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Parson Atreides
Ahrendee Mercenaries Legacy Rising
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Posted - 2013.03.02 11:59:00 -
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Terry Webber wrote:Parson Atreides wrote:Terry Webber wrote: You are CORRECT! Sorry for the late reply, I was busy yesterday. Anyway, here's a riddle for the day:
A man is lying dead with a backpack on, face down in the desert. What happened?
In reply to Parson's post, I guess it wouldn't hurt to have others post their own riddles. Feel free to do so.
Can you do more riddles that aren't as open-ended and vague? Any number of things could have happened to this guy, but you're looking for one specific answer that no one is ever going to get unless they look it up or have heard it before. In my mind, a good riddle has one or very few answers, which can all be induced or deduced from the information provided. I'll keep your suggestions in mind but this riddle does have one answer.
Yea except that's the problem: it has a million answers and you're looking for one. You're saying there's only one possible way a person with a backpack could end up dead in a desert? Come on... |
Terry Webber
Gothic Wars Consortium
38
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Posted - 2013.03.03 00:48:00 -
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OK, I see your point, Parson. I'll find some better riddles. |
Terry Webber
Gothic Wars Consortium
38
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Posted - 2013.03.04 02:43:00 -
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My last riddle has not been answered. Do you guys want me to tell the answer or just do a different one? |
BootStrapWill
R.I.f.t
2
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Posted - 2013.03.04 14:46:00 -
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Terry Webber wrote:My last riddle has not been answered. Do you guys want me to tell the answer or just do a different one? Is this like that episode of Sherlock where the back-packer had just returned from Australia, and hit himself in the head with a boomerang? |
Terry Webber
Gothic Wars Consortium
38
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Posted - 2013.03.04 20:21:00 -
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I'm going to post a different riddle. As Parson has already said, the last riddle is too ambiguous. Here it is:
What has 5 (sometimes 4) hands but is normal? |
Parson Atreides
Ahrendee Mercenaries Legacy Rising
148
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Posted - 2013.03.05 04:22:00 -
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Terry Webber wrote:What has 5 (sometimes 4) hands but is normal?
Starfish? |
Ner'Zul Nexhawk
Talos Incorporated
167
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Posted - 2013.03.05 13:08:00 -
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Terry Webber wrote:I'm going to post a different riddle. As Parson has already said, the last riddle is too ambiguous. Here it is:
What has 5 (sometimes 4) hands but is normal?
I've heard this one before.
It's a man or woman wearing an analog watch. 2 human hands + hour and minute hands + sometimes a second hand. |
Terry Webber
Gothic Wars Consortium
39
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Posted - 2013.03.05 22:23:00 -
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Ner'Zul Nexhawk wrote:Terry Webber wrote: What has 5 (sometimes 4) hands but is normal?
I've heard this one before. It's a man or woman wearing an analog watch. 2 human hands + hour and minute hands + sometimes a second hand.
You are CORRECT! Here comes another one:
The music stopped. The woman dies. Why? |
Mithridates VI
The Southern Legion
244
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Posted - 2013.03.05 23:01:00 -
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That is another ridiculously vague one.
I know the answer you're looking for and am not going to give it but its equally as complex as situations such as:
The woman was on life support and listening to the radio when the power went out and the backup generators failed.
She was a spider on a chair in a game of musical chairs. When the music stopped, one of the children sat on her and squashed her.
She was a spinning ballarina in a music box. When the box was closed, the music stopped and she "died" (i.e. stopped moving)
She was a blind swimmer, who swam out from her boat every day. She played a radio in her boat so she knew where to swim to at the end of the day. When the transmission cut out, she could no longer find her boat and drowned.
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Parson Atreides
Ahrendee Mercenaries Legacy Rising
148
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Posted - 2013.03.06 01:03:00 -
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Terry Webber wrote: You are CORRECT! Here comes another one:
The music stopped. The woman dies. Why?
I thought you were going to stop giving us these really open-ended ones...
I'm going to give an oldie but a goodie.
Easy Tier: If you say my name, I vanish. What am I?
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Ner'Zul Nexhawk
Talos Incorporated
167
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Posted - 2013.03.06 01:57:00 -
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Terry Webber wrote: You are CORRECT! Here comes another one:
The music stopped. The woman dies. Why?
Extremely vague. The answer can be as blunt as this: A killer breaks into the dance hall through the window. Music stops as everyone (including the piano player) watches surprisedly how the killer shoots a woman and escapes.
Parson Atreides wrote:
I thought you were going to stop giving us these really open-ended ones...
I'm going to give an oldie but a goodie.
Easy Tier: If you say my name, I vanish. What am I?
Silence? |
Parson Atreides
Ahrendee Mercenaries Legacy Rising
148
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Posted - 2013.03.06 02:11:00 -
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Ner'Zul Nexhawk wrote:
Silence?
Quite right.
Hard Tier:
You are in the basement and there are 3 light switches. A,B and C. Two of them do nothing. One of them turns on the light on the first floor. You can't see the first floor, so there is no chance of seeing what happens when you flip a switch. You are not allowed to use any kind of help or tools. The only thing you can do is turn on/off the three light switches. The goal is to know, for certain, which switch turns on the light after you go upstairs. You are only allowed to go upstairs once. |
Ner'Zul Nexhawk
Talos Incorporated
167
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Posted - 2013.03.06 03:06:00 -
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Parson Atreides wrote:Ner'Zul Nexhawk wrote:
Silence?
Quite right. Hard Tier: You are in the basement and there are 3 light switches. A,B and C. Two of them do nothing. One of them turns on the light on the first floor. You can't see the first floor, so there is no chance of seeing what happens when you flip a switch. You are not allowed to use any kind of help or tools. The only thing you can do is turn on/off the three light switches. The goal is to know, for certain, which switch turns on the light after you go upstairs. You are only allowed to go upstairs once. If people have heard this one before or look it up, please don't answer. I can give a hint or two if no one is answering it.
Now this is much harder. I have a question: are you allowed to go downstairs again after going upstairs or no? |
Parson Atreides
Ahrendee Mercenaries Legacy Rising
148
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Posted - 2013.03.06 05:30:00 -
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Ner'Zul Nexhawk wrote:
Now this is much harder. I have a question: are you allowed to go downstairs again after going upstairs or no?
No. |
gbghg
L.O.T.I.S. Legacy Rising
534
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Posted - 2013.03.06 12:23:00 -
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Flip all 3 switches, then go upstairs |
Ner'Zul Nexhawk
Talos Incorporated
167
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Posted - 2013.03.06 12:24:00 -
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And what kind of switches are those? Can they somehow be flipped to the middle position, thus causing the light to flicker or shine with less intensity? |
Parson Atreides
Ahrendee Mercenaries Legacy Rising
149
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Posted - 2013.03.06 16:34:00 -
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gbghg wrote:Flip all 3 switches, then go upstairs
The goal isn't to turn the light on, it's to find out which light switch turns the light on. Flipping them all on wouldn't tell you which one it was.
Ner'Zul Nexhawk wrote:And what kind of switches are those? Can they somehow be flipped to the middle position, thus causing the light to flicker or shine with less intensity?
Just normal light switches, with an on and off position. There's no dimmer or anything. |
Ner'Zul Nexhawk
Talos Incorporated
172
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Posted - 2013.03.07 01:04:00 -
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Parson Atreides wrote:gbghg wrote:Flip all 3 switches, then go upstairs The goal isn't to turn the light on, it's to find out which light switch turns the light on. Flipping them all on wouldn't tell you which one it was. Ner'Zul Nexhawk wrote:And what kind of switches are those? Can they somehow be flipped to the middle position, thus causing the light to flicker or shine with less intensity? Just normal light switches, with an on and off position. There's no dimmer or anything.
Gave up, looked up the answer, and realised that, somehow, it wasn't as hard as it seemed... |
XANDER KAG
Crimson Wings Brigade
21
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Posted - 2013.03.07 16:35:00 -
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Looked it up, I feel really stupid for not figuring it out. |
Terry Webber
Gothic Wars Consortium
39
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Posted - 2013.03.07 21:34:00 -
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Parson Atreides wrote:Terry Webber wrote: The music stopped. The woman dies. Why?
I thought you were going to stop giving us these really open-ended ones... Really? OK... Here's a different one:
Two police officers walk into a room with no windows and found a dead man who obviously hung himself from the ceiling, though they couldn't figure out how. There was no chair beneath him that he might have jumped off of, or a table. Just a puddle of water. How'd he do it?
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Ner'Zul Nexhawk
Talos Incorporated
173
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Posted - 2013.03.07 21:43:00 -
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He hung himself from a block of ice which melted later? |
XANDER KAG
Crimson Wings Brigade
21
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Posted - 2013.03.07 22:21:00 -
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Isn't that related to Saw? I forget which one though. |
Terry Webber
Gothic Wars Consortium
39
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Posted - 2013.03.08 00:00:00 -
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Terry Webber wrote:Ner'Zul Nexhawk wrote:Two police officers walk into a room with no windows and found a dead man who obviously hung himself from the ceiling, though they couldn't figure out how. There was no chair beneath him that he might have jumped off of, or a table. Just a puddle of water. How'd he do it? He hung himself from a block of ice which melted later?
You are CORRECT! Here's another one for today:
A blue house is made of blue bricks. A yellow house is made of yellow bricks. A red house is made of red bricks. An orange house is made of orange bricks. What would a green house be made of? |
Ner'Zul Nexhawk
Talos Incorporated
174
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Posted - 2013.03.08 00:09:00 -
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Terry Webber wrote:Terry Webber wrote:Ner'Zul Nexhawk wrote:Two police officers walk into a room with no windows and found a dead man who obviously hung himself from the ceiling, though they couldn't figure out how. There was no chair beneath him that he might have jumped off of, or a table. Just a puddle of water. How'd he do it? He hung himself from a block of ice which melted later? You are CORRECT! Here's another one for today: A blue house is made of blue bricks. A yellow house is made of yellow bricks. A red house is made of red bricks. An orange house is made of orange bricks. What would a green house be made of?
I can't see any catch at all right now, so will just say for now that a green house is made of green bricks. |
Terry Webber
Gothic Wars Consortium
39
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Posted - 2013.03.08 00:16:00 -
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Ner'Zul Nexhawk wrote:Terry Webber wrote:Ner'Zul Nexhawk wrote:Terry Webber wrote:Two police officers walk into a room with no windows and found a dead man who obviously hung himself from the ceiling, though they couldn't figure out how. There was no chair beneath him that he might have jumped off of, or a table. Just a puddle of water. How'd he do it? He hung himself from a block of ice which melted later? You are CORRECT! Here's another one for today: A blue house is made of blue bricks. A yellow house is made of yellow bricks. A red house is made of red bricks. An orange house is made of orange bricks. What would a green house be made of? I can't see any catch at all right now, so will just say for now that a green house is made of green bricks.
Incorrect. |
Thrawn01 Aldeland
Sardaukar Merc Guild General Tso's Alliance
15
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Posted - 2013.03.08 05:05:00 -
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a green house is made of glass. |
DJINN Marauder
Hellstorm Inc League of Infamy
284
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Posted - 2013.03.08 05:20:00 -
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Parson Atreides wrote:Ner'Zul Nexhawk wrote:
Silence?
Quite right. Hard Tier: You are in the basement and there are 3 light switches. A,B and C. Two of them do nothing. One of them turns on the light on the first floor. You can't see the first floor, so there is no chance of seeing what happens when you flip a switch. You are not allowed to use any kind of help or tools. The only thing you can do is turn on/off the three light switches. The goal is to know, for certain, which switch turns on the light after you go upstairs. You are only allowed to go upstairs once and you cannot go back downstairs once up. If people have heard this one before or look it up, please don't answer. I can give a hint or two if no one is answering it. C Is always the answer. |
Logi Bro
ZionTCD Legacy Rising
899
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Posted - 2013.03.08 05:45:00 -
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Terry Webber wrote:Ner'Zul Nexhawk wrote:Terry Webber wrote:Two police officers walk into a room with no windows and found a dead man who obviously hung himself from the ceiling, though they couldn't figure out how. There was no chair beneath him that he might have jumped off of, or a table. Just a puddle of water. How'd he do it? He hung himself from a block of ice which melted later? You are CORRECT! Here's another one for today: A blue house is made of blue bricks. A yellow house is made of yellow bricks. A red house is made of red bricks. An orange house is made of orange bricks. What would a green house be made of?
A greenhouse, as in a room where you grow your plants? I'd say you would make it out of anything that lets the sunlight in. |
Ner'Zul Nexhawk
Talos Incorporated
174
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Posted - 2013.03.08 10:21:00 -
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Logi Bro wrote:Terry Webber wrote:Ner'Zul Nexhawk wrote:Terry Webber wrote:Two police officers walk into a room with no windows and found a dead man who obviously hung himself from the ceiling, though they couldn't figure out how. There was no chair beneath him that he might have jumped off of, or a table. Just a puddle of water. How'd he do it? He hung himself from a block of ice which melted later? You are CORRECT! Here's another one for today: A blue house is made of blue bricks. A yellow house is made of yellow bricks. A red house is made of red bricks. An orange house is made of orange bricks. What would a green house be made of? A greenhouse, as in a room where you grow your plants? I'd say you would make it out of anything that lets the sunlight in.
Darn it. |
Mercian Enforcer
Krusual Covert Operators Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.03.08 10:59:00 -
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On my way to St. Ives I saw a man with 7 wives. Each wife had 7 sacks. Each sack had 7 cats. Each cat had 7 kittens. Kitten, cats, sacks, wives. How many were going to St. Ives?
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