In need of a good riddle...

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: DaShen

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek

Originally posted by: DaShen

Originally posted by: letdown427
Caps:

First guy says the colour of the cap in front of him (or behind, gues sit depends where DaShen starts killing)

He may die, he may not. Next guy now knows the colour of his hat. He can say that colour, and if it's different to the enxt one in the line, cough/do some other signal and so it continues. Then there's the spiteful guy that wants to see the next guy dead... but yeh, that would work.

No sound except for your hat color. Sorry.

I had one similar to your that dealt with variable lag times to say you hat color. It was accurate, but once timing was taken out of the equation, I had to rethink the problem

could the signal be: if i see a similar colored hat on the next person's head i keep my eyes open when i say my color, otherwise, i close my eyes when i say my color.

or does the solution not require a signal?

Remember that the person in the back knows all the colors of all the people in front of him. What is the quickest way to dispense the most information about hat colors to the others by just saying one of the colors?

I'm sure that by the time I get to the end of the thread someone else would have figured it out. But, the solution is to just a parity check. The first guy has to give the parity of the people in front of him but may or may not be right about his hat. But everyone in front can just count and keep track of the parity to get their hat color right.

 

[jimmyjam]

Originally posted by: PatrickBateman

Originally posted by: jimmyjam
What do you throw out when you need it and take in when you don't?

an anchor?

You win!

 

[kstu]

Originally posted by: PatrickBateman

Originally posted by: jimmyjam
What do you throw out when you need it and take in when you don't?

an anchor?

nice answer, i was wondering about that one

 

[Allanv]

Originally posted by: DaShen

Originally posted by: Allanv
write on some paper this 10 10 10

and with one stroke of the pen turn that into 950 do not scribble on the paper just 1 stroke

Hmmmm... interesting. How do you do that?

10 T0 10 look 1 stroke

 

[Vegitto]

10 to 10?

Oh, 9:50 AM..
Okay..
I tried finding the solution in binary code, but it took way more than one stroke.

 

[juills]

Ah... finally the answer to the one stroke 10 10 10 riddle... nice one!

 

[Allanv]

Originally posted by: Adn4n

Originally posted by: 02ranger
I don't know how old this is, but I got it from my Dad's boss. It doesn't work too good on paper, but spoken it tricks most people.

Think of words that end in -gry. Hungry and Angry are two of them. There are three words in the english language. What is the third word?

Answer






The answer is language. It should really be written as There are three words in "The English Language." I just didn't want to give it away in case somebody hasn't seen it before. I actually never could find another word that ends in gry. Thats the best I have for now.

Hungary is an English word

but that dont end it gry does it

 

[The Pentium Guy]

1. -gry
2. -hungry
3. .gry
4. aggry
5. angry
6. annagry
7. badagry
8. cogry
9. con?yger or con?igry
10. feel hungry
11. fm- and tv-mast zygry
12. fm and tv mast zygry
13. gagry
14. get angry
15. how we are hungry
16. iggry
17. igry
18. john f. pingry (wtf)
19. john f pingry
20. jozsef egry
21. kingry
22. lake wigry
23. make angry
24. man-hungry
25. man hungry
26. muzzle enegry Q!)
27. nangry
28. not angry
29. onegry
30. pingry
31. puggry
32. qgry
33. stay hungry
34. still hungry
35. unangry
36. wgry
37. wigry
38. wegry

http://www.onelook.com/?w=%2Agry&ls=a

 

[SonnyDaze]

You can have it while sitting but lose it by standing.

What is it?

 

[AeroEngy]

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
You can have it while sitting but lose it by standing.

What is it?

A Seat

 

[jimmyjam]

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
You can have it while sitting but lose it by standing.

What is it?

Your lap.

 

[Kelnoen]

What row of numbers comes next?
This is a tough one!
1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221


Clue>> Mouse over for clue

 

[snoopdoug1]

Originally posted by: Kelnoen
What row of numbers comes next?
This is a tough one!
1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221


Clue>> Mouse over for clue

42

 

[brikis98]

Originally posted by: Kelnoen
What row of numbers comes next?
This is a tough one!
1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221


Clue>> Mouse over for clue

1113213211

 

[DefDC]

Oldie but goodie

What is greater than God.
Worse than the devil.
Rich people want it
Poor people already have it
You'll die if you eat it.

What am I?

 

[Xyo II]

Originally posted by: DefDC
Oldie but goodie

What is greater than God.
Worse than the devil.
Rich people want it
Poor people already have it
You'll die if you eat it.

What am I?

Nothing.

 

[SonnyDaze]

Originally posted by: jimmyjam

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
You can have it while sitting but lose it by standing.

What is it?

Your lap.

Winner!!!

 

[OCNewbie]

Originally posted by: brikis98

You are at a well. You have an empty jug that can hold eight quarts of water. You also have two empty jars, one holding five quarts, the other holding three quarts.

You need to measure out exactly four quarts. How you do dat?

fill the three quart jug. pour all 3 quarts into the five quart jug. fill the three quart jug again. pour everything that will fit into the five quart jug. this will leave 1 quart in the 3 quart jug and 5 quarts in the 5 quart jug. empty the 5 quart jug. pour the 1 quart from the 3 quart jug into the 5 quart jug. fill the 3 quart jug again. pour those 3 quarts into the 5 quart jug. you now have 4 quarts.



EDIT: forgot to mention. i've had MANY of these as interview questions (for software jobs).

Couldn't you fill the empty 5 quart jar, then take the 5 quart jar and use it to fill the 3 quart jar, leaving 2 quarts remaining in the 5 quart jug, put those 2 quarts in the 8 quart jug, and just repeat this once, putting 4 quarts in 8 quart jug?