riddles

[AceGambit]

There are 2 doors.  One leads to paradise, the other to torment.  A guard stands at each door.  The guard guarding paradise always tells the truth, the one guarding torment always lies.  You must enter one of the doors and you cannot leave thereafter.  How can you make sure you get into paradise?

Ask the one who always tells the truth what the other guy would say if I asked him which door led to paradise.  Then go to the other door.

[AceGambit]

1) Which weighs less: a pound of feathers, a pound of bricks, or a pound of gold?

Trick question.  a pound of gold weighs less.  Gold is weighed in Troy pounds, which are about 18% less than regular pounds.

[Kanped]

There are 2 doors.  One leads to paradise, the other to torment.  A guard stands at each door.  The guard guarding paradise always tells the truth, the one guarding torment always lies.  You must enter one of the doors and you cannot leave thereafter.  How can you make sure you get into paradise?

Ask the one who always tells the truth what the other guy would say if I asked him which door led to paradise.  Then go to the other door.

You don't know which one tells the truth, though

[AceGambit]

It doesn't really matter either way.  If you ask any of them "What would he say if I asked him which door leads to paradise"  you will always be directed to the one that leads to torment, so choose the opposite.

[Don Boyer]

1) they all weigh a pound.

2) 1,000,000 pieces of $1 shaped paper

Wrong on both counts.

You wouldn't need any paper. $1 bills are printed on linen.

Close enough.  No wood pulp used - it's 75% linen, 25% cotton.  Wood pulp paper bills wouldn't last a month in heavy circulation.

1) Which weighs less: a pound of feathers, a pound of bricks, or a pound of gold?

Trick question.  a pound of gold weighs less.  Gold is weighed in Troy pounds, which are about 18% less than regular pounds.

The troy scale is used only for precious metals, gemstones, things along those lines.  The avoirdupois scale is used for common items, including body weight.


An avoirdupois ounce is 28.35 grams and there's 16 ounces to one avoirdupois pound.  Total 453.6g.


A troy ounce is 31.1 grams but there's only 12 in a troy pound.  Total 373.2g.  17.72% less!

New questions, and no looking at the US Treasury website!

True or false: it costs more than a dollar to print a one dollar bill.

True or false: the US Mint still makes copper pennies.

BTW: ingenious answer, AceG!

[Kanped]

It doesn't really matter either way.  If you ask any of them "What would he say if I asked him which door leads to paradise"  you will always be directed to the one that leads to torment, so choose the opposite.

It's the right question but not the right solution; their answer will be whatever door they're guarding.  If the guard you asked says 'paradise', he is guarding paradise, if he says 'torment', he is guarding torment.


As for Sabacc's questions... I read somewhere that it costs more than a penny to make a penny, so it's not outside the realms of possibility, so I'll guess it's true that it costs more than a dollar to make a $1 bill.


Ask for copper pennies, the question 'still' is a bit of an indicator.  Copper is quite valuable to a degree but I reckon the mint probably does still make copper pennies, even if they're not in regular circulation.

[KPopFever605]

A magician was boasting one day at how long he could hold his breath under
water. His record was 6 minutes. A kid that was listening said, "that's nothing,
I can stay under water for 10 minutes using no types of equipment or air pockets!"
The magician told the kid if he could do that, he'd give him $10,000. The kid did it
and won the money. Can you figure out how?

[Joshua Robinson]

held a couple of water above his head?

[Kanped]

Well, if it's under water rather than underwater, put a bucket of water over your head.

[KPopFever605]

No, I was not holding anything.

[Joshua Robinson]

It is greater than God and more evil than the devil. The poor have it, the rich need it and if you eat it you'll die. What is it?

[Curt]

It is greater than God and more evil than the devil. The poor have it, the rich need it and if you eat it you'll die. What is it?

nothing

[Joshua Robinson]

damn!!! good job curt, heres another: what walks on four legs in the morning, 2 at midday and 3 at evening?

[loldudex2]

damn!!! good job curt, heres another: what walks on four legs in the morning, 2 at midday and 3 at evening?

a Person?

[Curt]

damn!!! good job curt, heres another: what walks on four legs in the morning, 2 at midday and 3 at evening?

Humans.

crawl (baby)
walk
walk with cane ( senior )


??

[Joshua Robinson]

yep!!! too good!! curt good it fully

[Kanped]

Dude, that one was in Oedipus Rex; it's like 2500 years old at least.  Plus, the other one was asked earlier in this thread.

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 15 cm and the length of the ladder is 290 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour.
When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?

[Joshua Robinson]

180 HOURS

EDIT: it will always stay the same, because the boat will rise with the tide

[Kanped]

180 HOURS

WORD COUNT

Is this a guess, or....?  I guess this is in the right thread because I am completely stumped at the meaning of this.

[Don Boyer]

New questions, and no looking at the US Treasury website!

True or false: it costs more than a dollar to print a one dollar bill.

True or false: the US Mint still makes copper pennies.

As for Sabacc's questions... I read somewhere that it costs more than a penny to make a penny, so it's not outside the realms of possibility, so I'll guess it's true that it costs more than a dollar to make a $1 bill.


Ask for copper pennies, the question 'still' is a bit of an indicator.  Copper is quite valuable to a degree but I reckon the mint probably does still make copper pennies, even if they're not in regular circulation.

A dollar bill does cost more than a $1 to make.  It's why the US Mint is trying to push a successful dollar coin.  Inertia among consumers and a lack of desire to carry heavier bits of metal has made it an uphill battle.


The US Mint now makes pennies with zinc core (97%) and a copper shell (3%).  Back in the '90s, some people started to realize a penny contained more than $0.01 worth of copper by weight - and started melting them down for the scrap value of the metal!  It's the same reason why so many street lights and other public infrastructure in NYC started  breaking down around the same time; people were stealing the copper wiring.

[John B.]

You have eight balls all of the same size. 7 of them weigh the same, and one of them weighs slightly more. How can you find the ball that is heavier by using a balance and only two weighings?

[Curt]

You have eight balls all of the same size. 7 of them weigh the same, and one of them weighs slightly more. How can you find the ball that is heavier by using a balance and only two weighings?

hmm... Weigh 6 balls, 3 on each side. If they are even weight then one of the balls left is the heavier one, so weigh those. If the 6 balls are not even then take 2 from the heavier side and weigh them against each other to find which of the 3 is the heavy one.

I liked that riddle. Not super tricky, just logical.

[Anthony]

K, I'll contribute....

A woman taking a census happens along 2 men on a porch, one man is asleep. The woman asks the man who's awake a few questions and then proceeds to ask the man if he could tell her anything about the other man who is asleep.

He responds to her in this way: "Brothers and sisters I have none, this mans father is my fathers son"

Who is the sleeping man?

[Don Boyer]

K, I'll contribute....

A woman taking a census happens along 2 men on a porch, one man is asleep. The woman asks the man who's awake a few questions and then proceeds to ask the man if he could tell her anything about the other man who is asleep.

He responds to her in this way: "Brothers and sisters I have none, this mans father is my fathers son"

Who is the sleeping man?

Ah, you stole mine - I tell it better!

Since the man has no siblings, "my father's son" is himself.  Since "this man's father" is himself, "this man" is his son.

[Nurul]

Riddle me this, riddle me that ...
Here's a little warm up

What is broken every time it's spoken?