This puzzle appeared in the April 1960 issue of Popular Science.
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Answer will be posted on Saturday.
Via Boing Boing
[UPDATE: Here's the answer: The ages of the three people are 25,3, and 3. Anyone know how that's derived? I'll post that tomorrow.]
[UPDATE #2: Here's the logic behind [...]

The students in a math class took an exam. They all got different grades, ranging from A to F. Rachel received neither an A nor an F. Pat got a lower score than Rachel. Bill was beaten by Sue. Andy beat Rachel but not Bill.
Who received what grade?

Here are a few riddles, hopefully one of which will stump you! Answers will come on Sunday, if no one has figured them out by then. Good luck and enjoy!

1. A farmer and his hired help were carrying grain to the barn. The farmer carried one sack of grain and the hired [...]

Jane has twice as many sisters as she has brothers.
Her brother James has five more sisters than he has brothers.
How many boys and girls in the family?
(Hint: There are no more than 10.)

Below is a list of sayings/titles, but with a twist…some words are missing, with only the first letter present. Can you guess the sayings?
Examples:
16= O in a P
Answer: 16 ounces in a Pound
26= L of the A
Answer: 26 Letters of the Alphabet

1 = W on a U
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Riddle #6
It’s more powerful than God.
It’s more evil than the devil.
The poor have it.
The rich need it.
If you eat it, you’ll die.
What am I?
Riddle #7
The one who makes it sells it.
The one who buys it doesn’t use it.
The one who’s using it doesn’t know he’s using it.
What is it?
Answers will be posted in a day [...]

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 [...]

Can You Find 19 Books of the Bible in the Following Paragraph:*
SOMEONE SHOWED ME THIS STORY AND REMARKED THAT THERE ARE TWENTY BOOKS OF THE BIBLE HIDDEN HERE. HE CHALLENGED ME TO FIND THEM. SURE ENOUGH THEY’RE ALL HERE. STILL THIS THING’S A LULU, KEPT ME LOOKING SO HARD FOR THE LONGEST TIME. SOME OF [...]

With thieves I consort,
With the vilest, in short,
I’m quite at my ease in depravity;
Yet all divines use me,
And savants can’t lose me,
For I am the center of gravity.
Who or what am I?

As the legend goes, this puzzle was written by a lady in California in response to an offer from a gentleman in Philadelphia that he would pay anyone $1,000 who could write a puzzle he could not solve. He failed to do so and paid the $1,000. The answer is one word, and it appears [...]