Elevator Accident Riddle
Im in an elevator with two other people. When it reaches the first floor, one person gets out and six get in. When it reaches the second floor, three people get out and twelve get in. At the third floor, five leave and nine enter. It rises to the fourth floor, one person gets on and the doors close. Suddenly, the elevator cable snaps and the car smashes to the ground. No one survives the fall, yet Im alive and know exactly how many people go on and off the elevator at every floor. How is this possible?
Hint:
I got off at the first floor. Im a security guard and knew how many people got on and off the elevator by watching the surveillance footage. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Trapped In A Haunted House
You are trapped in a haunted house with no electricity. There are four doors to get out of the house only one is safe. In one door a man will stab you, in another you will get electrocuted, in another one you will get shot at, in the final one it is filled with vicious dogs. Which door is safe?
Hint:
The one where you get electrocuted, there is no electricity! Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Warming Your Toes
Hint:
Burning Bright Riddles
Hint:
A Lot Of Sand
Im going to give you a riddle
So lets see if you can answer this
What has little rain and a lot of sand
Where youd want to see an oasis?
So lets see if you can answer this
What has little rain and a lot of sand
Where youd want to see an oasis?
Hint:
An Area With Little Rain
This is an area with little rain
So youre unlikely to see many trees
Kalahari, Negev, Atacama
Gobi and Sahara what are all these?
So youre unlikely to see many trees
Kalahari, Negev, Atacama
Gobi and Sahara what are all these?
Hint:
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?
Hint:
By Yourself In A Graveyard
If youre by yourself in a graveyard
And you suddenly hear a moan
Just hope you dont see a zombies arm
Coming out from under a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And you suddenly hear a moan
Just hope you dont see a zombies arm
Coming out from under a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Hint:
Found In A Graveyard Riddle
I have writing on me but Im not a newspaper
I mark a spot but Im not a treasure map
I have names and dates on me but Im not a birth certificate
Im not needed if youre alive but Im not a coffin
I can be found in a graveyard but Im not a bunch of flowers
I'm a...
I mark a spot but Im not a treasure map
I have names and dates on me but Im not a birth certificate
Im not needed if youre alive but Im not a coffin
I can be found in a graveyard but Im not a bunch of flowers
I'm a...
Hint:
Be Careful At Night
If you see one flying around
Youd better be careful at night
As some turn into vampires
And will give your neck a big bite
What are they?
Youd better be careful at night
As some turn into vampires
And will give your neck a big bite
What are they?
Hint:
Three People Holding Gifts Riddle
This has three people holding gifts
And a few animals maybe
Plus shepherds, parents and angels
And in the center, a baby
What is this?
And a few animals maybe
Plus shepherds, parents and angels
And in the center, a baby
What is this?
Hint:
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.....?
Hint:
The Same Birthday Riddle
How many people must be gathered together in a room, before you can be certain that there is a greater than 50/50 chance that at least two of them have the same birthday?
Hint:
Only twenty-three people need be in the room, a surprisingly small number. The probability that there will not be two matching birthdays is then, ignoring leap years, 365x364x363x...x343/365 over 23 which is approximately 0.493. this is less than half, and therefore the probability that a pair occurs is greater than 50-50. With as few as fourteen people in the room the chances are better than 50-50 that a pair will have birthdays on the same day or on consecutive days. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Matching Socks Riddle
Mismatched Joe is in a pitch dark room selecting socks from his drawer. He has only six socks in his drawer, a mixture of black and white. If he chooses two socks, the chances that he draws out a white pair is 2/3. What are the chances that he draws out a black pair?
Hint: Three pairs of matching socks... maybe not!!!
He has a ZERO chance of drawing out a black pair.
Since there is a 2/3 chance of drawing a white pair, then there MUST be 5 white socks and only 1 black sock. The chances of drawing two whites would thus be: 5/6 x 4/5 = 2/3 . With only 1 black sock, there is no chance of drawing a black pair. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Since there is a 2/3 chance of drawing a white pair, then there MUST be 5 white socks and only 1 black sock. The chances of drawing two whites would thus be: 5/6 x 4/5 = 2/3 . With only 1 black sock, there is no chance of drawing a black pair. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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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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