Einsteins Riddle
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1. What English word is nine letters long, and can remain an English word at each step as you remove one letter at a time, right down to a single letter. List the letter you remove each time and the words that result at each step.
2. Are you good at math? Complete the last two in this sequence: 1=3, 2=3, 3=5, 4=4, 5=4, 6=3, 7=5, 8=5, 9=4, 10=3, 11=?, 12=?
3. A farmer was going to town with a fox, a goose and a sack of corn. When he came to a stream, he had to cross in a tiny boat, and could only take across one thing at a time. However, if he left the fox alone with the goose, the fox would eat the goose, and if he left the goose alone with the corn, the goose would eat the corn. How does he get them all safely over the stream?
4. A frog fell into a hole that was 14 1/2 feet deep. He could jump 3 feet, but he slid back a foot each time he jumped. How many jumps does it take him to get out of the hole?
5. A man had twelve toothpicks in front of him. He took one away. Now he had nine in front of him. How is this possible?
6. Continue the series: o t t f f s s _ _ _
2. Are you good at math? Complete the last two in this sequence: 1=3, 2=3, 3=5, 4=4, 5=4, 6=3, 7=5, 8=5, 9=4, 10=3, 11=?, 12=?
3. A farmer was going to town with a fox, a goose and a sack of corn. When he came to a stream, he had to cross in a tiny boat, and could only take across one thing at a time. However, if he left the fox alone with the goose, the fox would eat the goose, and if he left the goose alone with the corn, the goose would eat the corn. How does he get them all safely over the stream?
4. A frog fell into a hole that was 14 1/2 feet deep. He could jump 3 feet, but he slid back a foot each time he jumped. How many jumps does it take him to get out of the hole?
5. A man had twelve toothpicks in front of him. He took one away. Now he had nine in front of him. How is this possible?
6. Continue the series: o t t f f s s _ _ _
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Originally Posted by spankaveli
1. What English word is nine letters long, and can remain an English word at each step as you remove one letter at a time, right down to a single letter. List the letter you remove each time and the words that result at each step.
2. Are you good at math? Complete the last two in this sequence: 1=3, 2=3, 3=5, 4=4, 5=4, 6=3, 7=5, 8=5, 9=4, 10=3, 11=?, 12=?
6, 6 - Number of letters in the word of the number
3. A farmer was going to town with a fox, a goose and a sack of corn. When he came to a stream, he had to cross in a tiny boat, and could only take across one thing at a time. However, if he left the fox alone with the goose, the fox would eat the goose, and if he left the goose alone with the corn, the goose would eat the corn. How does he get them all safely over the stream?
Goose brought over first and was left. He returned with the fox and put the fox with the goose, but brought the goose back with him. He left the goose on the original side and brought over the corn and left the corn with the fox, then brought over the goose.
4. A frog fell into a hole that was 14 1/2 feet deep. He could jump 3 feet, but he slid back a foot each time he jumped. How many jumps does it take him to get out of the hole?
Eight
5. A man had twelve toothpicks in front of him. He took one away. Now he had nine in front of him. How is this possible?
He had eleven toothpicks lined up to spell out NINE
6. Continue the series: o t t f f s s _ _ _
o t t f f s s e n t
One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten
2. Are you good at math? Complete the last two in this sequence: 1=3, 2=3, 3=5, 4=4, 5=4, 6=3, 7=5, 8=5, 9=4, 10=3, 11=?, 12=?
6, 6 - Number of letters in the word of the number
3. A farmer was going to town with a fox, a goose and a sack of corn. When he came to a stream, he had to cross in a tiny boat, and could only take across one thing at a time. However, if he left the fox alone with the goose, the fox would eat the goose, and if he left the goose alone with the corn, the goose would eat the corn. How does he get them all safely over the stream?
Goose brought over first and was left. He returned with the fox and put the fox with the goose, but brought the goose back with him. He left the goose on the original side and brought over the corn and left the corn with the fox, then brought over the goose.
4. A frog fell into a hole that was 14 1/2 feet deep. He could jump 3 feet, but he slid back a foot each time he jumped. How many jumps does it take him to get out of the hole?
Eight
5. A man had twelve toothpicks in front of him. He took one away. Now he had nine in front of him. How is this possible?
He had eleven toothpicks lined up to spell out NINE
6. Continue the series: o t t f f s s _ _ _
o t t f f s s e n t
One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten
snitches get stitches
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From: Portland, OR
Originally Posted by MarshyTheKid
I've done some of these before. Can't remember the first one.
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snitches get stitches
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From: Portland, OR
Originally Posted by bluetwo
Trick questions. That's all riddles are. Every riddle has an answer but it has nothing to do with the context in which the question was asked. Pointless IMO.
From Spanky's list, the only one that is like that is #5. The rest are straight forward and just require thinking about them.
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Heaven or Hell?
There are two doors, and one Angel in front of each one. One Angel will always tell you the truth and the other will always tell you a lie. Behind one door is Hell and the other is Heaven. You can only ask one question, to one Angel. What question can you ask that will help you decide accurately which door is hell or heaven?
I think I included everything. If it doesn't make sense, just ask, and I will try to clarify.
There are two doors, and one Angel in front of each one. One Angel will always tell you the truth and the other will always tell you a lie. Behind one door is Hell and the other is Heaven. You can only ask one question, to one Angel. What question can you ask that will help you decide accurately which door is hell or heaven?
I think I included everything. If it doesn't make sense, just ask, and I will try to clarify.
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From: NJ
A plane is standing on runway that can move (some sort of band conveyer). The plane moves in one direction, while the conveyer moves in the opposite direction. This conveyer has a control system that tracks the plane speed and tunes the speed of the conveyer to be exactly the same (but in opposite direction).
The question is:
Will the plane take off or not? Will it be able to run up and take off?
The question is:
Will the plane take off or not? Will it be able to run up and take off?