The Riddles Thread

[civvver]

Oh! Someone post the one about 3 people going to a hotel and $3 in change vanishing! People might not have seen that one...

And in a probability-based version, when should the guy behind the wall (in my riddle upthread) shout out a guess, and when? (He doesn't know who shouted on the other side, just what they shouted)

I found a variant of it.

Three people check into a hotel. They pay $30 to the manager and go to their room. The manager finds out that the room rate is $25 and gives the bellboy $5 to return to the guests. On the way to the room the bellboy reasons that $5 would be difficult to split among three people so he pockets $2 and gives $1 to each person. Now each person paid $10 and got back $1. So they paid $9 each, totaling $27. The bellboy has another $2, adding up to $29.
Where is the remaining dollar?

 

[Timsup2nothin]

I found a variant of it.

Three people check into a hotel. They pay $30 to the manager and go to their room. The manager finds out that the room rate is $25 and gives the bellboy $5 to return to the guests. On the way to the room the bellboy reasons that $5 would be difficult to split among three people so he pockets $2 and gives $1 to each person. Now each person paid $10 and got back $1. So they paid $9 each, totaling $27. The bellboy has another $2, adding up to $29.
Where is the remaining dollar?

Spoiler :

This isn't a riddle, it is a fallacy. If you go chasing the "missing" dollar you are just running down the appointed path. The three men paid 27 dollars...25 for the room and a two dollar "tip" to the bellboy. It is a classic though, no question.

 

[civvver]

Tim's got it. I found it online and was wondering if it was the one El mac was thinking of.

Spoiler :

I actually don't think it's very good cus it's a trick question

Here's another one I didn't see posted though that's pretty classic. It actually appears in the movie labyrinth.

You come to a fork in a road. One path leads to town and the other leads to the middle of nowhere. You need to get to town. Standing next to the paths are two trolls. One stands by the path to the left, and the other troll stands by the other path going right. You know for a fact that one troll always tells the truth, while the other troll always lies, but you do not know which is liar and which one tells truth. How do you determine which path leads into town?

 

[Arakhor]

Spoiler :

You ask one of them what the other one would say and then always take the opposite option.

 

[onejayhawk]

I found a variant of it.

Three people check into a hotel. They pay $30 to the manager and go to their room. The manager finds out that the room rate is $25 and gives the bellboy $5 to return to the guests. On the way to the room the bellboy reasons that $5 would be difficult to split among three people so he pockets $2 and gives $1 to each person. Now each person paid $10 and got back $1. So they paid $9 each, totaling $27. The bellboy has another $2, adding up to $29.
Where is the remaining dollar?

The bellboy has $2 and the Hotel has $25 totaling $27 paid.

J

 

[onejayhawk]

What store is opposed to standing in line?

This old classic is a hint.
What word (English) is pronounced the same if you remove four of the five letters?

J

 

[madviking]

well the second question's answer is queue/q.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Dairy Queen...the DQ. (de-queue)

 

[madviking]

ah i wasn't thinking of that

 

[Timsup2nothin]

ah i wasn't thinking of that

I probably wouldn't have if you hadn't translated the hint for me.

Teamwork rulz!

 

[Arakhor]

I've never heard of Dairy Queen before. Yay for geographically localised riddles!

 

[Timsup2nothin]

I've never heard of Dairy Queen before. Yay for geographically localised riddles!

We can't help it if you live in an underdeveloped corner of the world and are denied access to Dairy Queen.

 

[Arakhor]

Not that much call for ice cream in our country, but we do nearly have all the water we could possibly want.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Not that much call for ice cream in our country, but we do nearly have all the water we could possibly want.

So, you lack deserts and desserts.

 

[Arakhor]

We do have very fine puddings though - who can resist the mighty spotted dick or the fine bread-and-butter pudding?

 

[Timsup2nothin]

We do have very fine puddings though - who can resist the mighty spotted dick or the fine bread-and-butter pudding?

Just to fill in your knowledge of the subject, they serve neither of those at Dairy Queen. I suspect that in the primary territory of Dairy Queen, which is the incredibly up tight with sexuality bible belt of the US, someone trying to order a mighty spotted dick would implode with embarrassment.

Sooooo...riddle me this...

If olive oil is pressed from olives, and peanut oil is pressed from peanuts, where does baby oil come from?

 

[Borachio]

Alarmingly, crude oil.

 

[bhavv]

What have I got in my pocket?

 

[Arakhor]

Your NHS Tax Credit Exemption card and your disabled person's bus pass?

 

[Mise]

Our monarchy may not be perfect but at least our Queen isn't an ice cream cone. I mean, honestly, how can you possibly have this thing as your Head of State?!?! It's just embarrassing.