Riddles thread

[Cyrus C.]

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penisz0rr0r0r

Try again.

 

[Cyrus C.]

Bump, I liked this thread.

A man was to be sentenced, and the judge told him, "You may make a statement. If it is true, I'll sentence you to four years in prison. If it is false, I'll sentence you to six years in prison." After the man made his statement, the judge decided to let him go free. What did the man say?

 

[Sa967St]

Bump, I liked this thread.

A man was to be sentenced, and the judge told him, "You may make a statement. If it is true, I'll sentence you to four years in prison. If it is false, I'll sentence you to six years in prison." After the man made his statement, the judge decided to let him go free. What did the man say?

not too sure, but here's my guess

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"I will be sentenced to six years in prison"

 

[Cyrus C.]

Bump, I liked this thread.

A man was to be sentenced, and the judge told him, "You may make a statement. If it is true, I'll sentence you to four years in prison. If it is false, I'll sentence you to six years in prison." After the man made his statement, the judge decided to let him go free. What did the man say?

not too sure, but here's my guess

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"I will be sentenced to six years in prison"

Yah.

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"I won't get 4 years of prison." Would also work. I think Sarah's answer is more emphatic though.

What row of numbers comes next in this pattern?

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221

 

[dannyz0r]

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1113212311

 

[Cyrus C.]

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1113212311

No. Check your answer. It's close enough to be a typo.

 

[dannyz0r]

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1113212311

No. Check your answer. It's close enough to be a typo.

woops woops

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1113213211

 

[Cyrus C.]

Yah that's it.

 

[Monarch]

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Which path would the other guard say leads to paradise?

... and then take the opposite one

Critical thinking is the key to success

I'd rather take my 50/50 chances.

 

[Cyrus C.]

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Which path would the other guard say leads to paradise?

... and then take the opposite one

Critical thinking is the key to success

I'd rather take my 50/50 chances.

Rather than having a 1:0 chance you'll fail?

 

[Monarch]

What's long and hard and full of seamen?

A boat, you pervert.

Close, but no.

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a submarine

Close, but no.

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a penis

 

[TheMachanga]

What's long and hard and full of seamen?

A boat, you pervert.

Close, but no.

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a submarine

Close, but no.

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a penis

CORRECT!

 

[Cyrus C.]

Which is worth more? An old 100 dollar bill, or a new one?

Extra Credit: How much more?

 

[M4rQu5]

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99 dollars more

 

[Tortin]

Yay Monty Hall problem. Dunno if it's been asked already, but:

Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1, and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door, say No. 3, which has a goat. He then says to you, "Do you want to pick door No. 2?" Is it to your advantage to switch your choice?

 

[mr. giggums]

Yay Monty Hall problem. Dunno if it's been asked already, but:

Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1, and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door, say No. 3, which has a goat. He then says to you, "Do you want to pick door No. 2?" Is it to your advantage to switch your choice?

I remeber reading something like this but I can't remeber the reasoning but I think the answer is... yes there is an advantage.

 

[mr. giggums]

Sorry for the double post but I have a new riddle.

You are one of 20 prisoners on death row with the execution date set for tomorrow.

Your king is a ruthless man who likes to toy with his people's miseries. He comes to your cell today and tells you:

“I’m gonna give you prisoners a chance to go free tomorrow. You will all stand in a row (queue) before the executioner and we will put a hat on your head, either a red or a black one. Of course you will not be able to see the color of your own hat; you will only be able to see the prisoners in front of you with their hats on; you will not be allowed to look back or communicate together in any way (talking, touching.....)

(The prisoner in the back will be able to see the 19 prisoners in front of him
The one in front of him will be able to see 18…)

Starting with the last person in the row, the one who can see everybody in front of him, he will be asked a simple question: WHAT IS THE COLOR OF YOUR HAT?

He will be only allowed to answer “BLACK” or “RED”. If he says anything else you will ALL be executed immediately.

If he guesses the right color of the hat on his head he is set free, otherwise he is put to death. And we move on to the one in front of him and ask him the same question and so on…

Well, good luck tomorrow, HA HA HA HA HA HA!”

Now since you all can communicate freely during the night, can you find a way to guarantee the freedom of some prisoners tomorrow? How many?

 

[Carrot]

Yay Monty Hall problem. Dunno if it's been asked already, but:

Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1, and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door, say No. 3, which has a goat. He then says to you, "Do you want to pick door No. 2?" Is it to your advantage to switch your choice?

I remeber reading something like this but I can't remeber the reasoning but I think the answer is... yes there is an advantage.

well... I would say

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atleast three doors, an evil host who knows where the goats are... so I suppose he'll pick another goat for you.. so if you like the first goat you should keep it!!! xD

answer2: well... if you say 1 and he opens no.3... then it must be the same thing, I mean, everything else would be stupid lol xD so go for the goat and say NO!! xD (I prefer goat over car )... serious: number 2 might contain the car, unless there is more than three doors

 

[shelley]

Yay Monty Hall problem. Dunno if it's been asked already, but:

Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1, and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door, say No. 3, which has a goat. He then says to you, "Do you want to pick door No. 2?" Is it to your advantage to switch your choice?

Important to note is that the host knows what's behind all the doors and will always show you a door with a goat.

 

[mr. giggums]

Yay Monty Hall problem. Dunno if it's been asked already, but:

Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1, and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door, say No. 3, which has a goat. He then says to you, "Do you want to pick door No. 2?" Is it to your advantage to switch your choice?

I remeber reading something like this but I can't remeber the reasoning but I think the answer is... yes there is an advantage.

well... I would say

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atleast three doors, an evil host who knows where the goats are... so I suppose he'll pick another goat for you.. so if you like the first goat you should keep it!!! xD

answer2: well... if you say 1 and he opens no.3... then it must be the same thing, I mean, everything else would be stupid lol xD so go for the goat and say NO!! xD (I prefer goat over car )... serious: number 2 might contain the car, unless there is more than three doors

Just fould this as proof

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem