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#1 {lang:macro__useroffline}   Neraphym {lang:icon}

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Posted 27 April 2004 - 09:41 PM

Alright, I'm going to post a ton more mind trap riddles. See if you can get any of them. The winner must answer at least 10 correctly, and most have at least 3 more than second place. The prize will be something good.

1. A horse travels a certain distance each day. Strangely enough, 2 of its legs travelys 31 kilometers a day while the other two only travel 30 kilometers a day. How is this possible?

2. Suppose you have a 5x5x5 cm container (125 cubic cm capacity), and you have a steel ball that is 25 cubic centimeters. How many cubic centimeters of mercury would be needed to completely submerge the ball?

3. How can you rearrange the letter is "new door" to make one word? Note: there is only one correct answer.

4. There is a bridge that is 4 miles long, and can hold absolutely no more than 5 tons at a time. A truck weighing exactly 5 tons begins crossing the bridge. At the halfway point, a 30 ounce bird lands on the truck, but the bridge holds. How si this possible?

5. How can you add two to eleven and get one? (You better get this one)

6. The following arrows represent a common english word:
/\ > < \/

7. What four letters can fix this statement.
A _o_a_l_ doctor had _o _a_l_ and therefore, was _o_ a_l_ to operate.

8. How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?

9. The maker doesn't want it, the buyer doesn't use it, and the user doesn't see it. What am I talking about?

10. NASA wanted to do a test in space. They were going to bring canaries into space, but someone made a discovery and the mission was scrapped. He had discovered that if sent into space, the birds would die of dehydration. Even if they bring plenty of water, they would still die. Why?

11. What does this mean: M N X R L T 4 U

12. What letters come next? ST ND RD ...

13. A guy was in a library and found a book with VOLIX on its spine. How do you pronounce that?

14. Two men were tried for murder. One was found guilty, the other innocent. Both were let free however. Why?

15. It is impossible for a person to go without water longer than a week. Someone crossed a desert without finding or birngin any water (aside from that which is found in food) in 10 days time. How did he survive?

16. (I think I've used this before, but oh well.) Translate: 100204180

17. What are the next three letters in the sequence: j, a, s, o, n, ...

18. A woman from New York married ten different men from that city, yet she did not break nay laws. None of the men died, nor did she ever divorce. How is this possible?

19. A man submurges his entire hand in water that was boiling mere seconds ago, but did not get burned in any way. How is this possible?

20. What word from group B belongs in group A and why?
a) FRONT, SKI, MELON, FALL
b) ROAD, TIRE, TOWER, CLIFF

21. What word from group B belongs in group A and why?
a) BLAST, PAPER, BOX, BANK
b) JUICE, BAG, CRADLE, CARPET

22. Where will the letter Z go and why (left side or right side?)? AEFHIKLMNTVWXY / BCDGJOPQRSU

23. The US constitution requires a person to meet 5 requirements in order to become president: You must be at least 35 years old, a citizen of the United States, a resident of the US for the last 14 years, and you must have been born in the US. What is the fith one?

24. What are the next three letters in the sequence: H, H, L, B, B, C...

25. Which word does not belong and why?: Meter, Potato, Storm, Face

26. Which word does not belong and why?: Toothbrush, Monosylabic, Ion, Phonetic

27. Translate the following: NJOE USBQ SJEEMFT: QBSU UXP

28: Pete and Lisy, two popular political figures, met at a bar to discuss the overthrowing of their party leaders. They both odered a vodka on the rocks. Lisa quickly drank his and then ordered another. Pete was slowly sipping his down as they discussed how to go about getting rid of the leaders. They considered framing the leaders for some fraud, and were discussing how to do this, when all of a sudden, Pete dropped dead (sorry Phieta bluetongue.gif). Both Pete and Lisa were targets of an assasination. Why was Pete killed and why was Lisa spared?

29. I have 10 bags filled with 20 coins each that all look alike. One bag is filled with all fake coins. The real coins weigh 10 grams each and the fake coins weigh 20 grams each. Using a scale which measures in grams, how can you determine which bag holds the fake coins with just one weighing. (Obviously you really don't need a scale to determine which one weighs twice as much, but lets pretend ya do. bluetongue.gif)

30. There is this strange island that is a very popular tourist place. On that island, the natives always lie and the visitors always tell the truth. While vacationing on the island, Cspace was approched by two people, Ryl and Traver. Traver said to Cspace, "I am a native, but Joise is a visitor." Are they both visitors, both natives, or one of each?

1. Yep, Was going in a circle - bigrat2
2. Steel will float on mercury. - Jarik C-Bol
3. One word is it - bigrat2
4. It burns off fuel while crossing. - Xalibur XIII
5. On a clock- bigrat2
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7. N, T, B, E - Killerconvic
8. Correct, just once - bigrat2
9. a coffin - bigrat2
10. Birds need gravity to swallow - beavis545 & bigrat2
11. ham and eggs are healthy for you - bigrat2
12. th (as in fourth) - atilla123
13. Volume Nine (VOL is volume, IX is roman for 9) - beavis545
14. They were conjoined twins - Killerconvic
15. He crossed Antartica, and just ate ice. - Killerconvic
16. I ought naught to owe for I ate nothing. - bigrat2
17. d, j, f (months in a year) - Final F8
18. woman was a priest - lprince
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22. the top line. coz it has the letters with straight lines. the bottm line has curved lines - bigrat2
23. Must be elected - Final F8
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More later, it is a pain to find good ones.

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Posted 30 April 2004 - 12:23 AM

let me try some of these...

1. the horse pulls that wheel thing so one of its front legs and one of its hind legs goes a further distance than the other inside legs.

2. ehh might as well guess...how about 125 cubic cm

3. this stumped me for a while until i figured that the question was literal: one door

4. ????

5. i've heard of this one before...two hours plus 11 o clock is 1 o'clock

6. ????

7. ack this was hard until i saw the spaces between the underlines...notable

8. either one or infinity...can't make up mind...

9. a coffin?

10. ????

11. m'ms and eggs are healthy for you? or ham and eggs are healthy for you? I remember hearing a riddle similar to this one...

12. ????

13. are they roman numerals? so would that be like 505015 or like something like that?

14. ????

15. He brought food that had a type of liquid in it??
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Posted 30 April 2004 - 09:22 AM

Bah!!!!

stupid server change deleted my post.. oh well... ill do em over..

1. the horse is walking in circles eg. at a mill
3. rearrange the letters from new door to "one word"
5. 11 o'clock plus 2 hours, 1 o'clock
7. A notable doctor had no table and therefore, was not able to operate.
8. only once, after that you subracting from 20
9. coffin
10. i think i read this somewhere.. dont think its right.. birds use gravity or something to eat or something.. no gravity in space
11. ham and eggs are healthy for you
13. is it like volley?
14. they were conjoined twins
15. he was crossing antartica, just ate some ice

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Posted 30 April 2004 - 02:30 PM

I'm at school right now, but my comp at home has everyone's old answers on it and who posted them first. When I get home, I'll update this and add about 10 more riddles.
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Posted 01 May 2004 - 08:01 AM

yups, okies
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Posted 01 May 2004 - 06:48 PM

I added 10 more, some from Mind trap, others that I made up myself. Also, don't feel cheat Amateur123, as a lot of your answers were right, its just they were all taken before you posted. If it weren't for that stupid server transfer...
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Posted 01 May 2004 - 10:18 PM

for no4- maybe only half the truck was on the bridge, and the bird landed half way across the truck(in the middle)
for 18 - the woman was a viccar(priest) and she either married 10 men to 10 women or she married 5 gay coupels(which i think is legal in the us)

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Posted 02 May 2004 - 10:43 AM

16. I ought naught to owe for I ate nothing.
(yeah, i think i saw this here somewhere.)

22. the top line. coz it has the letters with straight lines. the bottm line has curved lines
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Posted 02 May 2004 - 12:57 PM

Bigrat got two, lprince got one. There are no trucks over 2 miles long...
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Posted 03 May 2004 - 02:42 AM

23. Alive.
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Posted 03 May 2004 - 09:13 PM

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Posted 04 May 2004 - 09:38 AM

17. d, j, f - the complete sequence is the first letters of months July through February.

23. You have to be voted President

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Posted 05 May 2004 - 01:24 AM

Yes to both. You others may begin kicking yourselves. bluetongue.gif
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Posted 05 May 2004 - 09:18 AM

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22. the top line. coz it has the letters with straight lines. the bottm line has curved lines


it doesnt have my name next to it!!!!!!

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Posted 05 May 2004 - 09:28 PM

Wow, cool! I love this stuff. biglaugh.gif
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