riddles

[arnold lane]

hi all,
does anyone know any good riddles, or
lateral thinkers, i have some family coming
over from canada, they love anything like that, anything very much appreciated,
a.l

[johnalex]

1. Which is worth more, a ton of �10 notes, or �ton of �20 notes?

2. A Salmon weighs 10lb plus � its weight. How much does it weigh?

[arnold lane]

thanks johnalex
what are answers,

[johnalex]

Hi Arnold - Not difficult! (Will call again shortly . . .) ja

[mazie]

this really is a challenge....I've posted the link but this site wont allow the language so you have to substitute the letters marked with a * with a "a" and a "r"


http://b*sta*ds.alexconnect.net/1part/stage0.h tm


Good Luck :o)

[johnalex]

Here's another - You have one glass of water and one glass of wine. Take a spoonful of water and add it to the wine, then stir. Next, take a spoonful of the wine (which is now diluted) and add this to the water (still pure). The question is this: Is there now more water in the wine, or wine in the water ?

Again, I will share the answer later - let's see what the other members think . . . .

[sarumite]

Hi johnalex ............ putting my neck on the block by hazarding a guess at your 'riddles' .

1. I would say that the ton of �10 notes is worth more, as the weight of one �10 note is less than one �20 note.

2. Salmon weighs 20lb.

[sarumite]

ja ........ Reference riddle concerning water and wine, I think there is no difference. But fancy ruining the glass of wine!!

[Alibobs]

John Alex, how do you get the dinky 1/2 sign to come up? I have done it the past but have completely forgotten. That's puzzling me more than the salmon.........is it anything to do with the weight the fisherman used?
Also whe wine one......... the original spoon of water doesn't have to have come from the glass so there would be more wine in the water.......

[Alibobs]

A recent AB riddle was

"What goes around the world but stays in a corner"?


Answer - a stamp

[arnold lane]

Thanks EVERYONE,
heres one i heard today,
a man has a puncture in his car tyre, but while changing the wheel he drops the 4 wheel nuts down a grid,
a passing woman stops and gives him the solutoin,
and he drives home, what did she tell him.
a.l

[FoxLee]

Take one wheel nut from each of the other three wheels and use it on the fourth wheel

[arnold lane]

well done foxlee,
a.l

[johnalex]

Hi Sarumite

1. You'd be richer with �ton of �20 notes. Remember, you're not comparing the weight of a �20 note against one �10 note, but two! Best way to understand this problem is to cut a �20 note in half and place it alongside a �10 note, then weigh one against the other. The �10 note is heavier, so you'll get better value from the other side of the scales as you'll have to put more notes on, i.e. the Twenties!

2. Yes you're right - Salmon weighs 20lb. Most people say 15lb, then realise it doesn't work out! Quite simply, if it weighs 10lb plus half its weight then the first 10lb must be the other 'Half'. Therefore 10 + 10 = 20

Try these two teasers on your kids - good fun !

Thanks for your reply to the wine question - what do the rest of you think? Will clock on again tomorrow . . .

[johnalex]

Hi Alibobs

Hold down your 'Alt' Key, now enter 0189 on your numeric keypad (far right), then release the 'Alt' Key, and the character � will appear. If it doesn't, then you have a different Character Set loaded (there are several, such as Slavic, Portugal, Nordic, etc).

Have Fun !! ☺☺☺☺ ♫♪

[mohill]

A variation on the wineglass problem: What is the answer if you omit the stirring when you put the spoonful of water into the wine?

[sarumite]

Hi johnalex
I have to admit to not trying hard enough!!
cheers Sarumite

[bridgenut]

Think when you add the wine to the water and then take a spoonful out, the wine will have been diluted very slightly so you will be transferring a small amout of water back into the glass of water ..

[johnalex]

Hi Folks - Back to the wine question. If you take two identical glasses, with identical quantities of wine and water, then you can transfer as much as you like between the two, backwards and forwards, all day if you want to. As long as the levels of both glasses remain identical then so will the ratio of their contents, i.e. they will always be mirror images of each other. (Mohill - it doesn't make any difference whether you stir the contents or not!)

e.g. Glass A 90% + 10%, Glass B 10% + 90%
or... Glass A 37% + 63%, Glass B 63% + 37%, etc

There is no exception to this rule - if it's not in Glass A then it must be in Glass B (so Sarumite was correct!)
This principle works equally well with 2 buckets of different coloured sand (but don't mix the sand with the wine or you will get in a dreadful mess. . .)

Cheers! ja

[BriWrite]

A cube is made of sponge with the outside covered in chocolate, if the cube is cut into 125 smaller cubes of exactly the same size how many of the smaller cubes will have at least 2 sides with chocolate on?

[bridgenut]

think the answer is 44