Riddle of the Day

[Mathster]

so the cake isn't in a box at the picnic?

the question wasn't what the box was labeled...

[Gizmokid2005]

so the cake isn't in a box at the picnic?

the question wasn't what the box was labeled...

Ahh, but you see, that's the beauty of it You have to read the whole riddle

Aunt Mary takes fruit, cake, and cookies for her picnic. She has three boxes for them - one is labeled COOKIES, one is labeled CAKE and one is labeled FRUIT. Aunt Mary likes to fool everyone so she has put every single thing in the wrong box. At the picnic, she tells everyone that the FRUIT is not in the CAKE box. Where is the cake?

ANSWER (Congrats acoustikarl): In the box labeled fruit.

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NEXT RIDDLE:

What is the missing letter in the following series?:


2 T 4 F 8 E 16 S 32 T 64 __

[acoustikarl]

NEXT RIDDLE:

What is the missing letter in the following series?:


2 T 4 F 8 E 16 S 32 T 64 __

S. The next number is 128 and the letter would be O.

[Gizmokid2005]

What is the missing letter in the following series?:


2 T 4 F 8 E 16 S 32 T 64 __

ANSWER (Congrats acoustikarl): S

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NEXT RIDDLE (In a math mood today):


Tillie went shopping and was happy to get 12% off on her purchases. Her sister went shopping the next day and was disappointed to get only 6% off her purchases and in dismay, went to the store manager and expressed her distress over not getting as big a sale as her sister Tillie. The manager felt sorry for her and said, "Give me your bill and I'll take another 6% off!" The sister agreed to this and went home happy. Which sister got the better deal - or did they get an equal discount?

[Gizmokid2005]

Tillie went shopping and was happy to get 12% off on her purchases. Her sister went shopping the next day and was disappointed to get only 6% off her purchases and in dismay, went to the store manager and expressed her distress over not getting as big a sale as her sister Tillie. The manager felt sorry for her and said, "Give me your bill and I'll take another 6% off!" The sister agreed to this and went home happy. Which sister got the better deal - or did they get an equal discount?

ANSWER (Congrats Mathster): The first sister got a better deal. 12% off is better than 6% of 94%.

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NEXT RIDDLE:

What common English word will describe a person or thing as not being found in any place and yet with no changes other than a space between syllables, will correctly describe that person or thing as being actually present at this very moment?

[Gizmokid2005]

What common English word will describe a person or thing as not being found in any place and yet with no changes other than a space between syllables, will correctly describe that person or thing as being actually present at this very moment?

ANSWER (Congrats layla): Nowhere.

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NEXT RIDDLE:

Today is Friday and I have recently returned from a trip. If I returned four days before the day after the day before tomorrow, on what day did I return?

[acoustikarl]

NEXT RIDDLE:

Today is Friday and I have recently returned from a trip. If I returned four days before the day after the day before tomorrow, on what day did I return?

I'm going with Thursday.

[Gizmokid2005]

Today is Friday and I have recently returned from a trip. If I returned four days before the day after the day before tomorrow, on what day did I return?

ANSWER (Congrats puterbreaker and cauzomb): I returned on Tuesday. The day before tomorrow is today, Friday. The day after that is Saturday, and four days before Saturday is Tuesday.

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NEXT RIDDLE:

Lying there in the yard so neat was something very good to eat. It had neither flesh not bone, but in 21 days it walked alone. What is it?

[Gizmokid2005]

Lying there in the yard so neat was something very good to eat. It had neither flesh not bone, but in 21 days it walked alone. What is it?

ANSWER (Congrats Mathster): An egg.

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NEXT RIDDLE:

Four members of a band are walking to a night concert. They decide to take a shortcut, but must cross a bridge. Luckily they have one flashlight. Because of the varying size of their instruments, it takes each member a different amount of time to cross the bridge - it takes the first person one minute, the second person two minutes, the third person five minutes and the fourth person ten minutes. They must cross the bridge in pairs, travelling at the slower speed so if the one minute person went with the ten minute person, it would take a total of ten minutes. Since there is only one flashlight, one person must come back across the bridge, then another pair can cross. They only have 17 minutes to cross the bridge and still get to the concert on time. What order should they cross to get everyone across and get to the concert?