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DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44208 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-22 15:46:29
July 22 2013 15:45 GMT
#21
#5 is correct- one of a few answers I'd accept.
#37 is correct.
#6 is incorrect.

+ Show Spoiler +
All of them are correct except for #6. You're frickin awesome.
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Gowerly
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United Kingdom916 Posts
July 22 2013 15:50 GMT
#22
Hmmm.
The only other answer I have for #6 is
+ Show Spoiler +

A volcano.

However, I'm pretty confident magma melts most stuff (except maybe titanium, which has a higher melting point than magma), so I don't really see that as "dry"!
I will reduce you to a series of numbers.
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44208 Posts
July 22 2013 15:54 GMT
#23
On July 23 2013 00:50 Gowerly wrote:
Hmmm.
The only other answer I have for #6 is
+ Show Spoiler +

A volcano.

However, I'm pretty confident magma melts most stuff (except maybe titanium, which has a higher melting point than magma), so I don't really see that as "dry"!


+ Show Spoiler +
Volcano's my answer of choice, as the rain is the hot ash that burns and dries everything it touches
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Gowerly
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United Kingdom916 Posts
July 22 2013 15:55 GMT
#24
Sweet. A winner is me.
+
I will reduce you to a series of numbers.
lichter
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-22 16:17:20
July 22 2013 16:14 GMT
#25
On July 23 2013 00:25 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
You guys certainly got a lot

Here are a few hints and corrections for those problems that many of you can't figure out:

5. One morning, Mary gave five cents to each of her five sons. What time is it, and why?

+ Show Spoiler +
I'm looking for an actual time.


21. Australian organ.

+ Show Spoiler +
Start with the name of a city.


32. Condom, Handgun, Dodge

+ Show Spoiler +
While protection/ safety are good answers that I hadn't thought about, there's another completely different one... Maybe you should ask Derek Zoolander?


37. Plumbing, Lion, U.S.A.

+ Show Spoiler +
While pride could work for lions and U.S.A., I'm not so sure about that one for plumbing. Instead, consider the actual names of the states.


38. Lost Continent, Friction, Pokemon

+ Show Spoiler +
I'd expect you to be psychic to get this one correct.


50. ??? = L it T to G to the T R C of a T P.

+ Show Spoiler +
A few of you got this one, which was really impressive. As for the rest of you... ask Mr. Owl.


If you have any questions on any others, let me know!


I got all of these except 5 and an alternative 32. Is 5 my only mistake? Also that item doesn't make any sense even if that other dude is right. I refuse that is the correct answer :p

Edit: this contest is balls. Dark plasma balls.
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DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44208 Posts
July 22 2013 16:26 GMT
#26
On July 23 2013 01:14 lichter wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 23 2013 00:25 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
You guys certainly got a lot

Here are a few hints and corrections for those problems that many of you can't figure out:

5. One morning, Mary gave five cents to each of her five sons. What time is it, and why?

+ Show Spoiler +
I'm looking for an actual time.


21. Australian organ.

+ Show Spoiler +
Start with the name of a city.


32. Condom, Handgun, Dodge

+ Show Spoiler +
While protection/ safety are good answers that I hadn't thought about, there's another completely different one... Maybe you should ask Derek Zoolander?


37. Plumbing, Lion, U.S.A.

+ Show Spoiler +
While pride could work for lions and U.S.A., I'm not so sure about that one for plumbing. Instead, consider the actual names of the states.


38. Lost Continent, Friction, Pokemon

+ Show Spoiler +
I'd expect you to be psychic to get this one correct.


50. ??? = L it T to G to the T R C of a T P.

+ Show Spoiler +
A few of you got this one, which was really impressive. As for the rest of you... ask Mr. Owl.


If you have any questions on any others, let me know!


I got all of these except 5 and an alternative 32. Is 5 my only mistake? Also that item doesn't make any sense even if that other dude is right. I refuse that is the correct answer :p

Edit: this contest is balls. Dark plasma balls.


Hahaha These are the ones you got wrong:

+ Show Spoiler +
5, 16, 24 (although your answers are pretty clever).
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Kasaraki
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Denmark7115 Posts
July 22 2013 16:33 GMT
#27
I updated mine now, did I get them all? :o
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-22 16:35:25
July 22 2013 16:34 GMT
#28
#13 is U
Fibonacci ftw
actually someone got that
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DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44208 Posts
July 22 2013 16:40 GMT
#29
On July 23 2013 01:33 Kasaraki wrote:
I updated mine now, did I get them all? :o


Yup
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44208 Posts
July 22 2013 16:41 GMT
#30
For the record, no one's solved the original answer for #5 that I had in mind.
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Kasaraki
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Denmark7115 Posts
July 22 2013 16:43 GMT
#31
On July 23 2013 01:40 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 23 2013 01:33 Kasaraki wrote:
I updated mine now, did I get them all? :o


Yup

Yay! \o/
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The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
July 22 2013 16:44 GMT
#32
On July 23 2013 01:41 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
For the record, no one's solved the original answer for #5 that I had in mind.

so it's not 4:55?
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DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44208 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-22 16:47:37
July 22 2013 16:47 GMT
#33
On July 23 2013 01:44 The_Templar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 23 2013 01:41 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
For the record, no one's solved the original answer for #5 that I had in mind.

so it's not 4:55?


That and a few other similar times are interesting based on play-on words with the money, but + Show Spoiler +
Those answers are also technically non sequiturs.
+ Show Spoiler +
My answer is kind of a dick answer tbh.
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-22 16:50:24
July 22 2013 16:48 GMT
#34
On July 23 2013 01:47 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 23 2013 01:44 The_Templar wrote:
On July 23 2013 01:41 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
For the record, no one's solved the original answer for #5 that I had in mind.

so it's not 4:55?


That and a few other similar times are interesting based on play-on words with the money, but + Show Spoiler +
Those answers are also technically non sequiturs.
+ Show Spoiler +
My answer is kind of a dick answer tbh.

+ Show Spoiler +
it's 5:00 isn't it...

also I've seen a lot of these before... I have a lot of brain-teaser books...
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Dagwon
Profile Joined November 2011
Canada33 Posts
July 22 2013 17:06 GMT
#35
Just trying for the heck of it.

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1. One Haystack, since they're all combined
2. The letter "E"
3. A river (or a stream, creek, etc.)
4. Electric trains don't make smoke
5. A quarter to five. Because Mary is giving 5 cents X 5, or 25 cents, AKA a quarter, to five people. 4:45
6. Maybe a cannon or a gun or something?
7. Give each child 4/5 of an apple (or put one kid in the basket while he eats his apple).
8. You cannot bury someone who is alive
9. A woman who doesn't have all her fingers on one hand can be called "normal"
10. They are triplets (or a higher multiple birth number).
11. The paper? (soak it with Kerosene, pile the logs on top...) Or should I say a fire?
12. & 13. I am no good at these so, pass
14. If you can't, say, tape a marble to the side of each jar, I'd guess putting one white marble in one jar, and the other 99 marbles in the other jar.

15. Quick Brick
16. Double Trouble
17. Lint Mint
18. Power Hour
19. Nickel Pickle
20.
21. Sydney Kidney
22. Starvin' Marvin
23. Winter Printer
24.

25. Watch watch
26. Night Knight
27.
28. Belle bell
29. Minute (ie small) minutes

(I didn't get many of the tribonds, so I only wrote down the numbers I guessed)
30. Trunks
34. Roaming
41. Spaces in Monopoly
43. Starcraft races? Random? lol

44. 24 hours in a day
45. 7 days in a week
46. 100 pennies in a dollar
Are you satisfied getting by with just enough? Or are you ready to start trying?
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44208 Posts
July 22 2013 17:37 GMT
#36
On July 23 2013 01:48 The_Templar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 23 2013 01:47 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On July 23 2013 01:44 The_Templar wrote:
On July 23 2013 01:41 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
For the record, no one's solved the original answer for #5 that I had in mind.

so it's not 4:55?


That and a few other similar times are interesting based on play-on words with the money, but + Show Spoiler +
Those answers are also technically non sequiturs.
+ Show Spoiler +
My answer is kind of a dick answer tbh.

+ Show Spoiler +
it's 5:00 isn't it...

also I've seen a lot of these before... I have a lot of brain-teaser books...


Nope! Try again ^^
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Najda
Profile Joined June 2010
United States3765 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-22 17:45:09
July 22 2013 17:39 GMT
#37
#5
+ Show Spoiler +
It's currently 1:39 PM at the time of posting this. The setup is past tense but the question is current tense.


Also, how are you filtering who gets the TL+? Obviously people can just look through the posts to see the answers.
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
July 22 2013 18:25 GMT
#38
On July 23 2013 02:39 Najda wrote:
#5
+ Show Spoiler +
It's currently 1:39 PM at the time of posting this. The setup is past tense but the question is current tense.


Also, how are you filtering who gets the TL+? Obviously people can just look through the posts to see the answers.

He gave it out
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ffadicted
Profile Joined January 2011
United States3545 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-22 18:48:39
July 22 2013 18:46 GMT
#39
Riddles were fun, I hate the other types haha so here it goes

+ Show Spoiler +

1. If a farmer has 4 haystacks in one field, 2 haystacks in a second field, and 12 haystacks in his third field, how many haystacks would he have if he put them all together?

He'd have one haystack

2. What is at the beginning of eternity, the end of time, the beginning of every end, and the end of every place?

E

3. What has a mouth but can’t speak, a bed but doesn’t sleep, and a bank but no money?

River

4. An electric train is traveling due north, and the wind is blowing due east. What direction is the train’s smoke traveling?

Nowhere, it's an electric train

5. One morning, Mary gave five cents to each of her five sons. What time is it, and why?

??? lol If it's quarter to five that's stupid

6. My thunder comes before my lightning; my lightning comes before the clouds; my rain dries all the land it touches. What am I?

Volcano

7. A basket contains 5 apples. How can you divide them among 5 kids so that each kid has his own apple, and one apple stays in the basket?

Give the basket with the apple to one of the kids

8. Why is it illegal for a man living in the Unites States of America to be buried in Canada?

Because he's still alive

9. What is the word for a woman who does not have all her fingers on one hand?

A normal person lol

10. Two girls are born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month and year… and yet they’re not twins. How can this be?

Triplets

11. You’re in a house, and you need to start a fire in the fireplace. You have three logs, kerosene, paper, and alcohol… but only one match. Which do you light first?

The match

12. T, N, E, S, S, F, F, T, T, O, __ ?

Z

13. A, A, B, C, E, H, M, __ ?

Fibionacci

14. You are a prisoner in a foreign land, and your fate will be determined by a little game.

Leave one jar with just one white marble


SooYoung-Noona!
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44208 Posts
July 22 2013 19:14 GMT
#40
On July 23 2013 02:39 Najda wrote:
#5
+ Show Spoiler +
It's currently 1:39 PM at the time of posting this. The setup is past tense but the question is current tense.


Also, how are you filtering who gets the TL+? Obviously people can just look through the posts to see the answers.


Nice job; you got the last remaining answer

I gave out the TL+ subscriptions already... I looked at the answers that pretty much everyone had (the easier ones) and then kept looking for some people to update their remaining answers with the toughest solutions.
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