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Lyra Cornwallis
Lyra Cornwallis
Lucky Stiff

Mar-12-2010 10:38

The game's very simple. You just have to post a riddle, and the person who posts next should try answering it, and should post their own riddle.

Example:
Why do birds fly South in winter?

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Cordelia Falco
Cordelia Falco
Battered Shoe

Jul-25-2011 02:22

Nice question! It's been a while since I came across this one, so I had to think about different ways of putting it.

One way to think about it is to look at the original $60. The clerk has $50, the ladies have $2 each and the bellhop has $4, making $60.

Alternatively, you can look at the correct cost for the rooms, which is $50. The ladies should have paid $16.66 each but they've actually handed over $18. $18 times three is $54, and the bellhop has the extra $4.

The reason it doesn't add up in the question is because the total shouldn't be $60 anyway, if you're looking at how much they paid for the room. It should be $50, plus the $4 the bellhop pinched. Three times $18 is $54, which is the right amount. The fact that some of the $54 dollars is with the clerk and some is with the bellhop is what's confusing.

Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Jul-25-2011 04:41

Gj anyways Cordelia!

Summer Daze
Summer Daze
Freedom Fighter

Aug-27-2011 15:18

Two men are travelling on an old-fashioned steam train. They are seated opposite each other and the carriage window, between them, is open. Suddenly another train passes and a blast of dirty smoke pours in through the window - leaving a trail of soot on one of the men's faces. However , he remains seated while the other man gets up to go and wash his face. Why?

Cordelia Falco
Cordelia Falco
Battered Shoe

Aug-28-2011 08:04

I've not seen this one before! Is it because they're both going by what they can see of the other one's face? So the one who's looking at a sooty face goes to wash, and the other one didn't see any dirt?

Summer Daze
Summer Daze
Freedom Fighter

Aug-29-2011 06:35

Correct Cordelia ...actually that was too easy a riddle for seasoned detectives to solve! Will try to come up with something more challenging ;)

Summer Daze
Summer Daze
Freedom Fighter

Sep-1-2011 07:16

There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?




Ebony Villanueva
Ebony Villanueva
Nomad

Jun-17-2016 04:41

Startling
Starting
Staring
String
Sting
Sing
Sin
In
I


What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?



Autumnsprings
Autumnsprings
Con Artist

Jun-17-2016 13:51

You could also say

Startling
Starling (type of bird)
Staring
String
Sting
Sing
Sin
In
I

I know Ebony's riddle but I'm not good at finding riddles so I'm not going to answer. I just wanted to point out there are two possible answers to Summer Daze's riddle. Unless I'm making a stupid mistake.


Solve A Lot2
Solve A Lot2
Assistant Postman

Jun-17-2016 21:02

What has no beginning, no middle and no end?

Solve A Lot2
Solve A Lot2
Assistant Postman

Jun-17-2016 21:03

Sorry Ebony, I overlooked your riddle. Could the answer be the letter "m"?

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