What is three-eighths tortoise, two-fifths onion and two-sixths tomato?
Toronto
3/8 tortoise = TOR (the first three letters)
Toronto
3/8 tortoise = TOR (the first three letters)
I lack much reason, but often rhyme,
What am I?
A riddle.
Two people were in a house. No one came in or went out, but then there were three people. What happened?
The two people were a husband and an expectant wife, who gave birth to her baby.
The two people were a husband and an expectant wife, who gave birth to her baby.
Arrange the numbers from 1 to 8 in the following sequence.
a
b c d
e f g
h
Each number must not be diagonally or directly adjacent to any number directly before or after it.
For example, 2 can only be placed in one spot.
2
x x x
x 1 x
x
Here are two solutions (there might be more).
7
3 1 4
5 8 6
2
2
5 8 6
3 1 4
7
Here are two solutions (there might be more).
7
3 1 4
5 8 6
2
2
5 8 6
3 1 4
7
What eight letter word has kst inside, in the beginning, and at the end?
Inkstand.
The letters “kst” are in the word, “in” is at the beginning, with “and” at the end. I know, it’s awkwardly worded but otherwise it wouldn’t be a riddle.
Inkstand.
The letters “kst” are in the word, “in” is at the beginning, with “and” at the end. I know, it’s awkwardly worded but otherwise it wouldn’t be a riddle.
What 5-digit number satisfies the following requirements?
1. No zeroes
33264.
There are several ways of solving this. One way is to represent each spot with a letter, A – E.
Then you have these equations:
A = B
By simplifying, you get:
4 * A + 3 * C = 18
Plug in values for A and C to find that A = 3 C = 2.
33264.
There are several ways of solving this. One way is to represent each spot with a letter, A – E.
Then you have these equations:
A = B
By simplifying, you get:
4 * A + 3 * C = 18
Plug in values for A and C to find that A = 3 C = 2.
I am located in the middle of nowhere. What am I?
The letter ‘h’. It is the middle letter of the word ‘nowhere’
The letter ‘h’. It is the middle letter of the word ‘nowhere’
Suppose a small bank has one teller and customer transactions take 10 minutes on average. With 5.8 customers arriving per hour, what is the expected wait time? What would it be if you added a second teller?
With one teller, customers will wait nearly five hours on average. But adding a second teller makes the wait go down to 3 minutes.
Thanks to John D. Cook for this one.
With one teller, customers will wait nearly five hours on average. But adding a second teller makes the wait go down to 3 minutes.
Thanks to John D. Cook for this one.
When the day before yesterday was referred to as the day after tomorrow, the day that was then called yesterday was as far away from the day we now call tomorrow as yesterday is from the day which we shall now be able to speak of last Monday as a week ago yesterday. What day is it?
Thursday.
I am your mother’s brother’s only brother-in-law. Who am I?
I am your father. L-u-u-u-u-u-u-ke!
I am your father. L-u-u-u-u-u-u-ke!