Riddles thread

LewisJ said:
Liberty Island, Statue of Liberty
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Correct.

I've got another one.

George, who owns a chemical factory, decided to murder his wife. To hid his crime, he attempted to destroy her body by dissolving it in a vat of concentrated acid. His wife's body and clothing completely disintegrated, but the authorities were nonetheless able to find evidence of her presence in the vat.

Why didn't George's plan work and what evidence did authorities find?
 
Chris - that's a very good thought but when you get to the part in the calculations where you need to account for how well the landing surface absorbs impact, I'd rather use up 2 eggs than bother with all that :p.

Ethan got it.
 
There are twenty bikers locked in a room each with a bicycle and a water bottle. They are each given a supply of 5 apples to live for 5 days, except for one biker who is given 4 apples. A biker must eat one apple a day to survive, and they must all survive for the five days, or their families will brutally be murdered. Where is Pengy?
 
George, who owns a chemical factory, decided to murder his wife. To hid his crime, he attempted to destroy her body by dissolving it in a vat of concentrated acid. His wife's body and clothing completely disintegrated, but the authorities were nonetheless able to find evidence of her presence in the vat.
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If George's wife was wearing a diamond ring on her left ring finger, the diamond would not have dissolved. Therefore, that was the evidence the police used to detect his wife's presence.
 
I have a riddle.

You are in a room with three light switches. Beyond the only door in the room, there is another room with a light bulb fixed on the ceiling. One of the light switches turns the light bulb on. Your job is to find out which light switch turns on the light bulb in the other room. However, once you enter the room with the light bulb, there is no going back into the room with the light switches. You may not open the door to see if the light has turned on.
Keep in mind that the door is solid, and you cannot see traces of light coming from beyond it. Also, you may not trace wires.
How do you do it?

EDIT: Sorry for double post, but I think it was necessary.

EDIT 2: Added the statement "You may not open the door to see if the light has turned on."
 
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Forte said:
There are twenty bikers locked in a room each with a bicycle and a water bottle. They are each given a supply of 5 apples to live for 5 days, except for one biker who is given 4 apples. A biker must eat one apple a day to survive, and they must all survive for the five days, or their families will brutally be murdered. Where is Pengy?
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in penguin land
[8:21:07 PM] Meep says: penguin land
 
Sa967St said:
Forte said:
There are twenty bikers locked in a room each with a bicycle and a water bottle. They are each given a supply of 5 apples to live for 5 days, except for one biker who is given 4 apples. A biker must eat one apple a day to survive, and they must all survive for the five days, or their families will brutally be murdered. Where is Pengy?
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in penguin land
[8:21:07 PM] Meep says: penguin land
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Correct.

Also the bikers are made of velcro.
 
Ranzha V. Emodrach said:
I have a riddle.

You are in a room with three light switches. Beyond the only door in the room, there is another room with a light bulb fixed on the ceiling. One of the light switches turns the light bulb on. Your job is to find out which light switch turns on the light bulb in the other room. However, once you enter the room with the light bulb, there is no going back into the room with the light switches.
Keep in mind that the door is solid, and you cannot see traces of light coming from beyond it. Also, you may not trace wires.
How do you do it?

EDIT: Sorry for double post, but I think it was necessary.
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Flip all the switches, then go through the door.

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~Phoenix Death~ said:
No kidding. I thought everyone was gonna get stumped on that one.
Here's another
Jo and Bob are solving a cube. It's a 5x5x5. They finish at the same time, but the times are different.
How?
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They start at different times
 
Ranzha V. Emodrach said:
If George's wife was wearing a diamond ring on her left ring finger, the diamond would not have dissolved. Therefore, that was the evidence the police used to detect his wife's presence.
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Typically, wedding rings do not have diamonds. Diamonds are usually on engagement rings. However, you are close.
 
Ranzha V. Emodrach said:
I have a riddle.

You are in a room with three light switches. Beyond the only door in the room, there is another room with a light bulb fixed on the ceiling. One of the light switches turns the light bulb on. Your job is to find out which light switch turns on the light bulb in the other room. However, once you enter the room with the light bulb, there is no going back into the room with the light switches.
Keep in mind that the door is solid, and you cannot see traces of light coming from beyond it. Also, you may not trace wires.
How do you do it?

EDIT: Sorry for double post, but I think it was necessary.
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Turn all three on...simple.

edit: I have one.

How did Mark legally marry three women in Michigan, without divorcing any of them, becoming legally separated, or any of them dying?
 
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A man married fifteen women but wasn't arrested for polygamy. How is this possible?

A dead man is lying face down in the middle of an open field wearing a backpack. How did he die?

A man has twelve toothpicks in front of him. He takes one away and now has nine in front of him. How is this possible?



edit: ninja'd :(
my first riddle has the same answer as the one above >_>
 
Sa967St said:
A man married fifteen women but wasn't arrested for polygamy. How is this possible?

A dead man is lying face down in the middle of an open field wearing a backpack. How did he die?

A man has twelve toothpicks in front of him. He takes one away and now has nine in front of him. How is this possible?



edit: ninja'd :(
my first riddle has the same answer as the one above >_>
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Married at different times
Skydiver - Parachute didn't open
Not sure on the last one.
 
Sa967St said:
A dead man is lying face down in the middle of an open field wearing a backpack. How did he die?

He jumped out of an airplane, but his parachute failed to open.

A man has twelve toothpicks in front of him. He takes one away and now has nine in front of him. How is this possible?
The remaining 11 are arranged in a such a way that the word 'nine' is spelled out.
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^^
 
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