Helping Ships Sail
I am something which cannot be seen
Im measured on the Beaufort scale
I help to keep a kite in the air
And I am what helps ships to sail
I am?
Im measured on the Beaufort scale
I help to keep a kite in the air
And I am what helps ships to sail
I am?
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The Mason, The Shipwright, Or The Carpenter
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The answer is a gravedigger. This riddle is from one of the gravediggers to another just before they encounter Hamlet. It is important because it goes along very well with the theme of death and the unknown throughout the story. Just like death is unknown and ominous so is time. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Five Ships Riddle
Flying to Dantoonie I met Five ships. Each Ship had Five Crewman. each crewman had five pets. How many in all were flying to Dantoonie?
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One! I was going to Dantoonie. the other ships were leaveing. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Johns Ship Name Riddle
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The Sick Ship Riddle
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A Ship Drops This To Stay Still
A ship drops this to stay still
Even if the waters calm
It is also a tattoo
You can see on Popeyes arm
It has to be a?
Even if the waters calm
It is also a tattoo
You can see on Popeyes arm
It has to be a?
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Captain Ali Is The Captain Of The Ship Riddle
Guess the name of the ship.
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The name of the ship is What.
If you look at the last statement, it says, "What is the name of the ship." It is a statement, not a question. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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If you look at the last statement, it says, "What is the name of the ship." It is a statement, not a question. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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The 100 Seat Airplane
People are waiting in line to board a 100-seat airplane. Steve is the first person in the line. He gets on the plane but suddenly can't remember what his seat number is, so he picks a seat at random. After that, each person who gets on the plane sits in their assigned seat if it's available, otherwise they will choose an open seat at random to sit in.
The flight is full and you are last in line. What is the probability that you get to sit in your assigned seat?
The flight is full and you are last in line. What is the probability that you get to sit in your assigned seat?
Hint: You don't need to use complex math to solve this riddle. Consider these two questions:
What happens if somebody sits in your seat?
What happens if somebody sits in Steve's assigned seat?
The correct answer is 1/2.
The chase that the first person in line takes your seat is equal to the chance that he takes his own seat. If he takes his own seat initially then you have a 100% chance of sitting in your seat, if he takes your seat you have a 0 percent chance. Now after the first person has picked a seat, the second person will enter the plan and, if the first person has sat in his seat, he will pick randomly, and again, the chance that he picks your seat is equal to the chance he picks someone your seat. The motion will continue until someone sits in the first persons seat, at this point the remaining people standing in line which each be able to sit in their own seats. Well how does that probability look in equation form? (2/100) * 50% + (98/100) * ( (2/98) * 50% + (96/98) * ( (2/96) * (50%) +... (2/2) * (50%) ) ) This expansion reduces to 1/2.
An easy way to see this is trying the problem with a 3 or 4 person scenario (pretend its a car). Both scenarios have probabilities of 1/2. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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The chase that the first person in line takes your seat is equal to the chance that he takes his own seat. If he takes his own seat initially then you have a 100% chance of sitting in your seat, if he takes your seat you have a 0 percent chance. Now after the first person has picked a seat, the second person will enter the plan and, if the first person has sat in his seat, he will pick randomly, and again, the chance that he picks your seat is equal to the chance he picks someone your seat. The motion will continue until someone sits in the first persons seat, at this point the remaining people standing in line which each be able to sit in their own seats. Well how does that probability look in equation form? (2/100) * 50% + (98/100) * ( (2/98) * 50% + (96/98) * ( (2/96) * (50%) +... (2/2) * (50%) ) ) This expansion reduces to 1/2.
An easy way to see this is trying the problem with a 3 or 4 person scenario (pretend its a car). Both scenarios have probabilities of 1/2. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Riding To Seattle Riddle
You rode on January 1st 1996 to Seattle where you rode back on January 1st 1996 but while there stayed for 2 days how is that possible?
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Sailing On The Ocean
Once there was a man and his wife and son. They were out sailing on the ocean when they got ship wrecked on an island. There was little on the island, few coconuts, small amount of clean water, and some pineapple. There were also quite a few pelicans, which the man thought was strange cause there was so little food on the island. Well one day his son died. They were devastated. The man and his wife tried to survive by eating the pineapples and trying to catch a pelican but never could catch one. When the man was close to death his wife had brought him some meat from a pelican that she had caught. He loved it and that saved his life. He was rescued by a helicopter and brought back to his city without his wife cause she had died before. So one day back in the city he went into a bar and he ordered a pelican sandwich to remind him of his wife. He took one bite and he went outside and shot himself. Why did he kill himself?
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He took one bite of it but it was not the same meat that his wife had given to him on the island. He realized that the meat she had given him on the island was really her dead son. So he went out and killed himself because he couldn't live with himself after he ate his own son. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Sinking Submarine
There is a submarine that will only operate if there are exactly 20 passengers on the ship. If the first 19 seats were taken by averaged sized men and the last seat was taken by a fat over weighted lady, how come the submarine sank?
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Pirate Class Riddle
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The School Skipping Pirate
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Pirates And The Alphabet
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Pirate Report Card Riddle
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