When is the time of a clock like the whistle of a train? -Riddles

When is the time of a clock like the whistle of a train? -Riddles
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When it's two to two.
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Walking home one day, you take a short cut along the train tracks. The tracks cross a narrow bridge over a deep gorge. At the point you are 3/8 of the way across the bridge, you hear the train whistle somewhere behind you. You charge across the bridge, and jump off the track as the train is about to run you down. As it happens, if you had gone the other way, you would have reached safety just before being run over as well. If you can run ten miles per hour, how fast is the train moving? -Riddles

Description : Walking home one day, you take a short cut along the train tracks. The tracks cross a narrow bridge over a deep gorge. At the point you are 3/8 of the way across the bridge, you hear the train whistle ... run over as well. If you can run ten miles per hour, how fast is the train moving? -Riddles

Last Answer : The train is moving at 40 miles per hour. Imagine that a friend is walking with you. When the train whistle blows, you head away from the train, he heads toward it. When he reaches safety, you ... the bridge in the time you cross the remaining 1/4, the train must be moving four times your speed.

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. However, Mr. Grumper's watch showed it to be 3 minutes early, so he adjusted his watch by putting it forward 3 minutes. His watch kept time during the day, and on the return journey in the evening the train started on time, according to his watch, and arrived on time, according to the station clock. If the train traveled 25 percent faster on the return journey than it did on the morning journey, was the station clock fast or slow, and by how much? -Riddles

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.

What is the name of the man who blows the whistle for a train to go out?

Description : What is the name of the man who blows the whistle for a train to go out?

Last Answer : Feel Free to Answer

A person standing on a railway platform listens to the whistles of arriving and departing trains. The whistle heard is – (1) the same in both cases in all respects (2) of higher intensity when train arrives (3) of higher pitch when train arrives (4) of higher pitch when train departs

Description : A person standing on a railway platform listens to the whistles of arriving and departing trains. The whistle heard is – (1) the same in both cases in all respects (2) of higher intensity when train arrives (3) of higher pitch when train arrives (4) of higher pitch when train departs

Last Answer : (3) of higher pitch when train arrives Explanation: Sound is a sequence of waves of pressure that propagates through compressible media such as air or water. (Sound can propagate through solids as well, but there are additional modes of propagation).

A person standing on a railway platform listens to the whistles of arriving and departing trains. The whistle heard is – (1) the same in both cases in all respects (2) of higher intensity when train arrives (3) of higher pitch when train arrives (4) of higher pitch when train departs

Description : A person standing on a railway platform listens to the whistles of arriving and departing trains. The whistle heard is – (1) the same in both cases in all respects (2) of higher intensity when train arrives (3) of higher pitch when train arrives (4) of higher pitch when train departs

Last Answer : (3) of higher pitch when train arrives Explanation: Sound is a sequence of waves of pressure that propagates through compressible media such as air or water. (Sound can propagate through solids as well, but there are additional modes of propagation).

A person standing on a railway platform listens to the whistles of arriving and departing trains. The whistle heard is - (1) the same in both cases in all respects (2) of higher intensity when train arrives (3) of higher pitch when train arrives (4) of higher pitch when train departs

Description : A person standing on a railway platform listens to the whistles of arriving and departing trains. The whistle heard is - (1) the same in both cases in all respects (2) of higher intensity when train arrives (3) of higher pitch when train arrives (4) of higher pitch when train departs

Last Answer : (3) of higher pitch when train arrives

A person standing on a railway platform listens to the whistles of arriving and departing trains. The whistle heard is (1) the same in both cases in all respects (2) of higher intensity when train arrives (3) of higher pitch when train arrives (4) of higher pitch when train departs

Description : A person standing on a railway platform listens to the whistles of arriving and departing trains. The whistle heard is (1) the same in both cases in all respects (2) of higher intensity when train arrives (3) of higher pitch when train arrives (4) of higher pitch when train departs

Last Answer :  of higher pitch when train arrives

Thirteen women are kneeling around a circle. A whistle blows, and suddenly all thirteen women began shouting out the names of their sons and daughters, while frantically waving their arms. At last, a whistle blows once again, and one of the women is awarded a trophy. What kind of insanity is happening here? -Riddles

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Last Answer : The thirteen women, along with their thirteen sons and daughters (all babies of a crawling age), are competing in a 'Fastest Crawling Baby Contest.' Initially, all of the babies were placed in ... to their mother outside of the circle was the winner, and the trophy was subsequently awarded to her.

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Last Answer : Answer: A and D

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Description : When is a bright idea like a clock? -Riddles

Last Answer : When it strikes one.

How many times does the long hand of the clock pass the short hand between midnight one day and midnight the following day? As both hands are together at the starting time of midnight this does not count as a pass. -Riddles

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Last Answer : 21

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. When the bus and cyclist meet, which one of the two will be farther from Moscow?(B). Which is worth more: a pound of $10 gold peices or half a pound of $20 gold pieces?(C). At six o'clock the wall clock struck 6 times. Checking with my watch, I noticed the time between the first and last strokes was 30 seconds. How long will the clock take to strike 12 at midnight?(D). Three swallows fly outward from a point. When will they all be on the same plane in space?Now check the answers. Did you fall into any of the traps which lurk in these simple problems? -Riddles

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

When the clock strikes 13, what time is it? -Riddles

Description : When the clock strikes 13, what time is it? -Riddles

Last Answer : Time to get it fixed.

What time is it when the clock strikes 13? -Riddles

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Last Answer : Time to get the clock fixed

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 interpreting the time (mirror-image). Just assuming the clock must be out of order, the boy cycles to school, where he arrives after twenty minutes. At that moment the clock at school shows a time that is two and a half hours later than the time that the boy saw on the clock at home. -Riddles

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!...

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. The next day the employee showed him a picture of him in Paris, he saw a clock a big tv and him on the couch. Right away he knew that he had lied. How did he know? -Riddles

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

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Last Answer : 7.5 degrees. Ask anyone this. No one will get it. You'll stump them!

What do you get when you cross a dog and a clock? -Riddles

Description : What do you get when you cross a dog and a clock? -Riddles

Last Answer : Lots and lots of tics!

It takes the town hall clock 6 seconds to strike 4 o'clock in the afternoon. How long does it take to strike midnight? -Riddles

Description : It takes the town hall clock 6 seconds to strike 4 o'clock in the afternoon. How long does it take to strike midnight? -Riddles

Last Answer : 22 Seconds.

Why was the clock arrested? -Riddles

Description : Why was the clock arrested? -Riddles

Last Answer : For killing time.

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

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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.

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

Description : 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 ... I had no watch on me to tell how long it took me to return from my friend's house? -Riddles

Last 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 ... I added this time to what my friend watch showed when I left, and set the sum on my wall clock.

Why did the man shoot the clock? -Riddles

Description : Why did the man shoot the clock? -Riddles

Last Answer : He was killing time.

Why can't you keep a clock in jail? -Riddles

Description : Why can't you keep a clock in jail? -Riddles

Last Answer : Because time is always running out

When is a clock dangerous? -Riddles

Description : When is a clock dangerous? -Riddles

Last Answer : When it runs down and strikes.

Why did the pilot sit on her alarm clock? -Riddles

Description : Why did the pilot sit on her alarm clock? -Riddles

Last Answer : She wanted to be on time.

How do you know when your alarm clock is hungry? -Riddles

Description : How do you know when your alarm clock is hungry? -Riddles

Last Answer : When it goes back for seconds.

Why did the clock get sick? -Riddles

Description : Why did the clock get sick? -Riddles

Last Answer : It was run down.

How do you know if a clock is hungry? -Riddles

Description : How do you know if a clock is hungry? -Riddles

Last Answer : It goes four seconds.

Hickory-Dickory-Dock! The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one and down did come. Hickory-Dickory-Dock!What am I? -Riddles

Description : Hickory-Dickory-Dock! The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one and down did come. Hickory-Dickory-Dock!What am I? -Riddles

Last Answer : A guillotine.

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

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.

A clock chimes 5 times in 4 seconds. How many times will it chime in 10 seconds? -Riddles

Description : A clock chimes 5 times in 4 seconds. How many times will it chime in 10 seconds? -Riddles

Last Answer : 11 times. It chimes at zero and then once every second for 10 seconds.

Which clock works best, the one that loses a minute a day, or the one that doesn't work at all? -Riddles

Description : Which clock works best, the one that loses a minute a day, or the one that doesn't work at all? -Riddles

Last Answer : The one that doesn't work is best as it will always be correct twice a day, but the one that loses a minute a day will not be correct again for 720 days (losing 720 minutes or 12 hours).

A clock is started at noon. By 10 minutes past 5, the hour hand has turned through: -Riddles

Description : A clock is started at noon. By 10 minutes past 5, the hour hand has turned through: -Riddles

Last Answer : Angle traced by hour hand in 12 hrs = 360º. Angle traced by hour hand in 5 hrs 10 min. i.e., 31/6 hrs = (36012*316)∘36012*316°= 155º

How many times in a day, are the hands of a clock in straight line but opposite in direction? -Riddles

Description : How many times in a day, are the hands of a clock in straight line but opposite in direction? -Riddles

Last Answer : 22 is the right answer

When the nurse auscultates chest sounds that are harsh and cracking, sounding like two pieces of leather being rubbed together, she records her finding as a) pleural friction rub. A pleural friction rub is heard secondary to inflammation and loss of lubricating pleural fluid. b) crackles. Crackles are soft, high-pitched, discontinuous popping sounds that occur during inspiration. c) sonorous wheezes. Sonorous wheezes are deep, low-pitched rumbling sounds heard primarily during expiration. d) sibilant wheezes. Sibilant wheezes are continuous, musical, high-pitched, whistle-like sounds heard during inspiration and expiration.

Description : When the nurse auscultates chest sounds that are harsh and cracking, sounding like two pieces of leather being rubbed together, she records her finding as a) pleural friction rub. A ... wheezes are continuous, musical, high-pitched, whistle-like sounds heard during inspiration and expiration.

Last Answer : a) pleural friction rub. A pleural friction rub is heard secondary to inflammation and loss of lubricating pleural fluid.

Time shall be taken from the. (a) Sound of Gun (b) Flash smoke (c) Whistle (d) None of these

Description : Time shall be taken from the. (a) Sound of Gun (b) Flash smoke (c) Whistle (d) None of these

Last Answer : (b) Flash smoke

So the "all clear whistle" has been blown. What will be your behavior in regards to masks?

Description : So the "all clear whistle" has been blown. What will be your behavior in regards to masks?

Last Answer : I’m inclined to still wear one inside in public places and crowds too and agree with your reasoning about why this was done now.

Should I "blow the whistle" on this online health care service? Or am I just making drama?

Description : Should I "blow the whistle" on this online health care service? Or am I just making drama?

Last Answer : Wait, what are you saying? They use your real name when talking to you?

Looking for a loud whistle: Does it make a difference if it's metal or plastic?

Description : Looking for a loud whistle: Does it make a difference if it's metal or plastic?

Last Answer : Metal – lasts much longer, and stands up better to the vibrations.

Why do I know how to whistle (when others can't)?

Description : Why do I know how to whistle (when others can't)?

Last Answer : My grandmother liked to whistle, and I remember her teaching me when I was very young. I can whistle, both by pressing my tongue against the roof of my mouth, and also the more traditional lips-pursed way ... easily to me. Maybe it also came very easily to you, and you just picked it up naturally.

Buying a 102 decibel whistle for walking my dog and wonder if I have to blow it for safety, if the dog's ears and my ears will be okay?

Description : Buying a 102 decibel whistle for walking my dog and wonder if I have to blow it for safety, if the dog's ears and my ears will be okay?

Last Answer : I can’t imagine an emergency in which you would need that kind of whistle. If you have a true emergency in which someone is attacking you, I would have a can of pepper spray instead of a whistle.

When you see/hear the word WHISTLE, what descriptive first springs to mind?

Description : When you see/hear the word WHISTLE, what descriptive first springs to mind?

Last Answer : answer:“Shrill.” I think of a silver-toned whistle blown by a police officer directing traffic or a gym teacher putting a class through its paces.

What causes a car engine to whistle upon accelerating?

Description : What causes a car engine to whistle upon accelerating?

Last Answer : Not a mechanic…but it could be that your fan belt needs tightening

Would a whistle help someone who is drowning?

Description : Would a whistle help someone who is drowning?

Last Answer : If you’re drowning, going under the water, and cannot breathe… how are you supposed to blow into a whistle? It requires breath to blow. It just doesn’t add up.

Are you the type that has to have the latest thing with all the bells and whistle?

Description : Are you the type that has to have the latest thing with all the bells and whistle?

Last Answer : answer:I like to wait and see what the flaws are and how useful the functionality really is. I don't believe in paying for features I won't use, and I'm not interested in impressing anyone. ... leaking your personal data is giving me pause to reconsider what I really want to use a mobile phone for.

Why don't people whistle anymore? Do you know someone who whistles a song frequently?

Description : Why don't people whistle anymore? Do you know someone who whistles a song frequently?

Last Answer : answer:I am a whistler. If I am outside in the yard, I am whistling!!! inside, I hum. or play piano. or sing poorly. Maybe people were never taught to whistle? or whistle while they work??

How do you wolf whistle well?

Description : How do you wolf whistle well?

Last Answer : Not very useful, but here’s how a wolf does it. And here is a more useful how to wolf whistle video.

How can I learn to whistle loudly and shrilly using my thumb/index finger and middle finger?

Description : How can I learn to whistle loudly and shrilly using my thumb/index finger and middle finger?

Last Answer : Oops. I meant this to be “social.”

Do you whistle while you work?

Description : Do you whistle while you work?

Last Answer : I definitely sing along to songs while I'm working, and don't realize it. I was listening to a cd while doing work with a roommate a few days ago and asked if such-and-such a song had played because ... lineup). She responded You don't remember it? But you were singing along with that song!! :)