Question of the day

Double Your Money

2012-01-26T07:19:00.003-05:00

What coin doubles in value when half is deducted?

3 Bags of Marbles

2012-01-25T13:36:00.000-05:00

You have three bags, each containing two marbles. Bag #1 contains two white marbles, bag #2 contains two black marbles, and bag #3 contains one white marble and one black marble.

You pick a random bag and take out one marble. Given that this is a white marble, what is the probability that the remaining marble from the same bag is also white?

Up to 100

2012-01-24T10:12:00.000-05:00

Use the numbers 123456789 so that the equation is equal to 100. The numbers must stay in the same order. You can use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Remember, they have to stay in the same order.

Light Up the Night

2012-01-23T11:17:00.000-05:00

Hibernating when it is cold,
But when it is warm I become bold;
I light up the night,
For every child`s delight.
Some people I might annoy
But to others I bring joy.

What am I?

Note, I find this riddle to be pretty vague. I wouldn't be surprised to find multiple answers are possible.

Not a Plant

2012-01-19T07:19:00.001-05:00

Though not a plant, Has leaves. Though not a beast, Has spine. Though many wouldn't need this thing 'Tis more valuable than wine. What is it?

Stars Awash in a Sheen of Light

2012-01-17T08:59:00.000-05:00

Stars awash in a sheen of light
It calls out loud in vile delight.
Listeners endure in fright.
Vicious brute that reigns at night,
Evil whelped of heinous bite,
Renewed by wax, it regains might.

A leading way to slay the beast,
Get the hidden weapon thus released.

Got this one and a couple of others from dan hersam. The answer is there if you can't wait for someone to post it here.

Flower by any Other Name Becomes a Country

2012-01-12T10:35:00.002-05:00

What flower becomes the name of any country by removing the first letter, becomes the name of a city when the last letter is removed and becomes the name of a bird if both first and last letters are removed?

Everyone Needs This Riddle

2012-01-10T08:10:00.000-05:00

Everyone needs this, it's great with an 'r' on the end but you're sad when the first letter goes away. What is it?

Emily Dickenson Poem

2012-01-09T09:30:00.001-05:00

What was Emily Dickenson referring to in the following poem?

I am, in truth, a yellow fork
From tables in the sky
By inadvertent fingers dropped
The awful cutlery.

Of mansions never quite disclosed
And never quite concealed
The apparatus of the dark
To ignorance revealed.

Logic at the Mall

2012-01-06T11:00:00.001-05:00

I got this one from edhelper.com:

Cody, Benjamin, Sean, Cameron, Aaron, and Jordan each had a different amount of money. They all went to the mall and brought their money. At the mall, each person spent a fraction of the money they started out with. They started out with: $72, $24, $66, $18, $48, and $60. At the mall one spent 1/3 of their money, one spent 1/3 of their money, one spent 5/6 of their money, one spent 1/6 of their money, one spent 2/3 of their money, and one spent 1/2 of their money.

How much money did each person spend at the mall? How much money does each person have left?

1. Benjamin spent more than 1/6 of his money.
2. Cameron spent less than 5/6 of his money.
3. Cody did not spend 1/2 of his money.
4. Jordan spent less than 1/2 of his money.
5. Jordan spent $24.
6. Sean has $15 left after spending money at the mall.
7. Cody spent $33.
8. The person that started out with $24, has $8 left after shopping.
9. Cameron has $40 left after spending money at the mall.
10. Cameron did not spend 2/3 of his money.
11. The person that started out with $60, has $40 left after shopping.
12. Benjamin did not spend 1/6 of his money.
13. Aaron did not spend 1/3 of his money.
14. Benjamin has $8 left after spending money at the mall.

A Red Fruit of the Maius Family

2012-01-05T09:42:00.001-05:00

It is more desirable to exist in the medium of time which constitutes a later than desirable date than not to exist in the time period at all. A red fruit of the Maius family absorbed into the digestive system every 1440 minutes or 86,400 seconds keeps a medical desciple from entering your home sweet home. Individuals continuing daily functions surrounded by fused sand structures should be forbidden to hurl missles. Refrain from enumerating your poultry precursory to their incubation and emergence from their embryonic habitat.

Some Common Phrases Re-Written

2012-01-04T07:57:00.001-05:00

The herbage is customarily more verduous on the diametrical selvage of the property barrier.
Taciturnity is aurous.
That which is acquired without difficulty is dispersed with equal facility.

Count Down

2012-01-03T12:40:00.001-05:00

10 = Y in a D
9 = G M
8 = N in an O
7 = S in a H
6 = D of S
5 = S in the S C
4 = P on a C
3 = M and a B
2 = B G
1 = the L N

Happy New Year Everyone!

Snowball's Chance

2011-12-21T08:25:00.001-05:00

0 = S C in H
2 = G for E B (BBS)
3 = H on the D C
4 = F on a P
26 = M in a M
76 = T in the M M
97 = P W
600 = C in the L B

200 D for P G in M

2011-12-20T09:13:00.001-05:00

1 H in a D
3 V in a T
4 S on a V
8 P of S in the E L
8 D a W in the B S
9 J on the S C
9 S in T T T

90 Degrees in a Right Angle

2011-12-19T12:07:00.002-05:00

3 B M (S H T R)
5 T on a F
9 L of a C
15 M on a D M C
23 P of C in the H B
26 L of the A
27 B in the N T
39 B of the O T
90 D in a R A

24 Hours in a Day

2011-12-16T10:44:00.005-05:00

24 = B. B. in a P.
24 = B. B. to a C.
24 = D. P. to the I. for M. I.
24 = H. in a D.
24 = S. Z. of I. T.

451 D F

2011-12-14T09:54:00.002-05:00

435 = S. in the H. of R.
451 = D. F. at which B. B.
500 = F. F. H. C.
500 = M. in the I. F. H.
500 = S. in a R.

Lucky 13

2011-12-13T08:37:00.003-05:00

13 = U for S
13 L in a B D
13 = S on the A F
54 = C in a D (with the J)
9 = P in the S S

Been A While Since I Did Some Statistics

2011-12-12T11:17:00.000-05:00

How many 2 digit numbers can you make using the digits 1, 2, 3 and 4 without repeating the digits?

Imagine What They Would Do to the Linens

2011-12-09T13:14:00.001-05:00

What always goes to bed with shoes on?

Commuters Nightmare

2011-12-08T07:59:00.001-05:00

What kind of running means walking?

Can Climb Mountains

2011-12-07T08:29:00.001-05:00

What can climb mountains,
cross streams,
handle hundreds of feet each day,
yet never moves?

I've been reading the Dresden series by taking the books out of the library. It's been saving me a lot of money given how many books Butcher puts out.

Middle You Can See With

2011-12-05T07:39:00.001-05:00

Another submission from a reader:

The middle you can see with,
The end is end's start,
The beginning I won't tell you,
But the whole stops your heart.

A Jeff Original (TM)

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For Others I'm Slow

2011-12-02T09:06:00.000-05:00

For some I go fast
for others I'm slow.
To most people, I'm an obsession
relying on me is a well practiced lesson.

This question was posted by an anonymous reader who signed it : ~A.S.T. & Heidelberg High School~