Riddles
Since I’m going to be gone for a few days and won’t be able to blog, I thought I’d leave a few riddles. Answers will be posted when I return, so I hope no one loses sleep over these in the meantime. Enjoy!
Riddle #1
Two boxers are in a boxing match (regular boxing, not kick boxing). The fight is scheduled for 12 rounds but ends after 6 rounds, after one boxer knocks out the other boxer. Yet no man throws a punch. How is this possible?
Riddle #2
Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow’s sister? Why or why not?
Riddle #3
If Susan is 10, Arabella is 20, and Jim and Neal are both 5, but Richard is 10, how much is Jennifer by the same system?
Riddle #4
If 2 hours ago it was as long after one o’clock in the afternoon as it was before one o’clock in the morning. What time would it be now?
Riddle #5
If you were to put a coin into an empty bottle and then insert a cork into the neck, how could you remove the coin without taking out the cork or breaking the bottle?
[UPDATE: Answers to the riddles are now posted in the comments and here]
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Aug 14th, 2004 at 16:11:41
Ok, I’ve figured out all but Riddle #3, so far. I a m still thinking on it.
Aug 14th, 2004 at 21:44:52
Ok, I think I figured out #3… at least something that works.
I won’t ruin these for anyone, I won’t post my answers yet.
Aug 14th, 2004 at 23:12:57
Hope you had fun on your trip. I am still stuck on a couple of them.
Aug 15th, 2004 at 12:48:57
i figured out 2, 3, and 4 pretty easily. i’m still working on 1 and 5.
Aug 16th, 2004 at 17:37:34
Here are the answers to the riddles:
Riddle #1:
They are female boxers.
Riddle #2:
No, because he is dead (that is why his wife is a widow)
Riddle #3:
Jennifer is fifteen, in a system that awards five for each syllable.
Riddle #4:
Nine o’clock. Since there are 12 hours between the 2 times, and half of that time is six, then the halfway mark would have to be 7 o’clock. If it were 7 o’clock, two hours ago, the time would now be nine o’clock.
Riddle #5:
Simply push the cork into the bottle and shake the coin out.
Aug 16th, 2004 at 19:59:09
Still too easy Chris.