Hard Riddles
A horse is tied to a five meter rope in front of an old saloon. Six meters behind the horse is a bale of hay. Without breaking his rope, the horse is able to eat the hay whenever he chooses. How is this possible?
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The rope is not tied to anything else
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An iron horse with a flaxen tail.
The faster the horse runs,
the shorter his tail becomes.
What is it?
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A NEEDLE AND THREAD
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Carl Jones introduced Roger Smith to his friend as his ‘Uncle Roger’. Roger Smith introduced Carl Jones to his friend as his ‘Uncle Carl’. “If you are uncles to each other,” queried one of the friends, “you must also be nephews to each other.” “That’s correct,” replied Carl.
Since there has been no breach of marriage law, how can you explain such a relationship?
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Two men, A and B marry each other’s mother. One son was born to each marriage, in this case, Carl Jones and Roger Smith. Carl’s father is A, and his half brother is B. Also, Roger’s father is B, and his half brother is A; therefore, Carl and Roger are both uncle and nephew to each other
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If two hours ago, it was as long after one o’clock in the afternoon as it was before one o’clock in the morning, what time would it be now?
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Nine o’clock. Since there are twelve hours between the two times, and half of that time equals six, then the halfway mark would have to be seven o’clock. If it were seven o’clock, two hours ago, the time would now be nine o’clock
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Andy dislikes the catcher. Ed’s sister is engaged to the second baseman. The center fielder is taller than the right fielder. Harry and the third baseman live in the same building. Paul and Allen each won $20 from the pitcher at pinochle. Ed and the outfielders play poker during their free time. The pitcher’s wife is the third baseman’s sister. The pitcher, catcher, and infielders except Allen, Harry, and Andy, are shorter than Sam. Paul, Andy, and the shortstop lost $50 each at the racetrack. Paul, Harry, Bill, and the catcher took a trouncing from the second baseman at pool. Sam is involved in a divorce suit. The catcher and the third baseman each have two children. Ed, Paul, Jerry, the right fielder, and the center fielder are bachelors. The others are married. The shortstop, the third baseman, and Bill each cleaned up $100 betting on the fight. One of the outfielders is either Mike or Andy. Jerry is taller than Bill. Mike is shorter than Bill. Each of them is heavier than the third baseman.
Using these facts, determine the names of the men playing the various positions on the baseball team.
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Harry is the pitcher, Allen the catcher, Paul the first baseman, Jerry the second baseman, Andy the third baseman, Ed the shortstop, Sam the left fielder, Mike the right fielder, and Bill the center fielder
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Two convicts are locked in a cell. There is an unbarred window high up in the cell. No matter if they stand on the bed or one on top of the other they can’t reach the window to escape. They then decide to tunnel out. However, they give up with the tunneling because it will take too long. Finally one of the convicts figures out how to escape from the cell. What is his plan?
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His plan is to dig the tunnel and pile up the dirt to climb up to the window to escape
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There’s a body lying dead on a bed, and on the floor beside it is a pair of scissors. The scissors were instrumental in his death, yet there’s no trace of blood. The body reveals no signs of any cuts or bruises. How could the person have been murdered with the pair of scissors?
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The person slept on a waterbed. His killer used the scissors to cut the bedand drown him
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A man and a woman were driving in their car when it broke down. The man decided to go for help at a gas station a few miles back. He made sure nobody was in the car, rolled all the windows up, and locked all of the sedan’s doors. He went off, but when he came back, his wife was dead, and there was a stranger in the car. No physical damage was done to the car, so how did the stranger get in?
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The stranger was a baby and the woman died in childbirth
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A word I know, six letters it contains, subtract one, and twelve remains. What am I?
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Dozens. Because dozen means twelve, and since dozens is a six-letter word, if you take away the ‘s’ then you get dozen.
What types of words are these: Madam, civic, eye, level
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They are palindromes; they read the same both ways
A horse is tied to a five meter rope in front of an old saloon. Six meters behind the horse is a bale of hay. Without breaking his rope, the horse is able to eat the hay whenever he chooses. How is this possible?
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The rope is not tied to anything else
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An iron horse with a flaxen tail.
The faster the horse runs,
the shorter his tail becomes.
What is it?
See the solution
A NEEDLE AND THREAD
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Carl Jones introduced Roger Smith to his friend as his ‘Uncle Roger’. Roger Smith introduced Carl Jones to his friend as his ‘Uncle Carl’. “If you are uncles to each other,” queried one of the friends, “you must also be nephews to each other.” “That’s correct,” replied Carl.
Since there has been no breach of marriage law, how can you explain such a relationship?
THINK THE ANSWER YOURSELF!!!
Two men, A and B marry each other’s mother. One son was born to each marriage, in this case, Carl Jones and Roger Smith. Carl’s father is A, and his half brother is B. Also, Roger’s father is B, and his half brother is A; therefore, Carl and Roger are both uncle and nephew to each other
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If two hours ago, it was as long after one o’clock in the afternoon as it was before one o’clock in the morning, what time would it be now?
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Nine o’clock. Since there are twelve hours between the two times, and half of that time equals six, then the halfway mark would have to be seven o’clock. If it were seven o’clock, two hours ago, the time would now be nine o’clock
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Andy dislikes the catcher. Ed’s sister is engaged to the second baseman. The center fielder is taller than the right fielder. Harry and the third baseman live in the same building. Paul and Allen each won $20 from the pitcher at pinochle. Ed and the outfielders play poker during their free time. The pitcher’s wife is the third baseman’s sister. The pitcher, catcher, and infielders except Allen, Harry, and Andy, are shorter than Sam. Paul, Andy, and the shortstop lost $50 each at the racetrack. Paul, Harry, Bill, and the catcher took a trouncing from the second baseman at pool. Sam is involved in a divorce suit. The catcher and the third baseman each have two children. Ed, Paul, Jerry, the right fielder, and the center fielder are bachelors. The others are married. The shortstop, the third baseman, and Bill each cleaned up $100 betting on the fight. One of the outfielders is either Mike or Andy. Jerry is taller than Bill. Mike is shorter than Bill. Each of them is heavier than the third baseman.
Using these facts, determine the names of the men playing the various positions on the baseball team.
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Harry is the pitcher, Allen the catcher, Paul the first baseman, Jerry the second baseman, Andy the third baseman, Ed the shortstop, Sam the left fielder, Mike the right fielder, and Bill the center fielder
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Two convicts are locked in a cell. There is an unbarred window high up in the cell. No matter if they stand on the bed or one on top of the other they can’t reach the window to escape. They then decide to tunnel out. However, they give up with the tunneling because it will take too long. Finally one of the convicts figures out how to escape from the cell. What is his plan?
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His plan is to dig the tunnel and pile up the dirt to climb up to the window to escape
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There’s a body lying dead on a bed, and on the floor beside it is a pair of scissors. The scissors were instrumental in his death, yet there’s no trace of blood. The body reveals no signs of any cuts or bruises. How could the person have been murdered with the pair of scissors?
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The person slept on a waterbed. His killer used the scissors to cut the bedand drown him
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A man and a woman were driving in their car when it broke down. The man decided to go for help at a gas station a few miles back. He made sure nobody was in the car, rolled all the windows up, and locked all of the sedan’s doors. He went off, but when he came back, his wife was dead, and there was a stranger in the car. No physical damage was done to the car, so how did the stranger get in?
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The stranger was a baby and the woman died in childbirth
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A word I know, six letters it contains, subtract one, and twelve remains. What am I?
See the solution
Dozens. Because dozen means twelve, and since dozens is a six-letter word, if you take away the ‘s’ then you get dozen.
What types of words are these: Madam, civic, eye, level
See the solution
They are palindromes; they read the same both ways
Two men,lets call them a and b.. A and B marry each other's mother. One son was born to each marriage, in this case, Carl Jones and Roger Smith. Carl's father is A, and his half brother is B. Also, Roger's father is B, and his half brother is A; therefore, Carl and Roger are both uncle and nephew to each other>>>>>This is the answer of uncle rodger riddle!!!
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