Riddle of the Day

[Gizmokid2005]

I travel high and low....scale to the heights and then again travel back down. By reading the lines, I can be found. If you read between the lines, here you'll also find me around. Being familiar with the alphabet will help you to see that without me a lot of the world would be without sound. What am I?

ANSWER (Congrats acoustikarl): Musical Notes

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NEXT RIDDLE:

A man is pushing his car. He stops in front of a hotel and immediately knows he is bankrupt. How did he know?

[acoustikarl]

A man is pushing his car. He stops in front of a hotel and immediately knows he is bankrupt. How did he know?

I've seen this one in a lateral logic puzzle book, but I can't remember the answer. I remember using these kinds of questions as part of the Twenty Questions game as well.

[Gizmokid2005]

I'll give you all a hint. Mr. Bradley made a fortune for making this man bankrupt

[Mathster]

the hotel was on park place and the man hadn't passed go

[Gizmokid2005]

A man is pushing his car. He stops in front of a hotel and immediately knows he is bankrupt. How did he know?

ANSWER (I'll give you this one Mathster): He is playing monopoly and he stops on a property he doesn't own with a hotel. At this point he knows that to pay the "rent" he will be bankrupt.

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NEXT RIDDLE:

There are 50 books on a bookshelf. Each book is two inches thick. How far
is it from page one of Volume 1 to the last page of Volume 50?

[acoustikarl]

ANSWER (I'll give you this one Mathster): He is playing monopoly and he stops on a property he doesn't own with a hotel. At this point he knows that to pay the "rent" he will be bankrupt.

Shoulda known that. But then I always use the Top hat piece.

NEXT RIDDLE:

There are 50 books on a bookshelf. Each book is two inches thick. How far
is it from page one of Volume 1 to the last page of Volume 50?

46" plus the thickness of the covers.
Edit: Make that 96".

[Mathster]

Im gonna vote for 102" on the assumption that books are shelved in a row.

[TurcoLoco]

You guys gotta explaine how the heck you reach those answers of yours!
All I can see is 2" x 50 (books) = 100" which seems too straightforward, wonder where the Quizmo-catch is?

[Gizmokid2005]

There is no catch to this TL. Just think about how you would see books on a bookshelf. Draw a picture, it'll help.

[TurcoLoco]

There is no catch to this TL. Just think about how you would see books on a bookshelf. Draw a picture, it'll help.

side by side placed the way books normally placed on a bookshelf, I guess?