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 : If a man has to pay child support for a child he did not want, should he have the option to request an audit to see how his support money is being spent?
Last Answer : A judge decides child support. My sister has 13 year old twins with her ex. He makes 60K a year and only has to pay 1K per month. It isn’t like it is some onerous amount. Golf clubs for the new boyfriend. Same stupid Republican shit like welfare queens rocking a Bentley. LIES!!!
Description : A man goes to work at the same time each day and travels part of his journey facing forwards and the remainder facing backwards. When he returns at the end of his working day, he only faces forwards.How can this be? -Riddles
Last Answer : He works in the engine room of a liner! To get to work, he walks along the decks from his cabin facing forwards, and down the ladders between decks facing backwards. However, when he finishes, he only needs to face forwards to climb the ladders again and walk along the deck back to his cabin.
Description : There are 4 borthers 3 of them want to buy a television which is 30 pounds. Each of them pay 10 pound each they give the money to the fourth brother and asked him to go into town and buy the television. ... So the 3 brothers only payed 9 pounds each. 3 times 9 is 27 were is the last pound? -Riddles
Last Answer : Add 3 on to 25 = 28 then add 2
Description : Ronit spends his money from his saving in different way that is he spends 25% on travel,15% on food,20% on wages and 17% on shopping a clothes and after that all expenditure he saved 6900.Find the how much he spent on clothes. A) 4400 B) 5100 C) 4000 D) 6000
Last Answer : B) Let the total income of Ronit x then total expenditure from income X x (25%+15%+20%+17%)=X*77% X x 77% =Total savings= X x 23% X = 6900 x 100 / 23 = 30000 expenditure on clothes = 17% so,30000 x 17 / 100 = 5100
Description : An old man wanted to leave all of his money to one of his three sons, but he didn't know which one he should give it to. He gave each of them a few coins and told them to buy something ... filled the room, so he obtained his father's fortune. What were the two things that the man bought? -Riddles
Last Answer : The wise son bought a candle and a box of matches. After lighting the candle, the light filled the entire room.
Description : A man has 3 wife's, each one has 3 houses, in one of houses for every wife his mother in law lives. He goes to first house with money, mother doubles it, he leaves half, he goes to second wife, ... with no money. How much money did he have? 2 wife are sister and they have a same mother? -Riddles
Last Answer : This answer was deleted by moderators
Description : There was a poor man sitting in a restaurant and a rich man came in. The poor man said that he could sing any song in the world if he was given a name. The rich man bet all the money in his ... The poor man went away rich and the rich man went away poor. What song did the poor man sing? -Riddles
Last Answer : Happy birthday.
Description : A man told his son that he would give him $1000 if he could accomplish the following task. The father gave his son ten envelopes and a thousand dollars, all in one dollar bills. He told his ... exact amount of money asked for. How did the son distribute the money among the ten envelopes? -Riddles
Last Answer : The contents or the ten envelopes (in dollar bills) should be as follows: $1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 489. The first nine numbers are in geometrical progression, and their sum, deducted from 1,000, gives the contents of the tenth envelope.
Description : Many years ago, a wealthy old man was near death. He wished to leave his fortune to one of his three children. The old man wanted to know that his fortune would be in wise hands. He stipulated that ... man ended up leaving his money to his third child, a daughter. What did his daughter do? -Riddles
Last Answer : Every other day, the daughter sang her father a song.
Description : A guy bet his neighbor 50 bucks that his dog could jump higher than a house. Thinking this not possible, the neighbor took the bet an lost.Why did he lose the bet? -Riddles
Last Answer : a house cannot jump!
Description : A robber came into my store and stole $100 from the register without my knowledge. A few minutes later, the same guy came back with the $100 he stole and purchased $70 worth of items and I gave him $30 in change. How much money did I lose? -Riddles
Last Answer : I lost $100
Description : Why did the rope leave the gym so early? -Riddles
Last Answer : It wanted to 'skip' class.
Description : What is the best way to lose weight Diet or gym?
Last Answer : Answers is the place to go to get the answers you need and to ask the questions you want
Description : Two fathers and 2 sons spent the day fishing, but only caught 3 fish. This was enough for each of them to have one fish. How is this possible? -Riddles
Last Answer : A grandfather, a father (the grandfather's son) and the father's son
Description : If you break me I do not stop working, If you touch me I may be snared, If you lose me nothing will matter. What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : Your heart.
Description : If you break me I do not stop working, If you touch me I may be snared, If you lose me, Nothing will matter. What am I? -Riddles
Description : If you break me, I'll not stop working. If you can touch me, my work is done. If you lose me, you must find me with a ring soon after. What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : A heart.
Description : What does no man want, yet no man want to lose? -Riddles
Last Answer : His job.
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 : Two women sit staring and glaring at each other across a small table. Although the two women don't appear to be friendly toward each other, they do eventually hold each other's hands. A man approaches, puts ... is the word the man shouts to the women, and what in the world is going on here? -Riddles
Last Answer : The word the man shouts to the women is, 'Go!' This is the way most women's arm wrestling competitions start, and hopefully the wrist straps, to keep their hands from slipping apart, won't have to be used.
Description : A sheriff is in hot pursuit of the notorious bank robber Black Bart. The six-shooters of the lawman and the criminal glisten in the sun, as Black Bart speeds his way on foot to the first horse he ... scenario, and who are the man and the woman who shouted out the invitation to the saloon? -Riddles
Last Answer : The 'sheriff' and 'Black Bart' are two children pretending to be a lawman chasing an outlaw, and are riding horses on a merry-go-round at an amusement park or a western tourist town. The man and the woman are their parents who are inviting them to the 'saloon' for some cold drinks or ice cream.
Description : A masked man is being hunted by the authorities for his vigilante activities, in which he helps and protects innocent people. His modus operandi is to seek out injustices caused by corrupt and evil people, ... his visit. Who is this masked man, and what is the personal letter he delivers? -Riddles
Last Answer : The masked man is Zorro, and the personal letter he delivers to the villains he thwarts ----- is the letter 'Z'.
Description : A man went to In N Out with no name . After he ordered food, the cashier said, 'Ok. What is your name?' The man answered, 'Max'. Then the cashier said, 'Ok Then. Not to be rude, but what is the name of your partner?'. What is the name of his partner? -Riddles
Last Answer : No Name.
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 : A man was pushing his car along the road when he comes to a hotel. He shouts 'I'm bankrupt!' Why did the man shout that out? -Riddles
Last Answer : Because he was playing Monopoly.
Description : A man sails off on a cruise between Mexico and the USA. He does not stop at any ports and does not even come out of the cabin, yet he makes $300,000 from his trip.How? -Riddles
Last Answer : He's a smuggler.
Description : A man goes out drinking every night, returning to his home in the wee hours of every morning. No matter how much he drinks, he never gets a hangover. This drink is very well known, but is ... sucker for a free drink, especially since he can't live without it.What is his favorite drink? -Riddles
Last Answer : Blood. The man is a Vampire.
Description : While exploring the wilds of Canada, Wild Man Dave was captured by hostile wood fairies. Brad, the powerful chief of the fairies told him he could make one final statement which would determine ... out of this seemingly impossible situation. What is the one statement he could have made? -Riddles
Last Answer : Wild Man Dave said: 'You will boil me in water.' The fairies were faced with a dilemma. If they boil him in water, that would make his statement true, which means he should have been fried in oil ... false. The fairies had no way our of their situation so they were forced to set Wild Man Dave free.
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 : A man goes out drinking every night, returning to his home in the wee hours of every morning. No matter how much he drinks, he never gets a hangover. This drink is very well known, but is rarely ... for a free drink, especially since he can't live without it. What is his favorite drink? -Riddles
Last Answer : Blood, he's a vampire!
Description : Mr. Sachin spent 20% of his monthly income on food and 15% on children's education. 40% of the remaining he spent on entertainment and transport together and 30% on the medical. He is left with an amount of Rs.8, 775/- after ... 000/- b) Rs.46,000/- c) Rs.36, 000/- d) Rs.29,000/- e) None of these
Last Answer : Let the total income of Mr.Sachin be 100 According to question, 100 – 20 –15 = 65 × 60/100 × 70/100 = 27.3. 27.3 = 100 8775 = 100/27.3 × 8775 = Rs. 32142. Answer: e)
Description : He spent quite some time studying Indonesia and came back to advocate a style of writing for ethnography that he described as Thick Description'. His equivocality in the face of complicated situations caused some ... style as Otoh-Botoh--meaning On the One Hand, But on the Other Hand'. Who?
Last Answer : Clifford Geertz
Description : The director Ilya Krzhanovsky has been shooting the film Dau since 2006 on a set near Kharkhov and has inspired much attention on account of his fanatical attempts at re-creating 50s and 60s Moscow, home to ... -crash and the Nobel he had won had to be awarded to him in a bedside ceremony. Who?
Last Answer : Lev Landau.
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 : 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 purveyor of baked goods is approached by a man with a very low I.Q. who wants to buy some of the baker's creations; however, the man with the low I.Q. has no credit or debit cards, no ... denied any of the seller's goods. Who is this dolt who is trying to get something for nothing? -Riddles
Last Answer : Simple Simon met a pieman going to the fair. Says Simple Simon to the pieman, 'Let me taste your ware.' Says the pieman to Simple Simon, 'Show me first your penny.' Says Simple Simon to the pieman, 'Indeed, I have not any.
Description : A detective in training is called to a room on his first day in, once there his instructor greets him and tells him he has a deck of fish cards. Alongside the instructor are two men who hold three ... a catfish. The second man stated he held two goldfish and a lion. Who is the murderer? -Riddles
Last Answer : A common first answer is the second man, whereas a shrimp is not considered a fish in this case either... You can look over this again if you'd like now. The The instructor There was only ... to the prompt. Meaning the only way the statement could be true is if the instructor was the murderer.
Description : A man goes upstairs to grab his time machine. He walks downstairs then goes back in time 200 years. Why did he go downstairs? -Riddles
Last Answer : Because if he went back in time from upstairs, that would be a nasty fall because the house wouldn't have been there 200 years ago
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 : 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 : A wealthy man lives alone in a small cottage. Being partially handicapped, he had everything delivered to his cottage. The mailman was delivering a letter one Thursday when he noticed that the front door ... mail. The police officer suspects it was foul play. Who does he suspect and why? -Riddles
Last Answer : The police officer suspects the newspaper delivery person. The absence of Tuesday's and Wednesday's newspaper indicates that the delivery person knew there was no one there to read it.
Description : A man is driving in his car, there are no headlights or streetlights for him to see the road. But somehow, he saw an old lady crossing the street and stopped for her. How is this possible if there are no lights? -Riddles
Last Answer : It was daytime!!
Description : There was a man, who never left his house. One day, he didn't feel good so he turned off all the lights and went to bed. Why did this cause a lot of people to die. -Riddles
Last Answer : He lived int he lighthouse. Without the light from the lighthouse, ships crashed.
Description : A man and his son are driving to the supermarket. they then get in a car crash. The dad dies but the son lives. He goes to the hospital but the doctor say 'I can't operate on you, your my son.' It is not his mom. How is this possible? -Riddles
Last Answer : It is his god father.
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 : A man is walking down a road with a basket of eggs. As he is walking he meets someone who buys one-half of his eggs plus one-half of an egg. He walks a little further and meets another person who buys ... of his eggs, and he never broke an egg. How many eggs did the man have to start with? -Riddles
Last Answer : 7 eggs. The first person bought one half of his eggs plus one half an egg (3 1/2 + 1/2 = 4 eggs) This left him 3 eggs. The second person bought one-half of his eggs plus one half an egg, (1 1/2 + ... last person bought one-half of his eggs plus one-half an egg, (1/2 + 1/2 = 1 egg) leaving no eggs.
Description : A man was found murdered in his own house on a Sunday morning. His wife called the police. The police questioned the wife and got the following alibis: The wife said she was sleeping. The Cook ... the closet. The police instantly arrested the murderer. Who did it and how did they know? -Riddles
Last Answer : The maid. There is no post on Sunday.