Description : 3 men go into a motel. The man behind the desk said the room is $30, so each man paid $10 and went to the room. A while later the man behind thedesk realized the room wasonly $25, so he sent the ... whichis a total of $27, add the $2 that the bellboy kept = $29. where is the other dollar? -Riddles
Last Answer : The three men HAVE paid $27. But the bellboy's $2 are part of it. The hotel has $25 of the men's dollars. The bellboy has the other two. That's $27, and the three the men have make $30. The ... elsewhere on riddles.com, but the answer given was 'I don't know'! So I figured it out and posted it.
Description : Two cops walked into a room with no windows and found a dead man who obviously hung himself from the ceiling, though they couldn't figure out how. There was no chair beneath him that he might have jumped off of, or a table. Just a puddle of water. How'd he do it? -Riddles
Last Answer : He stood on a block of ice until it melted.
Description : One day, a scientist was down in his personal lab. It was around 11 o'clock. He was working late on poisons and their antidotes. He was hungry, so he went to get a snack. Suddenly, he found ... and pink colored poisons in his lab. All of them were deadly. Which one did the scientist choose? -Riddles
Last Answer : The white one, since sugar is known as 'White Poison'.
Description : A man went to a party. There was a bartender at the party, and while the man was recieving his drink, the bartender said, I bet $50 I can write your exact age on this slip of paper. Since ... before, he agreed. In the end he ended up paying the bartender $50. What did the bartender write? -Riddles
Last Answer : “Your exact age”.
Description : There are five acquaintances. One of them shot and killed one of the other five. Which man is the murderer? 1. Dan ran in the NY City marathon yesterday with one of the innocent men. 2. Mike ... last computers together. 9. The murderer is Jack's brother; they grew up together in Seattle. -Riddles
Last Answer : 1. Jack is not the murderer, because he is the brother of the murderer. 2. Dan can't be the murderer since he ran a marathon, and the murderer recently had his leg amputated, and wouldn't ... must also be alive since Jeff plans to install Ben's computer next week. This means that Jeff killed Mike.
Description : Marco and Bob have been the best friends ever since they were little kids. They are also very competitive. Throughout the years they have challenged each other to do both physical and mental challenges. And ... and the same size. It is a physical challenge. Can you figure out what it was? -Riddles
Last Answer : Marco challenged Bob to get a tan, but he couldn't...Bob is an albino.
Description : A hunter met two shepherds, one of whom had three loaves and the other, five loaves. All the loaves were the same size. The three men agreed to share the eight loaves equally between them. ... bronze coins as payment for his meal. How should the two shepherds fairly divide this money? -Riddles
Last Answer : The shepherd who had three loaves should get one coin and the shepherd who had five loaves should get seven coins. If there were eight loaves and three men, each man ate two and two-thirds loaves. So ... a loaf should get one coin and the one who gave seven-thirds of a loaf should get seven coins.
Description : Old Mr. Tilly was found dead in his study by Mr. Foster. Mr. Foster recounted his dismal discovery to the police. 'I was walking by Mr. Tilly`s house when I thought I would just pop in for a ... arrested Mr. Foster for the murder of Mr. Tilly. How did he know Mr. Foster was lying? -Riddles
Last Answer : Frost forms on the inside of the window, not the outside. So Mr. Foster could not have wiped it off to discover Mr. Tilly`s body.
Description : A man went on a trip with a fox, a goose and a sack of corn. He came upon a stream which he had to cross and found a tiny boat to use to cross the stream. He could only take himself and ... alone with the goose or the goose alone with the corn.How does he get all safely over the stream? -Riddles
Last Answer : Take the goose over first and come back. Then take the fox over and bring the goose back. Now take the corn over and come back alone to get the goose. Take the goose over and the job is done!
Description : In 1209, on a hot summer day there was a man who was ordered to be executed by king. The king was a nice king though, and he said that if the man could prove himself wise, he would let him ... The king opened a window, and the man immediately knew which was the real flower. How did he know? -Riddles
Last Answer : When the King opened the window, a bee flew in and landed on the only real flower to gather pollen.
Description : A man went on a trip with a fox, a goose and a sack of corn. He came upon a stream which he had to cross and found a tiny boat to use to cross the stream. He could only take himself and ... alone with the goose or the goose alone with the corn. How does he get all safely over the stream? -Riddles
Description : The marathon man timed himself and found out that if he wore a bright white outfit he ran 20 miles in 80 minutes, but when he wore a dark outfit, he ran 20 miles in one hour and twenty minutes. What does this mean for his next race? -Riddles
Last Answer : Absolutely nothing, as 80 minutes equals an hour and twenty minutes.
Description : Carl is trying to find solutions to a geometric puzzle. He has a square plot of land that he needs to reserve 1/4 for himself and divide the remaining 3/4 equally and in similar shape, among his 4 children. There are two possible solutions. Can you solve the puzzle? -Riddles
Last Answer : Solution #1 - Squares First, Carl divides his as to reserve to himself one-fourth in the form of a square. Then, Carl takes the remaining 3/4 shape and scales it down by 1/4. He then, ... each square. The shape of land for each of his four children is divided evenly and is the same shape.
Description : While walking down the street I met a man. He tipped his hat and drew his cane and in this riddle I told his name.What is the man's name? -Riddles
Last Answer : And drew = ANDREW.
Description : Carlos was out walking one day. He met his father-in-law's only daughter's mother-in-law. What did Carlos call her? -Riddles
Last Answer : He called her Mom!
Description : Dave and Brad, two popular politicians, met at a club to discuss the overthrow of their party leader. They each ordered a vodka on the rocks. Brad downed his and ordered another. He then drank his ... forward dead. Both men were setup for an assassination. Why did Dave die and Brad live? -Riddles
Last Answer : Both Dave and Brad were given drinks with poisoned ice cubes. Brad drank his drinks so quickly that the ice didn't have time to melt and release the poison.
Description : Tunica Carpus theory best explains the apical meristem of
Last Answer : Tunica Carpus theory best explains the apical meristem of - Angiosperms
Description : Tunica carpus theory was given by
Last Answer : Tunica carpus theory was given by – Schmidt
Description : A wealthy man named Richard Ellis had been counting his money. When he finished, he accidentally left a $100.00 bill on his desk. But when he returned for it a short while later, it was gone. Only two ... But when they looked, there was no money in the book. After Mr. Ellis had talked to th -Riddles
Last Answer : The butler did it. Mr. Ellis knew the butler was lying because pages 35 and 36 in a book are always printed on opposite sides of the same piece of paper.
Description : The speaker says, ̳at first as a student I wanted freedom only for myself. Why do you think he only thought about himself? (a) He didn t want to think about the freedom denied to others. (b) ... was important for others. (d) He was too young to realise that freedom was denied to others as well.
Last Answer : (d) He was too young to realise that freedom was denied to others as well.
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 : What does a newspaper reporter use to dry himself after his shower? -Riddles
Last Answer : Paper towels.
Description : Two men walk into a resturant by the sea and sit at the bar. Both men are covered in water. Both men order a plate of Albatross and take one bite. After chewing and swallowing, the first man stands up, walks outside, and shoots himself, while the other finnishes his meal. Why? -Riddles
Last Answer : The two men were stranded out in the ocean with a third man when they were beginning to stave. When an albatross landed on their life boat and died they finally had food but it was not enough to ... eat real Albatross and the man who killed himself realized that he was the one that ate his friend.
Description : Who among us is homesick for some past abode? Who is perfectly at home right where they are now?
Last Answer : I miss Seattle. A series of circumstances long ago had me leave, but I still get very homesick for it. I am happy here, but I still think of the Northwest as home. Which, I suppose, is a bit odd, as I ... where I make it, so it's a movable feast. Except for my daughter, I'm not related to my family.
Description : What do you mean by Tagore’s abode of peace? -History
Last Answer : Tagore’s Shantmiketan was established in a rural setting, 100 kilometres away from Calcutta. As it was far from the din and bustle of the city it was an abode of peace.
Last Answer : Sweet canteen of Dhaka University.
Description : “Any asset capable of serving as a temporary abode of purchasing power is money.” This definition of money is given by (a) Milton Friedman (b) Gurley and Shaw (c) Francis Walker (d) Crowther
Last Answer : (a) Milton Friedman
Description : What would you think, having met someone you thought was nice, down to earth..but realised she had OLD self-inflicted scars on her body?
Last Answer : I would think that she had a really rough time dealing with certain things and would take notice that there were no new scars, which is all that matters. It’s behind her. We all have a hard time dealing with things, people just cope in different ways.
Description : A woman is sitting in her hotel room when there is a knock at the door. She opened the door to see a man whom she had never seen before. He said 'oh I'm sorry, I have made a mistake, I ... . The woman went back into her room and phoned security. What made the woman so suspicious of the man? -Riddles
Last Answer : You don't knock on your own hotel room door.
Description : A man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the password that was required. He waited by the door and listened. A club member knocked on the door and the doorman said, 'twelve.' The member ... and the man replied, 'five.' But he was not let in. What should have he said? -Riddles
Last Answer : Three. The doorman lets in those who answer with the number of letters in the word the doorman says.
Description : In 2000, a 40-year-old doctor told his son that when a little boy he decided to be a doctor by seeing a internet web site about performing a heart transplant on a puppy with a defective heart so that ... doctor so that I could help people in a similar way. What is the defect in this story? -Riddles
Last Answer : The internet did not exist when the doctor was a little boy.
Description : A policeman bursts through the door, and he finds exactly what the caller described. A man is hanging from the ceiling of the house. There was no furniture, no windows and the man was not psychically ... The only thing the policeman found was a puddle of water. How did the man hang himself? -Riddles
Last Answer : He stood on an ice cube to hang himself, which was slow and painful.
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 : A prisoner is told 'If you tell a lie we will hang you; if you tell the truth we will shoot you.' What can he say to save himself? -Riddles
Last Answer : You will hang me.
Description : He claimed that he had set himself three goals in life: to be the greatest economist in the world, to be the best horseman in all of Austria and the greatest lover in all of Vienna ... said which two. Identify this economist after whom The Economist named a column on business and management.
Last Answer : Joseph Schumpeter.
Description : A man strolls into a hospital emergency room where there is a long line up to the reception desk. He walks right to the front and clamly asks to see the consultant in charge. No one gets angry and ... The consultant has never met this man, yet she hurries away from the ward to see him.Why? -Riddles
Last Answer : The man is a florist delievering a bouquet of flowers for the consultant.
Description : Have you ever snuck up on a cat while it is sneaking up on a bird?
Last Answer : answer:I meow to cats. They meow back. Never tried scaring one, but I’ve seen it. It’s hilarious.
Description : I hate vegetables. Any tips for sneaking them into my diet?
Last Answer : - What about butter? Drowned in butter and salt was the only way I would eat most vegetables when I was a kid. Then, gradually, you reduce the butter and salt. - Do you grill? Try grilling up ... of cooked? Besides the grilling thing, I know some people can't eat cooked carrots but love them raw.
Description : Did you ever sneak out? Have you caught one of your kids sneaking out?
Last Answer : I snuck out once. My father shot me with a BB gun at low air pressure, claiming he thought I was an intruder. It didn’t break the skin. I didn’t sneak out again. At the time I believed him. Now, I’m not sure. His lessons were oddly taught.
Description : If you were sneaking away with your s/o for a short trip, what all would you have to remember to do?
Last Answer : Would you be willing to provide more information? How old are the two people involved? Do they live with their parents or on their own/with a roommate? Do they have personal credit/debit cards? Would they be willing to lie or could just being evasive work? Are they already sexually active?
Description : Why are the tortilla companies sneaking smaller tortillas under the larger ones?
Last Answer : i feel the same way about loaves of bread…the end pieces are always smaller! how am i supposed to make that first sandwich with two different sizes of bread? big tortilla? i think its more like big gluten!
Description : Punishment for sneaking a peek?
Last Answer : you don’t practice dismemberment in your family?
Description : If someone was sneaking in butt-sniffs on you would you consider that sexual assault?
Last Answer : LMFAO! I wouldn’t be extremely upset, i’d just be in a “what the hell…..” mood. I would care less if it was a woman though. People are so strange that I expect anything from them.
Description : Two people meet inside of a zoo and with some time a child was born. The child of two people had no clue, but the two people who meet they already knew. The child was the person who acted like glue. Who are the two people that met at the zoo? -Riddles
Last Answer : The adopted parents.
Description : As I was going to the mall I met a man with seven wives, Each wive held two bags, Each bag held a mother cat, Each mother cat had six babies,How many people where going to the mall? -Riddles
Last Answer : One! As I was going to the mall I met a man...
Description : As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. Ives? -Riddles
Last Answer : None. You just met all of them on the way.
Description : In the grocery store, Sal met his only daughter's only husband's mother-in-law's only mother-in-law. Who was she? -Riddles
Last Answer : Sal's mother. (His son-in-law's mother-in-law was his wife; her mother-in-law was Sal's mother.)
Description : A magician was boasting one day at how long he could hold his breath under water. His record was 6 minutes. A kid that was listening said, 'that's nothing, I can stay under water for 10 minutes using no ... he'd give him $10,000. The kid did it and won the money.Can you figure out how? -Riddles
Last Answer : The kid filled a glass of water and held it over his head for 10 minutes.
Description : A magician was boasting one day at how long he could hold his breath under water. His record was 6 minutes. A kid that was listening said, 'that's nothing, I can stay under water for 10 minutes using no ... he'd give him $10,000. The kid did it and won the money. Can you figure out how? -Riddles
Description : 23. Which artist cut off the lobe of his own ear and later shot himself? -Music and Art
Last Answer : 23. Vincent van Gogh