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The Miracle Mountain Riddle

A hiker climbs all day up a steep mountain path and arrives at the mountain top where he camps overnight. The next day he begins the descent down the same trail to the bottom of the mountain when suddenly he looks at his watch and exclaims, "That is amazing! I was at this very same spot at exactly the same time of day yesterday on my way up."

What is the probability that a hiker will be at exactly the same spot on the mountain at the same time of day on his return trip, as he was on the previous day's hike up the mountain?

Is the probability closest to (A) 99% or (B) 50% or (C) 0.1% ?
Hint: This is not a trick. His watch works perfectly well. He does not sit in the same spot all day or any other such device, although it would not change the answer if he did!
The answer is (A). Since it must happen, the probability is actually 1 (100%).

Explanation: Firstly, consider 2 men, one starting from the top of the mountain and hiking down while the other starts at the bottom and hikes up. At some time in the day, they will cross over. In other words they will be at the same place at the same time of day.

Now consider our man who has walked up on one day and begins the descent the next day. Imagine there is someone (a second person) shadowing his exact movements from the day before. When he meets his shadower (it must happen) it will be the exact place that he was the day before, and of course they are both at this spot at the same time.

Contrary to our common sense, which seems to say that this is an extremely unlikely event, it is a certainty.

NOTE: There is one unlikely event here, and that is that he will notice the time when he is at the correct location on both days, but that was not what the question asked.
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Mountain Riddles Probability Riddles 
Solved: 55%
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Sometimes Yellow Riddle

I follow a route but I'm not a mailman
I'm red in London but I'm not a telephone box
I'm sometimes yellow in the US but I'm not a taxi
I'm a mode of transport but I'm not a train
I have wheels that go round and round but I'm not a car
Hint:
A bus
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What Am I Riddles Good Riddles 
Solved: 74%
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Peanut Butter And Cereal Riddle

There is a man who is a conductor on a train. He runs someone over so the conductor gets sentenced to death. He goes to an electric chair, the people that work there say, "it's your last day to live, what would you like to eat?" The man replies peanut butter and cereal, they turn on the electric chair and nothing happens. The next day he gets sent to a 10 times better electric chair there they say what would you like to eat and he says peanut butter and cereal, he eats the peanut butter and cereal, and they turn on the electric chair and nothing happens. The next day he gets sent to Alcatraz, they say what do you want to eat and he says peanut butter and cereal, they turn on the electric chair and nothing happens. The next day they send him to the best electric chair in the world they say what would you like to eat? He replies peanut butter and cereal, he eats a peanut butter and cereal, and they turn on the electric chair and nothing happens, they say why aren't you getting electrocuted? And the conductor says?
There is a man who is a conductor on a train. He runs someone over so the conductor gets sentenced to death. He goes to an electric chair, the people that work there say, "it's your last day to live, what would you like to eat?" The man replies peanut butter and cereal, they turn on the electric chair and nothing happens. The next day he gets sent to a 10 times better electric chair there they say what would you like to eat and he says peanut butter and cereal, he eats the peanut butter and cereal, and they turn on the electric chair and nothing happens. The next day he gets sent to Alcatraz, they say what do you want to eat and he says peanut butter and cereal, they turn on the electric chair and nothing happens. The next day they send him to the best electric chair in the world they say what would you like to eat? He replies peanut butter and cereal, he eats a peanut butter and cereal, and they turn on the electric chair and nothing happens, they say why aren't you getting electrocuted? And the conductor says?
Hint:
I am a bad conductor!
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Long Riddles Food Riddles 
Solved: 43%
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Five Apples Riddle

There were five women sitting in a room. In the same room there was a basket with five apples in it. Each woman took an apple, but one apple still remained in the basket. How could this be?
There were five women sitting in a room. In the same room there was a basket with five apples in it. Each woman took an apple, but one apple still remained in the basket. How could this be?
Hint:
The fifth woman took the entire basket, with the apple still in it.
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Apple Riddle 
Solved: 50%
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Rivers With No Water Riddle

What has rivers with no water, forests, but no trees, and cities with no buildings?
What has rivers with no water, forests, but no trees, and cities with no buildings?
Hint: I represent an area of land or sea.
A map.
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Easy Riddles River Riddle 
Solved: 54%
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All Things Devours Riddle

This thing all things devours, birds, beasts, trees, flowers. Gnaws iron, bites steel, Grinds hard stone to meal. Slays kings, ruins towns, and beats high Mountains Down
This thing all things devours, birds, beasts, trees, flowers.
Gnaws iron, bites steel,
Grinds hard stone to meal.
Slays kings, ruins towns,
and beats high
Mountains Down
Hint: I'm free but also priceless.
Time.
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Time Riddles Common Riddles 
Solved: 57%
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Longest Human Nose Riddle

Why is the longest human nose on record only eleven inches long?
Why is the longest human nose on record only eleven inches long?
Hint:
Because if it was twelve inches it would be a foot.
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Short Riddles Funny Riddles 
Solved: 57%
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Participating In A Race

You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in?
You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in?
Hint: It's not first place.
If you answer that you are first, then you are absolutely wrong! If you overtake the second person and you take his place, you are second!
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Short Riddles Tricky Riddles 
Solved: 87%
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It Follows A River While Standing Still

Past mountain, meadow, field, and hill, it follows a river while standing still.
Past mountain, meadow, field, and hill, it follows a river while standing still.
Hint:
A riverbank.
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River Riddle Short Riddles 
Solved: 44%
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2 Fathers And 2 Sons Riddle

Two fathers and two sons sat down to eat eggs for breakfast. They ate exactly three eggs, each person had an egg. The riddle is for you to explain how?
Two fathers and two sons sat down to eat eggs for breakfast. They ate exactly three eggs, each person had an egg. The riddle is for you to explain how?
Hint:
One of the 'fathers' is also a grandfather. Therefore the other father is both a son and a father to the grandson.

In other words, the one father is both a son and a father.
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Math Riddles Hard Riddles 
Solved: 70%
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What Kind Of Room Has No Doors Or Windows Riddle

What kind of room has no doors or windows?
What kind of room has no doors or windows?
Hint:
A mushroom.
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Vegetable Riddles Riddles For Kids 
Solved: 51%
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The Turkey Crossing The Road

Why did the turkey cross the road?
Hint:
It was the chicken's day off
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Turkey Riddles Chicken Riddles 
Solved: 49%
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Make It Rain

When does it rain money?
When does it rain money?
Hint:
When there's change in the weather!
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Rain Riddles Money Riddles 
Solved: 49%
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A Base With No Room

What has a base but no room, a key but no lock, you can enter but you can't get into it? What is it?
Hint:
A computer keyboard.
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What Is It Riddles Riddles For Teens 
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Running With No Legs?

What can run but has no legs?
Hint:
Watter
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Water Riddles Classic Riddles 
Solved: 61%

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