Riddles thread

[Cyrus C.]

John was found dead in his library. His forehead was resting on the keys of a tape recorder, a pool of blood lay on the desk beside him. From the door, Police could see that John's right hand covered the gun and that a bullet had entered his right temple. Police removed the tape recorder from under mel's head and pressed the play button. A voice said, "this is John speaking. I am not going to go on with a long winded farewell. I'm tired of life and all it's anguish. I'll see you on the other side, wherever that may be." There was a gunshot and the sound of his head hitting the tape rocorder keys, followed by a click indicating the recorder had been shut off. Police were certain that someone else had imitaded mel's voice and made this recording to sound like a suicide. Why do Police suspect murder?

 

[Feryll]

John was found dead in his library. His forehead was resting on the keys of a tape recorder, a pool of blood lay on the desk beside him. From the door, Police could see that John's right hand covered the gun and that a bullet had entered his right temple. Police removed the tape recorder from under mel's head and pressed the play button. A voice said, "this is John speaking. I am not going to go on with a long winded farewell. I'm tired of life and all it's anguish. I'll see you on the other side, wherever that may be." There was a gunshot and the sound of his head hitting the tape recorder keys, followed by a click indicating the recorder had been shut off. Police were certain that someone else had imitaded mel's voice and made this recording to sound like a suicide. Why do Police suspect murder?

Spoiler

Well, he probably wouldn't have been able to hold onto the gun when he shot himself from such close range. Atleast, I think so. Also, GSR examination should be able to tell you whether he was shot close range or not, but details as to how to go about proving this point is unknown. Unless, when it said his head hit the keys, and the noise indicating the recorder was shut off was heard, it didn't mean his head pressed the off button, then it's obvious the murder turned it off. But that would be kind of stupid.

 

[nitrocan]

An electron was shot at a wall with two slits. What happened?

Million bucks to the correct answer

This.

Spoiler

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-slit_experiment

That doesn't really explain what happened. I'm sure you would eventually earn more than a million dollars if you really found out what happened though.

 

[vcuber13]

An electron was shot at a wall with two slits. What happened?

Million bucks to the correct answer

This.

Spoiler

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-slit_experiment

That doesn't really explain what happened. I'm sure you would eventually earn more than a million dollars if you really found out what happened though.

It goes thought the left, right, both and niether.

Cyrus:
Is John and Mel the same person? (typo)

 

[canadiancuber]

heres the original riddle:

One day, Thom found himself trapped in a room with 2 doors. Behond the first door was a room made of thick glass that would magnify the Sun's heat to fry whoever went in. Behind the secind door was a fire breathing dragon that would do the same. How did Thom escpe unscathed?

Spoiler

The dragon might never go to sleep, but the Sun does.

close.

 

[shelley]

John was found dead in his library. His forehead was resting on the keys of a tape recorder, a pool of blood lay on the desk beside him. From the door, Police could see that John's right hand covered the gun and that a bullet had entered his right temple. Police removed the tape recorder from under mel's head and pressed the play button. A voice said, "this is John speaking. I am not going to go on with a long winded farewell. I'm tired of life and all it's anguish. I'll see you on the other side, wherever that may be." There was a gunshot and the sound of his head hitting the tape rocorder keys, followed by a click indicating the recorder had been shut off. Police were certain that someone else had imitaded mel's voice and made this recording to sound like a suicide. Why do Police suspect murder?

Spoiler

If the suicide happened as the recording suggested, they would have had to rewind the tape first before hearing it.

 

[Cyrus C.]

John was found dead in his library. His forehead was resting on the keys of a tape recorder, a pool of blood lay on the desk beside him. From the door, Police could see that John's right hand covered the gun and that a bullet had entered his right temple. Police removed the tape recorder from under mel's head and pressed the play button. A voice said, "this is John speaking. I am not going to go on with a long winded farewell. I'm tired of life and all it's anguish. I'll see you on the other side, wherever that may be." There was a gunshot and the sound of his head hitting the tape rocorder keys, followed by a click indicating the recorder had been shut off. Police were certain that someone else had imitaded mel's voice and made this recording to sound like a suicide. Why do Police suspect murder?

Spoiler

If the suicide happened as the recording suggested, they would have had to rewind the tape first before hearing it.

Shelley's got it.

 

[amostay2004]

John was found dead in his library. His forehead was resting on the keys of a tape recorder, a pool of blood lay on the desk beside him. From the door, Police could see that John's right hand covered the gun and that a bullet had entered his right temple. Police removed the tape recorder from under mel's head and pressed the play button. A voice said, "this is John speaking. I am not going to go on with a long winded farewell. I'm tired of life and all it's anguish. I'll see you on the other side, wherever that may be." There was a gunshot and the sound of his head hitting the tape rocorder keys, followed by a click indicating the recorder had been shut off. Police were certain that someone else had imitaded mel's voice and made this recording to sound like a suicide. Why do Police suspect murder?

Spoiler

If the suicide happened as the recording suggested, they would have had to rewind the tape first before hearing it.

Shelley's got it.

Does that mean the murderer rewinded the tape after the murder for the convenience of the police? That sounds dumb :confused:

 

[mr. giggums]

cyrus' riddle

Spoiler

If the suicide happened as the recording suggested, they would have had to rewind the tape first before hearing it.

Shelley's got it.

I've heard that one before for a game called Mindtrap.

Here's a question from mindtrap...

A traffic cop was stopped at a red light. Professor Bumble, who had his mind on a lecture he was about to give, drove his car right by him and through the light without stopping. The cop witnessed the entire scene but made no attempt to stop him. Why not?

 

[Chapuunka]

heres the original riddle:

One day, Thom found himself trapped in a room with 2 doors. Behond the first door was a room made of thick glass that would magnify the Sun's heat to fry whoever went in. Behind the secind door was a fire breathing dragon that would do the same. How did Thom escpe unscathed?

Spoiler

Wait until night, then leave through the door with the sun.

A traffic cop was stopped at a red light. Professor Bumble, who had his mind on a lecture he was about to give, drove his car right by him and through the light without stopping. The cop witnessed the entire scene but made no attempt to stop him. Why not?

Spoiler

He was going on the street perpendicular to the cop, and therefore had a green light.

 

[vcuber13]

A traffic cop was stopped at a red light. Professor Bumble, who had his mind on a lecture he was about to give, drove his car right by him and through the light without stopping. The cop witnessed the entire scene but made no attempt to stop him. Why not?

Spoiler

He was driving perpendicular to the cop

 

[Feryll]

cyrus' riddle

Spoiler

If the suicide happened as the recording suggested, they would have had to rewind the tape first before hearing it.

Shelley's got it.

I've heard that one before for a game called Mindtrap.

Here's a question from mindtrap...

A traffic cop was stopped at a red light. Professor Bumble, who had his mind on a lecture he was about to give, drove his car right by him and through the light without stopping. The cop witnessed the entire scene but made no attempt to stop him. Why not?

Isn't this a no-brainer?

Spoiler

He was on a different road than the cop, so it was green for him.

 

[mr. giggums]

A lot more riddles.

"therein lies the secret," and Scheming Suzie. "For you see, ther is a seven-leter word in the English languade that contains eight words without rearranging any of its letters." What is the word?

"It was a rather different trip," recounted Prefessor Quantum. "For a month our tour group travelled around Europe viewing the sights. The stange thing is that we had a man travelling with us who never saw a thing the whole trip. Even the children in our group would never call this man daddy." Who was he?

During a world fair a group of scients were exhibiting their advances in genetic engineering. There were cross-breeds of various bulls, cows, and other domestic farm animals. Featrued in the exhibit were several over-sized prize turkeys. One afternoon during the show, a woman walked up to the exhibit, shot the turkey an the ran out of the building. Although she was known to a number of people, nobody made any attempt to stop her. Why?

There was an electrician and a plumber waiting in line for admission th the 'Interantional Home Show'. One of them was the father of the other one's son. how could thei be possible?

NASA was considering sending canaries into space to study them under zero gravity. The project was scrapped when someone realized that in spite of having sufficient water supplies, they could die of dehydration within a few hours. Why?

 

[amostay2004]

A lot more riddles.

"therein lies the secret," and Scheming Suzie. "For you see, ther is a seven-leter word in the English languade that contains eight words without rearranging any of its letters." What is the word?

Spoiler

therein

 

[Chapuunka]

"It was a rather different trip," recounted Prefessor Quantum. "For a month our tour group travelled around Europe viewing the sights. The stange thing is that we had a man travelling with us who never saw a thing the whole trip. Even the children in our group would never call this man daddy." Who was he?

Spoiler

A blind man?

During a world fair a group of scients were exhibiting their advances in genetic engineering. There were cross-breeds of various bulls, cows, and other domestic farm animals. Featrued in the exhibit were several over-sized prize turkeys. One afternoon during the show, a woman walked up to the exhibit, shot the turkey an the ran out of the building. Although she was known to a number of people, nobody made any attempt to stop her. Why?

Spoiler

I don't really know what this one is asking. Rampaging turkey? Not a real turkey?

There was an electrician and a plumber waiting in line for admission th the 'Interantional Home Show'. One of them was the father of the other one's son. how could thei be possible?

Spoiler

Same person

These are some weird riddles.

EDIT: I suck.

 

[Bryan]

"It was a rather different trip," recounted Prefessor Quantum. "For a month our tour group travelled around Europe viewing the sights. The stange thing is that we had a man travelling with us who never saw a thing the whole trip. Even the children in our group would never call this man daddy." Who was he?

Spoiler

Some blind guy

During a world fair a group of scients were exhibiting their advances in genetic engineering. There were cross-breeds of various bulls, cows, and other domestic farm animals. Featrued in the exhibit were several over-sized prize turkeys. One afternoon during the show, a woman walked up to the exhibit, shot the turkey an the ran out of the building. Although she was known to a number of people, nobody made any attempt to stop her. Why?

Spoiler

Shot them with a camera

There was an electrician and a plumber waiting in line for admission th the 'Interantional Home Show'. One of them was the father of the other one's son. how could thei be possible?

Spoiler

I'm guessing it's one of them is the mother of the son. But couldn't it just as easily be one is the stepdad. Or I guess it could be a gay marriage thing also.....

 

[mr. giggums]

A lot more riddles.

"therein lies the secret," and Scheming Suzie. "For you see, ther is a seven-leter word in the English languade that contains eight words without rearranging any of its letters." What is the word?

Spoiler

therein

Correct

Another riddle...

Sid Shady was working for a large construstion company that was very concerned about employee theft. Someone tipped company securithy that Shady was the man to watch. Each night, he passed through security with a wheelbarrow full of scrap lumber, discarded electrical wires, and chunks of concrete. the security guards checked the contents daily but could find nothing of value. What was Shady stealing?

Edit: Chapuunka all of your guesses were worng
and Bryan all but the first was right

 

[Chapuunka]

Sid Shady was working for a large construstion company that was very concerned about employee theft. Someone tipped company securithy that Shady was the man to watch. Each night, he passed through security with a wheelbarrow full of scrap lumber, discarded electrical wires, and chunks of concrete. the security guards checked the contents daily but could find nothing of value. What was Shady stealing?

Spoiler

Wheelbarrows

 

[mr. giggums]

Sid Shady was working for a large construstion company that was very concerned about employee theft. Someone tipped company securithy that Shady was the man to watch. Each night, he passed through security with a wheelbarrow full of scrap lumber, discarded electrical wires, and chunks of concrete. the security guards checked the contents daily but could find nothing of value. What was Shady stealing?

Spoiler

Wheelbarrows

Right.

 

[MovingOnUp]

Some Riddles

Hello,

I wanted to see how many people would be able to solve these riddles. They either pertain to, or are quoted in a book. Your job is to find out which book it is. They are both different. Good luck!

1. white and dark with oval spots like a narrow boat

2. follow up to Narcotic where is ... like a grape come from?