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  Topic: The Gypsy
GameMaster

Replies: 36
Views: 11843

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 4:49 pm   Subject: The Gypsy
A few possibilities:


1. Bridges and buildings are made with a safty factor of two, so if the advertized capacity of the bridge is 100lbs, it can reasonable hold 300lbs.... so she carried them acr ...
  Topic: Help solve plz
GameMaster

Replies: 8
Views: 4491

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 4:33 pm   Subject: D'oh!
Yep, it is a stamp... I just remembered that old one when I read yuor reply.
  Topic: What Was The Man Buying?
GameMaster

Replies: 4
Views: 2625

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:42 pm   Subject: What Was The Man Buying?
House numbers at a hardware store. But I can't figgure out if they are roman numberal, letters or if each number is just priced that differently.
  Topic: All wired up.
GameMaster

Replies: 14
Views: 6582

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:35 pm   Subject: All wired up.
Hm, didn't catch that... I'll take a look at it, and repost when I have something. If I can't figgure out a way, I will go looking for a poof saying it is impossible.
  Topic: Hard?!? Mathematics One
GameMaster

Replies: 27
Views: 12104

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:08 pm   Subject: Hard?!? Mathematics One
Some-g is right.... If you've taken calc, then you know that

x/0 = lim(a=>0)(x/a) = infinity. Weather you like it or not.

After you changed your riddle, 9^(9!) or (9^9)! is the largest I c ...
  Topic: Help solve plz
GameMaster

Replies: 8
Views: 4491

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:56 pm   Subject: Help solve plz
I agree with Unclever on all but the last one.

For 4, btw, Your aunt loves leaf but not trees, and loves dogs but not puppies.

On to the disagreement... I think it's the ground.
  Topic: Youll never get it no matter what
GameMaster

Replies: 11
Views: 4748

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:09 pm   Subject: Youll never get it no matter what
I got the leo part, I'm going to guess at which lion your talking about:
Aslan... I'm guessing it's from Chronicals of Narnina.... No particular reason for the guess, except the Peter and the Lion ...
  Topic: Farmer's Animals
GameMaster

Replies: 11
Views: 4825

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:03 pm   Subject: Farmer's Animals
There are two answers that satisfy the riddle, as asked.

First to say why it isn't 6.
Doesn't work with 6, (2 of each) because:
- "They are all pigs but two,"
There are 4 that are not ...
  Topic: All wired up.
GameMaster

Replies: 14
Views: 6582

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:52 pm   Subject: HA!
All nay sayers... It can be done.
Your book is wrong:

http://game-master.us/ridpipe.jpg
  Topic: Iron Dragon's Daughter
GameMaster

Replies: 24
Views: 7666

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:11 pm   Subject: Iron Dragon's Daughter
It sounds like a coma to me, too.
  Topic: Confusing or what?
GameMaster

Replies: 8
Views: 4305

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:10 pm   Subject: Yep.
It's an umbrella this is an old one.
  Topic: 1st Post
GameMaster

Replies: 9
Views: 2888

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:46 pm   Subject: 1st Post
I agree with some-g
  Topic: What Am I? (Kinda Easy)
GameMaster

Replies: 18
Views: 6277

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:43 pm   Subject: God...
"I understand the (in jest) meant for us not to take your reasoning seriously, but I'd have to say that was more of a wave the hand explanation than, seriously those were contradicting sources! ...
  Topic: Standing alone
GameMaster

Replies: 4
Views: 2429

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 4:51 am   Subject: Standing alone
I'm with you on cactus, but the "Bearer of vissions" .... hmmm ... I was thinking mirages, but that isn't caused by the cactai.... Ah... Peyote dict is a wonderful tool.

The armor is b ...
  Topic: What Am I? (Kinda Easy)
GameMaster

Replies: 18
Views: 6277

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 4:45 am   Subject: What Am I? (Kinda Easy)
Why it's not God... (in jest):
1.) God is Dead (Also Sprake Zaratustra)
2.) God doesn't exsist (Agnostic to Atheist)
3.) God knows who he is, and wouldn't ask "who am i" -- he's all know ...
  Topic: The sphere
GameMaster

Replies: 18
Views: 9123

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 4:33 am   Subject: The sphere
Your explaination of the problem is flawed...

Remember the depth that is being discussed is the depth of the "wedding ring" shape that is left after the hole has been drilled.
"So ...
  Topic: car locks up
GameMaster

Replies: 28
Views: 11580

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:51 am   Subject: car locks up
"think outside the box" is cliche and wrong. The real issue in most "think out side the box" is not being completely unconventional and removing all rules. The solution lies in f ...
  Topic: You'll never get this... well maybe you will
GameMaster

Replies: 8
Views: 3686

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:45 am   Subject: The thread starting post.
I'm going with the thread starting post. The message that contains the riddle is refering to its self.
  Topic: king, thief, and posion
GameMaster

Replies: 12
Views: 5636

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:20 am   Subject: Princess Bride
Or build up an immunity to the posin like in Princess Bride ... Smile
  Topic: Is he telling the truth or lying? I wonder...
GameMaster

Replies: 17
Views: 6999

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 4:18 am   Subject: Is he telling the truth or lying? I wonder...
QUOTH THE RIDDLE:

But when t[h]e police asked Mr. Twitch did he kill the man he said no. He was twitching while he said it. The police man asked Mr. Twitch why he was twitching, and Mr. Twitch's re ...
  Topic: What am I? (for my poetry assignment)
GameMaster

Replies: 11
Views: 3334

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 8:18 pm   Subject: What am I? (for my poetry assignment)
I think your right deryk.
  Topic: What cant exist when something else is there?
GameMaster

Replies: 5
Views: 2233

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:10 pm   Subject: What cant exist when something else is there?
Sorry, I run linux, and the command dict is my friend.
  Topic: 4 doors to hell....
GameMaster

Replies: 11
Views: 3593

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:09 pm   Subject: 4 doors to hell....
I'd like to point out, my way also works, though a bit more time consuming. Smile
  Topic: What am I? (for my poetry assignment)
GameMaster

Replies: 11
Views: 3334

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:05 pm   Subject: What am I? (for my poetry assignment)
I'm going to guess it's your brain, though I don't think you make any more brain cells post mortum.
  Topic: Two Murder Mysteries.....
GameMaster

Replies: 8
Views: 2904

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 5:06 am   Subject: Two Murder Mysteries.....
one drink had the antidote mixed in?
No.

one drink was poisoned with a more lethal poison?
Both had the same amount of the poisin in the glass when they started drinking.

they were siamese twi ...
  Topic: 4 doors to hell....
GameMaster

Replies: 11
Views: 3593

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 10:41 pm   Subject: 4 doors to hell....
dyrek, While against the spirit of the ridde, your solution would seem to work... Unless your path back was blocked or you were also trying to go somewhere in particular. I picked up "door to h ...
  Topic: 4-5 Hands
GameMaster

Replies: 3
Views: 1940

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 10:19 am   Subject: 4-5 Hands
A horse.... Horses are measured in hands.

A clock that show Month, Day, Hour, Minute, Second ...

A game of Rummy 500.... Typically play 4 or 5 to get there.

A game of spades has four hands ...
  Topic: Evil wizard...
GameMaster

Replies: 6
Views: 2628

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 10:12 am   Subject: Evil wizard...
Yeah, when I first found it my gut reation was to kill half of them... Then I started to think about it somemore. I was very close when I finally gave in and asked what the answer was.
  Topic: help please! :?
GameMaster

Replies: 9
Views: 6507

PostForum: Easy Riddles   Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 10:09 am   Subject: help please! :?
It's the peigon(sp.) hole theorum...

The worst case senario is that each sock is a different color, so:
I pull a brown
I pull a black
I pull a tan
I pull a white
Now, it doesn't mater what I p ...
  Topic: 4 doors to hell....
GameMaster

Replies: 11
Views: 3593

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 10:04 am   Subject: 4 doors to hell....
'We ask the first stone: "Is it door 1, 2 or 3 a door to heaven?"
We ask stone2: "Did the first stone tell the truth?"
We ask stone3: "Did the first stone tell the truth?&qu ...
  Topic: What cant exist when something else is there?
GameMaster

Replies: 5
Views: 2233

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 9:41 am   Subject: What cant exist when something else is there?
Blast my spelling...

I meant:

Dichotomy \Di*chot"o*my\, n.
1. A cutting in two; a division.
[1913 Webster]

A general breach or dichotomy with their church. ...
  Topic: Evil wizard...
GameMaster

Replies: 6
Views: 2628

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 9:37 am   Subject: Evil wizard...
No one?

Alright.... Here's the solution:
http://www.game-master.us/phpx-3.4.0/126.php?riddle_id=42
  Topic: Two Murder Mysteries.....
GameMaster

Replies: 8
Views: 2904

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 9:33 am   Subject: Two Murder Mysteries.....
Those are both very old. Like the twins...

There are two twins in a bar. Identical in everyway, same job, same clothes, same drink (scotch on the rocks)... In fact the only thing about them that ...
  Topic: What cant exist when something else is there?
GameMaster

Replies: 5
Views: 2233

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 9:29 am   Subject: What cant exist when something else is there?
Your just asking for dycotamies....

Light vrs Dark
Good vrs Evil
Life vrs Death
Something vrs Nothing
Anything vrs Nothing
Anything vrs A vacume

You ask the question in such a way most dyco ...
  Topic: 4 doors to hell....
GameMaster

Replies: 11
Views: 3593

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 9:11 am   Subject: 4 doors to hell....
"And to make it more wierder if a rock tells lies the rock after it must tell the truth. "
Do we get to know if the reverse also true.
  Topic: Evil wizard...
GameMaster

Replies: 6
Views: 2628

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 6:24 pm   Subject: Evil wizard...
Hint 1: The darves have a system. But, this should obvious to anyone.
Hint 2: The first ideal solution has 50/50 chance of getting the first dwarf killed, but will save all the others.
  Topic: my second riddle
GameMaster

Replies: 4
Views: 1929

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 6:17 pm   Subject: my second riddle
The first two cupplets of the riddle had me thinking Internet, then I got to the part about "new one" and "colored sections"... Then I saw it was a phone book as well.
  Topic: new riddle(actually its an old one, but that doesn't matter)
GameMaster

Replies: 13
Views: 26691

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 6:13 pm   Subject: new riddle(actually its an old one, but that doesn't matter)
It's is an egg, and it is from the Hobbit. It's one of Gollums.
  Topic: Evil wizard...
GameMaster

Replies: 6
Views: 2628

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 6:10 pm   Subject: Evil wizard...
Neither are allowed. I suppose, I need to make that change the next time I tell the riddle.
  Topic: Airforce Riddle
GameMaster

Replies: 15
Views: 7243

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 6:41 am   Subject: Airforce Riddle
I concur, shilly is right. That's classic [binary search/newton's method].
  Topic: Tough riddle in class
GameMaster

Replies: 4
Views: 2865

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 6:38 am   Subject: Tough riddle in class
If you get one answer from each, it's easy to avoid the ware wolf. Ask something that you know the answer to, and is obvious, like:

"What color is my shirt?"

You'll get either:
Two r ...
  Topic: Evil wizard...
GameMaster

Replies: 6
Views: 2628

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 6:29 am   Subject: Evil wizard...
There is a village of wizards and a village of dwarves. Once a year, the wizards go over to the village of dwarves and line all the dwarves up in increasing height order, such that each dwarf can only ...
  Topic: My Third Riddle
GameMaster

Replies: 9
Views: 2731

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 6:23 am   Subject: My Third Riddle
I think honey is the expected answer as well. Though, I have seen honey grow mold -- Though it may not have been real honey.
  Topic: another hommade "what am i?" riddle...
GameMaster

Replies: 2
Views: 1519

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 2:35 pm   Subject: another hommade "what am i?" riddle...
I'm guessing a computer connected to the internet.... Though they aren't "white on the outside" very often these days.... I'll think about it some more.
  Topic: HARD...NEED ANSWER!!!!
GameMaster

Replies: 11
Views: 6687

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 2:34 pm   Subject: HARD...NEED ANSWER!!!!
[quote="Riddleman"]cold?[/quote]
No. Polar Bears fur is made of clear tubes -- Tempture doesn't change the color. It appears white because they layer together.

And cold doesn't turn pa ...
  Topic: 7 is half of 12
GameMaster

Replies: 14
Views: 4179

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 2:29 pm   Subject: 7 is half of 12
The right answer is about roman numerals. Twelve is

XII

if you cover the botton half up, you get something that looks like

VII which is seven.

-

What I posted is a word play solution. ...
  Topic: Rebus
GameMaster

Replies: 9
Views: 3363

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 2:20 pm   Subject: Rebus
They are word play...

Like:

prog work ress

is a "work in progress."

EGGS
EASY

is "eggs over easy."

The answers describe the "picture" or way the word ...
  Topic: Walk in the woods
GameMaster

Replies: 5
Views: 2232

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 2:27 pm   Subject: Ah!
Can also be a Tick!!! Geez, I missed it.
  Topic: 7 is half of 12
GameMaster

Replies: 14
Views: 4179

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:51 pm   Subject: 7 is half of 12
Another solution:
7 = ceil( (baker's dozen) / 2)

That is to say that the mathematical ceiling of 1/2 times 13 = ceil(6.5) = 7.
  Topic: Walk in the woods
GameMaster

Replies: 5
Views: 2232

PostForum: Difficult Riddles   Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:35 pm   Subject: Walk in the woods
"I walked into the woods and got it,"
He brushed up against a tree or log, and got a sliver.

"i sat down to seek it,"
You get a sliver, you want to pull it out. But they are ...
 
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