Clever Riddles/Puzzles

[queensbomb]

3. They are both surrounded by water.

4. I want to say your shadow, but it's not always as big as you...

5. Friday is the name of the cowboy's horse.

Those are all right.

I'll try to think of a few more here.

1. What is the longest word in the dictionary?

2. Every day the man saw his dog ran into the woods. However, he noticed that the dog never ran more than halfway into the woods. Why?

3. An island and the letter "t" have something in common. What is it?

4. What is as big as you are and yet does not weigh anything?

5. A cowboy rode into town on Friday, stayed three days, and rode out again on Friday. How did he do it?

1. Dictionary, I guess.

2. Would be running out after that.

3. Both are in the middle of water?

4. Mirror image.

5. Horse named Friday.

All right except 1 and 4. Course a mirror image could be a valid answer for #4....

1. Smiles.
2. The dog couldn't run more than halfway into the woods, because after halfway he would be no longer be running into the woods, but out of them.
3. they are both in the middle of waTer.
4. My shadow.
5. Friday is the name of the cowboy's horse.

All right. Good job. Wasn't sure if anyone would get #1....

 

[queensbomb]

I believe the second one is a reference to the south pole, so won't the bear be white?

There aren't any bears in the south pole, only penguins. Polar bears are up north.

Yeah, but that's the only thing I could think of

Also, here's mine:

1. No sooner spoken than broken.
2. Something you can't get wet.
3. If there's 5 eggs in one basket, someone takes three and you take two, how can there still be some eggs remaining in the basket?

1. A secret?
2. Uhh.....
3. I want to say this one is derived from the old theatrical term "take five" where you would just take a five minute break. Therefore, someone is taking a three minute break, you take a two minute break, and the eggs are still in the basket.

 

[bad rider]

A girl is living in the single room at the top of a building. A killer is on the loose out there in the world. She heard a knock on the door. She opened the door and saw a man. The man said "Sorry I thought it was my room" and promptly went away. The girl called the cops, and the man was arrested. Why did the girl call the police? /quote


My bf thinks the answer to this is that it used to be the killer's room, that he came back (say after being in gaol or something)and the girl realised he was a killer because of some evidence he left behind...

Is it close?

I think It's to do with the fact that you can't think it's your room if it's the only one on top of the building.

 

[WittyName]

1. What can you catch but not throw?
2. What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
3. I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest man can't hold me for much more than a minute. What am I?
4. You use a knife to slice my head, and weep when I am dead. What am I?
5. I'm where yesterday follows today, and tomorrow's in the middle. What am I?

1. A cold
2. A stamp
3. A breath
4. An onion?
5. A dictionary!!

 

[MrGFunk]

Also, here's mine:

1. No sooner spoken than broken.
2. Something you can't get wet.
3. If there's 5 eggs in one basket, someone takes three and you take two, how can there still be some eggs remaining in the basket?

Spoiler: 3

You take two of the three eggs the other someone has already taken.

 

[CapnGod]

When is four minus four eight?

4 - -4 = 8

Nope, because I said four minus four, and four is not equal to negative four.

I suppose this isn't quite fair, but we did figure it out when we were eight in cub scouts. Take one sheet of paper with four corners. Cut the four corners off such that the triangles you cut off are roughly isosceles triangles.

You now have a piece of paper with eight corners instead of four.

 

[Krakyn]

A girl is living in the single room at the top of a building. A killer is on the loose out there in the world. She heard a knock on the door. She opened the door and saw a man. The man said "Sorry I thought it was my room" and promptly went away. The girl called the cops, and the man was arrested. Why did the girl call the police?

I think I got it:

Spoiler

She owned the building which was her house, and it was her bedroom, thus the dude broke in.

 

[Flap Jack452]

1. What can you catch but not throw?
2. What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
3. I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest man can't hold me for much more than a minute. What am I?
4. You use a knife to slice my head, and weep when I am dead. What am I?
5. I'm where yesterday follows today, and tomorrow's in the middle. What am I?

1. A cold
2. A stamp
3. A breath
4. An onion?
5. A dictionary!!

Correct.

 

[Flap Jack452]

1. A woman shoots her husband.
Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes.
Finally, she hangs him.
But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.
How can this be?

2. I'm a word that's hardly there.
Take away my start, and I'm an herbal flair.
What am I?

3.I'm sometimes white,
Although sometimes I'm black.
I take you there,
But never bring you back. What am I?

 

[Syntax Error]

I think I got it:

Spoiler

She owned the building which was her house, and it was her bedroom, thus the dude broke in.

A girl is living in the single room at the top of a building. A killer is on the loose out there in the world. She heard a knock on the door. She opened the door and saw a man. The man said "Sorry I thought it was my room" and promptly went away. The girl called the cops, and the man was arrested. Why did the girl call the police? /quote


My bf thinks the answer to this is that it used to be the killer's room, that he came back (say after being in gaol or something)and the girl realised he was a killer because of some evidence he left behind...

Is it close?

I think It's to do with the fact that you can't think it's your room if it's the only one on top of the building.

Nope, that's wrong. Here's a clue: Pay attention to what the man said.

 

[Krakyn]

I think I got it:

Spoiler

She owned the building which was her house, and it was her bedroom, thus the dude broke in.

Nope, that's wrong. Here's a clue: Pay attention to what the man said.

Oh...:

Spoiler

Was he naked? He thought it was his room...bah, nevermind. I think I lost my touch.

I'm having a hard time working through this, so I'm going to type out my train of thought:

He could be her father and he could be abandoning her, which is the impression I get because she's a girl and he's a man, but I don't know what he said that would cue that.

I know now that it has nothing to do with serial killers...that's just a distraction.

Hmmm..."thought it was my room"...it...

Maybe he touched something that was outside the room like food service or mail?

Hmmm...more thinking is necessary...or less, I don't know.

 

[Syntax Error]

I'll supply the answer when it's requested

 

[Curiosity's Cat]

I believe the second one is a reference to the south pole, so won't the bear be white?

There aren't any bears in the south pole, only penguins. Polar bears are up north.

Yeah, but that's the only thing I could think of

Also, here's mine:

1. No sooner spoken than broken.
2. Something you can't get wet.
3. If there's 5 eggs in one basket, someone takes three and you take two, how can there still be some eggs remaining in the basket?

1. Silence
2. ...Water?
3. You take 2 from the 3 someone else took.

 

[Gotgame1996]

Syntax please give the answer! Please??!!!

 

[Markness]

First I heard this was in the book the Hobbit, Albeit slightly different phrasing. An egg.

Here's one for you.

A man was on the 22nd floor on a building and decided to jump through a window. It was a sheer drop outside the building to the ground but after he landed he was completely unhurt. Since there was nothing to cushion his fall or slow his descent, how could he have survived the fall?

was he jumping into the window from the outside?

Correct

 

[CptRumGuy]

1. A woman shoots her husband.
Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes.
Finally, she hangs him.
But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.
How can this be?

2. I'm a word that's hardly there.
Take away my start, and I'm an herbal flair.
What am I?

3.I'm sometimes white,
Although sometimes I'm black.
I take you there,
But never bring you back. What am I?

1. She took his picture, developed it, hung it up to dry. (This was done earlier in the thread)

2. Sparsely

3. No clue

 

[EeveeElectro]

1. No sooner spoken than broken.
2. Something you can't get wet.
3. If there's 5 eggs in one basket, someone takes three and you take two, how can there still be some eggs remaining in the basket?

1. Silence
2. ...Water?
3. You take 2 from the 3 someone else took.

1. Either silence or a promise.
2. Yep
3. No, you took the basket with you. I think someone guessed it earlier.

 

[Maze1125]

and four is not equal to negative four.

Except when you're working in mod 8.

 

[Datalord]

Not sure if this was in the thread or not,
What two sports have face offs? (this is more of a joke than a puzzle)

Spoiler

Ice Hockey and Leper Boxing

 

[WittyName]

1. What can you catch but not throw?
2. What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
3. I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest man can't hold me for much more than a minute. What am I?
4. You use a knife to slice my head, and weep when I am dead. What am I?
5. I'm where yesterday follows today, and tomorrow's in the middle. What am I?

1. A cold
2. A stamp
3. A breath
4. An onion?
5. A dictionary!!

Correct.

Wooo!!! *scuttles away happily*