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Author:  brandon7219 [ 09 May 2006, 13:34 ]
Post subject:  Riddles, Brainbusters, etc. etc.

Whats up guys?

Start Putting all your riddles and things like them here.

Author:  Mike Yoh [ 09 May 2006, 18:11 ]
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I don't give rewards considering i'm relly poor but here goes

1.) It's more powerful than God.
It's more evil than the devil.
The poor have it.
The rich need it.
If you eat it, you'll die.
What am I ~Answered

2.) The paragraph below is most unusual. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary you'd think nothing was wrong with it - and in fact, nothing is wrong with it. It is unusual though. Why?

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"Gatsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had had its noisy run; and with not many folks in sight, His Honor got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a mayor out of City Hall is a shining mark for any politician. And so, coming to Broadway, a booming bass drum and sounds of singing, told of a small Salvation Army unit carrying on amidst Broadway's night shopping crowds. Gatsby, walking towards that group, saw a young girl, back toward him, just finishing a long, soulful oration ... "
The above passage is taken from the book "Gatsby" written by Ernest Vincent Wright in the late 1930's

3.) A horse is tied to a 15 ft. rope and there is a bail of hay 25 ft. away from him. Yet the horse is able to eat from the bail of hay. How is this possible ~answered

4.) A man walks into a bar and asks for a glass of water. The bartender pulls out a shotgun and points it at him. The man says, thank you and leaves.

5.) Easy- You are right next to a river and have a 5 gallon container and a 3 gallon container. You need to measure out 1 gallon of water. How do you do it? ~answered

6.) If u get this wrong i'll dm u till u cry (no i won't i don't wanna get banned =P) - How much dirt is in a hole 6 and a half feet wide, 8 feet deep, and 5 feet long ~answered

Author:  DraconicDon [ 09 May 2006, 19:39 ]
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1. flys

2. dunno

3. the rope is tied to the horse but not anything else

4. a lead bullet has as much desnity as a glas of watter... i dunno

5. fill the five gallon container and use that to fill the three gallon leaving the two gallons in the five. empty the thee gallon. pour the two remaining gallons into the three gallon. fill the five gallon again pour use it to fill the three gallon. empty the three. poutr anotjer three gallons into the three from the five. there you have one gallon in the five.


6. no dirt in a hole

Author:  brandon7219 [ 09 May 2006, 20:15 ]
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4. You dont order water at a bar, u order booze

Author:  Mike Yoh [ 09 May 2006, 20:29 ]
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DraconicDon wrote:
1. flys

2. dunno

3. the rope is tied to the horse but not anything else

4. a lead bullet has as much desnity as a glas of watter... i dunno

5. fill the five gallon container and use that to fill the three gallon leaving the two gallons in the five. empty the thee gallon. pour the two remaining gallons into the three gallon. fill the five gallon again pour use it to fill the three gallon. empty the three. poutr anotjer three gallons into the three from the five. there you have one gallon in the five.


6. no dirt in a hole


3 and 6 are right, the rest arent, i think 5 is right but could you edit it and get rid of the typos? it's kinda hard to read. However, there's an easier solution to #5, pple can still go for it

Author:  twitch42o [ 09 May 2006, 20:42 ]
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1. Me


4. The guy pisses himself = water

Author:  perlov0 [ 09 May 2006, 20:46 ]
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Mike Yoh wrote:
I don't give rewards considering i'm relly poor but here goes

1.) It's more powerful than God.
It's more evil than the devil.
The poor have it.
The rich need it.
If you eat it, you'll die.
What am I

2.) The paragraph below is most unusual. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary you'd think nothing was wrong with it - and in fact, nothing is wrong with it. It is unusual though. Why?

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"Gatsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had had its noisy run; and with not many folks in sight, His Honor got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a mayor out of City Hall is a shining mark for any politician. And so, coming to Broadway, a booming bass drum and sounds of singing, told of a small Salvation Army unit carrying on amidst Broadway's night shopping crowds. Gatsby, walking towards that group, saw a young girl, back toward him, just finishing a long, soulful oration ... "
The above passage is taken from the book "Gatsby" written by Ernest Vincent Wright in the late 1930's

4.) A man walks into a bar and asks for a glass of water. The bartender pulls out a shotgun and points it at him. The man says, thank you and leaves.



1: Nothings more powerful than god

2: Um it uses correct grammar?

4: Isn't the shotgun that thing that they can hit the buttons and it makes the different beverage come out?

Author:  Mike Yoh [ 09 May 2006, 21:27 ]
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yes u got 1 right, it's "nothing" and u'll see it pertains to all of the phrases

Author:  DraconicDon [ 09 May 2006, 21:52 ]
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what about my answer to number five? it works out

Author:  Supernuker [ 09 May 2006, 21:57 ]
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Mines eaiser for Number 5

Fill the 3 Gallon, fill up the 5 gallon with 3 gallons, then fill up the 3 gallon again, and put water into the 5 gallon until its full. You then have one gallon left over in the 3 gallon.

Author:  DraconicDon [ 09 May 2006, 22:03 ]
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well yeah you could do that but its not over thought out and complicated.

Author:  Mike Yoh [ 09 May 2006, 23:49 ]
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yea nuker has the "right" answer but draconic urs was right too. guys for 2 and 4 THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX!

Author:  Supernuker [ 10 May 2006, 01:28 ]
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4. It was a shotgun that shot glasses of water and not bullets.

Author:  Mike Yoh [ 10 May 2006, 09:25 ]
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nope, ok here's a hint for number 2, there's nothing wrong spelling or grammatical, and for number 4 twitch was closest in that the shotgun scared the sh!t outta the customer

Author:  twitch42o [ 10 May 2006, 13:31 ]
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YEAH IT MADE HIM PISS HIMSELF!

Author:  Maxwell Murder [ 10 May 2006, 14:38 ]
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Question #4
The man needed a cure for his hickups, originally being the glass of water. When the bartender pulled a shotgun on the man, his hickups were scared away. The bartender then realized that the man he was pointing a shotgun at was Maxwell Murder but took a shot to the head before he could do anything about it.

Author:  Mike Yoh [ 10 May 2006, 18:41 ]
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yea Max got it right. #2 is kinda hard, it took me 20 mins of staring at it till i could figure it out.

Author:  perlov0 [ 10 May 2006, 20:55 ]
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Because cigars cannot be entirely smoked, a hobo who collects cigar butts can make a cigar to smoke out of every 5 butts that he finds. Today, he has collected 25 cigar butts. How many cigars will he be able to smoke?
-Answered by Drac



Someone at a party introduces you to your mother's only sister's husband's sister in law. He has no brothers. What do you call this lady?

What English word can have 4 of its 5 letters removed and still retain it's original pronunciation? - Answered by victor


A carpenter was in a terrible hurry. He had to work as quickly as possible to cut a very heavy 10 foot plank into 10 equal sections. If it takes 1 minute per cut, how long will it take him to get the 10 equal pieces? - answered by mike yoh



There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?



How can you make the following equation true by drawing only one straight line:
5+5+5=550


A man was found murdered on Sunday morning. His wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and got these alibis:
The Wife said she was sleeping.
The Cook was cooking breakfast.
The Gardener was picking vegetables.
The Maid was getting the mail.
The Butler was cleaning the closet. -answered by Nuker

The police instantly arrested the murdered. Who did it and how did they know?

Whoever answers each of these correctly gets 1k in game tsrp money
You can only get 1 right for money tho

Author:  perlov0 [ 10 May 2006, 21:10 ]
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I know the answer to the paragraph one, but i got it while searching for riddles so i wont say the answer

Author:  DraconicDon [ 10 May 2006, 21:33 ]
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cigar - 6

Saw - 9

Murder - Butler, Cleaning is the maids job. or I could give an entirely difrent reason envolving toasters.

Author:  perlov0 [ 10 May 2006, 21:35 ]
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Hmm. Just one i guess or you can say them all that you know and i can tell you if they are right or not.

Author:  DraconicDon [ 10 May 2006, 21:43 ]
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answers edited into previous post

Author:  Victor [ 10 May 2006, 21:49 ]
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For the english word thing its Queue.


Queue - Ueue = Q

Author:  Victor [ 10 May 2006, 21:50 ]
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5 + 5 + 5 = (put the straight line through the = sign to make it a does not = ) 550

I win again

Author:  Supernuker [ 10 May 2006, 22:44 ]
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The Muder was the maid. There is no mail on sundays.

Give my prize money to shippo.

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