Can a monkey outrun a bullet and still save her litter?

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This thread features a series of tricky questions and riddles posed by participants, inviting responses and solutions. The scope includes logical puzzles, lateral thinking challenges, and wordplay, with an emphasis on engaging the community in playful problem-solving.

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  • Participants discuss the amount of soil in a hole, with some suggesting none and others proposing that some dirt may have fallen back in.
  • A riddle about a murderer choosing between three dangerous rooms prompts various interpretations, with some arguing for the room of lions as the safest because they would be dead, while others suggest the room of assassins.
  • Another riddle involves a man escaping a room with no apparent exits, leading to multiple answers about how he might have entered or escaped.
  • Participants engage in solving flower-related riddles, with various answers proposed for each clue, including tulip, dandelion, marigold, lilac, and orchid.
  • Discussion of hidden tree names in sentences leads to collaborative attempts to identify them, with some participants correcting each other’s answers.

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There is no clear consensus on the answers to the riddles, with multiple competing views and interpretations presented by participants. The discussion remains unresolved as different solutions are suggested.

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Some riddles depend on lateral thinking and wordplay, which may lead to varying interpretations. The assumptions behind each riddle are not universally agreed upon, and participants express differing views on the logic behind their answers.

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  • #301


Gokul43201 said:
A tablespoonfull.

none its a hole!
 
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  • #302


a women shoots her husband.then she holds him in water for over five minutes.Finally she hangs him.But after 5 minutes they both go out and enjoy a wonderfull dinner together? How can this be?
 
  • #303


th third one is safest for him becouse th lions haven't eaten for three year it means that the lions have dead
 
  • #304


hemjeet said:
a women shoots her husband.then she holds him in water for over five minutes.Finally she hangs him.But after 5 minutes they both go out and enjoy a wonderfull dinner together? How can this be?

Hee hee that's clever.
She's a photographer.
 
  • #305


DaveC426913 said:
She's a photographer.

In water? She must not a very good one!

DaveE
 
  • #306


zidiane said:
5000, i did it in my head easily, 1k+1k+1k+1k=4k+10+40=4.5k+20+30=5k

i think it should be 4100
 
  • #307


sugandh said:
another simple one
Larry's father has five sons named Ten, Twenty, Thirty, Forty...Guess what would be the name of the fifth?

easy: it's Larry
 
  • #308


powergirl said:
NOt right;
Can anyone answer this?
2) A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms: The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

sorry,I am puzzled~~
 
  • #309


davee123 said:
In water? She must not a very good one!

DaveE

I think if it had listed 'developer, then stop bath, then fix, then water rinse', it might have given something away. :wink:
 
  • #310


I'm surprised she didn't frame him before she hanged him.
 
  • #311


phywjc said:
sorry,I am puzzled~~

Read it again -- it's easy.
 
  • #312


Jimmy Snyder said:
I'm surprised she didn't frame him before she hanged him.

:smile: that would have been good - but definitely a giveaway.
 
  • #313


hemjeet said:
a women shoots her husband.then she holds him in water for over five minutes.Finally she hangs him.But after 5 minutes they both go out and enjoy a wonderfull dinner together? How can this be?

she shoots with camera...easy one
 
  • #314


janeybee said:
easy: it's Larry

correct!
 
  • #315


NOW A GOOD ONE DEDICATED TO LIERS ,IF ANY ONE CAN SOUGHT OUT WITH REASON.

A GUY NAMED BILLOO visited an island.ther were only two tribes living in that island.the eastern tribes always tella lie and the western tribes always tell the truth.Billoo saw a tribal person passing him he asked his tour guide to ask the tribal person where he lives.the tour guide ask the person and came with the answer He lives over WEST. the tour guide said the truth or tell a lie?
 
  • #316


sugandh said:
the tour guide said the truth or tell a lie?

The tourist can can breathe more easily now. His tour guide is not a liаr.
 
  • #317


upisoft said:
the tourist can can breathe more easily now. His tour guide is not a liаr.

hhhmmm...
 
  • #318


powergirl said:
Let me ask the Ist Quest:'n.
"1) How much soil is there in a hole measuring one metre by one metre by one metre?"

none its a hole:P
 
  • #319


powergirl said:
3)(in your head!) take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10. What is the total?
Pls sincerely add it in mind...

5000..??
 
  • #320


powergirl said:
NOt right;
Can anyone answer this?
2) A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms: The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

none he will die neway!
 
  • #321


verty said:
Q: A man is in a room with no windows, no door, no holes in the ceiling and no trapdoors in the floor. How does he escape the room?

if dr is no door cudnt he jus walk out ov dr lol...mayb stil no idea:)
 
  • #322


aliozair said:
5000..??

Nope
aliozair said:
none he will die neway!

Really? Try not eating for three years and see if you're still alive after it...
 
  • #323


aliozair said:
if dr is no door cudnt he jus walk out ov dr lol...mayb stil no idea:)

Please use proper English.
 
  • #324


powergirl said:
NOt right;
Can anyone answer this?
2) A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms: The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

The lions are dead they have not eaten for three years.
 
  • #325


powergirl said:
:::>A man dressed all in black is walking down a country lane. Suddenly a large black car without any lights on comes round the corner and screeches to a halt.

How did the driver know there was a man in the road?

its morning
 
  • #326


tisshhh said:
its morning

or noon. Or evening. Or any time that's not dark night.
 
  • #327


i am a 5 letters word; backward forward i am still the same. if you remove my first letter i become the first man God created, when you remove my first two letters i become an energy and when you remove my last two letters i become unconsicious. which word am i??

what is the answer to this?

goodluck!
 
  • #328


evra said:
i am a 5 letters word; backward forward i am still the same. if you remove my first letter i become the first man God created, when you remove my first two letters i become an energy and when you remove my last two letters i become unconsicious. which word am i??

what is the answer to this?

goodluck!

madam
 
  • #329


is Zero(0) an even number, odd or prime??
 
  • #330


do women get bald? is it normal? explain it, please.
 

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