Riddle of the Day

[Gizmokid2005]

My first wears my second; my third might be what my first would acquire if he went to sea. Put together my one, two, three, And the belle of New York is the girl for me. What one word am I?

ANSWER: Manhattan. (Not giving you this one mathster, you googled it and technically didn't give the right answer )

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NEXT RIDDLE:

Long ago, before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain?

[Gizmokid2005]

Long ago, before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain?

ANSWER (Congrats Knight): Just because it wasn't discovered doesn't mean it wasn't the tallest.

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NEXT RIDDLE:

If two boys and a girl can beat their father in a tug-of-war, but their mother can win against a boy and two girls, who should win a contest between the father and a girl against the other and a boy?

[Gizmokid2005]

If two boys and a girl can beat their father in a tug-of-war, but their mother can win against a boy and two girls, who should win a contest between the father and a girl against the other and a boy?

ANSWER (It's all in the riddle...):

The mother and boy. Pitting the 2 winning teams against the 2 losing teams (boy + boy + girl + mother versus father + boy + girl + girl) will obviously result in a win for boy + boy + girl + Mother over father + boy + girl + girl. Take a girl and boy away from each side, and boy + mother must still beat father + girl. PHEW!!!!

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NEXT RIDDLE:
I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody. What am I?

[Gizmokid2005]

I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody. What am I?

ANSWER (Congrats Knight, Mathster, and TL): A pencil

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NEXT RIDDLE:

I started 2 watches at the same time, It turned out that one of them went two minutes per hour too slow, and the other went one minute per hour too fast. When I looked at them again, the faster one was exactly one hour ahead of the other. How long had the watches been running?



--You guys whine cause they are too easy, so I give you a harder one...then you whine again. Bunch of whiners you all are :-P THIS one should be easy, it took me all of 15 seconds to figure it out, and I've been sick since Monday....--

[acoustikarl]

I started 2 watches at the same time, It turned out that one of them went two minutes per hour too slow, and the other went one minute per hour too fast. When I looked at them again, the faster one was exactly one hour ahead of the other. How long had the watches been running?

20 hours

--You guys whine cause they are too easy, so I give you a harder one...then you whine again. Bunch of whiners you all are :-P THIS one should be easy, it took me all of 15 seconds to figure it out, and I've been sick since Monday....--

It must be the illness, as I've sick since yesterday and figured it out in about the same amount of time.

[TurcoLoco]

15 seconds to figure out what the result of dividing 60(mins) by 3(mins)?

Either this is indeed a very simple math based riddle (I seriously doubt it would be that easy) or if I am gussing right, there is more to this and you two are couple of bragging nitwitts!!

[Gizmokid2005]

I started 2 watches at the same time, It turned out that one of them went two minutes per hour too slow, and the other went one minute per hour too fast. When I looked at them again, the faster one was exactly one hour ahead of the other. How long had the watches been running?

ANSWER (Congrats acoustikarl, and mrweasel): 20 hours. NOT 19 TL...Read it again. It asks how long the watches have been running, not how long since you noticed the time difference

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NEXT RIDDLE:

What five letter word has six left when you take two letters away?

[Mathster]

ANSWER (Congrats acoustikarl, and mrweasel): 20 hours. NOT 19 TL...Read it again. It asks how long the watches have been running, not how long since you noticed the time difference

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NEXT RIDDLE:

What five letter word has six left when you take two away?

E.I.G.H.T

[Gizmokid2005]

What five letter word has six left when you take two letters away?

ANSWER (Congrats Mathster, mrweasel, and cauzomb): Sixty.

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NEXT RIDDLE:

It's been around for millions of years, but it's no more than a month old. What is it?

[Mathster]

ANSWER (Congrats Mathster, mrweasel, and cauzomb): Sixty.

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NEXT RIDDLE:

It's been around for millions of years, but it's no more than a month old. What is it?

a month?