Teacher: Children, who can solve this problem? There were 3 geese and 4 ducks flying in the sky. How old I am?
Bob: You are 26.
Teacher: Good! How did you guess?
Bob: Well, I am ** and my mother calls me a ********.
John has some chickens that have been laying him plenty of eggs. He wants to give away his eggs to several of his friends, but he wants to give them all the same number of eggs. He figures out that he needs to give 7 of his friends eggs for them to get the same amount, otherwise there is 1 extra egg left.
What is the least number of eggs he needs for this to be true?
Question: My first is often at the front door.
My second is found in the cereal family.
My third is what most people want.
My whole is one of the united states.
Teacher: Children, who can solve this problem? There were 3 geese and 4 ducks flying in the sky. How old I am?
Bob: You are 26.
Teacher: Good! How did you guess?
Bob: Well, I am ** and my mother calls me a ********.
How old is Bob? How does his mother call him?
Still curious about this one. I suppose it's some pun where the mother calls him something that can be understood as "a goose and a duck" or something (which then yields the age based on the calculation that 3x+4y=26). But I can't figure it out... :(
Adam was born in Cologne, but he grew up in Seattle. For studying, he moved to Oxford. He married a woman from Madrid, and raised his children in Lyon. When he became older, he moved to his granddaughter who lived in Sydney where he later died as a happy man. Which nationality/-ies does Adam have?
That's the only reply that makes sense. :)
Though I personally don't like such trick questions because they're often a misunderstanding of "ex falso quodlibet".
Like "If two roosters lay two eggs in two hours, how many eggs does one rooster lay in one hour?" and the answer is supposed to be "roosters don't lay eggs", yet the opposite is in the premise of the riddle. So by simple logic rules (ex falso quodlibet = "from something false, whatever you like follows" = "with a false premise, any conclusion is true"), any answer is correct.
Leaving aside the trick question and the difference between nationality and citizenship, the question does not have an answer. Being born in Germany is not enough to confer citizenship/nationality upon the person.
That's true, although I think I'd have to give this one a pass as the question very carefully uses "Which nationality/ies" which allows the valid answer "None". If it had said "what nationality" then it would have implied that there was a nationality to be named.
:)
That's if my answer is correct of course...
[@Gavin]: Yes, you're right. As he is dead, he has no nationality anymore. (I hoped, the fact that my question was written in present tense while the riddle is in past tense would be kinda tip.)
[@magicmulder]: I'm sorry that you don't like those kind of riddles. I actually love them! And you're right: Trick questions that are introduced by using false information are a bit mean. But where are these false info in my riddle? I'm just curious because I want my questions to become better.
[@magicmulder]: But where are these false info in my riddle? I'm just curious because I want my questions to become better.
I suppose it's debatable whether a dead person has a nationality. Technically his body would still be under the same jurisdiction as before (e.g. regarding crimes like digging up his corpse etc.). So the trick part of the riddle involves an issue that would only work if the reader has the same (possibly false) interpretation of the meaning of "nationality" as the one who made the riddle.
I'm not sure, but would you like to solve a riddle about anagrams of musicians' names? They are all singing in English, and most of them are currently in the top charts in many countries. *enlightened*
Okay, here's my riddle about anagrams: I took some English-singing musicians and rearranged their names. A lot of those singers are well known, many are currently pretty successful in the charts. Good luck!
1) Steylar Shyr
2) Dena in Agarar
3) Rar Stin been a parc
4) Wash me n send
5) Kecbyg
6) Leade
7) I list and feel eeh
8) Rid by
9) Be Ex Rehab
10) Sully Rom
11) I or Tara
12) Gone me sazel
13) Dash en Ere
14) Ashley
15) If sort raw lyt
16) Y taker ryp
17) Jim Conk Chalsea
18) I beret sun bij
19) I love da Tom
20) I like u my gone
Tip for no. 14: The singer's real name is "Ashley". And she used an anagram of this name to form her stage name. She became famous within the last two years collaborating with "The Chainsmokers". ;)
Okay, here's my riddle about anagrams: I took some English-singing musicians and rearranged their names. A lot of those singers are well known, many are currently pretty successful in the charts. Good luck!
1) Steylar Shyr
2) Dena in Agarar
3) Rar Stin been a parc
4) Wash me n send
5) Kecbyg
6) Leade
7) I list and feel eeh
8) Rid by
9) Be Ex Rehab
10) Sully Rom
11) I or Tara
12) Gone me sazel
13) Dash en Ere
14) Ashley
15) If sort raw lyt
16) Y taker ryp
17) Jim Conk Chalsea
18) I beret sun bij
19) I love da Tom
20) I like u my gone
6 = Adele
8 = Birdy
9 = Bebe Rexha ("Aber Hexe B" would be a German anagram translating to "but witch B")
10 = Olly Murs ("Mus-Rolly" would roughly mean "mashed guy in a wheelchair" in German ;))
13 = Ed Sheeran ("er sah Eden" would be a German anagram translating to "he saw Eden")
18 = Justin Bieber ("bist Juni-Eber" would be a German anagram translating to "you're (a) June boar")
Those were the ones that immediately stood out. :)
That's true, although I think I'd have to give this one a pass as the question very carefully uses "Which nationality/ies" which allows the valid answer "None". If it had said "what nationality" then it would have implied that there was a nationality to be named.
:)
Interesting, because if I had to analyze grammar, I'd say "what nationality" is the variant that allows for the answer "no nationality" whereas "which" requires a choice between a given set of nationalities (here: all nationalities in the world, or referenced in the countries mentioned in the riddle).
That's because "which" carries the connotation "which of these here" whereas "what" is an open question that allows the answer "none".
(Colloquially, "which" also does, but that's another issue. :))
More examples:
* "Which team (implying: of the teams qualified) will win the world championship?" - "Brazil."
vs. "What team is your favourite for the world championships?" - "None because I don't care."
* "What is your favourite color?" - "I have none."
"Which color (implying: of these colors I'm showing you here) do you think fits my living room best?" - "The light blue one."
I see what you mean and you are right. I think it's that it said "nationality/ies" that made the difference to me as I read that as implying that there could be a number of correct nationalities including zero. But that may just be how the sentence struck me rather than a particular grammatical rule. It probably doesn't stand up to analysis :)
I am not a native English speaker, so I didn't recognize the difference between "what" and "which". But now I see it, and I have to apologize that my riddle caused so many troubles. ;)
1) Steylar Shyr - Harry Styles
2) Dena in Agarar - Ariana Grande
3) Rar Stin been a parc - Sabrina Carpenter
4) Wash me n send - Shawn Mendes
5) Kecbyg - Becky G
6) Leade - Adele
7) I list and feel eeh - Hailee Steinfeld
8) Rid by - Birdy
9) Be Ex Rehab - Bebe Rexha
10) Sully Rom - Olly Murs
11) I or Tara - Rita Ora
12) Gone me sazel - Selena Gomez
13) Dash en Ere - Ed Sheeran
14) Ashley - Halsey
15) If sort raw lyt - Taylor Swift
16) Y taker ryp - Katy Perry
17) Jim Conk Chalsea - Michael Jackson
18) I beret sun bij - Justin Bieber
19) I love da Tom - Demi Lovato
20) I like u my gone - Kylie Minogue
Lipstick?
*heart* *heart* *heart*
*heart* *heart* *heart*
*heart* *heart* *heart*
*heart* *heart* *heart*
Teacher: Children, who can solve this problem? There were 3 geese and 4 ducks flying in the sky. How old I am?
Bob: You are 26.
Teacher: Good! How did you guess?
Bob: Well, I am ** and my mother calls me a ********.
How old is Bob? How does his mother call him?
No, you made a mistake. The second equation should be M + 6 = 5*(C+6). If you do solve the equations, you find out that the baby is yet to be born.
1?
You are one city of united states?
matt-rye-money (in a united state) = matrimony/marriage (united as one/a whole)...yes?
Tough crowd mathematicians! ;)
Is it not the moment of conception?
A girl was crying because her boyfriend left her
She broke a bottle
A chair
And an expensive vase
What broke first?
United Kingdom,
Greece,
Italy,
Australia,
USA,
China,
Brazil,
Germany,
New Zealand
and 3 Nautical miles
= ?
a bathtub? a snow globe?
ants?
A map?
her heart *sob*
what broke first...
her heart?
yes, her heart... :(
rock salt ??
Still curious about this one. I suppose it's some pun where the mother calls him something that can be understood as "a goose and a duck" or something (which then yields the age based on the calculation that 3x+4y=26). But I can't figure it out... :(
Well i might be wrong, but i am gonna try anyway:
Maybe he is 5, and his mother calls him a lame duck or Strange duck or even duck down
Maybe he is 6 or 8, and his mother calls him silly goose
Well, Bob's mother calls him a half-tard, and he is 13 years old. :D
because the teacher is a full tard?
Bingo!
Never go full retard...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6WHBO_Qc-Q
(incidentally be a bit careful using that word - It's generally considered offensive)
Damn, I was thinking something along those lines and thought "that's too easy". :D
Adam was born in Cologne, but he grew up in Seattle. For studying, he moved to Oxford. He married a woman from Madrid, and raised his children in Lyon. When he became older, he moved to his granddaughter who lived in Sydney where he later died as a happy man.
Which nationality/-ies does Adam have?
german?
Maybe no nationality? Can the dead not hold a nationality?
That's the only reply that makes sense. :)
Though I personally don't like such trick questions because they're often a misunderstanding of "ex falso quodlibet".
Like "If two roosters lay two eggs in two hours, how many eggs does one rooster lay in one hour?" and the answer is supposed to be "roosters don't lay eggs", yet the opposite is in the premise of the riddle. So by simple logic rules (ex falso quodlibet = "from something false, whatever you like follows" = "with a false premise, any conclusion is true"), any answer is correct.
Leaving aside the trick question and the difference between nationality and citizenship, the question does not have an answer. Being born in Germany is not enough to confer citizenship/nationality upon the person.
That's true, although I think I'd have to give this one a pass as the question very carefully uses "Which nationality/ies" which allows the valid answer "None". If it had said "what nationality" then it would have implied that there was a nationality to be named.
:)
That's if my answer is correct of course...
[@Gavin]: Yes, you're right. As he is dead, he has no nationality anymore. (I hoped, the fact that my question was written in present tense while the riddle is in past tense would be kinda tip.)
[@magicmulder]: I'm sorry that you don't like those kind of riddles. I actually love them! And you're right: Trick questions that are introduced by using false information are a bit mean. But where are these false info in my riddle? I'm just curious because I want my questions to become better.
Kind regards, Simon
Perhaps, there are two persons: One man who did all this, and one woman (or a child) who did not.
I suppose it's debatable whether a dead person has a nationality. Technically his body would still be under the same jurisdiction as before (e.g. regarding crimes like digging up his corpse etc.). So the trick part of the riddle involves an issue that would only work if the reader has the same (possibly false) interpretation of the meaning of "nationality" as the one who made the riddle.
Thanks for the info! :)
I'm not sure, but would you like to solve a riddle about anagrams of musicians' names? They are all singing in English, and most of them are currently in the top charts in many countries. *enlightened*
Yeah, go ahead!
Okay, here's my riddle about anagrams: I took some English-singing musicians and rearranged their names. A lot of those singers are well known, many are currently pretty successful in the charts. Good luck!
1) Steylar Shyr
2) Dena in Agarar
3) Rar Stin been a parc
4) Wash me n send
5) Kecbyg
6) Leade
7) I list and feel eeh
8) Rid by
9) Be Ex Rehab
10) Sully Rom
11) I or Tara
12) Gone me sazel
13) Dash en Ere
14) Ashley
15) If sort raw lyt
16) Y taker ryp
17) Jim Conk Chalsea
18) I beret sun bij
19) I love da Tom
20) I like u my gone
No. 16 is correct: "Katy Perry"
Tip for no. 14: The singer's real name is "Ashley". And she used an anagram of this name to form her stage name. She became famous within the last two years collaborating with "The Chainsmokers". ;)
6 = Adele
8 = Birdy
9 = Bebe Rexha ("Aber Hexe B" would be a German anagram translating to "but witch B")
10 = Olly Murs ("Mus-Rolly" would roughly mean "mashed guy in a wheelchair" in German ;))
13 = Ed Sheeran ("er sah Eden" would be a German anagram translating to "he saw Eden")
18 = Justin Bieber ("bist Juni-Eber" would be a German anagram translating to "you're (a) June boar")
Those were the ones that immediately stood out. :)
Interesting, because if I had to analyze grammar, I'd say "what nationality" is the variant that allows for the answer "no nationality" whereas "which" requires a choice between a given set of nationalities (here: all nationalities in the world, or referenced in the countries mentioned in the riddle).
That's because "which" carries the connotation "which of these here" whereas "what" is an open question that allows the answer "none".
(Colloquially, "which" also does, but that's another issue. :))
More examples:
* "Which team (implying: of the teams qualified) will win the world championship?" - "Brazil."
vs. "What team is your favourite for the world championships?" - "None because I don't care."
* "What is your favourite color?" - "I have none."
"Which color (implying: of these colors I'm showing you here) do you think fits my living room best?" - "The light blue one."
I see what you mean and you are right. I think it's that it said "nationality/ies" that made the difference to me as I read that as implying that there could be a number of correct nationalities including zero. But that may just be how the sentence struck me rather than a particular grammatical rule. It probably doesn't stand up to analysis :)
I am not a native English speaker, so I didn't recognize the difference between "what" and "which". But now I see it, and I have to apologize that my riddle caused so many troubles. ;)
What is the past tense of William Shakespeare?
Williwas Shookpeare?
Wouldiwas shookspeared
Yes!
What's the female form of
"'Without mandatory guidance from the Lord, hell awaits all mankind,' Hermione said."?
Here's the solution of my anagram riddle:
1) Steylar Shyr - Harry Styles
2) Dena in Agarar - Ariana Grande
3) Rar Stin been a parc - Sabrina Carpenter
4) Wash me n send - Shawn Mendes
5) Kecbyg - Becky G
6) Leade - Adele
7) I list and feel eeh - Hailee Steinfeld
8) Rid by - Birdy
9) Be Ex Rehab - Bebe Rexha
10) Sully Rom - Olly Murs
11) I or Tara - Rita Ora
12) Gone me sazel - Selena Gomez
13) Dash en Ere - Ed Sheeran
14) Ashley - Halsey
15) If sort raw lyt - Taylor Swift
16) Y taker ryp - Katy Perry
17) Jim Conk Chalsea - Michael Jackson
18) I beret sun bij - Justin Bieber
19) I love da Tom - Demi Lovato
20) I like u my gone - Kylie Minogue
:D
Almost. :)
"Without womandatory galdance from tshe Lady, shell awaits all womankind," Himmione said.
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