Brain Teaser Challenge

Riddles

1. One giant haystack

2. Euler's number

3. A river

4. Why would an electric train have steam?

5. Some time in the morning before school? Pocket money!

6. A volcano

7. Buy the 5th kid an apple

8. He's living! That'd be murder!

9. Someone who isn't a freak. Can you imagine a hand with 8 fingers and a thumb?

10. They were triplets/quadruplets/quintuplets?

11. The match

12. Z for the value of e ^ (i * pi) + 1

13. No clue

14. If I put 1 white ball in the first jar and the 99 other balls in the second jar, I think my chances will be pretty good.

Riddles:
1. I'm assuming the answer is looking for 1 stack of hay, but an industry haystack is a standard size iirc, so it technically could be 18.
2. The letter E.
3. River
4. Electric trains have no smoke.
5. It's morning, not sure if it's looking for a specific time.
6.
7. One kid gets both the basket and an apple. The rest get 1 apple.
8. Burying someone alive is usually classified as manslaughter.
9. Normal (assuming 5 fingers on each hand)
10. I've heard this before, can't remember
11. The match
12. Z
13.
14.

Two word rhyme:
15. Quick brick
16.
17. Lint mnt
18.
19. Nickel pickle
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.

Double Vision:
25. Watching a watch
26.
27.
28.
29. Cellular cell

Tri Bond
30. Trunk
31. Seeds
32.
33.
34.
35. Whites
36.
37.
38.
39.
40
41. Monopoly
42.
43. Starcraft

44. Hours in a day
45. Days in a week
46. Pennies in a dollar (kinda unfair to foreign people)
47.
48.
49.
50.

1. 1
2. E
3. river
4. no smoke
5. 5 to 5 (4:55am) or 1:55? (the 3 sequential numbers
6. volcano
7. ive one kid the basket
8. can't burry the living
9. normal
10 triplets
11 the match
12 Z
13 U
14 one white marble in 1, 49/50 in the other. ~ 74% chance



15 quick brick
16 double trouble
17 lint mint
18 power hour
19 nickle pickle
20 champ lamp
21 aborigine knee or sidney kidney
22 starvin marvin
23 winter printer
24 devil level

25 watch
26 night/knight
27 pollish/Polish
28 belle
29 cell

30 trunk
31 seeds
32 magnum
33 keys
34 roaming
35 whites
36 dribbling
37 mane/Maine/main
38 mu/mew
39 stroke
40 eggs
41 monopoli
42 fish
43 starcraft

44 24 Hours in a Day
45 7 days in a week
46 100 pennies in a dollar
47 10 Yards for a first down
48 64 squares on a chess board
49 206 Bones in the adult human body
50 ??? many licks it takes to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop

1. Just one
2. e
3. river
4. doesn't have any smoke
5. a quarter to five! (cuz five nickels is a quarter)
6. volcano?
7. one kid gets both the basket and the remaining apple inside
8. he's still alive
9. normal since you don't have all fingers on one hand, you have them on two
10. triplets
11. match
12. Z
13. U (fibonacci sequence)
14. Put 1 white in the first jar, which gives you a 100% chance of being free if that jar is selected. Then you have 49 whites and 50 blacks in the second which is a shade under 50% of living, so your chances of survival are 74-75%.

15. quick brick
16. double trouble
17. lint mint
18. power hour
19. nickel pickle
20. lamp champ
21. SOUTH MOUTH?
22. starvin' marvin!
23.
24. devil level

25. watching for a watch
26. night knight
27. Polish polish
28. belle bell
29. cell cell (phone)

30. trunk
31. seeds
32. protection
33. keys
34. roaming
35. whites
36. things you can punt dribble
37. pride
38.
39. stroke
40. eggs
41. monopoly
42. kinds of fish? i think char is one
43. StarCraft races!

44. 24 hours in a day
45. 7 days in a week
46. 100 pennies in a dollar
47. 10 yards for a first down
48. 64 squares on a chessboard
49. 206 bones in the adult human body
50. licks it takes to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop (shamelessly stolen from below)

One
e
a river
electric train duh
5 cents? what a cheapass. Unless it's the 1920s and it's lunch money, so 8 am.
volcano
give one of the kids the basket
because he is alive. burying him in Canada is attempted murder
a normal woman.
multiverses. also, women can get pregnant from two different fathers at the same time. similar to fraternal twins but each egg is fertilized by different sperm donors. so raunchy DP action yeah. (or triplets/etc fine)
the match
z
u
move 49 marbles into the black jar. kaboom. alternatively, if you have unlimited time, you can shave off a few cm from all the black marbles. larger balls float on top of smaller balls, esp when shaken. place all the white marbles on top to maximize chance to draw white. pick on top. boom.

quick brick
reprobate binate
mint lint
power hour
nickel pickle
champ lamp
sydney kidney
starvin marvin
winter printer (lol forgot this ty kasaraki)
perdition division, hades dais, podium pandemonium

watch watch
night knight
polish Polish
belle bell
cell cell

trunk
seeds
safety
keys
roaming
whites
dribbling
main(valve)/mane/maine
Mu/mew
strokes
eggs
monopoly
fish
starcraft

hours in a day
days in a week
pennies in a doolar
yards for a first down
squares in a chess board
bones in the adult human body
licks it takes to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop

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? - 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? - Simply the letter "e".

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

4. An electric train is traveling due north, and the wind is blowing due east. What direction is the train’s smoke traveling? - I don't think an electric train produces smoke.

5. One morning, Mary gave five cents to each of her five sons. What time is it, and why? - Morning because that's the only indicator of time in the text. EDIT: If it's an actual time, I will say "five to five" which could mean for example 4:55 or 16:55.

6. My thunder comes before my lightning; my lightning comes before the clouds; my rain dries all the land it touches. What am I? - A 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 on child the apple with the basket, or alternatively place the child inside the basket with his apple, or kill a child.

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. D:

9. What is the word for a woman who does not have all her fingers on one hand? - Any word that describes the lack of a physical deformity in which you have all your fingers solely on 1 hand! She doesn't have to be "normal" though, she could have 3 hands and 4 arms and still the description would be untrue.

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? - They could be triplets, octoplets, etc.

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 I guess

12. T, N, E, S, S, F, F, T, T, O, __ ? - Took me a while, but I get it now. It seems to be the first letter of the words for 10-1. Final letter should be Z for zero.

13. A, A, B, C, E, H, M, __ ? - Fiponacci sequence in letters, based on their placement in the alphabet. H is 8, M is 13, next up will be 21 which is U.

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

There are two jars, one with 50 white marbles, and one with 50 black marbles... all of them identical in size, shape, and texture. At this point, you are allowed to redistribute the marbles however you wish between the two jars; the only requirement is that each of the 100 marbles must be in one of those two jars when you are finished moving marbles around.

When you are finished moving marbles around, both jars will be shaken up, and you will be blindfolded and presented with one of the two jars at random.

You must reach your hand inside the jar and pull out one marble. If it is white, you will be set free. If it is black, you will be killed. What is the best chance you have of surviving this game, and how do you go about setting the marbles so that this happens? - Best chance is placing 1 white marble in 1 jar, and the remaining 99 in the other jar.

15. A fast moving cinderblock. - Quick brick.

16. Evil twins. - Double Trouble.

17. If dryer debris gave you fresh breath. - Mint Lint.

18. Super strength for sixty minutes. - Power Hour.

19. Five-cent cucumber. - Nickle Pickle.

20. A lantern that’s defeated all of its opponents. - Lamp Champ. :D (My favourite)

21. Australian organ. - Sydney Kidney, hah, that took me a while.

22. A cartoon martian who’s hungry. - Starvin' Marvin.

23. January photocopier. - Winter Printer.

24. The stage from Hell. - Devil Level.

25. Looking after a timepiece. - Watch watch.

26. A nocturnal member of the Round Table. - Don't know this one... My only idea is Night Knight but that's not strictly a homonym.

27. Smoothing out Warsaw. - We need to Polish the Polish.

28. A beautiful ringer. - Again, maybe I don't know homonyms at all... a belle with a bell?

29. A phone for the basic unit of life. - I built a tiny cell for this cell.

30. Car, Tree, Elephant - Trunk

31. Pumpkin, Bird, Sunflower - Seeds

32. Condom, Handgun, Dodge - Protection EDIT: With the hint I'll say Magnum too, I guess I don't fully know what Magnum means in condom terms, but I can imagine things... O-o

33. Florida, Locksmith, Piano - Key

34. Buffaloes, Cell Phones, Nomads - Roaming

35. Eggs, Laundry, Eyes - The white

36. Basketball, Babies, Soccer - Dribbles

37. Plumbing, Lion, U.S.A. - :/ no idea EDIT: Maybe Maine and Mane if it's a state.

38. Lost Continent, Friction, Pokemon - Mu or Mew

39. Tennis, Painting, Swimming - Strokes

40. Women, Dinosaurs, Hens - Danger EDIT: This is probably eggs in fairness, but I believe mine is more correct.

41. Jail, Boardwalk, Electric Company - Monopoly, haha

42. Bass, Mullet, Char - Fishies

43. Terran, Zerg, Protoss - Imba EDIT: Starcraft too, haha

44. 24 = H in a D. - Hours in a Day

45. 7 = D in a W. - Days in a Week

46. 100 = P in a D. - Pennies in a Dollar

47. 10 = Y for a F D. - Yards for a First Down

48. 64 = S on a C B. - Squares on a Chess Board.

49. 206 = B in the A H B. - Bones in the Average Human Body.

50. ??? = L it T to G to the T R C of a T P. - WTF. I don't get this one. EDIT: Licks it Takes to Get to the Tootsie Roll Centre of a Tootsie Pop

One.


letter e

A river?

An electric train produces no smoke (Almost left southeast there lol)



Heh, morning, before they have to leave for school. Not sure if there are north american usances I don't know of.


Time, reversed.This one was awesome.



Give one kid the apple along with the basket lol.



If he's living in the US he's not dead enough to be buried elsewhere (Similar to the question: "Is it legal for a husband to marry his widow's sister?")



Not sure yet (skipping this to think about it later), but I guess she would be normal since having all your (ten) fingers on one hand
would be quite abnormal lul.



In theory, it's possible that her two egg cells have been merged with the DNA from two different fathers, technically speaking they're not twins then. (In the ages of in vitro fertilization this can be kinda tricked out).

Or they could have hatched from eggs lol, but I guess you're speaking of humans.



The match bro.



No idea yet, working on it. It's tempting to put in O though.



Ditto. +0 + 1, + 1, +2, + 8. Wtf? Will try later.


We a are looking for the smallest probability to pull a black, which is a combined probability of
1. Picking the jar with most blacks in it and
2. Picking a black out of that jar.

Picking a jar is always 1/2.

Picking a black out of a jar is Number of blacks / Number of total in the jar.

We want to maximize the total number in the jar, and turn the 1/2 into our favour.
Hence, I'd put one white marble in one of the jars, and everything else in the other.

That way, probability of picking a black becomes 1/2 * 50/99, which I'd wager is the smallest I can get.

50/198

1. One big haystack
2. The Letter E
3. A River
4. Electric Trains do not produce steam
5. A quarter (5x5 cents) to 5 (kids)
6. Time going backwards?
7. Give the child an apple AND the basket
8. Because he's not dead
9. Perfectly normal. I have half of them on each hand.
10. Part of Triplets (or more)
11. The match
12. Z(ero)
13. U (Fib sequence)
14. One white ball in one jar, all the other balls in the other jar for ~75% chance to live.

15. Quick Brick
16. Double Trouble
17. Lint Mint (or Mint Lint)
18. Power Hour
19. Nickel Pickle (this doesn't work outside of the US)
20. Lamp Champ? (even Lampion Champion I guess)
21. Syndey Kidney? (this is really tenuous - spent ages thinking about musical instruments)
22. Starvin Marvin
23. Winter Printer
24. Devil Level

25. Watch Watch
26. Night Knight
27. Polish the Polish
28. Belle Bell
29. A cell for a cell

30. Trunk (not true outside of the US again)
31. ___ Seed (??)
32. Protection
33. Keys
34. Roaming? Again tenuous
35. Whites? (RACIST OMG or something)
36. Dribbling
37. Mains/Mane/Maine ??
38. Mu/Mew (either that or electricity/static)
39. Stroke
40. Eggs?
41. Monopoly
42. Fish
43. Starcraft (ALL IMBA WTF)

44. 24 Hours in a Day
45. 7 Days in a Week
46. 100 Pennies in a Dollar
47. 10 Yards for a First Down (lawl Americans again)
48. 64 Squares on a chess board
49. 206 Bones in the Adult Human Body (thought maybe average, but adult makes more sense)
50. ??? Licks it Takes to Get to the Tootsie Roll Centre of a Tootsie Pop

32. Magnum

Although I guess 5 to 5 (4:55) and 25 to 5 (4:35) also both work.

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"!

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

It's currently 1:39 PM at the time of posting this. The setup is past tense but the question is current tense.

1. 1 haystack
2. the letter e
3. a river
4. electric trains dont have smoke
5. a cheap mom idk
6. volcano
7. a kid gets the basket with his apple
8. cause the man is living
9. a normal woman
10. woman has more than 2 kids: triplets, etc...
11. the matches
12.
13. 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 ___ 21 = U
14. 1 white marble in jar A. 99 marbles in Jar B. 100% and ~50% between the two for ~75% chance to live

15. Quick Brick
16. Double trouble?
17. lint mint
18. Power Hour
19. Nickle Pickle
20. lamp champ
21. STRAYA CUNT
22. marvin starvin(g)
23. Winter Printer
24. Level devil

25. watch a watch
26. night knight
27. polish Polish
28. ?
29. cell cell

30. trunk
31. seed
32. this one sounds illegal bro
33. key
34. roaming
35. whites
36. dribbling
37. mane/maine?
38. Fiction has µ and pokemon Mew but im not sure about the last clue so I guess that?
39. stroke
40. eggs
41. Monopoly game
42. rednecks (char for barbeque obviously)
43. starcraft

44. hours in a day
45. days in a week
46. pennies in a dollar
47. 10 yards for a first down
48. 64 squares on a chess board
49. 206 bones in a human body
50. How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop? A ONE A TWO A THREE CRUNCH FUCK YOU MR OWL

Brain teasers are supposed to be semantically ambiguous but logical. #5 makes no sense because just because the first sentence can be phrased in a way similar to how time is told doesn't mean that the time can be determined by it. It relies on wordplay but there is no connection, not even metaphorically. I think it is a poorly formulated riddle. :p

1. One stack of hay. Lots of hay.
2. E
3. River
4. There is no smoke, it's electric.
5. Is it Christmas time? Mary = Merry and 5 by 5 is 25. Plus it's the morning (guess).
6.
7. Hand them all out and give one kid the basket along with is apple? Or put the kid in the basket.
8. He's being buried alive!?!
9. Normal.
10. They're not human? Perhaps they're cats?
11. The match.
12. D? I'm trying to find numerical patterns, but I don't think it's right.
13. U! The letter U! I just got this before submitting, that's why I'm happy.
14. Put all but one white marble in the one jar and one white one in the other jar. You have just under a 75% chance at survival assuming the jar you pick from is chosen at random.

15. Quick brick.
16. Cruel dual.
17. Mint lint.
18. Hour power.
19. Nickel pickle.
20. Lamp champ.
21. Sydney kidney.
22. Starvin' Marvin.
23. Winter printer.
24. Devil level.

25. Watching a watch.
26. Night knight.
27. Polish Polish
28. Angel angel?
29. Cell cell.

30. Trunks.
31. Seeds.
32. Magnum.
33. Keys.
34. Mobile?
35. Whites.
36. Dribble.
37. Ma(i)ne.
38. Mew? Dunno about the continent.
39. Stroke.
40. Eggs.
41. Monopoly.
42.
43. Races of Starcraft!

44. 24 hours in a day.
45. 7 days in a week.
46. 100 pennies in a dollar.
47.
48. 64 sockets on a circuit board?
49. 206 bones in the adult human body.
50. How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop?