My only timepiece is a wall clock. One day I forgot to wind it and it stopped. I went to visit a friend whos watch is always correct, stayed awhile, and then went home. There I made a simple calculation and set the clock right.How did I do this even though I had no watch on me to tell how long it took me to return from my friend's house? -Riddles

1 Answer

Answer :

Before I left, I wound the wall clock. When I returned, the change in time equaled how long it took to go to my friends house and return, plus the time I spent there. But I knew the latter because I looked at my friends watch when I arrived and left. Subtracting the time of the visit from the time I was absent from my house, and dividing by 2, I obtained the time it took me to return home. I added this time to what my friend watch showed when I left, and set the sum on my wall clock.

Related questions

Description : Julie is going on an extended trip for three weeks. She lives in a remote area where there are frequent electrical power outages which can last up to three or four days. Julie has quite a bit of food ... power, while another house may have no power. She won?t be able to have a neighbor chec -Riddles

Last Answer : One thing Julie could do is freeze a tray of ice-cubes, and turn the tray of ice upside down in her freezer. When she comes home, she should check the tray. If the ice cubes are still in the ... clean out the freezer. She will have to make a judgment call if the ice-cubes are only slightly thawed.

Description : There is a man, with his horse he is going to a town. The man went to the town on Monday. He stayed there for 3 days and then he came back on Friday. How? His horse was not tired, he wasn't sleepy and took rest. -Riddles

Last Answer : The horse's name was Friday.

Description : Mr. Grumper grumbles about bad time-keeping trains like everybody else. On one particular morning he was justified, though. The train left on time for the one hour journey and it arrived 5 minutes late. ... did on the morning journey, was the station clock fast or slow, and by how much? -Riddles

Last Answer : The station clock is 3 minutes fast. The morning journey took 65 minutes, and the evening journey therefore took 52 minutes, and the train arrived 57 minutes after it should have left, that is, 3 minutes early.

Description : A watchmaker was telephoned urgently to make a house call to replace the broken hands on a clock. He was sik so he sent his apprentice.The apprentice was thorough. When he finished inspecting the clock ... had to agree.Early the nect morning, the client telephoned to say the clock has ap -Riddles

Last Answer : As the problem says the apprentice mixed up the hands so that the minute hand was short and the hour hand was long. The first time the apprentice returned to the client was about 2 hours and 10 ... hand made 13 full circles and 5 minutes, reaching 7, So the clock showed the correct time again.

Description : The title of the problem tells you how to approach these four questions.(A). A bus leaves Moscow for Tula at noon. An hour later a cyclist leaves Tula for mosco, moving slower than the bus. ... Now check the answers. Did you fall into any of the traps which lurk in these simple problems? -Riddles

Last Answer : (A). Neither (B). A pound of metal is always more than half a pound of the same metal. (C). Six strokes took 30 seconds, therefore 12 strokes will take 60 seconds. But when the clock struck ... , therefore 12 strokes will take 66 seconds. (D). There is always a plane that contains any 3 points

Description : There lived a man in a house and everytime he went to bed he turned on the light. One night, the man forgot to turn on the light. The next day he read the paper and killed himself.Why? -Riddles

Last Answer : The man lived in a lighthouse. He forgot to turn on the light and a ship crashed. The next morning he read in the paper that the ship crashed and killed himself because he felt guilty.

Description : Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson were going on a hike through the woods. After a long day of hiking, they stopped for the night. They ate a cold meal, pitched a tent, and went to sleep. Both ... know!' Doctor Watson retorted, annoyed. 'What does it tell you?' What did the detective notice? -Riddles

Last Answer : Elementary, my dear Watson. Someone has stolen our tent.

Description : An employee of a store went up to his manager and said, 'can I go to Paris for a week'? 'Yes,' said the manager 'but remember to show me a picture of you at Paris' 'yes sir,' said the employee. ... clock a big tv and him on the couch. Right away he knew that he had lied. How did he know? -Riddles

Last Answer : The clock was showing the same time as the clock that was sitting on the manager's wall.

Description : A woman went to visit her bank manager and she took her young daughter with her. The bank manager said that the woman's daughter could stay with his secretary during the meeting. When the woman and her ... secretary and said to her, 'That little girl was my daughter.' How could that be? -Riddles

Last Answer : The secretary was the girl's father.

Description : John was very tired after a long day of work. He went to bed at 10 p.m., wound his alarm clock and set it for noon the next day. Since John fell asleep almost immediately, how many hours of sleep did he get before the alarm woke him? -Riddles

Last Answer : Two hours. Wind-up clocks can't be set more than 12 hours in advance.

Description : For those of y'all (Americans) who lived or stayed in Canada for awhile, what did you think?

Last Answer : Niagara Falls was very wet and Toronto is like New York City with less hustle and bustle.

Description : A son went to his father's house and knocked on the door. When his father answered the door, the son said, 'O.K., today is the day I promised to burn your house to the ground.' 'But I ... 'Well, I guess you're right,' said his father. The son then promptly escorted his father outside, wh -Riddles

Last Answer : The father, although he owned a fully functioning home, had never been able to break himself from the habit of going to the bathroom in the Outhouse he had built for his family back in 1941. The son, ... the son had been trying for some time to get his father to agree to let him burn it down.

Description : Ray Whitcombe is found dead in his office at his desk. The police have narrowed the suspects down to three people: Mrs. Barbara Whitcombe, Ray's wife; Mr. Jason McCubbins, Ray's business partner; ... written on it. After examining this evidence, the police knew their suspect. Who was it? -Riddles

Last Answer : Jason McCubbins, Ray's business partner. The calendar is the clue to solving this murder. The police realized that since Mr. Whitcombe was wearing his watch on his right arm, he must be left handed. But ... September, October, November. Use the first letter of each month and it spells J-A-S-O-N.

Description : A man decided to go for a walk. He made numerous stops during his stroll, hoping to hear some good news each time he stopped. Despite his usual excellent sense of direction, he realized he had ... bizarre-sounding narrative, and who/what was the sweet love of his life which was mentioned? -Riddles

Last Answer : The man gave a monetary donation to participate in a cake walk. Eventually, his number was called for the space he was standing on, and he went home with the dessert he truly loved ———— a beautiful cake!

Description : A kid forgot to do his homework. For the home work, he had to draw a goat on grass. When he was in class the teacher found out that he didn't finish it. The boy was smart. He said that ... agreed and said that he finished it in an unexpected way. What did the boy say to the teacher? -Riddles

Last Answer : He said: I finished it. You see, there is a goat. Goats eat grass so the goat in my picture ate the grass. Now the grass is gone. But since there is no more grass left, the goat went somewhere else to find more grass to eat. That’s why the homework is blank.

Description : In the early 1900's in England, there was two towns: town A and town B, and there was a huge river in between them. The only way across to each town was by a long bridge with a guard ... back. Many people have tried to cross but have always been caught, even very fast runners have only ab -Riddles

Last Answer : Did you get it? The answer is that they went up close to the guards tower, turned around and started walking back to the town they came from, the guard caught them and assumed that they came ... way and sent them back! Hope you enjoyed this, please subscribe and check back soon for more riddles!

Description : I messed around with my Facebook privacy settings awhile back. How do I set it so that my friends can see my profile pictures (when they click on my profile picture)

Last Answer : Go back under privacy settings and look for something that says pictures.

Description : There once was an evil wizard. He took 3 woman from their homes and turned them into rose bushes that looked exactly alike. He put them in his garden. One of the woman had a husband and children and ... the answer and he took his wife home. How did he know which rose bush was his wife? -Riddles

Last Answer : The wizard brought the rosebush to her home at night and returned her to the garden in the morning. Therefore, she was the only plant without dew.

Description : The police are called to a round house where a man is found dead with a knife wound to the chest. The police investigate and narrow down the suspects to three people: The maid, the wife, and the ... , dusting the corners.' The maid was then arrested. How did the police know it was her? -Riddles

Last Answer : It was a round house, so there were no corners to dust.

Description : Almost went to my job still wearing my slippers. What is something you forgot upon going out (the house)

Last Answer : I have found myself (not too often, as it happens) out and about with one slipper and one shoe on. No one cares.

Description : A carpenter built a new house on some property he owned. When he went to inspect his new house, he observed a large animal had taken up residence in the new house. However, the carpenter was ... own expense. Why wasn't the carpenter upset about the animal living in his newly built house? -Riddles

Last Answer : The new house the carpenter had just built was a dog house. He built it for the new dog he had just purchased ----- a massive Saint Bernard.

Description : A young girl, Violet by name, was visiting with a group of her schoolmates at a friend's house. The air was filled with the noise of loud conversations, when an older woman called out for ... and shouting increased around her. Finally, Violet's hand bumped into something which, when the da -Riddles

Last Answer : Violet was at a birthday party, and was selected to be first in the Pin the Tail on the Donkey game they were playing. She was successful in pinning the tail just where it belonged. The body part of the animal was, of course, the donkey’s tail.

Description : What does it mean if a guy friend keeps telling his friend that I like him (my friend’s friend) even though I have never spoken to his friend?

Last Answer : answer:I'm bad with numbers. Let me see if I have this straight: Bill and Joe are friends. Bill is your friend, and Joe is not. Bill tells Joe you have feelings for Joe. You've told Bill to knock it ... If this is all correct Bill sounds like a bit of an idiot. Also he probably has a crush on you.

Description : An alarm clock runs 4 minutes slow every hour. It was set right 3 1/2 hours ago. Now another clock which is correct shows noon. In how many minutes, to the nearest minutes, to the nearest minute, will the alarm clock show noon? -Riddles

Last Answer : In 3 1/2 hours the alarm clock has become 14 minutes slow. At noon the alarm clock will fall behind approximently an additional minute. Its hands will show noon in 15 minutes.

Description : Which one of the following belongs to the category of good 'research ethics'? (A) Publishing the same paper in two research journals without telling the editors. (B) Conducting a review of the literature ... for a favour even though the colleague did not make a serious contribution to the pa per. 

Last Answer : (B) Conducting a review of the literature that acknowledges the contributions of other people in the relevant field or relevant prior work.

Description : A woman was horrified to find a fly in her tea. The waiter took her cup and went into the kitchen and returned with a fresh cup of tea. She shouted, 'You brought me the same tea!' How did she know? -Riddles

Last Answer : She had already put sugar in it and when she tasted the new tea it was already sweet.

Description : Jack had only $2, but he needed $3 for his cab fare home. He went to a pawn shop and pawned his $2 for $1.50. Jack then bumped into Don and told him that he would sell him his $2 pawn ticket ... agreed. Jack started out with $2 and he ended up with $3. Who is out the extra dollar and why? -Riddles

Last Answer : Don is out the extra dollar. Before the pawn broker will return the $2 to the ticket holder, he will want the $1.50 which he advanced returned to him. Don will give the pawn broker the ticket and the $1.50, and the pawn broker will then return the $2.

Description : You watch your friend rub a balloon on their sweater and then stick it to the wall. To investigate, you set up an experiment to test what happens with other objects. What's the test variable in your experiment?

Last Answer : Answer: When you put the balloon on the wall after you rubbed it on the sweater. the balloon would either stick to the wall or repel from the walldepending on what kind of electrons there are on the sweater

Description : Is it possible to have a baby after eating MM kit ? After 1 day of eating MM kit, bleeding stopped and there was excess pain in the lower abdomen. I took painkillers and the pain did not subside ... Kit cause any problem for mother and baby. Please give me the correct answer I am under extra stress.

Last Answer : Usually when the fetal age is maximum 9 weeks or 63 days, it can be destroyed by using MM kit. But if it is more than that, abortion can no longer be done with MM kit It may be more or less , ... will not be harmed. There will be no problem in having a baby in the future or in the present baby.

Description : A friend of mine just returned from a European visit and assumes that he lost all of his digital pictures because he pushed the wrong button. He has a Vivatar 150 and protected each picture after ... mode, by mistake, which immediately produced a screen showing No files existing. It went back to...

Last Answer : yeah they’re all gone. format completely wipes the memory card.

Description : A boy leaves home in the morning to go to school. At the moment he leaves the house he looks at the clock in the mirror. The clock has no number indication and for this reason the boy makes a mistake in ... is two and a half hours later than the time that the boy saw on the clock at home. -Riddles

Last Answer : The difference between the real time and the time of the mirror image is two hours and ten minutes (two and a half hours, minus the twenty minutes of cycling). Therefore, the original time on ... at five minutes past seven plus twenty minutes of cycling, which is twenty-five minutes past seven!...

Description : There were four friends. Joff, Sarah, Edward, and Peter. One day, Peter was found dead in the living room. Before dying, he wrote 11022 with blood. Edward called the police. The suspects were Sarah: I was ... : I went to grab a snack, when I can back Peter was already dead. Who the killer? -Riddles

Last Answer : It was Joff. 1:January 10:October 2: February 2:February Take the first letters and you get Joff

Description : Why would your nose be stopped up all the time even though you use nose spray?

Last Answer : A trip to the doctor would seem to be in order. Hopefully, they will try to determine the underlying cause of your congestion rather than only treat the symptoms.There are so many things that could be ... OTC medicines.I find that sleeping inclined on my side works better than flat or on my back.

Description : They say the eyes are windows to your soul, But yet I had no soul, Through time to time I always stand tall, An immortal, Nothing could move me, If I could, I would run as fast as I could, Feeling the wind carry me beneath my feet, But alas, I can not, The Medusa's Curse What am I? -Riddles

Last Answer : A statue.

Description : A famous chemist was murdered in his own lab. There was no evidence except for a piece of paper with the names of chemical substances on it. On the day he was murdered, the chemist had only ... his friend Johnathan. The police arrested the murderer right away. How did they know who it was? -Riddles

Last Answer : The piece of paper had a clue on it. If you combine the short names of the chemical substances on the paper, you’ll get a name: Ni-C-O-La-S.

Description : I am the center of gravity, hold a capital situation in Vienna, and as I am foremost in every victory, am allowed by all to be invaluable. Though I am invisible, I am clearly seen in the midst of a ... me for I have long been in heaven yet even now lie embalmed in the grave. What am I? -Riddles

Last Answer : The letter V

Description : A man rode out of town on Sunday, he stayed a whole night at a hotel and rode back to town the next day on Sunday. How is this possible? -Riddles

Last Answer : His Horse was called Sunday!

Description : A judge has a murder case. The person who was murdered has a family member who thinks they found the murder. The family members lawyer called up a witness. The lawyer asked where the witness was on the ... day.' The lawyer says 'he is lying!' How does the lawyer know the witness is lying? -Riddles

Last Answer : The witness says he went to get the mail and there are no mail deliveries on sundays. Also Sunday cartoons are only in the morning so how could the witness be watching them all day?

Description : What will you do in case of a sudden death occur at the place of your friend? Options: A) After getting intimation, you avoid to go B) You go on the next day with your wife ... rush immediately at such occasions D) You do not observe this courtesy even such tragedy occurs at your friends house

Last Answer : C) You rush immediately at such occasions 

Description : Every country has one, though we are not the same. Waving to our citizens, throughout the wind and rain. What is it? -Riddles

Last Answer : A Flag' - Reasoning: Every country has a flag, to represent it, and as such no 2 countries flags are alike. As they tend to be flown up on flag poles, they wave in the wind.

Description : Three Brothers share a family sport, A nonstop marathon. The oldest one is fat and short And trudges slowly on. The middle brothers tall and slim, and keeps a steady pace The youngest runs just like the wind, ... say. 'Though he is surely number one, he's also second in a way. What are we? -Riddles

Last Answer : Hands on a Clock