,
and in the gray house everything was grey.
What color were the stairs in the yellow house?
Hint:
There are no stairs in any of the houses because they only have one story. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Colorful Fruit Riddle
I am a small fruit that comes in a variety of colors, like purple, blue, red, yellow and green. I have a hard pit inside of me. I rhyme with HUM. What am I?
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Pink House Riddle
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I'm Rainbow Colors
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I Come In Many Colors Riddle
I can come in many colors
Like red, yellow, orange, blue or green
When you put me on paper
Your drawings or writing can be seen
Like red, yellow, orange, blue or green
When you put me on paper
Your drawings or writing can be seen
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The Fireproof Stairs Riddle
There was a tornado. The power went out and the man went to his basement to take cover. As he was carrying the candles down the old, wooden stairs, he tripped and the candles dropped on the stairs. Why didn't the stairs catch fire?
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What Color Is The Bear?
A man builds a house rectangular in shape. All the sides have southern exposure. A big bear walks by. What color is the bear? Why?
Hint:
The bear is white since the house is built on the North Pole. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Food Colors Riddle
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