Archive for the 'Logic riddles' Category

How old is Hayden Panettiere? A Riddle

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

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Hayden Pannettiere is real cute, but sometimes she looks like she’s about twelve and then she turns around and looks like a forty year old. So, here’s a riddle!
When asked how old she was, Hayden replied, “In two years I will be twice as old as I was five years ago.”
How old is she now?

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Derek Jeter Riddle

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

 

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Faster than a bullet
and hotter than the sun
I strike millions of times
every day.

What am I?

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Julianna Margulies: ER riddle

Monday, July 16th, 2007

 

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For all you ER-lovers out there: I actually still kinda miss doctor Doug and nurse Carol. Anyway, here’s a riddle…. A lady accidently cut her hand. Because it kept bleeding she went to the ER and she took her little girl with her. The doctor said that the lady’s daughter could stay with his nurse while he put in some stitches. When the lady and her daughter left, the nurse turned to one of the other nurses and said to her, “that cute little girl is my daughter.”


Is this nurse crazy?

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Wimbledon Riddle: Anna Kournikova

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

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Rafael Nadal and Anna Kournikova were playing tennis. They played 5 sets and both won three sets. How can this be? (more…)

Language Riddle: Existence

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

 

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I am only
something
when you don’t know
what I am
When you do know
what I am
I am nothing

 

Who am I?

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Logic Riddle: ownership

Monday, June 11th, 2007

 

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You may own it
but others use it
more than you

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Cool riddle: Kim Kardashian

Friday, May 25th, 2007

 

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I am the centre of all jokes
I am quite at ease with kings
and consort with Kim Kardashian
But not with her friend Paris Hilton.

Who am I? (more…)

Logic riddle: apples and oranges

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

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On a schooltrip the teachers organize a little contest. They take four pieces of fruit (an apple, a pear, an orange, and a banana) and put them seperately in closed plastic containers. All the children get to guess which fruit is in which container. 123 children take part in the contest. When they open the containers, the result is that 43 children got none of the containers right, 39 children got one fruit right, and 31 people got two fruits right. So: How many children have guessed three correctly, and how many got all four fruits right? (more…)

Jack Bauer Riddle

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

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Imagine you recently hatched a plot against the government and Jack Bauer is chasing you in a special CTU SUV through a desert and there is nowhere to run. How do you get out of this fix? (more…)

Spider-Man Language Riddle

Friday, April 20th, 2007

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Tough language riddle: 

Spiderman is
but Eric Cartman isn’t
Superman is
but Bambi is only half of one

What am I?

 

 

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