St Ives - Brainteaser

[cannabis campbell]

As I was going to St Ives
I met a man with seven wives

And every wife had seven sacks
And every sack had seven cats
And every cat had seven kits

Kits, cats, sacks, wives
How many were going to St Ives?????


you tell me.

[BabyFacedAbortion]

just you?

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damn i didnt think the first person would get it... :(

[BabyFacedAbortion]

I'm clever :D

[cannabis campbell]

Ok heres another brainteaser for you...

You have a dime and a dollar, you buy a dog and a collar, the dog is a dollar more than the collar, how much is the collar?

[higher4hockey]

one.

now for the other part of that movie...you have a three gallon jug and a five gallon jug, how do you get four gallons ?

[BabyFacedAbortion]

I wont ruin this one lol

[birdgirl73]

You've gotta get up pretty early in the morning to beat BFA with a brain teaser. Also, the story sort of gives it away. The only one who's clearly going to St. Ives is the storyteller. The man and his wives can be assumed to simply be somewhere along the way, probably with a cardboard sign trying to give away sacks. And cats. And kittens.

Give us another!!!

[cannabis campbell]

Haha die hard yeah it was in that lmao

anyway Heres another one for you im bored lol...




Johnny's mother had four children. The first was April, the second was May, and the third was June. What was the name of her fourth child?

[BabyFacedAbortion]

Johnny

[WEsmokeED]

Johnny...

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ooh very good ok next one...

Imagine you are in a sinking rowboat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive?

[WEsmokeED]

man come on i actully knew that one

[cannabis campbell]

Lmao :D

I wanna try to baffle BFA/Birlgirls head :D

my riddles are too complicated for you to handle. :D

[WEsmokeED]

yea

i wouldnt be rowing a boat if there was sharks in the water, i wouldnt even get my feet wet.

[Pylon]

Pretty easy ones here peeps cept that last one almost got me :thumbsup: lets see more...

[birdgirl73]

I don't know!!! If the rowboat were sinking, it sounds like I'd be in big trouble. Scream and hit them in the face with an oar???

Girl answer, I know.

[cannabis campbell]

Keep guessing i wont give it away yet :D

think think think lol read through it and think :p

[birdgirl73]

I'd stop imagining it!!!! I'm not in any danger of dying from sharks or sinking boats if I'm just imagining it.

[WEsmokeED]

stop imagining

im genius, i can use google

[cannabis campbell]

CHEATERS!! Lol

Did you use google birdgirl? be honest :hippy:

[WEsmokeED]

yea i cheated but im honest

[MacWQ33]

I wonder how the new Die Hard is going to be. Can't really lose with Die Hard though. Either way...

A man left home running. He ran a little 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? LOL...

Don't ruin it lol!

[birdgirl73]

Heck no. These are on Google? I'll use that with the next one, though!

No, I did what you said. I read it over again, noticed the word imagining this time instead of panicking at the part about a sinking boat and sharks, and the answer came through. It seems all that advice about keeping a calm head is accurate.

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Lol at least birdgirl used her brain!! im gonna get these from somewhere else

SOMEWHERE WHERE PEOPLE CANT USE GOOGLE :D

then see how far you get...

[WEsmokeED]

its baseball! Da ump and da catcher

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ok try this


Monique is 24 years old.

She is twice the age that Valerie had when Monique was the same age that Valerie is now.

Question : How old is Valerie?

[birdgirl73]

I was kidding about cheating. I won't try and look them up. I can pretty well only have one browser open at a time on my PC right now, and I'm also trying to moderate between check-ins here.

But I have to confess that my brain already hurts. I need some puzzles or logic problems. I can really excel at those . . . .

[Professor Dan K.]

one.

now for the other part of that movie...you have a three gallon jug and a five gallon jug, how do you get four gallons ?

fill the 5 gallong completely full.

pour the 5 gallons into the 3 gallons. leaving 2 gallons in the 5 gallon jug.

empty the 3 gallon jug.

pour the 2 gallons from the 5 gallon jug into the 3 gallon jug. leaving 1 gallon free

fill the 5 gallon completely full, pour the one gallon from the 5 intot he 3 leaving you with 4 gallons in the 5 gallon jug.



muahahah, i havent seen that movie in so long but that was fun to figure out.

[MacWQ33]

its baseball! Da ump and da catcher

Yeah, lame I know lol.

[birdgirl73]

Professor K, what'd you get on that last one about Valerie?

[cannabis campbell]

No guesses yourself BG?

[WEsmokeED]

Valerie is like 20

I know how it works i just cant do the math at the moment much less open my eyes

[onequickmove]

fill the 5 gallong completely full.

pour the 5 gallons into the 3 gallons. leaving 2 gallons in the 5 gallon jug.

empty the 3 gallon jug.

pour the 2 gallons from the 5 gallon jug into the 3 gallon jug. leaving 1 gallon free

fill the 5 gallon completely full, pour the one gallon from the 5 intot he 3 leaving you with 4 gallons in the 5 gallon jug.



muahahah, i havent seen that movie in so long but that was fun to figure out.

that was in star wars KOTOR videogame as well, with chemicals and a big fish :)

[MacWQ33]

I think that one is too easy, therefore I'll leave it be.

Edit: 2000 posts...

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Nope not 20, very close though :p

[birdgirl73]

No guesses yourself BG?
No, I need a tutor on that one. I can't even make it through the riddle to make enough sense of it to figure it out. I'm very tired. But even if I were well rested, I doubt I could tell you Valerie's age. If someone gives the answer, tell me how you figured it, please. . . .

[cannabis campbell]

Ok right...

Monique is 24...

Valerie is 18...

I dont know how it works out though Lmao im not even sure if it does that one just confuses me ok the next one will make more sense lol.

[cannabis campbell]

Ok heres the next one its pretty simple anyone should be able to figure this one out lol :p

Daniel, Claude and Lou are friends

Daniel is Claude's brother.

Claude is Lou's brother.

Lou is not Daniel's brother.

Question : How is this possible ?

[WEsmokeED]

different parents?

[TheAtomicPunk]

One of them is a girl?

[cannabis campbell]

Nope guess again i wont keep you waiting too long if you wont get it

Have another try though

Its a lot more simple than you think.

[cannabis campbell]

One of them is a girl?

Yep!! thats right lou was the sister not the brother lol

Ok Next Brainteaster...

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A crime has been committed.

A life has been taken.

The name, address and personal information are known by police.

However, this person shall never go to trial or jail.

Question: Why?

[birdgirl73]

Are they fraternity brothers?

[birdgirl73]

Oh, heck. I suck at this!! I give up. You've already trounced me for the night, CC. We need BFA to get back in here and play for the girls' team!

[cannabis campbell]

LOL good guess though but a bit too late :p

[WEsmokeED]

it was suicide

[cannabis campbell]

Yep, well done did you use google that time lol??

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A youngster, standing one metre tall, lived with his parents on the tenth floor of an apartment building.

When leaving for school in the morning, he would use the elevator to get to the ground floor.

When returning from school, he would take the elevator to the fifth floor.

Then, he would get out of the elevator and climb the stairs to the tenth floor.

Question : Why did he not use the elevator to get to the tenth floor?

[WEsmokeED]

he couldnt reach the 10th button it was to high....and now that im not these are easy

[cannabis campbell]

Ok i will get some slightly harder ones...

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A man states that he is able to predict the score of any football game even before the game begins.

Question : How is this possible ?

[Pylon]

Anybody can state they can predict the score of a game,,,

[TheAtomicPunk]

The man is Micheal J. Fox and has a list of all the games that he got in the future!

I WIN NOW GIVE ME REP!

[WEsmokeED]

Cuz before the game starts the score is always the same 0-0

[WEsmokeED]

Cuz before the game starts the score is always the same 0-0

Im too good and not cheating either

[Professor Dan K.]

ok try this


Monique is 24 years old.

She is twice the age that Valerie had when Monique was the same age that Valerie is now.

Question : How old is Valerie?



Ok right...

Monique is 24...

Valerie is 18...

I dont know how it works out though Lmao im not even sure if it does that one just confuses me ok the next one will make more sense lol.

this one cant work out with the answers you gave us.

first, if monique is 24...

if we know vallery is 18 from your answer, then that would mean that when monique was her age, 18, then valerie would be 9 because monique was twice her age, at her age.
so they would be 9 years apart.
if shes 24 then valerie would have to be 15.

i dunno what the real answer is but its not 18. i think it could be a variety of answers. if i can focus enough ill come up with it in mathematical terms, but its really hard :(

[Professor Dan K.]

omg i figured it out after, it wasnt too hard it really helped to write it down as like a table

valerie is 16

so basically if monique is 24, then all you need to do is find the year where monique is a certain age (16 in this case) and take half that to have valerie's age.

i tried 18, but that didnt work because half that would be valerie at 9. 24-9 isnt 18.

so i tried 10 to check. valerie would be 5 in this case, 24-5 isnt 10. so then i plugged in 16. valerie would be 8 years old, 24-8 is in fact 16 years old.

:D

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ooh very clever ^^

[LIP]

You. You bumped into those people, so they couldnt have been going the same way.

Not only that - but i've seen die hard as well. I got the DVD. That German bloke bangs on about it. THe actor who plays him is actually English - he does a good accent.

:D

[cannabis campbell]

lmao

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha92-9_7A5s

[slipknotpsycho]

As I was going to St Ives
I met a man with seven wives

And every wife had seven sacks
And every sack had seven cats
And every cat had seven kits

Kits, cats, sacks, wives
How many were going to St Ives?????


you tell me.

if she hadn't got it i woulda got it right away. that's one of my favorite movies and of the die hard movies that's my favorite one.

[slipknotpsycho]

How many animals of each species did Moses take on the ark?

apparently 2.

[slipknotpsycho]

ahh shit.... i walked right into that one :wtf:

[cannabis campbell]

LMAO! good one billionfold

lets have some more...

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How many 1 foot by 1 foot bricks would it take to complete a building that's 20 feet long on all four sides and 20 feet high?

[slipknotpsycho]

1,600?

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Answer:
Only one; the last brick you put in will complete it.

Haha :p

[cannabis campbell]

Lol i found this one funny its more of a joke really

Problem:
Two men are in a desert. They both have packs on. One of the guys is dead. The guy who is alive has his pack open, the guy who is dead has his pack closed. What is in the pack?

Answer:
A parachute that didn't open.

[cannabis campbell]

Ok try this one it shouldnt be too hard..

I have holes on the top and bottom. I have holes on my left and on my right. And I have holes in the middle, yet I still hold water. What am I?

[Professor Dan K.]

your this guy

[cannabis campbell]

Haha that was too easy...

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It runs and runs but can never flee. It is often watched, yet never sees. When long it brings boredom, When short it brings fear. What is it?

[slipknotpsycho]

a river.

[cannabis campbell]

Nope.

Try again

[rantingsweed]

time.

[cannabis campbell]

YES.. well done :D

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next one...

A hundred feet in the air, but it's back is on the ground. What is it?

[slipknotpsycho]

flipped over centipede.. that one's easy... (all you gotta do is realize riddles are based on plays of words... o.0 think of something with exactly 100 feet and you got the answer.)

[cannabis campbell]

Lol damn you theyre gonna get a lot harder now, how bout this one...

Two cops walked into a room with no windows and found a dead man who obviously hung himself from the ceiling, though they couldn't figure out how. There was no chair beneath him that he might have jumped off of, or a table. Just a puddle of water. How'd he do it?

[slipknotpsycho]

Lol damn you theyre gonna get a lot harder now, how bout this one...

Two cops walked into a room with no windows and found a dead man who obviously hung himself from the ceiling, though they couldn't figure out how. There was no chair beneath him that he might have jumped off of, or a table. Just a puddle of water. How'd he do it?

ok i looked that one up cuz it was fucking with me not being able to figure it out...

i won't spoil it tho... if someone guess it right tho i'll chime in it's correct <.>

but yes, that's a good one

[cannabis campbell]

Lol yeah its a good one i dont think i would be able to figure that one out

i would be suprised if anyone can - without looking it up lol

[WEsmokeED]

He stood on a big ass ice cube huh?

til it melted then he died

[cannabis campbell]

You looked on google like you always do huh?? lmao

[cannabis campbell]

please dont look on google it makes the game no fun anyway next one..

What falls but doesn't break, and what breaks but doesn't fall?

[WEsmokeED]

No i didnt honestly, i cant figure this one out though.

I think the second part is a car but im really lost on that one.

[cannabis campbell]

keep guessing :)

[cannabis campbell]

Haha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEf9LzLNehU

[rantingsweed]

summer and winter?

[rantingsweed]

ooo wait nvm i looked it up haha

[LIP]

What's this then?

[slipknotpsycho]

a rough draft of mario 3

[slipknotpsycho]

im lkely to say skunk just cuz it seems like the least likely answer.

but knowing you i have to say neither, cuz they're in complete darkness and there is no light to be reflected for them to see with.

[420marijuana420]

you light the match first

[slipknotpsycho]

yeah i woulda got that one too... <.< it was one i heard alot in like 4th grade or around that era...

[slipknotpsycho]

ain't given rep out in awhile, so i'll say three riddles, pick one you'd like to 'solve' post the number, and the answer if you're right i'll rep you.

1. A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?

2. How could a cowboy ride into town on Friday, stay two days, and ride out on Friday?

3. A man was found dead in his study. He was slumped over his desk and a gun was in his hand. There was a cassette recorder on his desk. When the police entered the room and pressed the play button on the tape recorder they heard: "I can't go on. I have nothing to live for." Then there was the sound of a gunshot. How did the detective immediately know that the man had been murdered and it wasn't a suicide?

[slipknotpsycho]

ok 2 is solved, can't rep you yet <.< seems everytiem you solve a riddle of mine i've repp'd you too recently.

and only answer 1!!! the point was for me to give out rep <.> shit now i gotta find another

[slipknotpsycho]

replacement 3. There is a man who has a boat and wants to cross a river. The problem is it can only carry two things at a time, the owner and one more thing. The owner is confused because he has a goat, lion and grass and has to carry them over but does not know what to start with coz if he goes with the lion, the goat eats the grass and if he goes with the grass the goat eats it.How does he go about it?

[slipknotpsycho]

no you weren't! >.< you're doin it on purpose =/

[cannabis campbell]

ain't given rep out in awhile, so i'll say three riddles, pick one you'd like to 'solve' post the number, and the answer if you're right i'll rep you.

1. A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?

2. How could a cowboy ride into town on Friday, stay two days, and ride out on Friday?

3. A man was found dead in his study. He was slumped over his desk and a gun was in his hand. There was a cassette recorder on his desk. When the police entered the room and pressed the play button on the tape recorder they heard: "I can't go on. I have nothing to live for." Then there was the sound of a gunshot. How did the detective immediately know that the man had been murdered and it wasn't a suicide?

number 3 is good lol give me the answer plz i really want to know now lol

[delusionsofNORMALity]

goat across first, then grass and goat goes back to first shore, then lion across, then goat across. too easy.


or i suppose he could just throw it all in the river, go home alone and get high.

[slipknotpsycho]

replacement 1. Read my riddle, I pray. What God never sees, what the king seldom sees, and what we see every day. What is it?

[slipknotpsycho]

blah! i can't rep you yet either dellusion... i owe you one too... ok only one riddle left <.<

[420marijuana420]

replacement 1. Read my riddle, I pray. What God never sees, what the king seldom sees, and what we see every day. What is it?

an equal, I knew that one

[slipknotpsycho]

question 1 solved (although i feel cheated <.< i still gave rep) i thought for sure the wording would throw people off for awhile.

[420marijuana420]

question 1 solved (although i feel cheated <.< i still gave rep) i thought for sure the wording would throw people off for awhile.

my teachers used to tell me that all the time

[cannabis campbell]

Can you tell me the answer to number 3 :D

3. A man was found dead in his study. He was slumped over his desk and a gun was in his hand. There was a cassette recorder on his desk. When the police entered the room and pressed the play button on the tape recorder they heard: "I can't go on. I have nothing to live for." Then there was the sound of a gunshot. How did the detective immediately know that the man had been murdered and it wasn't a suicide?

or did billionfold get it right?

[420marijuana420]

Can you tell me the answer to number 3 :D

3. A man was found dead in his study. He was slumped over his desk and a gun was in his hand. There was a cassette recorder on his desk. When the police entered the room and pressed the play button on the tape recorder they heard: "I can't go on. I have nothing to live for." Then there was the sound of a gunshot. How did the detective immediately know that the man had been murdered and it wasn't a suicide?

or did billionfold get it right?

some one said it was because the dead man can't rewind the tape

[delusionsofNORMALity]

please dont look on google it makes the game no fun anyway next one..

What falls but doesn't break, and what breaks but doesn't fall?

night falls, day breaks.

[cannabis campbell]

yepp :D

[slipknotpsycho]

Can you tell me the answer to number 3 :D

3. A man was found dead in his study. He was slumped over his desk and a gun was in his hand. There was a cassette recorder on his desk. When the police entered the room and pressed the play button on the tape recorder they heard: "I can't go on. I have nothing to live for." Then there was the sound of a gunshot. How did the detective immediately know that the man had been murdered and it wasn't a suicide?

or did billionfold get it right?

yeah he got it right.

[cannabis campbell]

Next brainteaser...

anyone care to do the honours?

[qdavid]

As I was going to St Ives
I met a man with seven wives

And every wife had seven sacks
And every sack had seven cats
And every cat had seven kits

Kits, cats, sacks, wives
How many were going to St Ives?????


you tell me.

Actually the answer is none, unless you're a kit, cat, sack or wife.

[cannabis campbell]

Ok heres another one lets see who can do this..

When you stop and look, you can always see me. If you try to touch you cannot feel me. I cannot move, but as you near me, I will move away from you. What am I?

[slipknotpsycho]

Actually the answer is none, unless you're a kit, cat, sack or wife.


As I was going to St Ives
I met a man with seven wives

And every wife had seven sacks
And every sack had seven cats
And every cat had seven kits

Kits, cats, sacks, wives
How many were going to St Ives?????


read again.

[cannabis campbell]

lmao

[slipknotpsycho]

Ok heres another one lets see who can do this..

When you stop and look, you can always see me. If you try to touch you cannot feel me. I cannot move, but as you near me, I will move away from you. What am I?

a shadow, that's easy as hell... infact it was on my riddle thread.

[cannabis campbell]

Wrong answer lol :D

[slipknotpsycho]

hmm.. well it sounds strangely familiar to the shadow one.

[cannabis campbell]

the correct answer is...





































keep guessing :D

[WEsmokeED]

is it the horizon?

[cannabis campbell]

Is it... because YOU LOOKED IT UP ON GOOGLE!!!??? :mad:

[LuckyG]

2402.

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2402??

[cannabis campbell]

Well??????

[4twentE]

Ok heres another one lets see who can do this..

When you stop and look, you can always see me. If you try to touch you cannot feel me. I cannot move, but as you near me, I will move away from you. What am I?

A woman! At least from my perspective. ;)

[cannabis campbell]

LMFAO good one mate!!! +rep for that !!

[bluntblaze]

cough cough

[bluntblaze]

LMFAO good one mate!!! +rep for that !!was that thie rigth answer??

[cannabis campbell]

A shadow lol.

[bluntblaze]

is that the answer?

[cannabis campbell]

Yep.

[bluntblaze]

damn i got it but edited my post because it thaught it was wrong lol

[bluntblaze]

cc your confusin me... im led to beleive the correct answer was horizon.


i give up .. you win

[cannabis campbell]

Ermmm i suppose both answers would be correct if you think about it..

[bluntblaze]

true ... but im sitting in my bedroom in the dark. soo both answers are wrong :p

[cannabis campbell]

lol :p smart-ass :p

[bluntblaze]

lol

[slipknotpsycho]

Yep.

slap yourself... -.- i guessed that and you told me it was wrong.

[bluntblaze]

lmao thats why i edited my post.

[bluntblaze]

give us some more cc

[4twentE]

I got one:

What can you see, but not touch? The more you take away from it, it gets bigger. And if you put one in a barrel, it would make the barrel lighter.

It's a ...

[cannabis campbell]

Hmm dont know i give up tell me :D

[slipknotpsycho]

hole... easy.. it was on are you afraid of the dark.

[cannabis campbell]

ooh good one heres another..

Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?

[ghosty]

a man drove all the way from new york to los angeles with a flat tire, however the ride was very smooth and he didnt notice until he got to LA, why didnt he notice?

[4twentE]

Hell yeah slipknot. That's where I got it from!!! I remembered the riddle, but forgot where from. I watched that show all the time.

[cannabis campbell]

What show and whats the answer i wanna know that one ghosty lol.. i have no idea.

[4twentE]

the tire was in the trunk. it was the spare or something.

[4twentE]

food, live; water, die...hmmm...

heard it but forgot what it was.

[cannabis campbell]

ooh good one now do mine :)

Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?

[slipknotpsycho]

Hell yeah slipknot. That's where I got it from!!! I remembered the riddle, but forgot where from. I watched that show all the time.

itw as the ghost cab one... two kids got lost in the woods they came to this old house with alot of weird shit in it (like hands in jars and shit) and they asked to use a phone and she said she didn't have one but a cab always comes by and they could get a ride from him... so they get in the cab after awhile they figure out he's dead, and he tells them they're about to die with him, he gives them a riddle and basicly says he'll let 'em go if they solve it... right as they're approaching the tree that's to kill them the smart kid gets it and they end up rolling on the ground with flaming tire marks leading right to the tree...

[cannabis campbell]

Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?

[wannabehippiegirl]

Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?
fire
food being oxygen?
yea thats probally not what it is but whatever

[cannabis campbell]

Good guess, did you look that one up?

anyone want to post some more brainteaserrrs :)