| Riddles |
| 1. |
"The beginning of eternity The end of time and space, The beginning of every end, And the end of every place." |
| 2. | A hunter leaves his cabin early in the morning and walks one mile due south. Here he sees a bear and starts chasing it for one mile due east before he is able to shoot the bear. After shooting the bear, he drags it one mile due north back to his cabin where he started that morning. What color is the bear? |
| 3. | Three salesmen went into a hotel to rent a room. The manager stated that he had only one room left, but all three could use it for $30.00 for the night. The three salesmen gave him $10.00 each and went up to their room. Later, the manager decided that he had charged the salesmen too much so he called the bellhop over, gave him five one-dollar bills, and said: 'Take this $5.00 up to the salesmen and tell them I had charged them too much for the room.' On the way up, the bellhop knew that he could not divide the five one-dollar bills equally so he puts two of the one-dollar bills in his pocket and returned one one-dollar bill to each of the salesmen. This means that each salesman paid $9.00 for the room. The bellhop kept $2.00. Three times nine is 27 plus two is 29....... The Question: What happened to the extra dollar? |
| 4. | You are a participant in a quiz. The quiz master shows you ten closed doors. He tells you that behind one of these doors there is a prize, and behind the other nine doors there's nothing. You select one of the doors, but before you open it the quiz master, who knows where the prize is hidden, selects eight of the nine remaining doors and shows that the prize is not behind any of them. The quiz master offers you a chance to switch doors with the remaining closed door. The Question: Should you stick to your choice? |
| 5. |
As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Every wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cats, Every cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. Ives? |
| 6. | You are seated in a room facing two other people. In order to determine who is the smartest, all of you are blindfolded and told that a colored dot will be painted on your forehead. The dot will be either red or blue, and the only rule is that at least one person must have a blue dot on their forehead. There could be one blue dot, two, or even three blue dots. Each person will be able to see the dots on the other two people, but not their own. Once someone is able to determine the color of the dot on their head they must raise their hand. The blindfolds are removed and you see one red dot and one blue dot. After one minute the others have yet to raise their hands, therefore you raise yours. What color is the dot on your head, and how did you know? |