riddles

[sweetbmxrider]

ok one riddle at a time. first person to solve can post up a new one after the original poster of the riddle verifies the answer being correct. no cheating!!!:-x:-x thats lame!:-P

There are 3 light switches on a wall each hooked up to a separate light on the other side of the wall. You can only go around the wall once. You can operate the light switches as much as you like. You must figure out which light switch controls each bulb.

gogoGO:)

[Masonite]

Took me a little while to visualize what you were describing, but I think I've got it.

You flip two light switches, wait a couple minutes, then turn one of those switches back off. You then go to the opposite side of the wall. The switch that was still in the "on" position controls the bulb that is currently illuminated. The switch that was recently on, and now "off" controls the bulb that is currently OFF and WARM to the touch. The switch that was always in the "off" position controls the bulb that is currently OFF and COLD to the touch.

Win?

[nj85z28]

i was really confused by this riddle, being an electrician even. i wont answer it because i cheated but it does make sense

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i was really confused by this riddle, being an electrician even. i wont answer it because i cheated but it does make sense

i did exactly what you did:nod:

[nj85z28]

i did exactly what you did:nod:


i guess we over-analyzed it

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i would call it oversimplification, they make these really sweet wire tracers that allow you to trace wires in the wall...from outside the wall....

or just have a buddy stand at the switches and you go around the wall...

[sweetbmxrider]

Took me a little while to visualize what you were describing, but I think I've got it.

You flip two light switches, wait a couple minutes, then turn one of those switches back off. You then go to the opposite side of the wall. The switch that was still in the "on" position controls the bulb that is currently illuminated. The switch that was recently on, and now "off" controls the bulb that is currently OFF and WARM to the touch. The switch that was always in the "off" position controls the bulb that is currently OFF and COLD to the touch.

Win?

win!!! very nice! post one up!

[Masonite]

Riddle:

We are little brethren twain,
Arbiters of loss or gain;
Many to our counters run,
Some are made, and some undone:

But men find it to their cost,
Few are made, but numbers lost:
Though we play them tricks forever,
Yet they always hope to win our favor.

What are we?

Good luck...

[//<86TA>\\]

Dice

[Masonite]

Dice

Bravo!

Your turn.

[//<86TA>\\]

Ever eating, never cloying,
All-devouring, all-destroying,
Never finding full repast,
Till I eat the world at last

what am I?

[Camvill]

Ever eating, never cloying,
All-devouring, all-destroying,
Never finding full repast,
Till I eat the world at last

what am I?

a star

[//<86TA>\\]

a star

no

i though it would be an easy one

[sweetbmxrider]

a black hole?

[Tru2Chevy]

Ever eating, never cloying,
All-devouring, all-destroying,
Never finding full repast,
Till I eat the world at last

what am I?

Time

- Justin

[//<86TA>\\]

Time

- Justin

Ding Ding Ding! we have a winner!

your up

[Tru2Chevy]

Four people sat down at a table to play;
They play'd all that night, and some part of the next day;
This one thing observ'd, that when they were seated,
Nobody played with them, and nobody betted;
Yet when they got up, each was a winner a guinea;
Who tells me this riddle, I'm sure is no ninny.

[DevilDougWS6]

Four people sat down at a table to play;
They play'd all that night, and some part of the next day;
This one thing observ'd, that when they were seated,
Nobody played with them, and nobody betted;
Yet when they got up, each was a winner a guinea;
Who tells me this riddle, I'm sure is no ninny.

people playing music?

[Tru2Chevy]

people playing music?

Yup - your turn.

- Justin

[DevilDougWS6]

The more you take, the more you leave behind....

[Masonite]

The more you take, the more you leave behind....

steps

[DevilDougWS6]

.....like stairs?

[Masonite]

lol, footsteps

[DevilDougWS6]

yeah, footsteps is right. way to cheat. :mrgreen:

[Masonite]

yeah, footsteps is right. way to cheat. :mrgreen:

i didn't cheat. and technically, steps on stairs could work, too, if you think about it.

[Masonite]

A riddle of riddles, it dances and skips;
It is read in the eyes, though it cheats in the lips;
If it meets with its match, it is easily caught;
But if money will buy it, it's simply worth nought.

[ryanfx]

A riddle of riddles, it dances and skips;
It is read in the eyes, though it cheats in the lips;
If it meets with its match, it is easily caught;
But if money will buy it, it's simply worth nought.

I cheated.. answer won't make sense for non-cheaters :lol:

edit: what I mean is it makes sense.. it's just not very guessable

[sweetbmxrider]

A riddle of riddles, it dances and skips;
It is read in the eyes, though it cheats in the lips;
If it meets with its match, it is easily caught;
But if money will buy it, it's simply worth nought.

imagination :shrug:

[WildBillyT]

A riddle of riddles, it dances and skips;
It is read in the eyes, though it cheats in the lips;
If it meets with its match, it is easily caught;
But if money will buy it, it's simply worth nought.

Some emotion? Happiness?

[sweetbmxrider]

wait no, love?

[DevilDougWS6]

i was thinking love, but probably not.

[Masonite]

you're close on "love", but that's not quite it.

[DevilDougWS6]

a relationship

[Masonite]

negatory

[DevilDougWS6]

oooh hahaha, its either sex or kissing.

edit: i just cheated and the answer is love

[Masonite]

oooh hahaha, it's--no. :-P

[DevilDougWS6]

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/A_riddle_of_riddles_it_dances_and_skips_it_is_read _with_the_eyes_though_it_cheats_in_the_lips_if_it_ meets_with_its_match_it_is_easily_caught_but_if_mo ney_will_buy_it_it%27s_simply_worth_naught&src=ansTT

[Masonite]

The original answer was "your heart". Gonna give this one to sweetbmxrider, since he was the closest, first.

[sweetbmxrider]

there is a machine that produces 10 gram coins and bags them. there are 10 coins in a bag. the machine has produced 9 bags containing 10 of the 10 gram coins when an error occurs. it produces a bag containing ten 9 gram coins. due to the error, all of the bags have been mixed together so one can be distinguished from the other. there is a scale available but you can only use it once. how can you tell which bag contains the ten 9 gram coins in it?

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feel each bag and see which one has 9 coins?

or open each bag and count them....you didnt say i couldn't

or put them all on the scale and take one off at a time until one bag removes only 90 grams, and that it.

[Frank drives a Firebird]

Only once? I'v e heard the same riddle, but you can use the scale twice.

?

[Frank drives a Firebird]

Also, the scale is a balance type, yes? Not one that tells you the weight?

[sweetbmxrider]

feel each bag and see which one has 9 coins?

or open each bag and count them....you didnt say i couldn't

or put them all on the scale and take one off at a time until one bag removes only 90 grams, and that it.

all of the bags have ten coins in them. you can only get one reading from the scale

Only once? I'v e heard the same riddle, but you can use the scale twice.

?

Also, the scale is a balance type, yes? Not one that tells you the weight?

no, this is how i heard it 8-)

[Frank drives a Firebird]

:confused:

[sweetbmxrider]

eh just do a new riddle frank!