Brain teaser / puzzle corner (part 1)

[Remy]

A brain teaser and a chance to earn some free minerals. The first person to post the correct answer will win 1000 minerals from me. Here we go:

Four people went hiking together and they got lost. The sun has set, they are now in total darkness, and they came across a hang bridge that they decided that they would need to cross.

The hange bridge is in poor shape with missing sections, and it can only support two people at a time. They only have one flashlight, so they would need to cross two at a time, and have one person return with the flashlight to the other side so others may cross.

The four are all capable of crossing the bridge at different rates individually. The fastest guy can cross the bridge in one minute, the second guy can do it in two minutes, the third guy can do it in five, and the slowest guy can do it in ten minutes. But since they have to share one flashlight per two man team, they would always have to match the speed of the slowest person at each crossing. For instance, even though the 1 minute guy can cross in only a minute when he's by himself, if he was to cross with the 10 minute guy, he would have to slow down to cross in 10 minutes because they are sharing one flashlight.

You need to get all of them across the hang bridge in 17 minutes.

Example:

1-min guy & 2-min guy cross = 2 minutes
1-min guy returns with flashlight = +1 minute = 3 minutes
1-min guy & 5-min guy cross = +5 min = 8 min
1-min guy returns w/ flashlight = +1 min = 9 min
1-min guy & 10-min guy cross = +10 min
TOTAL = 19 minutes

You can change the crossing order any way you like, but be sure to do it in 17 minutes.

To any guests reading this, if you know the answer, quickly register and post it up. As a welcome gift, I will reward an extra 1000 minerals on top of the 1000 to any new members with the correct answer. This is your chance to register and start with 1000 minerals right off the bat.

Ah heck, if the reply with the correct answer posted reads a post count of 20 or less when I see it, I'll give a bonus 500 minerals to that too. Good luck.

[ImaGiNe.]

I will take a crack at this! :thumbup:

BAH!

EDIT -

A. 1 Minute Man
B. 2 Minute Man
C. 5 Minute Man
D. 10 Minute Man

A + B = 2 Minutes
B = +2 = 4 Minutes
C + D = +10 = 14 Minutes
A = +1 = 15 Minutes
A + B = +2 = 17 Minutes

[Nikzad]

1-min guy & 2-min guy cross = 2 minutes
1-min guy returns with flashlight = +1 minute = 3 minutes
5-min guy & 10-min guy cross = +10 min = 13 min
2-min guy returns w/ flashlight = +2 min = 15 min
1-min guy & 2-min guy cross = +2 min
TOTAL = 17 minutes


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wtf when i posted you hadn't responded

[UchihaItachi0129]

DARN IT 2 people already >.<
i know a different form of this one.
like a grandma, mom, sister, brother
grandma=10, mom=5, sister=2, brother=1
they are crossing a bridge at midnight with 1 flashlight. and one guy has to go back to get another person since they only have 1 flashlight. same concept >.< you should have made them P.M. AND more than one prize. like 2-5 places get prizes or something. hmm i'll P.M. you anyways

Edit: what happened to the original thread that Zeratul started?

[[LightMare]]

wtf when i posted you hadn't responded

you weren't the first to post

[Nikzad]

no ****
i mean when posted, and it brought me back to the thread in its entirety, the only thing in ImaGiNe's post was:

I will take a crack at this! :thumbup:

BAH!

[drewcbarnard]

god danmit..I hate when I am late for these things. Congrats to whoever solved it!

[FlyingTiger]

yea it was pretty easy. dammit!

[Remy]

ImaGiNe. is the first to post a reply with the correct answer.  Even though it was edited, the time of last edit still appear to be earlier than Nikzad's first reply.  However, ImaGiNe.'s final edit and Nikzad's first reply are posted almost simultaneously, being only 20 seconds apart.  So out of fairness and consideration to things like latency, I am declaring both of them winners.

Congratulations to ImaGiNe. and Nikzad.  I have sent 1000 minerals each to both posters.


Edit: what happened to the original thread that Zeratul started?


What original thread?  Zeratul already posted this same brain teaser?  Oh noes~!!  >.<

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I got a few more animal related ones, I'll put them up.  I guess I'll make this Remy's puzzle corner.

I'm going to post one at a time and wait for a reply with the correct answer, then post the next one and so on.  I will not be acknowledging posts with edits anymore, only unedited replies will count.  Do not PM me with answers, replies only.

Ok, here we go.

"How do you get a giraffe into a refrigerator?"

I'll start with 50 minerals on this one and go up from there.  50 minerals to the first unedited reply with the correct answer, good luck.

[Patuljak]

The giraffe needs to be alive when it's inside the fridge or...? ;D

[GuiMontag]

1.you freeze the giraffe,
2. then you chop it up into little cubs
3. open the fridge
4. neatly stack them inside the refrigerator.
5. close fridge :P

[ImaGiNe.]

WOW! I never thought I would hear this one again!

First you open the door of the refrigerator, put the giraffe inside, then close it.

Goooooo Elementary!

[Light]

lol, u found that on google...

[Remy]

Congratulations to ImaGiNe. who wins 50 minerals for the first correct reply.

Now the next one for 100 minerals.

"How do you get an elephant into a refrigerator?"

[Light]

you open the door, u put in the elefant, and then u close the door.

[GuiMontag]

1. open fridge door
2. take out frozen cubes of giraffe
3. put in elephant
4. close fridge door

[Light]

damn u people, u get it all from google!

[Alukard]

send elephant to north pole?

[Remy]

GuiMontag's answer is close enough. I don't know about any frozen cubes but the answer is open door, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant, close the door.

Congratulations to GuiMontag, winner of 100 minerals.

Since we're doing animals, let's stay on that theme. Here's the next one for 150 minerals.

"Lion, the mighty king of beasts and all animals, decided one day to hold a grand meeting. He then proceeded to summon all animals in his vast kingdom to come and attend this meeting. Animals great and small, all scurried along and made it to the meeting. The snake was there, the monkey was there, the cow was there, the bear was there, the gazelle was there, the panda was there, the rabbit was there, the chicken was there, the wolf was there. But there was one animal that wasn't there. Who wasn't at the Lion's meeting?"

[Light]

the elefant, since its in the refrigerator.

[Remy]

LOL, congratulations GM_K, you finally googled one first. You win 150 minerals.

I need to stop giving out ones that can easily be googled. OK, I got another one, this one for 200 minerals.

"A dog decided to cross the desert. He packed and brought plenty food and water, but he died. Why did the dog die in the desert?"

[burkid]

he stepped on a scorpion

[Light]

someone killed him ::)

[burkid]

the water evaporated or he couldnt open the packaging

[Remy]

So far, all wrong.

[burkid]

he overheated from his fur.

[Light]

um...guys, i think the answer would be rather simple, but tricky.

he couldnt carry the bag with the water and food.

[Alukard]

i dont think dogs can bring water in a bag, cause if they did it would spill out/evaporate. but if he brought a bottle of water then dogs cant open it cause he doesnt have hands, or he died by the time he opened it.

[Light]

the water and food were poisonous.

[Fenix]

he couldnt carry the bag with the water and food.


Following that logic, he couldn't have packed it either. This is one genius dog we're dealing with.

EDIT: Waaaaait a second.....It says "packed and brought food and water. He didn't pack any victuals. He tried carrying them. but he was already carrying hid pack.

[PowerkickasS]

he got squashed by his own luggage?

[burkid]

arabian nomads ambushed him and ate him for dinner.

[Fenix]

arabian nomads ambushed him and ate him for dinner.


Arabian? Racist. What if it's the Mojave desert?

[Light]

or gobi desert? i allready proposed that he was fragged.

[Fenix]

Yeah. Mojave sounds cooler though.


And you don't frag dogs.

Unless you're Korean.

[FlyingTiger]

ooooo I got a riddle too. 250 minerals for anyone that gets it.

A midget lives on the 50th floor of an apartment. He takes the elevator down to the lobby and exits out to go to work. When he comes back from work, he takes the elevator up 30 floors and then he gets out and walks up 20 flights of stairs to his floor. Why didn't he just take the elevator up to his floor?


haha something in that clue just gives it away if you think about it ^_^

hehe i don't think you can google this either ^_^


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"A dog decided to cross the desert.  He packed and brought plenty food and water, but he died.  Why did the dog die in the desert?"


The food and water spoiled so the dog got dysentery and died from it.

[Itsmyship]

ooooo I got a riddle too. 250 minerals for anyone that gets it.

A midget lives on the 50th floor of an apartment. He takes the elevator down to the lobby and exits out to go to work. When he comes back from work, he takes the elevator up 30 floors and then he gets out and walks up 20 flights of stairs to his floor. Why didn't he just take the elevator up to his floor?


haha something in that clue just gives it away if you think about it ^_^

hehe i don't think you can google this either ^_^


He likes the feeling of going up and he wants to cherish it? xP

[Remy]

Are you trying to hijack my thread? ZMOG! ...jk :P

To you puzzle, you said a midget. So he couldn't reach the 50th floor button cuz it was too high?

No one's gotten mine yet btw.

[FlyingTiger]

haha dammit very nice... yay 250 minerals for you


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[Itsmyship]

If he could pack and carry, he can use his hands, soooo.....He forgot the can opener/spoon/fork?


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[FlyingTiger]

eh but he can eat with mouth though.

all i can think of is disease relating to spoilage of food.

ooo how bout a sandstorm in the desert? he can still lose his food/water in the middle of the desert especially after a nasty sandstorm.

[Itsmyship]

But what else survives that long except canned food? And I'm guessing it'd be preety damn impossible to use a can opener without his hands

[FlyingTiger]

haha maybe they aren't cans. it could be a stupid dog lol

[Itsmyship]

But the dog got food AND water AND he packed it...the dog's smarter than some people!! :P

[Remy]

The death is unrelated to the food and water.

[Itsmyship]

He didn't pack a compass?

[ImaGiNe.]

His plane crashed.

[GuiMontag]

because the dog died of old age

[FlyingTiger]

a ninja killed the dog

[burkid]

it got trapped under the sand from walking on a dune that shifted.

[paragon]

"A dog decided to cross the desert. He packed and brought plenty food and water, but he died. Why did the dog die in the desert?"
1) Dogs can't pack
2) Due to the inability to pack, said dog could not bring any of the food and water
3) Therefore logically the dog would die due to lack of water and food
4) However, since it's a riddle it doesn't really have to follow logic
5) You've said that it doesn't have anything to do with the food or water
6) Riddles generally have something in the specific wording which reveals the answer
7) Since the death has nothing to do with the food or water then either the answer to the riddle is not the answer to the question posed in the riddle or the second sentence is useless except the for the last part so then the riddle would be "A dog decided to cross the desert. He died. Why did the dog die in the desert?"
8) Are you sure you wrote down the riddle exactly how you read it?
If you did then:
The dog didn't die in the desert.

The riddle just states that he died and then asks you why the dog died in the desert. However, it does not state that the dog died in the desert, you just infer that from the last sentence.

[Remy]

The dog died in the desert.

Maybe no one's gonna get the answer to this one... perhaps I should put up another one.

[paragon]

Not enough information.

[burkid]

heatstroke.
if that isnt right, put up a new one.

[GuiMontag]

because he sunk in the pudding :P


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because no one crosses the desert and gets away with it

[FlyingTiger]

haha watch remy put up an answer and either everyone is going to be like:

1) ooooooooooooooooooh I get it now!!!!!!!!!! so clever!!!!!!

or

2) wtf kind of answer is that. bs!

[PowerkickasS]

ANSWER PLLLLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ :D
you dont want little kiddies crying over this now do you!?
ill cry you a river
o.o

[ImaGiNe.]

"A dog decided to cross the desert. He packed and brought plenty food and water, but he died. Why did the dog die in the desert?"
1) Dogs can't pack
2) Due to the inability to pack, said dog could not bring any of the food and water
3) Therefore logically the dog would die due to lack of water and food
4) However, since it's a riddle it doesn't really have to follow logic
5) You've said that it doesn't have anything to do with the food or water
6) Riddles generally have something in the specific wording which reveals the answer
7) Since the death has nothing to do with the food or water then either the answer to the riddle is not the answer to the question posed in the riddle or the second sentence is useless except the for the last part so then the riddle would be "A dog decided to cross the desert. He died. Why did the dog die in the desert?"
8) Are you sure you wrote down the riddle exactly how you read it?
If you did then:
The dog didn't die in the desert.

The riddle just states that he died and then asks you why the dog died in the desert. However, it does not state that the dog died in the desert, you just infer that from the last sentence.

Wow! You put way too much thought into this riddle. This is a situational type of riddle, something that requires you to think outside the box and something I am not too great with.

Perhaps the dog is part of a rescue mission to transport food and water to stricken areas in the desert and was planning on airlifting survivors to safety but could not, because of the weight of the survivors, the plane could not make the full trip across the desert, so the dog was thrown out of the plane to reduce the weight.

[paragon]

saying the dog didn't die in the desert is as outside the box as you can get. there isn't even a box at that point.

[Light]

its just a riddle, it has a stupid and/or tricky answer. just need to think about it.

[burkid]

the dog tried to piss on a cactus and impaled himself and bled to death.

[FlyingTiger]

I bet its not even a dog but a person in a dog costume. Now that's really really outside the box haha.

[Remy]

the dog tried to piss on a cactus and impaled himself and bled to death.


This is the closest thing to the answer so far.

I have a feeling that I'm gonna taking a lotta heat when I reveal the answer...

[GuiMontag]

he chocked on a stick

[Fenix]

I have a feeling that I'm gonna taking a lotta heat when I reveal the answer...


Most likely, yeah.

*Lights torch for the mob*

[burkid]

he suicided because he accidently castrated himself from pissing on a cactus?

[Alukard]

he was trying to mark his teritory and since its so wast he quicly dehidrated?

[paragon]

He was bit by a snake and bled to death/was poisoned and died
He was bit by a snake and was poisoned and died
He fell in a canyon and bled to death
He fell down a canyon and bled to death
He fell down a cliff and bled to death
He bled to death
He was bit and bled to death
He got in a fight with another animal and lost and bled to death

[ImaGiNe.]

the dog tried to piss on a cactus and impaled himself and bled to death.


This is the closest thing to the answer so far.

I have a feeling that I'm gonna taking a lotta heat when I reveal the answer...

Taking off of that one then, the dog was a horny dog and decided to hump the cactus. He died from insane needle sex.

[Light]

sorry to spoil the fun, but ill guess the food and water ran out, so he died.

[paragon]

because the answer is so incredibly lame and random that it's not even really a riddle because riddles have clues in the riddle.

[FlyingTiger]

He was bit by a snake and bled to death/was poisoned and died
He was bit by a snake and was poisoned and died
He fell in a canyon and bled to death
He fell down a canyon and bled to death
He fell down a cliff and bled to death
He bled to death
He was bit and bled to death
He got in a fight with another animal and lost and bled to death


LOL damn must be one hell of a desert.

[Outcaster]

so.. what's the freakin answer, cuz i see that all the guys here don't have a clue, it's kinda dumb for a riddle btw

[burkid]

the dog 'washed out' his body because there werent any trees to piss on, but he kept drinking water due to the heat. and died from that.

[FlyingTiger]

I still think the dog got dysentery haha

[ImaGiNe.]

The dog fell victim to a mirage and saw what really was a cactus as a female dog and proceeded to hump it's brains out, only to be impaled by the repetitive bonking.

The dog tried to hump a camel but was knocked dead by a deadly roundhouse kick (camel style.)

Damn Remy! Damn this situational riddle!

[FlyingTiger]

haha the dog chased its own tail until it died!

[Remy]

The correct answer is that the dog couldn't find any fire hydrants so he couldn't piss.


the dog 'washed out' his body because there werent any trees to piss on, but he kept drinking water due to the heat. and died from that.


This is close enough so I guess I'm giving the money to Burkid.

[burkid]

yay i got it!

[UchihaItachi0129]

...wow that's that's ... ok
1) dogs dont need fire hydrants to piss
you're way to stereotypically

[paragon]

thats so incredibly stupid. Thats not even a riddle. It's a lame joke with a bad punchline.

[Remy]

Sorry if the answer was disappointing. But nothing says brain teasers have to have clues. Nonsense logic brain teasers usually test the ability to creatively think outside the box or against usual assumptions, such as the giraffe one.

Anyway, here's the next one for 250 minerals.

"There was a ship that was used for taking tourists out to see the ocean. This ship could only carry a maximum of exactly 50 passengers, including captain and crew. One day, as usual, tourists got in line to get on the ship for the tour. They all proceeded to board the ship one by one, and the ship boarded up to its 49th passenger, but at the end of the line was a woman 8-months pregnant as the 50th and final passenger. The captain thought about it for just a second then proceeded to let the pregnant woman onboard. But as soon as the ship left the dock, it immediately sank into the ocean. Why did the ship sink into the ocean?"

Good luck, 250 minerals for the first reply with the correct answer.

[burkid]

there were 51 passengers, the pregnate ladys baby

[ImaGiNe.]

Because the ship is a submarine.

[FlyingTiger]

you want to see the ocean in a submarine? lol

[ImaGiNe.]

When viewing the ocean, you are not limited to the surface. It only makes sense as the ship sank, it is possibly an underwater tour.

[paragon]

there were 51 passengers, the pregnate ladys baby

[Alukard]

they hit a reaf? or there was a hole in the ship at some level of the bout and when there was too much waight the ship lowered to the level of the hole and the ship begun to sink.

[hillzagold]

terrorists?

edit: oh, i know, the passengers were overweight americans, so it was as if there were 100 people on the ship.

[UchihaItachi0129]

well since two people have alreayd said my 1st answer: the baby i'll just put my 2nd answer

the captain jumped of the boat so there'd only be 50

probably wrong >< but 2 other people have already said what i wanted to say so ><

[paragon]

apparently they are either super easy or super dumb...

[proswimma]

A mother that is 8-months pregnant can give birth to the baby and the baby can survive. Therefore the baby can be considered a person which would exceed the limit of the ship by one person.

[proswimma]

or she gave birth to the baby while the ship was in the dock so when it left the dock it sank.

[paragon]

thats not even really how those boats work they fit more than the "max" number... of course the last one had to do with a ****ing fire hydrant cause of course dogs couldn't possibly go to the bathroom without those. I mean, dog's were only around since the invention of the fire hydrant, before that there were no dogs because they all would have died from not being able to go to the bathroom.

[Itsmyship]

Because the capitan didn't count himself, so that made more than 50

[proswimma]

eh how do we know if someone got the right answer or not?

[paragon]

There were 50 passengers total if you just count the pregnant woman as one. However it can only hold 50 people so the 50 count of passengers did not include the captain and the crew. So, however many crewmen there were plus the captain put it over 50 people on board.

[Itsmyship]

Looks like Paragon and myself think alike :)

[proswimma]

good point...the captain led 50 passangers on to the ship but the ship can only hold 50 people including the crew. The captain didnt count his crew...BRILLIANT. lol

[paragon]

yeah except you forgot to include the crew itsmyship

[Itsmyship]

Eh, true, I fixed it, but if you feel like gettin the minerals, ill give it to you Paragon :)

[proswimma]

but when do we know if that was even the right answer?

[paragon]

thing is your edit time is after my post, itsmyship.

remy will come back at some point and say if anyone got the right answer and who

[Itsmyship]

Yeah, i see, *shrug* I'll just change it back, no big deal really

[PowerkickasS]

gg imagine

[FlyingTiger]

This ship could only carry a maximum of exactly 50 passengers, including captain and crew.

This is like the key statement in my opinion.

So the previous answers stated are prolly the only possibilities.

I'll go out on a limb and say that there was a hole on the ship before and it sunk lol

[Remy]

Congratulations to ImaGiNe. 250 minerals go to him. The ship is a submarine, it's supposed to sink.

I originally started this as my "relax, have fun, take my minerals for free" thread, but I think it may be wise for me to just leave it alone now. People are taking non-sense logic brain teasers too seriously.

Anyway, grats again ImaGiNe.

[DontHate]

yeh. if u didn't say the woman had a pregnant then it would be much more... riddly? lol anyways i wish you would have another riddle... we'll behave.

[FlyingTiger]

I originally started this as my "relax, have fun, take my minerals for free" thread, but I think it may be wise for me to just leave it alone now. People are taking non-sense logic brain teasers too seriously.


haha i would point the blame on someone but i wont :P

[Alukard]

i would like to have some riddles here also, but i have only so few minerals to give out...Then again i dont think the prise matters, cause we geting minerals as we post here. So Remy please continue this, cause you actualy make us use our brain/imagination, and its fun. I would like to pm you some riddles if you would like.

[paragon]

your brain teasers have more than one answer and you only pick one of them. 50 passengers were loaded and you didn't leave any room for the captain and crew.

[Alukard]

your brain teasers have more than one answer and you only pick one of them. 50 passengers were loaded and you didn't leave any room for the captain and crew.

well captain and the crew are also the passengers to the ship, they also have to load on to the ship just like everybody else. It doesnt matter now is it? im glad to know the answear that all i need.

[Fenix]

Beulah died in the Appalachians while Craig died at sea. Everyone was much happier with Craig's death. Why?

100 mineral prize (Cause I'm broke)

[paragon]

because nobody liked craig
because craig was a sailor and wanted to die at sea

[Fenix]

Uh uh, this has a really simple answer. I can give a clue though.

[GuiMontag]

becuase beula died in canada :P
becuase everyone likes indie rock

[Fenix]

ZOMG. Canada? Indie rock? :no:

[GuiMontag]

lol, mayb i put to much thought into it

[Fenix]

Yeah.....Totally.

[ImaGiNe.]

I knew it couldn't have been because of the baby ;p Nice work imaGINe, how'd you think of that ???

First off, I told FlyingTiger my reason:
When viewing the ocean, you are not limited to the surface. It only makes sense as the ship sank, it is possibly an underwater tour.
The ocean is not just limited to the surface. A ship sinks immediately and it deals with the ocean? I put the pieces together. It could be an underwater adventure tour, so I said it was a submarine. Also for those who so adamantly defended that the crew was not included, it says so right here:

This ship could only carry a maximum of exactly 50 passengers, including captain and crew.
The riddle did not mention anything about weight capacity and did mention only the amount of people allowed inside at any one time. One person can easily weigh 300 lbs. and that should account for two or more passengers, but the riddle did not mention that people who are morbidly obese or just humongous were not allowed to board onto the ship. A pregnant lady could weigh 115 lbs. including the baby, but they are still one entity, so the baby's presence could not have sunk the ship.

I originally started this as my "relax, have fun, take my minerals for free" thread, but I think it may be wise for me to just leave it alone now. People are taking non-sense logic brain teasers too seriously.
Noooooooooooooooooo! I seriously enjoy these things!

Beulah died in the Appalachians while Craig died at sea. Everyone was much happier with Craig's death. Why?
Beulah sounds familiar...

[DontHate]

AHHAHA I HEARD THAT ONE FROM MY TEACHER! THEY WERE BOTH STORMS/HURRICANES!

[Fenix]

Yep. 100 minerals to DontHate.



What seven-letter word has hundreds of letters in it?

[Alukard]

Yep. 100 minerals to DontHate.



What seven-letter word has hundreds of letters in it?




a hundred?

[Fenix]

Uh uh. "Hundred" doesn't have hundreds of letters in it.

[Alukard]

a mailbox?

[Fenix]

Ring a ding.

At this rate, I'm gonna rune out of minerals.

100 minerals to Alukard.




Mike Peters was surprised to see his window slide open and was positively shocked when he saw two strangers climb inside. What transpired next could only be described as a despicable act of thievery. Mike watched with rapt fascination as the two thieves systematically began to remove the priceless Persian carpets, artwork, and jewelry. Having stripped the room, the thieves climbed back out the window. Incredibly, Mike went back to what he had been doing before the thieves arrived and soon he'd forgotten about the entire incident. Why wouldn't Mike, who was in perfect health, have tried to stop the thieves or at the very least call the police after they had left?

[burkid]

mike was a theif too.

[DontHate]

mike hated his house?

[burkid]

it wasnt mikes stuff being stolen.

[DontHate]

mike was too chicken to fight them
btw burkid u got 666 posts :D

[burkid]

haha i didnt notice that

[DontHate]

mike was pet!?!?!?

[Fenix]

Nope, Mike is a human.

[Lemonparty]

http://mikepeters.com/
HE WAS PHOTOGRAPHING THEM
O YES THAT'S RIGHT

[ImaGiNe.]

Hmm... if Mike is a human then he must have been very young to not care if "priceless Persian carpets, artwork, and jewelry" were stolen. Who the hell in their right mind would let these people take those kind of things. Any one with good reason would have tried to stop the blatant thievery, so I am thinking that Mike is a one year old child.

[Fenix]

Bingo ImaGiNe. He's a baby.

100 minerals en route


During WWII, there was a bridge connecting Germany and Switzerland, and on the German side, there was a sentry tower with a guard in it. He would come out every three minutes to check on the bridge, and he had orders to turn back anyone who tried to get into Germany, and shoot anyone trying to escape without a pass. There was a woman who desperately needed to get into Switzerland, and she knew she didn't have time to get a pass. It would take her at least six minutes to cross the bridge, but she managed to do it. How?

[Lemonparty]

She killed the guard

[Fenix]

LOL!! That's an awesome answer. Pity it's not THE answer.

[Lemonparty]

She went under the bridge..? Ninjas these days..

[Itsmyship]

She chilled halfway down the bridge, waited for the gaurd to come out, when he went back in, she'd go the rest of the way? Or my personal favorite.....she was a secret British spy who called in an airstrke and then the bridge wont POOOSSHHH!!!

[Fenix]

Itsmyship, your first answer is pretty close.

[Itsmyship]

Awwww...can't you say i won? :P
Hmmmm....she just waited on the Swiss side till the guard came out, when he went back in, THEN she crossed?

[Fenix]

During WWII, there was a bridge connecting Germany and Switzerland, and on the German side, there was a sentry tower with a guard in it. He would come out every three minutes to check on the bridge, and he had orders to turn back anyone who tried to get into Germany, and shoot anyone trying to escape without a pass. There was a woman who desperately needed to get into Switzerland, and she knew she didn't have time to get a pass. It would take her at least six minutes to cross the bridge, but she managed to do it. How?

She's trying to get out of Germany into Switzerland. And it takes her at least six minutes to cross.

[Itsmyship]

She went across when the guard was away, then when the gaurd came out, he thought she was swiss, so he turned her around!!

[Lemonparty]

The answer of this one was googleable :(

[Fenix]

Close enough.

She starts crossing, and when the guard comes out, she turns like she's going into Germany, and he turns her back to Switzerland.

100 minerals on the way.



A wise king devised a contest to see who would receive the Princess' hand in marriage. The Princess was put in a 50x50 foot carpeted room. Each of her four suitors were put in one corner of the room with a small box to stand on. The first one to touch the Princess hand would be the winner and become the new King.
The rules of the test were that the contestants could not walk over the carpet, cross the plane of the carpet, or hang from anything; nor could they use anything but their body and wits (i.e. no magic or telepathy, nor any items such as ladders, block and tackles etc). One suitor figured out a way and married the Princess and became the new King. What did he do?


The answer of this one was googleable :(


It's a good thing we're all honest then.

EDIT: Wait a sec. Itsmyship, you have an edited answer. VOID

[Itsmyship]

What? Oh no, I just edited it because i spelt guard ans gaurd...honestly!

[Fenix]

And yet you didn't fix the second "gaurd"

:no:

[Itsmyship]

I meant the first one. I'm seriously not lying  :upset:


Merged posts. Please read the forum rules and do not double post.


Oh, and did he ask the PRINCESS to walk across the room and touch HIS hand?

[FlyingTiger]

The suitor asked her to touch his hand.

[Fenix]

Sorry FT, he got it first.

150, the 50 for the last one ON FAITH.



You're riding a horse. To the right of you is a cliff and in front of you is an elephant going the same pace as you and you can't overtake it. To the left of you is a hippo running at the same speed and behind you is a lion chasing you. How do you get to safety?

[FlyingTiger]

Kill the hippo and have the lion grab and eat it.

This way the lion does not chase you and you can go around the elephant.

[Lemonparty]

Wake up from that weird dream.

[Fenix]

Surprisingly, Lemonparty's is closer than Flying Tiger's

[Itsmyship]

Yay! I'll take that...I hate using google for riddles....makes me feel un-accomplished.
Hmmmmm....that's one odd situation i got myself in...hmmmm... wait for the other animals to get tired? Or if you can't OVERTAKE the elephant, maybe if the horse goes faster, then the elephant will go faster, therefore getting away from the lion, then when the lion's gone, you slow down then go around the hippo from behind!

[FlyingTiger]

wait how can an elephant and hippo go at the same speed as a horse? lol

lemonparty might have this

EDIT: oh nvm hes close

[Fenix]

This'll probably give it away....
If one goes faster, they all do.


And actually, Elephant's can go &*#$ing fast.

[FlyingTiger]

haha maybe they are at a circus ring?

so just exit from the ring?

[Itsmyship]

You slow down till you get slow enough for you to get off, then you just walk away? I kinda feel bad for ditching the horse though... :(

[Fenix]

haha maybe they are at a circus ring?

so just exit from the ring?


Close, but remember, there's a cliff to your right.

[FlyingTiger]

haha oh yea.. they could have made a makeshift cliff ^_^

eh i still think kill the hippo is a good idea haha

[Itsmyship]

We're at disneyland(world?)

[Fenix]

Close....

[Itsmyship]

Flyingtiger will come and save us since he's...well....a flying tiger :P

[FlyingTiger]

oh an amusement park ride!

[Itsmyship]

video game?

[Fenix]

oh an amusement park ride!


Close enough.

The answer is you step off the merry-go-round

100 Minerals.


Picture a bridge four kilometers long and strong enough to hold ten thousand kilograms, but no more. A loaded transport truck weighing exactly ten thousand kilograms drives onto the bridge. At the halfway point, a sparrow weighing 30 grams lands on the truck, yet the bridge doesn't collapse. How could this be?

[Itsmyship]

The sparrow landed on the TRUCK but not the bridge?

[FlyingTiger]

nice woohoo!

haha being a chem major... i say the sparrow's weight is negligible


The sparrow landed on the TRUCK but not the bridge?


eh the truck is on the bridge

[Itsmyship]

The truck stopped halfway, unloaded, then went about his business while the bird landed when he was unloading!

[Fenix]

Why would the truck unload across the bridge? Heck, that wouldn't make any difference because the weight is still on the bridge!

[FlyingTiger]

haha throw the stuff off of the bridge maybe? so the truck weighs less and the bird lands.

[Fenix]

And get fired? Pff, no way!

[Lemonparty]

Just wondering, can it be unreal (ie the truck hovers) so we never guess right, or it's a plausible thing that can happen IRL?

[FlyingTiger]

And get fired? Pff, no way!


haha you never know!

maybe they lost some gas crossing the bridge

[Itsmyship]

Why would the truck unload across the bridge? Heck, that wouldn't make any difference because the weight is still on the bridge!


Very true...hell im just gonna go on a limb here...the bird landed for only a split second then took off? Birds can't land on moving vehicles?

[Lemonparty]

Shouldn't the bridge be broken anyway? or *somehow* he's the only truck on the whole bridge?

[Itsmyship]

btw, this is one weak bridge!

[FlyingTiger]

eh losing gas is more plausible since the bridge is like 4 km. Halfway is like 2 km so I think you lose enough to be less than 10,000 kg and have the bird land. (It's like 30 g!)

[DontHate]

it has more support on the middle of the bridge??

[Lemonparty]

Uuuuh he rested at the halfway point and got out of his car?

[DontHate]

it was a bumpy road and hte driver puked out of his truck...

[Lemonparty]

Yeah right he went offline
/shootself

[Fenix]

eh losing gas is more plausible since the bridge is like 4 km. Halfway is like 2 km so I think you lose enough to be less than 10,000 kg and have the bird land. (It's like 30 g!)


That's it!

100 minerals, courtesy of Protoss First Class Mineral Deposits!


I'm done cause I'm tired of losing all this cash. maybe later I'll have another one.

[FlyingTiger]

nice woohoo!

haha I gave away 250 minerals to Remy on my riddle but I'll start giving away some soon (not 250 tho lol.. too much) when I get more cause I'm saving some for some items I want.

[PowerkickasS]

cool. lol
damn i missed all the action

im gonna put some action of my own!
prize....errr 3 power-ups or 400 minerals your choice
creative silly answer = 1 power-up or 100 minerals

a guy stole a diamond ring from a jewelry store and fled. the cops were after him and he had nowhere to go but hide in this phone booth with the diamond ring. the cops surrounded him and caught him, but found no trace of the diamond ring anywhere on the guy or around the phone booth. what happened to the diamond ring?

P.S: a really lame joke. the answer makes absolutely no sense, so be as stupid as you want your answers to be and you might hit jackpot lol

[GuiMontag]

he put the ring in the coin slot
ring in the change slot
he put the ring in a mailbox

[Outcaster]

he swallowed the ring

[ImaGiNe.]

Aragorn: Boromir! Give the Ring to Frodo.

WIN!

[GuiMontag]

anticipating that he would get caught, he left the ring in the ring store :P

[DontHate]

oh god markus, if that's the answer, which i think it is, i'm going to cry.
when the cops arrived there was no "ring"

[FlyingTiger]

He used the phone and gave his friend a 'ring'



I'm gooooood, come on, how creative is that!


haha nice answer!

yea i have no clue

[PowerkickasS]

which reward would you prefer for your creativity markus? :P
no answers has even come close so far, which shows how random the answer is.....(it's 2 trillion times worse than remy's dog fire hydrant one)
i can tell you that the guy did bring the ring with him into the booth XP

oh god markus, if that's the answer, which i think it is, i'm going to cry.

hope you've dug a big trench for a new man-made river....

[ImaGiNe.]

The thief trained an evil rat to whisk the ring away to their secret underground hideout.

[burkid]

he threw the ring out the door when the cops came

[Alukard]

he saperated the dimond from the ring and puted the ring on the finger and dimond under hit shoe?

[Remy]

I see that this thread has been moving along nicely while I was away. Let me put up some new ones.

A) "What is the biggest difference between Batman and Superman?"

B) "A cow was walking, it was heading South. It then makes a right turn, three left turns, an 180-degree turn, 27 right turns, and finally three left turns. Which way is the cow's tail pointing?"

For brain teaser A, please don't cite any canon facts like their origins and all that. For brain teaser B, you can think of all left and right turns as exactly 90-degrees. Both of these are a little silly, both of them for 100 minerals a piece.

And to PowerkickasS, does yours involve any super powers? The phone booth reminded me of Superman.

[hillzagold]

A) "What is the biggest difference between Batman and Superman?"

one of them is human
or, batman has no real powers
or, batman isn't gay
or, they have different color costume schemes




B) "A cow was walking, it was heading South. It then makes a right turn, three left turns, an 180-degree turn, 27 right turns, and finally three left turns. Which way is the cow's tail pointing?"

assuming the cow isn't in water or floating in zero-G, the tail is pointing down




for the ring one, were the cops stupid or blind?

[Remy]

Congratulations hillzagold, you got the correct answer for B), the cow's tail is pointing down. 100 minerals to you.

Incorrect guesses on A) though.

[GuiMontag]

A) superman is super
superman isnt gay
Superman isnt a man

[PowerkickasS]

he saperated the dimond from the ring and puted the ring on the finger and dimond under hit shoe?

he threw the ring out the door when the cops came

He used the phone and gave his friend a 'ring'

you all can pick whatever reward you want lol


The thief trained an evil rat to whisk the ring away to their secret underground hideout.

ill give you an extra 200 mins + creativity reward of your choice :P

the theif put the ring on top of the booth and a seagull came and took it away

[ImaGiNe.]

Those thieving seagull! Damn them! I guess I will just get the minerals Power or do whatever you can afford, I do not mind.

A) "What is the biggest difference between Batman and Superman?"
Well if we subtract Batman from Superman, the answer would be Tuesday. That is the difference. Haha, I was thinking something along the lines of markus's answer, but he got here first! Sooooo... Superman has eight letters and Batman... six.

[DontHate]

A-Batman has a sidekick and superman doesn't.

[FlyingTiger]

Batman uses his equipment and stealth, superman uses his natural physical features and powers.

However this is a brain teaser and markus prolly got it.

[Alukard]

batman is a bat-man and superman is super-man!

and for the ring i would like a power up O.o (thanks)

[UchihaItachi0129]

superman isn't a human he's a krytponian or w/e XD SMALLVILLE FTW

[mc2]

OK this is my question. The first person to give the exact answer I had in mind will get 500 minerals

What goes up but never comes down?

Remember that you'll only get the minerals if you're the first person to have the same answer that I'm thinking

[ImaGiNe.]

Uh... Your age?

[mc2]

Correct, 500 minerals going to imagine

Just goes to prove how dumb my parents, friends, teachers are

[Alukard]

lol what everybody has, yet others use it more then you. 100 min!

[burkid]

life?

[paragon]

their brain?

[Alukard]

O.o nope...its more simple...

[GuiMontag]

their feet

[ImaGiNe.]

Everybody has a name yet they call you by yours more often!

[Remy]

ImaGiNe. is rocking hard lol. Kicking ass left and right. Probably got the correct answer to Alukard's too.

No one's gotten the Batman/Superman one correct yet. I'm not sure if anyone will though, it's kinda silly.

A hint, the difference is mainly aesthetic. If after a while no one gets it, I'm just gonna reveal the answer and give out a different one.

[GuiMontag]

batman has a mask with pointy ears
batman has gloves
superman has red underwear, batman has black

[mc2]

My next question, the first member with correct answer wins 100 minerals

What's greater than god,
more evil than the devil,
the rich needs it,
the poor has it,
and if you eat it you'll die.....

[FlyingTiger]

haha it's nothing!

heard this soooooo many times

[mc2]

well done flying tiger, enjoy the 100 minerals :P

[DontHate]

damn i knew both of those, the one with the name and the one with the nothing.

On to the batman, Superman loves lois and Batman loves robin?

[PowerkickasS]

a _____ lays __ ___ on top of the hill and the wind is blowing east. which way will the ___ roll?

fill in the 4 blanks and you get a power-up! :D
get it wrong and u get a power-down LOL!!!!

[DontHate]

ummm.. u just want us to fill in the blanks? not answer the question? well that could be anything so I'm not even gonna take a crack at it.

[Nikzad]

are the number of underscores representative of the number of letters in the missing words?

[Alukard]

ImaGiNe. is rocking hard lol. Kicking ass left and right. Probably got the correct answer to Alukard's too.

No one's gotten the Batman/Superman one correct yet. I'm not sure if anyone will though, it's kinda silly.

A hint, the difference is mainly aesthetic. If after a while no one gets it, I'm just gonna reveal the answer and give out a different one.


yeah he got it

[Proxy-serva]

a Peacock lay's an egg on top of the hill and the wind is blowing east . Which way will the egg roll

[FlyingTiger]

a _____ lays __ ___ on top of the hill and the wind is blowing east. which way will the ___ roll?

fill in the 4 blanks and you get a power-up! :D
get it wrong and u get a power-down LOL!!!!


a bird lays an egg on top of the hill and the wind is blowing east. which way will the egg roll?

[Proxy-serva]

me was first

[DontHate]

You said peacock, which doesn't fit the spaces.

[Proxy-serva]

"a _____ lays"!bird has 4 _____ has 5 and peacock isnt right too^^
what is it than

[DontHate]

I'm just saying that peacock won't fit! Don't as me i'm not even the creater of the "riddle"

[Proxy-serva]

ok ok we will see^^

[hillzagold]

it should be 'rooster' as that was how the riddle went

[DontHate]

oh. then i'll just say the answer now. no where, roosters don't lay eggs.

[Fenix]

Unless roosters are what they experimented with in that "Junior" movie....Hmmmm

[burkid]

he-mommy governator?

[PowerkickasS]

should be rooster but peacock's fine. :powerup: proxy and hilza lol

[Remy]

Revealing answer to "What is the biggest difference between Batman and Superman?"

The answer is:  Superman wears his underwear over his tights, but Batman also wears one over his head.

New one for 300 minerals.

"Two men each brought his son, and together they all went to a circus in town.  On a sign at the front entrance, it says that admissions are $10 per person paid in cash at the gate to the clown.  However, when the two fathers and two sons got in, they only ended up paying $30 total.  Why is that?"

Again, same as always.  First correct reply yada yada~~ no edits yada yada~~ 300 minerals, good luck.

[tweakismyname]

1 grandpa 1 father 1 son ez

[josh]

lol. he got to me first. darn it.

[Remy]

Congratulations tweakismyname, you win 300 minerals.

[UchihaItachi0129]

darn it. i need to wake up earlier ><

[Remy]

I've secretly installed a spy cam in your room, and I only give out brain teasers when I see that you are in bed.

[UchihaItachi0129]

>< DAMN IT lol now i need to make a fake dummy of me

[Remy]

>< DAMN IT now i need to install more spy cams

[UchihaItachi0129]

rofl yes you do. and that'll cost more money than making a dummy :P

[tweakismyname]

heres 1, for a pet probe answer this......
if you dont understand too bad thats part of the problem

qwert
x4
=trewq
q=? w=? e=? r=? t=?

dont cheat.. hehe this is open for 1 day if nobody gets it by then then ill tell the answer

EDIT: oh yeah rules: no edits, first 1 with correct answer wins, and if you can tell me how u figured it out.

[PowerkickasS]

damn cant mathematically figure this out =(
unless each letter can have more than one digit.....

EDIT:
Q = 8 / 17 / 10 / 1 / 6 / 1
W = 5 / 23 / 4 / 4 / 9 / 4
E = 5 / 5 / 22 / 4 / 5 / 0
R = 9 / 18 / 9 / 9 / 7 / 9
T = 2 / 20 / 7 / 7 / 2 / 7

x 4

T = 2 / 20 / 7 / 7 / 2 / 7
R = 9 / 18 / 9 / 9 / 7 / 9
E = 5 / 5 / 22 / 4 / 5 / 0
W = 5 / 23 / 4 / 4 / 9 / 4
Q = 8 / 17 / 10 / 1 / 6 / 1

can you gimme a hint? does the answer having anything relating to those figures? o.0

[tweakismyname]

ok heres you hint, each letter stands for a number 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-0 one of those and no 2 letters are the same number, figure the rest out,
its basic arithmetic principles, try figureing out what numbers a letter cant be then do guesswork from there if you still need help

i figured this same problem out when i was 11 in algebra class with no help and it only took 15 minnutes

[Lemonparty]

Probably cause the explanations were comprehensible