Description : A group of soldiers were standing in the blistering sun facing due west. Their sergeant shouted at them: Right turn! About turn! Left turn! In which direction are they now facing? -Riddles
Last Answer : East. A right turn is 90 degrees, an about turn is 180 degrees, and a left turn is also 90 degrees. Therefore, the soldiers are now facing east.
Description : A group of privates were standing in the blistering sun facing due west. Their sergeant shouted at them: Right turn! About turn! Left turn!In which direction are they now facing? -Riddles
Last Answer : East.
Description : Three playing cards in a row. Can you name them with these clues? There is a two to the right of a king. A diamond will be found to the left of a spade. An ace is to the left of a heart. A heart is to the left of a spade. Now, identify all three cards. -Riddles
Last Answer : Ace of Diamonds, King of Hearts, Two of Spades.
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 : An old parchment describes the location of buried treasure: 'On the island there are only two trees, A and B, and the remains of a gallows. Start at the gallows and count the steps required to walk ... when he gets to the island finds the gallows missing. Is there any way he can still get -Riddles
Last Answer : A simple experiment with a ruler and paper shows that any position for the gallows leads to the same point.
Description : You're sitting down for breakfast and realize you have 4 bagels left. You know you'll run out in four days so you cut them in half. How many bagels do you have now? -Riddles
Last Answer : 4 Bagels.
Description : David is throwing Robert a surprise birthday party but he has to stay within his budget. He spent half of his money plus $2.00 on the cake. Half of what he had left plus $2.00 was spent on balloons and ... had left plus $1.00 on candy. Now he is out of money, how much did he start with? -Riddles
Last Answer : This one is best solved working backwards, the last part David spent half of what was left plus $1.00 on candy and then was out of money. That means he must have spent $2.00 on Candy as $1.00 was ... logic backwards: $2.00 on candy $6.00 on Balloons and Streamers $12.00 on the cake Total of $20.00.
Description : I recently have this crackling sound in my left ear..has been like 2 weeks now..any suggestions.. almost feels like something moving... concerned.
Last Answer : Go see a doctor.
Description : I always go to the right, but I can never go to the left. What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : Hands on a clock.
Description : What did the left eye say to the right eye? -Riddles
Last Answer : Between you and me, something smells.
Description : What did the left hand say to the right hand after the test? -Riddles
Last Answer : Why do you always have to be RIGHT.
Description : A man is driving down a freeway in the right lane. He puts his left blinker on. He does not steer left at all, yet he manages to switch from the right to the left lane. He does nothing illegal. How is this possible? -Riddles
Last Answer : He switched lanes while there was a right bend in the road.
Description : What can you hold in your right hand, but not in your left? -Riddles
Last Answer : Your left hand!
Description : I am a letter; I am made of four V's. One on the left, One on the right, one on top, and the other under. What letter am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : I am Letter X.
Description : I am an object. I move from left to right. Anytime I move, I bleed on what is below me. I can't move without you. I move only when you uses me. What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : A pen.
Description : One way I'm loose, one way I'm tight;Out with left, in with right.What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : Screw/Screwdriver.
Description : Question: I can't go left, I can't go right. I am forever stuck in a building over three stories high. What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : An Elevator.
Description : One day, the police found a man dead inside a hut. In his left hand, he's holding a gun. In his right hand, he has a recording. When the recording is played, the police hear the man talking ... police are about to call it a suicide until you point out a very important clue. What is it? -Riddles
Last Answer : The recording played a gunshot inside it. If the man committed suicide, he wouldn't have been able to stop the recording after he pulled the trigger.
Description : Two blondes were going to disneyland and came to a fork in the road. One way said highway 93 right and the other said Disneyland left.Why did the blondes go home? -Riddles
Last Answer : Because they thought that disneyland actually left.
Description : If the green house is on the right side of the road, and the red house is on the left side of the road, where is the white house? -Riddles
Last Answer : In Washington, D.C.
Description : Captain Kirk of Star Trek has the usual left ear and right ear, but he also has a third ear. What is his third ear called? -Riddles
Last Answer : The final front ear
Description : A bus driver was heading down a street in Colorado. He went right past a stop sign without stopping, he turned left where there was a 'no left turn' sign, and he went the wrong way on a one-way street. ... side of the road past a cop car. Still - he didn't break any traffic laws. Why not? -Riddles
Last Answer : He was walking...not driving.
Description : Once upon a time, in a temple, there were three deities: Truth, Lie and Wisdom. The Truth Deity always told the truth. The Lie Deity always told the lie. The Wisdom Deity sometimes told the ... the middle deitie?'- 'Lie', the deity answered.How could the sage distinguish the three deities? -Riddles
Last Answer : The left deity is Wisdom; the middle one is Lie, and the right one is Truth. Explain: The left deity (L) said that the middle one (M) is Truth; therefore, L cannot be Truth (because there cannot be two ... cannot be Truth. Thus, R is Truth. According to him, M is Lie and as a result, L is Wisdom.
Description : What word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right? -Riddles
Last Answer : NOON.
Description : I look at you, you look at me, I raise my right, you raise your left. What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : Your reflection in a mirror.
Description : A dagger thrust at my own heart, Dictates the way I'm swayed. Left I stand, and right I yield, To the twisting of the blade. What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : A Lock.
Last Answer : He was walking.
Description : A traveler, on his way to Miami, reaches a road junction, where he can turn left or right. He knows that only one of the two roads leads to Miami, but unfortunately, he does not know which one ... the traveler find out the way to Miami by asking just one question to one of the two brothers? -Riddles
Last Answer : The question that the traveler should ask is: 'Does the left road lead to Miami according to your brother?' If the answer is 'Yes', the traveler should turn right, and if the answer is 'No', the traveler should turn left.
Description : I have holes on the top and bottom. I have holes on my left and on my right. And I have holes in the middle, yet I still hold water. What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : I'm a Sponge.
Description : If you screw a light bulb into a socket by turning the bulb toward the right with your right hand, which way would you turn the socket with your left hand in order to unscrew it while holding the bulb stationary? -Riddles
Last Answer : To the right. It's always the same direction.
Description : What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right? -Riddles
Description : What can you hold in your right hand but never in your left hand? -Riddles
Last Answer : Your left hand.
Last Answer : NOON is the 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right.
Description : What can you hold in your right hand but not in your left? -Riddles
Last Answer : Your left elbow.
Description : What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right? -Riddles
Last Answer : Your right elbow.
Description : Can you make the figure 6 motion with your right hand whilst simultaneously moving a figure 8 with your left foot?
Last Answer : Yes, but only very slowly and with much deliberation.
Description : In the periodic table of elements, on moving from left to right across a period, the atomic radius – (1) decreases (2) increases (3) remains unchanged (4) does not follow a definite pattern
Last Answer : (1) decreases Explanation: The atomic radius is the distance from the atomic nucleus to the outermost stable electron orbital in an atom that is at equilibrium. It tends to decrease across a period from ... usually increases while going down a group due to the addition of a new energy level (shell).
Description : At intersection of roads, the traffic volume study is carried out to ascertain the number of vehicles (A) Moving along straights (B) Turning left (C) Turning right (D) All the above
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : A pendulum which is suspended from the ceiling of a railroad car is observed to hang at an angle of 10 degrees to the left of vertical. Which of the following answers could explain this phenomena? w ... is moving with constant velocity to the right. z) The railroad car is accelerating to the right.
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- THE RAILROAD CAR IS ACCELERATING TO THE RIGHT.
Description : A pendulum which is suspended from the ceiling of a railroad car is observed to hang at an angle of 10 degrees to the right of vertical. Which of the following answers could explain this phenomena? ... is moving with constant velocity to the right. z) The railroad car is accelerating to the right.
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- THE RAILROAD CAR IS ACCELERATING TO THE LEFT.
Description : In the periodic table of elements, on moving from left to right across a period, the atomic radius (1) decreases (2) increases (3) remains unchanged (4) does not follow a definite pattern
Last Answer : increases
Description : Death and taxes; taxes and death----- They're sure to be with us, until our last breath. So, try to save money-----How much can you save? They'll nickel us and dime us-----Right down to the grave. And now that you've heard my negative chant, tell me the man's name you hear in my rant. -Riddles
Last Answer : The man's name is Nicholas (nickel us).
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 : What's taller than a thousand trees growing taller and taller by the season. It's yellow and orange and sometimes it's pink. It has no mind but often thinks. When it falls the world will crumble ... being seen but whispering softly into the green. (the green stands for grass) What is it? -Riddles
Last Answer : Sunset.
Description : I can be half without getting thinner. I can shine with no fire. I can be hidden but never taken. I can stay dry while moving the ocean. What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : The Moon.
Description : I am hot. I am hidden. I am cold. I am hard. I am sharp. I am soft. I am still. I am moving. I am above. I am below. I am two and one. Always changing. Always the same. What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : Water.
Description : I have a foot, yet no legs. I have a house yet no furniture. I choose to be on the move, but moving isn't so easy. What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : I am a snail.
Description : Two camels were facing in opposite directions. One was facing due East and one was facing due West. They were in the desert so there was no reflection. How can they manage to see each other without walking around or turning around or moving their heads? -Riddles
Last Answer : The two camels were facing each other the entire time. Hence facing in opposite directions.
Description : We hurt without moving. We poison without touching. We bear the truth and the lies. We are not to be judged by our size. What are we? -Riddles
Last Answer : Words.
Description : What runs around the whole yard without moving? -Riddles
Last Answer : A fence.