Riddles: Post and solve riddles here :)

nogardragon • 9 July 2011 at 1:49 PM

Personally, I love a good riddle. So I have made this topic where you can post and answer riddles.

Sorry if someone has already made a topic of this 😋 . There are no riddle topics that I know of.

When you post a new riddle do it like this:

New Riddle
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*Put riddle here*

(Where it says *put riddle here* write your riddle in)

If you are answering a riddle then just write your answer in the box. If someone gets it right, ping them and put that it was answered so we can put a new riddle in 😊 It would be better if you guessed at the riddles posted instead of looking on google, so everyone has a chance to answer before the answer is revealed 😊
I'll start

New Riddle
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There is a bus full of people travelling in San Francisco and no-one gets off the bus through out the journey. When it gets to its destination there is not a single person left.

How is this possible?

qwaszx • 9 July 2011 at 1:50 PM

@nogardragan They all broke up! xD

nogardragon • 9 July 2011 at 1:52 PM

No, almost

randomkitty17 • 9 July 2011 at 1:55 PM

@nogardragon they all paired up?

nogardragon • 9 July 2011 at 1:57 PM

@randomkitty17 yeah, but not the exact wording

It was that they were all married 😊

Does anyone have a REALLY hard riddle, that will take like forever to solve 😊

scorch_cloud222 • 9 July 2011 at 2:11 PM

Go, hover over me no more,
You smoth'ring feathered pillow gray.
Without your golden overlord,
You lose your gleeful shadowplay.

What are you?

nogardragon • 9 July 2011 at 2:13 PM

@scorch_cloud222 uhh a shadow

scorch_cloud222 • 9 July 2011 at 2:13 PM

@nogardragon

Nope.

ladybugheart • 9 July 2011 at 2:14 PM

Here's one:

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Three people enter a hotel. They pay $30 to the manager and go to their room. Later, the manager finds out they were supposed to pay $25, and gives the bellboy $5 to return to the guests. However, the bellboy realizes that it would be difficult to split $5 in between three people, so he puts $2 in his pocket and gives each guest $1. This means each person paid $10 and got $1 back. So they paid $9 each, totaling to $27 dollars. The bellboy has another $2, adding up to $29.
Where is the remaining dollar?

(This one was confusing, but I solved it eventually. xP)

nogardragon • 9 July 2011 at 2:15 PM

@scorch_cloud222 a ghost?

ladybugheart • 9 July 2011 at 2:17 PM

@scorch_cloud222 A cloud?

scorch_cloud222 • 9 July 2011 at 2:17 PM

@nogardragon

Nope.

@ladybugheart

Yes! ^-^

nogardragon • 9 July 2011 at 2:18 PM

@ladybugheart I did know that one, so frustrating I can't remember 😋

was it that it was the tip for the bellboy?

silver_winged • 9 July 2011 at 2:27 PM

@ladybugheart It's with the manager, correct?

ladybugheart • 9 July 2011 at 2:29 PM

@nogardragon
@silver_winged

Nope. 😈

nogardragon • 9 July 2011 at 2:29 PM

There is no missing dollar?
@ladybugheart

ladybugheart • 9 July 2011 at 2:30 PM

@nogardragon Yes. 😊 (But I also challenge you to show your work. xD)

Zac • 9 July 2011 at 2:33 PM

@ladybugheart I'm so confused by that riddle. O-o Why would you add the $2 that the bellboy took twice?

nogardragon • 9 July 2011 at 2:34 PM

@ladybugheart

ok....
So the three people payed $27 all together
27 divided by 3 is $9
Then they all got $3 back

$27 plus $3 is $30
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Is that right?

silver_winged • 9 July 2011 at 2:34 PM

@ladybugheart There IS no missing dollar! My suspicion is correct! And I can tell you why, too.

The phrasing of the riddle wants us to think that the numbers should add up to $30, the amount of money the customers paid, when it should REALLY be going the other way, to make up the revised $25 dollar payment! We're not supposed to be looking at it like $27 + $2 =/= $30, but instead, 27 - 2 = 25. ^^

nogardragon • 9 July 2011 at 2:37 PM

Does my way made sense?

ladybugheart • 9 July 2011 at 2:37 PM

@zac
When it says "The bellboy has another $2" they're referring to the $2 he put in his pocket earlier. Is that what you're asking? xD It is very confusing, I spent a whole day doing it and finally figured it out in bed. xP

@silver_winged Yes! xD You people are smart.

@nogardragon I don't think so... I've gotten very confused now. xP
Actually, I think that's right. 😊

Yaay, you both win! xD

nogardragon • 9 July 2011 at 2:39 PM

Any more riddles?

silver_winged • 9 July 2011 at 2:44 PM

Time for another riddle, perhaps?
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A man and his wife are speeding wildly down a country road in their car. Suddenly, the tires lose their grip, and the car drifts off the road and into a tree. The man, unharmed except for a few bruises and scratches, turns to face his wife. She is largely uninjured as well. He tells her he is going to get out of the car and search for help, and that she should wait there, not speaking to ANYONE until he gets back. With all the windows and doors securely locked, he jogs off.

By the time the man finds help at a nearby farm and comes back to the car, he is shocked to find that his wife is dead, and a stranger is in the car. The car shows no signs of forced entry, the windows are raised and intact, and the locks have not been touched. How has this happened?

nogardragon • 9 July 2011 at 2:48 PM

The man was already in the car with her?

@ladybugheart

silver_winged • 9 July 2011 at 2:48 PM

Nope, the man and the woman were the only two people in the car. And if he was there before, presumably he wouldn't be a stranger, would he?

nogardragon • 9 July 2011 at 2:51 PM

I suppose,

They had a skylight that was open?

@ladybugheart

silver_winged • 9 July 2011 at 2:52 PM

Nope. The car's just your average vehicle- no secret entry points.

Not sure why you keep pinging ladybugheart.

kagirl21 • 9 July 2011 at 2:53 PM

@silver_winged I have no idea. xD

Here's one!

There's a blue man in the blue house, an orange man in the orange house, a red man in the red house, a purple man in the purple house, a green man in the green house, and a yellow man in the yellow house

What kind of man is in the white house?

(This is kinda easy but oh well) 😋

silver_winged • 9 July 2011 at 2:53 PM

@kagirl21 The president. c: