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glad you joined us and hope we can puzzle you a little 
each week. Last week's riddle about the red/white
cards really got us thinking around here - I'm still
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1. R I D D L E S:  
  

* What animal do you think the most of?

* What is the principal part of a horse?

* Why is the letter "g" like midnight?

* What do we all have that we can always count on?

* What is the strongest day of the week?




 
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2. B R A I N B U S T E R S:  

* A man walks into a bar and asks the barman for a glass 
of water. The barman pulls out a gun and points it at the 
man. The man says 'Thank you' and walks out. Explain.


* A blind beggar had a brother who died. What relation was the 
blind beggar to the brother who died? (Brother is not the answer). 


* You want to send a valuable object to a friend. You have a 
box which is more than large enough to contain the object. 
You have several locks with keys. The box has a locking ring 
which is more than large enough to have a lock attached. 
But your friend does not have the key to any lock that you 
have. How do you do it? Note: You can't send a key in a separate
package because it may be copied.

    
 
BRAINBUSTER ANSWERS CLICK HERE! 

3. M A T H R I D D L E S:  
  

 
* Put the plus or minus signs between the following
series of numbers so that they will equal 1:

0 1 2 4 8 16 = 1


* A customer at a 7-11 store selected four items to buy, 
and was told that the cost was $7.11. He was curious that 
the cost was the same as the store name, so he inquired 
as to how the figure was derived. The clerk said that he 
had simply multiplied the prices of the four individual items. 
The customer protested that the four prices should have 
been ADDED, not MULTIPLIED. The clerk said that that was 
OK with him, but, the result was still the same: exactly $7.11. 
What were the prices of the four items? 


* If in two years I will be twice as old as I was five 
years ago. How old am I now?




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4. F U N  W I T H  W O R D S 

 
* Some more crossword definitions:

Put together a mixture - __________ a ________


Good penalty - __________ __________


Tiny period of time - __________ __________



* Translate:

CD ED BD DUCKS? 
MR NOT DUCKS! 
OSAR, CDEDBD WINGS? 
LILB MR DUCKS! 




 

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5. T R I V I A 


  MORE TRIVIAL FACTS: 

1. Name the four principal characters from the cartoon series "The Chipmunks" 


2. Who was Fed Astaire's dancing partner in the Irving Berlin musical "Easter parade"? 


3. He led the 1956 revolt in Hungary. 


4. In what sport do the tactics include broaching, reaching, tacking, and trimming? 

5.Goulash, a beef soup, originated in which country in the 9th century AD? 


6. Some 300,000 British troops were evacuated from the beach near this French town during World War II. 


7.What is the chemical name for the substance in grain alcohol produced by the fermentation of sugars and starches? 


8.She was an American hobo who wrote about her depression-era experiences in "Sister of the Road". 


9.In what activity would you use a creel? 

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 >>> Why are builders afraid to have a 13th floor but 
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9. T H E   U N S O L V E D   R I D D L E

 Your left side is your right side,
your right side is your wrong side.
The right side,for your back side is the front side.
What is it?

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1.RIDDLE ANSWERS  

* What animal do you think the most of?
* Ewe (you) 
* What is the principal part of a horse?
* The mane part.
* Why is the letter "g" like midnight?
* Because it is in the middle of niGht.
* What do we all have that we can always count on?
* Our fingers
* What is the strongest day of the week?
* Sunday (or Saturday) because all the rest are week-days.


 
 

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2. ANSWERS TO BRAIN BUSTERS

 


* A man walks into a bar and asks the barman for a glass 
of water. The barman pulls out a gun and points it at the 
man. The man says 'Thank you' and walks out. Explain.
ANSWER: The man had hiccups. The barman recognized this 
from his speech and drew the gun in order to give him a shock. 
It worked and cured the hiccups - so the man no longer 
needed the water. 

* A blind beggar had a brother who died. What relation was the 
blind beggar to the brother who died? (Brother is not the answer). 
ANSWER: The blind beggar was the sister of her brother who died. 

* You want to send a valuable object to a friend. You have a 
box which is more than large enough to contain the object. 
You have several locks with keys. The box has a locking ring 
which is more than large enough to have a lock attached. 
But your friend does not have the key to any lock that you 
have. How do you do it? Note: You can't send a key in a separate
package because it may be copied.
ANSWER: Put the object in the box and attach a lock to the 
locking ring. Send it to her. 
She attaches her own lock and sends it back. You remove your 
lock and send it back to her. She removes her lock and gets
the object from the box.

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3. ANSWERS  TO  M A T H   R I D D L E S

 

* Put the plus or minus signs between the following
series of numbers so that they will equal 1:

0 1 2 4 8 16 = 1
ANSWER: 0-1-2-4-8+16 = 1

* A customer at a 7-11 store selected four items to buy, 
and was told that the cost was $7.11. He was curious that 
the cost was the same as the store name, so he inquired 
as to how the figure was derived. The clerk said that he 
had simply multiplied the prices of the four individual items. 
The customer protested that the four prices should have 
been ADDED, not MULTIPLIED. The clerk said that that was 
OK with him, but, the result was still the same: exactly $7.11. 
What were the prices of the four items? 
ANSWER: The prices are: $1.20, $1.25, $1.50, and $3.16 
added or multiplied they equal $7.11.

* If in two years I will be twice as old as I was five 
years ago. How old am I now?
ANSWER: 12 
12 + 2 = 14 
12 - 5 = 7 
7 (2) = 14 

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4. ANSWERS  FOR  F U N  W I T H  W O R D S 

* Some more crossword definitions:

Put together a mixture.
Compound compound

Good penalty
Fine fine

Tiny period of time
Minute minute


* Translate:

CD ED BD DUCKS? (See the itty bitty ducks?)
MR NOT DUCKS! (Them are not ducks!)
OSAR, CDEDBD WINGS? (Oh yes they are, see the itty bitty wings?)
LILB MR DUCKS! (Well I'll be, them are ducks!)

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5. ANSWERS  FOR  T R I V I A

 MORE TRIVIAL FACTS: 


1. Name the four principal characters from the cartoon series "The Chipmunks" 
1. Alvin, Simon, Theodore, and Dave

2. Who was Fed Astaire's dancing partner in the Irving Berlin musical "Easter parade"? 
2. Judy Garland

3. He led the 1956 revolt in Hungary. 
3. Imre Nagy

4. In what sport do the tactics include broaching, reaching, tacking, and trimming? 
4. Sailing
5.Goulash, a beef soup, originated in which country in the 9th century AD? 
5. Hungary

6. Some 300,000 British troops were evacuated from the beach near this French town during World War II. 
6. Dunkirk

7.What is the chemical name for the substance in grain alcohol produced by the fermentation of sugars and starches? 
7. Ethanol

8.She was an American hobo who wrote about her depression-era experiences in "Sister of the Road". 
8. Boxcar Bertha

9.In what activity would you use a creel? 
9.Fishing (a basket for keeping fish in)

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 * More on this riddle:
Which one of the following does not belong?

Chess Bridge Go Mah-Jongg Backgammon
* ANSWER: Bridge;these are games and Bridge is the
only game that does not use game pieces or tiles.))

--From Grant: I would have you know Go isn't luck!

It is a game where you place pieces on a board and 
surround your opponent -- remember?
My answer is Chess. All the other games have a random 
factor of rolling dice, dealing cards or tiles, or 
spinning a pointer (can't remember if "GO" is dice or spinner).
Chess has no luck factor.

* Regarding the red/white cards riddle last week - we have
received lots of mail on this one and as a result have 
had some rather interesting "discussions" around here about
probability and odds and so forth! 
Dante writes: Sorry, but I've got to argue this one. The answer is actually 1/2, and here's why.
If I draw one card out and place it face up on the table 
and see a red top,then I *KNOW* that the card I picked 
is NOT the double-white card. So, there is an equal chance that I pulled out the red-white vs. the red-red card. 
Consider this similar problem-

I have three plastic eggs in a bag, one is white with a 
white candy inside,one is red with a white candy inside 
and one is red with a red candy inside.
I pull out a red egg. What are the odds that it has a 
red candy inside.
Since you pull out a red egg, then the white egg isn't 
included in the equation, since you could NOT have pulled 
it out. Therefore you had two choices, and a 1/2 likelihood.

In your example, we draw a card at random, but determine 
that one side is red. This disqualifies the double-white 
card the same way as if we hadn't picked it in the first place, therefore unaffecting the outcome.

Bob writes:
Your answer of "2 out of 3" for the question involving 3 cards in a hat,was incorrect:

If the card pulled out of the hat is red, facing up, 
there are only two possibilities for the downward side of the card.
It will either be the all red card and be red, or it will be the red/white card and be white.
The 3rd red side of a card is the one already facing upwards and is not a possibility when the card is turned over.

The correct answer is one out of two, or 50%.

David writes:
Re the cards in the hat: Wrong. There are only two cards 
that have at least one red side. You have picked one of them. 
One has the other side red, the other has the other side white. 
So the odds are 50/50.

Think about it this way:

Card 1: White/White
Card 2: Red/White
Card 3: Red/Red

Since the card you have picked has its up side red, it must be either
card 2 or card 3.

If it is card 2, then the other side is white. If it is card 3, then
the other side is red. 

Therefore your odds are 1 out of 2.

NOTE: I still maintain that my answer - 2 out of 3 is correct.
There are 3 opportunities to get a red sided card. You have 
one of them, 2 are left. I'm working on a more convincing argument
for this one and will let you know next issue.



 
  



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