Riddle Me This... Do you have what it takes?
Day 2,152, 10:00
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by asecondchance
As always a personal goal of mine is to keep this place active so here we go! Let's see how many people can answer the following questions correctly. Some may be easy, some harder but they all have REAL answers if you think hard enough you can figure them out.
I will post the answers and call out who got them correct in 2 days (2,154)! Let the thinking begin!
Riddle 1:
In a major league baseball game, a pitcher faced only 27 batters. Every batter he faced, he struck out. He allowed no hits and no runs, yet his team lost 4-0. How could this be?
ANSWER: He wasn't the original pitcher. He came in the first inning as a relief pitcher.
Riddle 2:
A man has to get a fox, a chicken, and a sack of corn across a river. He has a rowboat, and it can only carry him and one other thing. If the fox and the chicken are left together, the fox will eat the chicken. If the chicken and the corn are left together, the chicken will eat the corn. How does the man do it?
Answer:
1. Man carries the chicken to the other side
2. Man returns alone and takes the fox to the other side
3. Man leaves fox and takes chicken back
4. Man leaves chicken and carries corn to the other side
5. Man leaves the corn with the fox and returns alone
6. Man gets the chicken and goes back to the other side
Riddle 3:
What word has 5 letters but is pronounced like only one letter?
Answer: Queue
Riddle 4:
What would you be sure to find in the middle of Toronto?
Answer: O
Riddle 5:
There were two fathers and two sons on a boat fishing. They each caught a fish, but only three fish where caught. How can this be so?
Answer: There are two fathers and two sons - There was a grandfather and his son and then his son's son on the boat.
Alright let's see who can figure out all of them ... or at least 1 of them? C'mon someone has to be able to get these... Post your answers below!
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1. Don't know anything about baseball so will not even try it.
2.first he takes chicken accross...then he goes back and take corn accross.
But while he is going back he takes chicken back with him.
Takes fox accross and leaves chicken on original side.
Go back and take chicken accross..
3. I am not a native english speaker so have no idea.
4. o
5. gay men....a couple have a son....one son and two fathers
Fun article...
1. It was tied at the end of nine innings and the brought in a new pitcher who was then beaten.
2. Take the chicken first come back get the fox and take the fox across bring the chicken back with you and exchange the chicken for the corn and bring the corn across then go back and get the chicken.
3. Queue
4. The letter o
5.it is a son his father and grandfather.
you are right about 5th...ignored two sons part...
Riddle 1:
Sorry, don't have a clue how baseball works.
Riddle 2:
Same as Vik's answer. Tbh I've heard this one before.
Riddle 3:
Queue.
Riddle 4:
Canadians.
Riddle 5:
Its three people, one is both a father and a son.
1. He was batting rather than pitching?
2. He takes the chicken across first and turns for the others?
3' Queue ?
4. Milk in bags. (O) ?
5. Grandad-Dad-Son/Grandson?
Bollocks. For number 2 he'd then take the fox across who would see the chicken and believe the land across the river was rightfully his and leave him in peace. He could then return to collect the corn safe in the knowledge the chicken and fox were smoking a peace pipe telling tales of their different cultures
5. Son, father and grandfather
1) Someone was pitcher before him, who gave away 4 runs (I don't know about baseball, I presume you can do this)
2) Take chicken. Come back with nothing. Take corn. Come back with chicken. Take fox. Come back with nothing. Take chicken.
3) Queue
4) O
5) Grandfather, Father and Son
Take a looh here:
"Everybody has to cross the river"
To play, click the link below - then click the blue circle to start.
The following rules apply:
Only 2 people on the raft at a time.
The Father cannot stay with any of the daughters, without their Mother's presence.
The Mother cannot stay with any of the sons, without their Father's presence.
The thief (striped shirt) cannot stay with any family member, if the Policeman is not there.
Only the Father, the Mother and the Policeman know how to operate the raft.
To move people, click on them. To move the raft, click on the pole on the opposite side of the river. The solution is possible! THIS IS NOT A TRICK!
http://freeweb.siol.net/danej/riverIQGame.swf
I forgot, you must click on the round button first
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Good one, thanks ! 🙂
Well done!
1st
Maybe after bottom of the 9th the score was 0-0. Then in 10th inning the pitcher was replaced and the other give 4 points to the winning team. The first one didn't finished the game. 9 innings with 0-0 is not a finished game.
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2nd
1. Takes chicken, cross, return
2. There are two ways, both vali😛
2.1:
- Take corn, cross, leave corn, take chicken on return, cross
- Leave chicken, take fox, cross, leave fox, return
- Take chicken and cross
2.2:
- Take fox, cross, leave fox, take chicken on return, cross
- Leave chicken, take corn, cross, leave corn, return
- Take chicken and cross
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3rd
The word "queue" It's pronounced as "q".
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4th
Letter "o" is in the middle of the word "Toronto"
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5th Grandfather wit his son and grandson. Everyone caught 2 fishes
Or. ofc. on the 1st question: the score was 4-0 before the pitcher started 🙂
Damn, I mean "Everyone caught a fish." on a 5th question
riddle 2 is a AI standard.
first he takes over the chicken then returns alone
so on side 1 is the fox and the corn and the man side 2 is the chicken
then he takes over the fox but returns with the chicken
so on side 1 is the chicken corn man side 2 fox
so then he takes over the corn and return alone
side 1 man chicken side 2 corn fox
then he takes over the chicken
riddle 5 grandfather father son
so 2 fathers :grandfather, father and 2 sons father and son
middle of toronto tor o nto ?
read other answers so not gonna answer other 2
2. get the fox to swim beside the boat whilst you take the corn over. then go over and get the chicken
4. you are certain to find O in the middle of Toronto
that's all I can do
Great article, maybe answers should be by PM first though. I was waiting to show off and then saw all the right answers posted already. I have an alternative for number 4. Answer: A Chinese man.
I can do all but the baseball one. We don't play that enough in Aus for me to know the rules properly.
Riddle 2: Take the chicken, take the corn, and return the chicken, take the wolf, take the chicken again.
Riddle 3: Queue
Riddle 4: The letter "O". And humans.
Riddle 5: Grandfather, father son.
Father= Grandfather, father.
Son= Father, son.
I know they've all been pretty much answered, but what the hell 😃
1. He came in as a relief pitcher in the top of first inning with no outs after the starting pitcher had already given up four runs!
2. Take chicken. Come back with nothing. Take corn. Come back with chicken. Take fox. Come back with nothing. Take chicken.
3. Queue
4. The Letter "O"
5. There was only 3 people on the boat fishing. A Grandfather with his son and grandson.
1. He came in as a relief pitcher in the top of first inning with no outs after the dork starting pitcher had already given up four runs!
2. The man and the chicken cross the river, (the fox and corn are safe together), he leaves the chicken on the other side and goes back across.
The man then takes the fox across the river, and since he can't leave the fox and chicken together, he brings the chicken back.
Again, since the chicken and corn can't be left together, he leaves the chicken and he takes the corn across and leaves it with the fox.
He then returns to pick up the chicken and heads across the river one last time.
3. Queue
4. O
5. Only 3 people on the boat, 3 generations, grandad, dad and son. 2 dads and 2 sons.
I am glad to see so many people got the answers right! I posted the answrs within the original post!