CalvinIsAwesome wrote: 1: Were the bodies human?

2: Was it a gun designed to shoot bullets?

1) Yes.

2) Irrelevant. The thing that you should focus on is that the gun was real enough to scare the man.

Qazfdsa wrote: Ok I'm fairly certain I have the right answer, I have been thinking outside my Ghast box head!
The man was obviously grateful for the man pointing the gun at him, but as you stated earlier, he was asking for WATER, and the man scared the man with the gun, which is one cure for hiccups, but drinking water also sometimes helps, so I think he originally went for water to cure the hiccups but the Man scared him to cure them.
Am i right?

You are very correct!

Congratz to you, and thanks for having integrity.

Right?

I just reread the questions, and they're not actually questions... I assume that the questions are what I've been going for, how the corpses got there, and why the man said thank you?

:3
I kind of cheated tho cuz u stated he wanted water then u edited it out that helped me solve most of it

Did the ppl die from drowning?



Edit: oops, double post

I thought it just said he wanted a drink?

CalvinIsAwesome wrote: I just reread the questions, and they're not actually questions... I assume that the questions are what I've been going for, how the corpses got there, and why the man said thank you?

Of course. Just give an explanation to make the stories rational. That's the point.

@ Qaz - As long as you didn't directly look up the answer. That would ruin the fun for people who are actually trying.

CalvinIsAwesome wrote: I thought it just said he wanted a drink?

Benefit of the doubt, Cal. *sigh*

Whatevs.

i didn't, any used my oversized Ghast head

Qazfdsa wrote: Did the ppl die from drowning?



Edit: oops, double post

Yes. But that's almost obvious. Explain how they drowned.

1: Was it suicide?

Don't say benefit of the doubt in a bar. You'll ask for a drink, meaning water, and get a pint of everclear.

Um, did the yacht drown them?

Lol @calvin


Edit: sorry for another double post, I'll use the edit button next time O.o

Pedrinho wrote: I will make only one try: "Shadows?"

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Now, I have another riddle (Beforehand, to those that already knows this one, please, don't spoil the thing. Right, Luna?)
Here it goes:

A woman is walking on the streets when she meets her former math teacher.
He is a very smart man, well known for his intelligence and knowledge on the subject.

He asks her how life is being after she left school, and she tells him that she got married, and now have three lovely daughters.

He asks her for her three daughters ages.

The women suggests that the professor could find out the ages by using only logical thinking and mathematical operations, based on some hints she can give him. The man accepts the challenge.

She then says to him that 36 is the result of the multiplication of her children's ages. The professor thinks for a second, and says that he needs more tips.

She then looks around, shows him the number of a house in front of them, and says that this number is the sum of her children's age. The man looks at the house's number, thinks for a second again, and says that he still needs one more hint.

So the woman says: "My older daughter plays piano." After that said, the man smile, and imediatelly tells her the age of her three daughters.

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Now I want you people to answer only one question:

a) How did the teacher find the ages by using only logic and not guessing?

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I need to make some "warnings" though:

a) As some of you already know, my English is bad. If you detected some unclear expressions or errors, let me know, to prevent people to think that there is some language trick or something like that involved on this - when there is not!

b) Although some of you can think otherwise, you need to believe me: There is no "catch" on this riddle. There is no subtle "jokes", there is nothing with double meanings, nothing at all! The solution can be directly deducted from analyzing the facts that were told, and to solve this riddle you will only need some basic math knowledge and, more important: logic, logic, logic! Not a single guess! No imagination is necessary to do it!!!

c) Please, I don't want you people posting something like just "Hey, the ages are 1, 2, 18". I want you to answer my question (the one wrote in red), by writing down the entire logic used by the professor to find the answer. So, finding the ages will be just a collateral effect of answering my question...)

d) Again, if anything is not clear enough, please ask me, and if anything is wrong (from English language perspective), please tell me.

I think I have most of it, but with some uncertainties at the end.

A x B x C = 36
A + B + C = H (house number, a deterministic number)
I assume A, B, C are positive integers.
36 = 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 so the possible combinations are:
36, 1 , 1 (sum 38)
18, 2, 1 (sum 21)
12, 3, 1 (sum 16)
9, 4, 1 (sum 14)
9, 2, 2 (sum 13)
6, 6, 1 (sum 13)
6, 3, 2 (sum 11)
4, 3, 3 (sum 10)

She says the sum is equal to the house number they are viewing. If that house number is 38, 21, 16, 14, 11, or 10, he would be able to solve the problem immediately. But he says he cannot, so the house number must still leave an open question. Which means the house number is 13.

Which leaves us (9, 2, 2) and (6, 6, 1). For her last clue, she says the older daughter plays piano. Perhaps children do not play piano as early as 6? No, my own daughters started piano at 4 and 6, respectively; besides, nothing was mentioned about an age limitation. So the clue must be in the word "older." This is where I'm not sure I have it. Would she say "older" if the children are (9, 2, 2), or (6, 6, 1)? If they are (6, 6, 1) and the two older daughters are twins, then she would not likely say "my older daughter" -- she would say "my older daughters [plural]" or "one of my older twins." So they must be (9, 2, 2). But more properly, she would say "my oldest daughter" (or "eldest") rather than "my oldER daughter." Regardless, (9, 2, 2) is the more logical conclusion.

Answer: The teacher concluded the ages (9, 2, and 2) based on the logic above.

-Manfred

....

wow.

Manfred wrote:

Pedrinho wrote: (...) But more properly, she would say "my oldest daughter" (or "eldest") rather than "my oldER daughter." (...)
Answer: The teacher concluded the ages (9, 2, and 2) based on the logic above.

And the Oscar goes to ... ... ... ... ... Manfred!!!
(And to all other people: sorry if my bad English prevented you from reaching the solution with that "older" instead of "oldest" mistake...)

Karma + for you, Man!!!

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Luna6 wrote: I think the type of "riddles" that Pedrinho made this thread for has been disregarded. So let me offer a few.

1) In the middle of the ocean is a yacht. Several corpses are floating in the water nearby.

2) A man walks into a bar and approaches the bartender. The bartender pulls out a gun and points it at him. The man says, "Thank you," and walks out.

Luna,

About the "type" of riddles, you are right: my first intention was to make this thread for this specific "lateral thinking" thing. But as I said in the original post, I only knew those two I posted, and when I realized that no one posted a third one of the same kind, I decided to be a little bit more "generic". By the way, that puzzle of the three daughters is my favorite.

About your riddles, thank you very much! I am waiting for the next ones... And here goes my tries:

Riddle #1 - Although the "causa mortis" (drawn) was not so "obvious" (because someone could have killed them, for example), you already said that in advance; and considering that Calvin's question about suicidal is not answered yet, here goes my two questions in a row:
a) Did they jump in the water to a recreation swim?
b) (Or) did something/someone throw them in the water against their will?

Riddle #2 - (I know that it was already solved, but just for fun, I found another version: The alcohol addicted man asked the bartender to help him leaving his drunk-life by menacing him with a gun every time he enters the bar. hahahahahaha

CalvinIsAwesome wrote: ....

wow.

This is what I expected! I said "wow" too after solving this puzzle, few years ago.

(Sorry for double posting; I will learn to edit my post in a better way from now on).

Luna, please read my previous post...

Hamers wrote:

isaactheman wrote: Here's a 3rd riddle:
This creature, part man and part tree,
hates the termite as much as the flea.
His tracks do not match,
and his limbs may detach,
but he's not a strange creature to see.
What is it?

Is it a tree octipus??



SAVE THE TREE OCTIPUS!!!!!!

No

isaactheman wrote: Here's a 3rd riddle:
This creature, part man and part tree,
hates the termite as much as the flea.
His tracks do not match,
and his limbs may detach,
but he's not a strange creature to see.
What is it?

I think I am still unable to understand this, because of my bad English... I suspect that the answer is something whose name is made of two simple words that, combined, is well known by english and americans, but not for brazilians... Am I right?

Hamers wrote: Ohhhh or is it treebeard from lord of the rings.

Nope but its closer than tree octopus

@Pedrinho,

Its your thread, of course I'll abide. I enjoy the lateral riddles the most, because it doesn't involve mindless guessing (most of the time). I'll continue to offer a few more, if you wish. (Although they aren't really exclusive to me. I get them of a website. No peeking!)

1) Yes, they jumped in the water for recreational purposes. They went according to their will.

Luna6 wrote: @Pedrinho,

Its your thread, of course I'll abide. I enjoy the lateral riddles the most, because it doesn't involve mindless guessing (most of the time). I'll continue to offer a few more, if you wish. (Although they aren't really exclusive to me. I get them of a website. No peeking!)

1) Yes, they jumped in the water for recreational purposes. They went according to their will.

Two questions in a row:
1) After they jumped in the water, did they were suddenly attacked by some kind of dangerous/poisonous/ferocious animal in a way that they became unable to swim?
2) If yes, maybe they were attacked by a jellyfish horde?

Pedrinho wrote:
And the Oscar goes to ... ... ... ... ... Manfred!!!
(And to all other people: sorry if my bad English prevented you from reaching the solution with that "older" instead of "oldest" mistake...)

Karma + for you, Man!!!

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Thanks Pedrinho! I like math problems with a twist... but the word/context riddles drive me NUTS. Then I hear the answers and I go "duh..."

Manfred / Mathfred

Manfred wrote: Thanks Pedrinho! I like math problems with a twist... (...)
Manfred / Mathfred

I have a matchbox trick that is awesome. And it involves math... Maybe you are interested.
I will not teach how to do it, but I will try to write how it is shown:

(Before continuing, I have to say that here in Brazil there are two main models of matchboxes. The most common is one that you can open/close like a drawer, in a way that the box itself is made of two separated pieces, and the wooden matches are enclosed in the "drawer" and are not attached to it as they are in the other model. This second model, less common, is like I see on American and European movies, and I suspect that is what you are used to: it's made by a fold paper, and the matches are attacked on it and needs to be detached to be used.
I said that because the trick needs to be made in the first model (the average number of matches that comes in the box is around 40; and the matchbox needs to be hand-shaked, so the matches needs to be free to make noise inside the box while shaking). So, if you don't have it in the USA, never mind...

But if you have one of these, here goes the trick:

I ask anyone in the audience if they have a matchbox (If they don't have one, I give one to them and let them take any amount of matches from it to make sure that I don't know how many matches there are on it before beginning the show).

During the entire "show" I don't see the matchbox, that needs to be hold/manipulated by the audience (except on the final point, when I shake it).

First, I tell them to count how many matches there are inside the box, but don't tell me the result.
Second, I tell the audience to make a simple math operation: they need to sum the two digits that forms the number of matches that are inside the box. If, for example, it was 138 matches inside the box, they need to sum 1+3+8 (=12). They can not say to me this result, all this operations needs to be made in silence.

Third, I ask them to take this number (the sum, in this case, 12) of matches out of the box, leave the rest in there and close the box.

Fourth, I take the box with one hand, shake it near my ears, and tell them how many matches are left inside the box.

The beauty of this trick is that I can only know how many matches are left in the box by shaking it! Believe me: if I don't shake the box, if I can not hear the noise of the matches, I can not know the result!!!

Your task is to find out how this trick works. It needs to be said that it involves some skill (because I really need to shake the box), but it has some interesting math facts involved...

ok guys ive got one..........

madtothebone1 wrote: ok guys ive got one..........

Did he bought fishing line, installed the line in the fishing pole in a way that the pole became "curve", and so its length was shortened?

i like your thinking but alas no.

Pedrinho wrote:

isaactheman wrote: Here's a 3rd riddle:
This creature, part man and part tree,
hates the termite as much as the flea.
His tracks do not match,
and his limbs may detach,
but he's not a strange creature to see.
What is it?

I think I am still unable to understand this, because of my bad English... I suspect that the answer is something whose name is made of two simple words that, combined, is well known by english and americans, but not for brazilians... Am I right?

I think people in older times would be more likely to see this, but it's 5 or 6 words, depending on how you write it, but either way, it's still the same answer.

isaactheman wrote:

Pedrinho wrote:

isaactheman wrote: Here's a 3rd riddle:
This creature, part man and part tree,
hates the termite as much as the flea.
His tracks do not match,
and his limbs may detach,
but he's not a strange creature to see.
What is it?

I think I am still unable to understand this, because of my bad English... I suspect that the answer is something whose name is made of two simple words that, combined, is well known by english and americans, but not for brazilians... Am I right?

I think people in older times would be more likely to see this, but it's 5 or 6 words, depending on how you write it, but either way, it's still the same answer.

ok ive got 3 possible answers

1. the guy called the tree man with that weird tree skin
2. jack the green (see mythology)
3. a person with a wooden leg.

all 3 fit the bill ????

madtothebone1 wrote:

isaactheman wrote:

Pedrinho wrote:

isaactheman wrote: Here's a 3rd riddle:
This creature, part man and part tree,
hates the termite as much as the flea.
His tracks do not match,
and his limbs may detach,
but he's not a strange creature to see.
What is it?

I think I am still unable to understand this, because of my bad English... I suspect that the answer is something whose name is made of two simple words that, combined, is well known by english and americans, but not for brazilians... Am I right?

I think people in older times would be more likely to see this, but it's 5 or 6 words, depending on how you write it, but either way, it's still the same answer.

ok ive got 3 possible answers

1. the guy called the tree man with that weird tree skin
2. jack the green (see mythology)
3. a person with a wooden leg.

all 3 fit the bill ????

Correct,
a man with a peg leg, a guy with a pegleg,
Or, a person with a wooden leg were all acceptable answers!
Now, some one solve my 2 other riddles