Riddle me this!

[BornStar]

Originally posted by: Izzo
Did anyone answer the "ten words in one word" riddle? If so, I may need to touch up my reading and comprehension skills.

I wasn't able to get this one.

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: dnetmhz
Good morning all.. I see this thread is still hanging around.. I guess I'll find another riddle.. hang on.

<edit>

Ok, this one should be good for a few headaches :evil:

A customer at a 7-11 store selected four items to buy, and was told that the cost was $7.11. He was curious that the cost was the same as the store name, so he enquired as to how the figure was derived. The clerk said that he had simply multiplied the prices of the four individual items. The customer protested that the four prices should have been ADDED, not MULTIPLIED. The clerk said that that was OK with him, but, the result was still the same: exactly $7.11. What were the four prices?

$3.16
$1.50
$1.20
$1.25

 

[DnetMHZ]

Originally posted by: dabuddha

Originally posted by: dnetmhz
Good morning all.. I see this thread is still hanging around.. I guess I'll find another riddle.. hang on.

<edit>

Ok, this one should be good for a few headaches :evil:

A customer at a 7-11 store selected four items to buy, and was told that the cost was $7.11. He was curious that the cost was the same as the store name, so he enquired as to how the figure was derived. The clerk said that he had simply multiplied the prices of the four individual items. The customer protested that the four prices should have been ADDED, not MULTIPLIED. The clerk said that that was OK with him, but, the result was still the same: exactly $7.11. What were the four prices?

$3.16
$1.50
$1.20
$1.25

apparently that one was too easy..

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There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?

 

[BornStar]

Originally posted by: dabuddha

Originally posted by: dnetmhz
Good morning all.. I see this thread is still hanging around.. I guess I'll find another riddle.. hang on.

<edit>

Ok, this one should be good for a few headaches :evil:

A customer at a 7-11 store selected four items to buy, and was told that the cost was $7.11. He was curious that the cost was the same as the store name, so he enquired as to how the figure was derived. The clerk said that he had simply multiplied the prices of the four individual items. The customer protested that the four prices should have been ADDED, not MULTIPLIED. The clerk said that that was OK with him, but, the result was still the same: exactly $7.11. What were the four prices?

$3.16
$1.50
$1.20
$1.25

You must have heard that before. If not, I'm thoroughly impressed.

 

[MegaloManiaK]

edit: Edited out my non-leet math skillz.

 

[DnetMHZ]

Originally posted by: MegaloManiaK

Originally posted by: dnetmhz
Good morning all.. I see this thread is still hanging around.. I guess I'll find another riddle.. hang on.

<edit>

Ok, this one should be good for a few headaches :evil:

A customer at a 7-11 store selected four items to buy, and was told that the cost was $7.11. He was curious that the cost was the same as the store name, so he enquired as to how the figure was derived. The clerk said that he had simply multiplied the prices of the four individual items. The customer protested that the four prices should have been ADDED, not MULTIPLIED. The clerk said that that was OK with him, but, the result was still the same: exactly $7.11. What were the four prices?

Ok, I want to know if this is a math problem or a wierd logic problem before i go to the car and get my ti-89.

So far i have

x^4 = 4x
x^4 - 4x = 0
x(x^3-4) = 0
x^3 - 4 = 0
x^3 = 4
x = cubed root of 4.

It's a math problem

 

[Goth]

Here's an oldie, but goodie:

There is a room with a table inside. The window is open. There is some water on the floor. Frank is on the floor, dead.
How did Frank die?

I've heard two possible solutions for this one. There might be more, so take some guesses. If you already know it or find it via Google, don't answer yet and let people guess.

 

[amcdonald]

Originally posted by: Goth
Here's an oldie, but goodie:

There is a room with a table inside. The window is open. There is some water on the floor. Frank is on the floor, dead.
How did Frank die?

I've heard two possible solutions for this one. There might be more, so take some guesses. If you already know it or find it via Google, don't answer yet and let people guess.

possibly a submarine situation? oh, wait... is frank a dead fish?

 

[DnetMHZ]

Originally posted by: Goth
Here's an oldie, but goodie:

There is a room with a table inside. The window is open. There is some water on the floor. Frank is on the floor, dead.
How did Frank die?

I've heard two possible solutions for this one. There might be more, so take some guesses. If you already know it or find it via Google, don't answer yet and let people guess.

Is this like the 6 foot guy hanging himself in the 8 foot room riddle?

 

[Goth]

Originally posted by: amcdonald


possibly a submarine situation? oh, wait... is frank a dead fish?

Hmm, please explain the open window on a submarine theory, please

If Frank is a fish, how did he die?

 

[Goth]

Originally posted by: dnetmhz


Is this like the 6 foot guy hanging himself in the 8 foot room riddle?

Nope, nothing like that one.

 

[MegaloManiaK]

Originally posted by: dnetmhz

Originally posted by: MegaloManiaK

Originally posted by: dnetmhz
Good morning all.. I see this thread is still hanging around.. I guess I'll find another riddle.. hang on.

<edit>

Ok, this one should be good for a few headaches :evil:

A customer at a 7-11 store selected four items to buy, and was told that the cost was $7.11. He was curious that the cost was the same as the store name, so he enquired as to how the figure was derived. The clerk said that he had simply multiplied the prices of the four individual items. The customer protested that the four prices should have been ADDED, not MULTIPLIED. The clerk said that that was OK with him, but, the result was still the same: exactly $7.11. What were the four prices?

Ok, I want to know if this is a math problem or a wierd logic problem before i go to the car and get my ti-89.

So far i have

x^4 = 4x
x^4 - 4x = 0
x(x^3-4) = 0
x^3 - 4 = 0
x^3 = 4
x = cubed root of 4.

It's a math problem

Dope, why'd ja have to go an quote my bad math

Now i can't edit it out. its been a year since i took a math class, time to go back to the 9th grade for me.

 

[amcdonald]

Originally posted by: Goth

Originally posted by: amcdonald


possibly a submarine situation? oh, wait... is frank a dead fish?

Hmm, please explain the open window on a submarine theory, please

If Frank is a fish, how did he die?

I was thinking maybe a salvaged boat with a dead guy in it, but frank has to be a fish. does it really matter how he died? did the wind knock his bowl over?

 

[Goth]

Originally posted by: Goth



If Frank is a fish, how did he die?

Yes, the wind knocking over the bowl is one of the answers.

 

[DnetMHZ]

Originally posted by: MegaloManiaK

Originally posted by: dnetmhz

Originally posted by: MegaloManiaK

Originally posted by: dnetmhz
Good morning all.. I see this thread is still hanging around.. I guess I'll find another riddle.. hang on.

<edit>

Ok, this one should be good for a few headaches :evil:

A customer at a 7-11 store selected four items to buy, and was told that the cost was $7.11. He was curious that the cost was the same as the store name, so he enquired as to how the figure was derived. The clerk said that he had simply multiplied the prices of the four individual items. The customer protested that the four prices should have been ADDED, not MULTIPLIED. The clerk said that that was OK with him, but, the result was still the same: exactly $7.11. What were the four prices?

Ok, I want to know if this is a math problem or a wierd logic problem before i go to the car and get my ti-89.

So far i have

x^4 = 4x
x^4 - 4x = 0
x(x^3-4) = 0
x^3 - 4 = 0
x^3 = 4
x = cubed root of 4.

It's a math problem

Dope, why'd ja have to go an quote my bad math

Now i can't edit it out. its been a year since i took a math class, time to go back to the 9th grade for me.

If I was a real jerk I'd edit it to make you look really bad.. but I'm not.. so I won't

 

[MegaloManiaK]

Originally posted by: dnetmhz

Originally posted by: MegaloManiaK

Originally posted by: dnetmhz

Originally posted by: MegaloManiaK

Originally posted by: dnetmhz
Good morning all.. I see this thread is still hanging around.. I guess I'll find another riddle.. hang on.

<edit>

Ok, this one should be good for a few headaches :evil:

A customer at a 7-11 store selected four items to buy, and was told that the cost was $7.11. He was curious that the cost was the same as the store name, so he enquired as to how the figure was derived. The clerk said that he had simply multiplied the prices of the four individual items. The customer protested that the four prices should have been ADDED, not MULTIPLIED. The clerk said that that was OK with him, but, the result was still the same: exactly $7.11. What were the four prices?

Ok, I want to know if this is a math problem or a wierd logic problem before i go to the car and get my ti-89.

So far i have

x^4 = 4x
x^4 - 4x = 0
x(x^3-4) = 0
x^3 - 4 = 0
x^3 = 4
x = cubed root of 4.

It's a math problem

Dope, why'd ja have to go an quote my bad math

Now i can't edit it out. its been a year since i took a math class, time to go back to the 9th grade for me.

If I was a real jerk I'd edit it to make you look really bad.. but I'm not.. so I won't

At least as i walked to the car i figured out where i went wrong

Oh well.

 

[Goth]

Originally posted by: amcdonald


If Frank is a fish, how did he die?

I was thinking maybe a salvaged boat with a dead guy in it, but frank has to be a fish. does it really matter how he died? did the wind knock his bowl over?[/quote]

Ok, just wondering about the submarine tie-in as I didn't see it.

The wind option was the second one I'd heard. The other one was that a cat jumped through the window, stuck its paw in the fishbowl trying to get Frank, tipped it over and either the falling bowl or getting splashed with water scared it away before it ate Frank. It would take a strong gust of wind to knock over a fishbowl, but that was one answer.

Which is more credible in your opinion?

 

[Spooner]

Here ya go:


Two boxers are in a boxing match (regular boxing, not kick
boxing). The fight is scheduled for 12 rounds but ends after 6
rounds, after one boxer knocks out the other boxer. Yet no man
throws a punch. How is this possible?

 

[MegaloManiaK]

Originally posted by: Spooner
Here ya go:


Two boxers are in a boxing match (regular boxing, not kick
boxing). The fight is scheduled for 12 rounds but ends after 6
rounds, after one boxer knocks out the other boxer. Yet no man
throws a punch. How is this possible?

Foxy boxing man


Edit: Female boxing.

 

[Spooner]

I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them.
I also build bridges of silver and make crowns of gold.
They are the smallest you could imagine. Sooner or later
everybody needs my help, yet many people are afraid to
let me help them. Who am I?

 

[Goth]

Originally posted by: Spooner
Here ya go:


Two boxers are in a boxing match (regular boxing, not kick
boxing). The fight is scheduled for 12 rounds but ends after 6
rounds, after one boxer knocks out the other boxer. Yet no man
throws a punch. How is this possible?

Are they dogs, boxer breed? It's a longshot, but as a former owner of a boxer, the term "boxer" rang a bell.

 

[Spooner]

Originally posted by: Goth

Originally posted by: Spooner
Here ya go:
Two boxers are in a boxing match (regular boxing, not kick
boxing). The fight is scheduled for 12 rounds but ends after 6
rounds, after one boxer knocks out the other boxer. Yet no man
throws a punch. How is this possible?

Are they dogs, boxer breed? It's a longshot, but as a former owner of a boxer, the term "boxer" rang a bell.

you're thinking too hard

 

[MegaloManiaK]

Originally posted by: Spooner
I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them.
I also build bridges of silver and make crowns of gold.
They are the smallest you could imagine. Sooner or later
everybody needs my help, yet many people are afraid to
let me help them. Who am I?

Dentist

My teeth hurt now.

 

[amcdonald]

Originally posted by: Goth

Originally posted by: amcdonald


If Frank is a fish, how did he die?

I was thinking maybe a salvaged boat with a dead guy in it, but frank has to be a fish. does it really matter how he died? did the wind knock his bowl over?

Ok, just wondering about the submarine tie-in as I didn't see it.

The wind option was the second one I'd heard. The other one was that a cat jumped through the window, stuck its paw in the fishbowl trying to get Frank, tipped it over and either the falling bowl or getting splashed with water scared it away before it ate Frank. It would take a strong gust of wind to knock over a fishbowl, but that was one answer.

Which is more credible in your opinion?[/quote]I'd say the wind is more credible, as it doesn't require a random cat that isn't referred to or hinted at in the riddle. It would take a huge gust of wind, but that's at least hinted at by there being a conduit for it to enter.

 

[amcdonald]

Originally posted by: Spooner
I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them.
I also build bridges of silver and make crowns of gold.
They are the smallest you could imagine. Sooner or later
everybody needs my help, yet many people are afraid to
let me help them. Who am I?

Dentist?