Thread: Riddles

The 5 Riddles....
1. A murderer is condemned to death.. He has to choose between
three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of
assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that
haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water
for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later
they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.
How can this be?

3. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray
when you throw it away?

4. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words
Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?

5. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to just how quickly
you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary
and plain that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact,
nothing is wrong with it. It is highly unusual though. Study it
and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if
you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any
coaching!

Originally Posted by jandajoy

The 5 Riddles.... 1. A murderer is condemned to death.. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

room with three lions as they are already dead

4. yesterday, today and tomorrow; something to that effect

Originally Posted by jandajoy

3. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

newspaper?

4. Yesterday, today and wednesday

Originally Posted by jandajoy

5. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it. It is highly unusual though. Study it and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching!

Vowel missing, E; there's no E

Originally Posted by Mr Brown

Originally Posted by jandajoy

3. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

newspaper?

Ah no, good old English winters leads me to coal...

Coal???

Originally Posted by jandajoy

2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

she took a photo

^ then a shower together

Originally Posted by withnallstoke

^ then a shower together

Fraid not - old style photo developing by hand....

Originally Posted by jandajoy

Finally, she hangs him.

And the h in hangs is a typo. (b)

Ahh, yes nidhogg. Silly me.

Very Good

Originally Posted by jandajoy

[COLOR=White] The 5 Riddles....
[COLOR=black]1. A murderer is condemned to death.. He has to choose between
three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of
assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that
haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

the room he's in now. the courtroom?
Or the lions, coz they're all dead?

2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water
for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later
they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.
How can this be?

shoots him in the leg. Holds that part of his body underwater to cleanse it. Hangs him above the wound to stop the loss of blood.

3. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray
when you throw it away?

coal.
(fire)
(ash)

4. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words
Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?

Yesterday
Today
Tomorrow

5. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to just how quickly
you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary
and plain that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact,
nothing is wrong with it. It is highly unusual though. Study it
and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if
you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any
coaching!

Dunno. Extra spaces between the words.

3. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray
when you throw it away?

A match