Riddle Me This....

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by 12dn94dst

What's the shortest word in the English language?

The! ("the english language")

[OrigamiTulip]

1. A cat has one, a horse two - some animals have more. An elephant has only three - while a crocodile has four. What are they?


2. Coats are usually put on to keep warm and dry... and yet! What type of coat must you always put on only when wet?

[naturalrose]

Originally Posted by OrigamiTulip

2. Coats are usually put on to keep warm and dry... and yet! What type of coat must you always put on only when wet?

a coat of paint?

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by OrigamiTulip

1. A cat has one, a horse two - some animals have more. An elephant has only three - while a crocodile has four. What are they?

Vowels!

[12dn94dst]

what are the next 2 numbers in this series:

101 99 102 98 103 97

[jojapeach]

Originally Posted by 12dn94dst

what are the next 2 numbers in this series:

101 99 102 98 103 97

104 96 105 95

You don't wanna see the patterns they're trying to test GA 4th graders with. It took me 15 minutes to solve one because it pretty much include increasing with an equation.

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

6. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

Mt Everest. It existed even though it had not been discovered.

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

2.How many legs does an elephant have if you count his trunk as a leg?

Still 4. Just because you count the trunk as a leg, it still isn't a leg.

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

And a few riddles:
1.In a large western city, 80% of the phone numbers are listed, 20% of the phone numbers are businesses, and 20% of the phone numbers start with the numeral "2". If you were to take a random sample of 1000 phone numbers from the city's phone book, how many numbers would you expect to be unlisted, non-business phone numbers that start with a numeral other than "2"?

None. If they are unlisted they wouldn't be in the phone book.

[Drolefille]

Very nice ladygreek

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

3.A man left home running. He ran a ways and then turned left, ran the same distance and turned left again, ran the same distance and turned left again. When he got home there were two masked men. Who were they?

Exterminators? LOL

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

Exterminators? LOL

Nope, try to think of what exactly he was running

[12dn94dst]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

3.A man left home running. He ran a ways and then turned left, ran the same distance and turned left again, ran the same distance and turned left again. When he got home there were two masked men. Who were they?

the catcher & the umpire!

[12dn94dst]

Originally Posted by jojapeach

104 96 105 95

You don't wanna see the patterns they're trying to test GA 4th graders with. It took me 15 minutes to solve one because it pretty much include increasing with an equation.

actually, i kinda do. i'm sick and twisted that way! lol

but my question is this: can they do basic multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction and do it WELL?

[Drolefille]

correct! I've got a new one and it's a toughie

What row of numbers comes next?
1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221