Ida puts her coffee into the microwave, as she does every morning, for exactly two minutes. When the microwave goes off, she opens the door, but then closes the door again and sets the microwave for two more seconds. What good would two more seconds be?
To rotate the handle on the mug so she can comfortably remove it.
To rotate the handle on the mug so she can comfortably remove it.
Your doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half hour. How much time will have passed by the time you’ve taken all three pills?
One hour. You take the first pill, then wait a half hour and take the second pill, then at the hour mark you take the third and last pill.
One hour. You take the first pill, then wait a half hour and take the second pill, then at the hour mark you take the third and last pill.
TEN = 20, 5, 14
What do WOMEN equal using the same logic?
WOMEN = 23, 15, 13, 5, 14
The number is the letter’s position in the alphabet.
WOMEN = 23, 15, 13, 5, 14
The number is the letter’s position in the alphabet.
I jump when I walk, can’t go backward and sit when I stand. What am I?
A kangaroo.
0 2 4 3 5 6 8 9 7 11 10 12 13 14 15 16 18 17 20 21 22 19 24 23 26 25 28 29 27
What is the next number in the sequence?
31. The tenth number is 10 + 1 = 11. The twentieth number is 20 + 1 = 21, therefore the thirtieth number is 30 + 1 = 31.
31. The tenth number is 10 + 1 = 11. The twentieth number is 20 + 1 = 21, therefore the thirtieth number is 30 + 1 = 31.
Fill in the blanks with the same 4 letters to make 5 different words.
A ____ old woman on ____ bent, picked up her ____ and away she went. “____ my son” she was heard to say, “what shall we do to ____ today?”
A vile old woman on evil bent, picked up her veil and away she went. “Levi my son” she was heard to say, “what shall we do to live today?”
A vile old woman on evil bent, picked up her veil and away she went. “Levi my son” she was heard to say, “what shall we do to live today?”
Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is.
The riddle states, “There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word?” The third word of the phrase “the English language” is of course “language.” Don’t get angry at me, I didn’t make it up :)
xkcd’s take on this riddle
The riddle states, “There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word?” The third word of the phrase “the English language” is of course “language.” Don’t get angry at me, I didn’t make it up :)
xkcd’s take on this riddle
If you’re given a number, subtract 1, then 2 from the result, then 3 from that result and so on until you reach 0 or a negative number.
For example, if you’re given 15:
15 – 1 = 14
Which of these numbers will finish exactly at zero?
102 103 104 105 106
105
105 – 1 = 104
105
105 – 1 = 104
I am one of very few, perhaps the only one, to look like what I represent. What am I?
The word ‘bed’, which looks like an actual bed. The ‘b’ is the headboard, the ‘e’ is the mattress and the ‘d’ is the foot board.
If you know of another word that looks like the object it represents, add it in the comments.
The word ‘bed’, which looks like an actual bed. The ‘b’ is the headboard, the ‘e’ is the mattress and the ‘d’ is the foot board.
If you know of another word that looks like the object it represents, add it in the comments.
Reaching stiffly for the sky,
A deciduous tree.