Riddles

[shahalam]

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A friend of mine who recently interviewed with a medschool was asked by an interviewer to ask him a riddle. If I was faced with a question like this, I'd freeze. What are some good medical ones you know? Remeber, not jokes!

 

[jhugti]

A cool (and famous) riddle I like:

Three friends check into a motel for the night and the clerk tells them the bill is $30, payable in advance. So, they each pay the clerk $10 and go to their room. A few minutes later, the clerk realizes he has made an error and overcharged the trio by $5. He asks the bellhop to return $5 to the 3 friends who had just checked in. The bellhop sees this as an opportunity to make $2 as he reasons that the three friends would have a tough time dividing $5 evenly among them; so he decides to tell them that the clerk made a mistake of only $3, giving a dollar back to each of the friends. He pockets the leftover $2 and goes home for the day! Now, each of the three friends gets a dollar back, thus they each paid $9 for the room which is a total of $27 for the night. We know the bellhop pocketed $2 and adding that to the $27, you get $29, not $30 which was originally spent. Where did the other dollar go????

 

[virilep]

oh man... this got to me at first... haha, good one. i just got it. read below if you want to know, if not, click back!












we know that the trio paid 27 total. the bellhop got his 2 and the hotel got their 25. there is no missing dollar. 27-2=25. or we could look at it to be 25+3+2= 30. HOLLA

 

[Sarikate]

Okay, here's a good one, but it's not a "medical" riddle, although it appears to be a number game...it's all in the telling. To start off: tell your wily victim, "You are the driver of a bus. Two people get on the bus, one gets off the bus. Then you pick up three more people, and drop off two." Continue this for a while, making up numbers (slow and steady so they are doing the math in their head). After a while, say, "So...what was the color of the driver's eyes?" And they will be saying, "What the?" and you will giggle and say whatever their eye color is.

 

[Sarikate]

Here's another good one (I'm a riddle fanatic)...

A man walks into a bar, looking very desperate. He charges up to the bartender and begs him for a glass of water. The bartender takes one look at the man, takes out a gun, and points it at the man's face. The man jumps back with a start, pauses, and says, "My goodness, thank you!" and heads out of the bar. What happened?

 

[Avenue Q]

Here's another good one (I'm a riddle fanatic)...

A man walks into a bar, looking very desperate. He charges up to the bartender and begs him for a glass of water. The bartender takes one look at the man, takes out a gun, and points it at the man's face. The man jumps back with a start, pauses, and says, "My goodness, thank you!" and heads out of the bar. What happened?

That one is cute 🙂

How 'bout this one:

"6 Fish I caught without a head and 9 without a tail, half of 8 i left behind and one of 10 i laid upon my scale. Now answer me this when I ask it, how many fish were in my basket?"


Answer: Zero
Hint: What if all the descriptoon were about the numbers themselves, not the fish?

I actually don't like this riddle, it was the only one I could think of.

 

[Shredder]

Here's another good one (I'm a riddle fanatic)...
A man walks into a bar, looking very desperate. He charges up to the bartender and begs him for a glass of water. The bartender takes one look at the man, takes out a gun, and points it at the man's face. The man jumps back with a start, pauses, and says, "My goodness, thank you!" and heads out of the bar. What happened?

I think I can answer this one -- I'm usually pretty good at these riddles. The bartender was an old codger with a hearing problem. When the man asked for a glass of water, the bartender mistakenly thought he said, "Excuse me, but would you pull out a gun and point it at me please."
The bartender, being a nice guy, simply honored the man's request.
It's really not that difficult of a riddle.
If you want to hang around this thread...try and come up with something a little tougher than that.

Haha just kidding, I pulled that from another forum as I went to cheat and look for the answer, which I won't post.

 

[7648501]

the man had hiccups?

 

[The Good Guy]

the man had hiccups?

Bingo.

 

[shahalam]

I think I can answer this one -- I'm usually pretty good at these riddles. The bartender was an old codger with a hearing problem. When the man asked for a glass of water, the bartender mistakenly thought he said, "Excuse me, but would you pull out a gun and point it at me please."
The bartender, being a nice guy, simply honored the man's request.
It's really not that difficult of a riddle.
If you want to hang around this thread...try and come up with something a little tougher than that.

Haha just kidding, I pulled that from another forum as I went to cheat and look for the answer, which I won't post.

Ok, here's one for everyone.
The living say nothing, but the dead mumble and grumble. What am I?

 

[avinash]

Ok, here's one for everyone.
The living say nothing, but the dead mumble and grumble. What am I?

a zombie!!!! ...lol that prolly wrong..oh well

 

[Quynh2007]

this was asked to me during a psych experiment, giving me only 2 minutes, but i didn't get to finish it:

there are 3 tree-lovers and 3 tree-haters. they are all on one side of a river. They all need to get across the river. If at anytime there are more tree-haters than tree-lover on any side, that side of the forest will burn. How do you get all the people to go across w/o having the forests being burned down?

 

[avinash]

this was asked to me during a psych experiment, giving me only 2 minutes, but i didn't get to finish it:

there are 3 tree-lovers and 3 tree-haters. they are all on one side of a river. They all need to get across the river. If at anytime there are more tree-haters than tree-lover on any side, that side of the forest will burn. How do you get all the people to go across w/o having the forests being burned down?

make em walk all at once together?

 

[Quynh2007]

oops, i forgot to include that only 2 can cross at anytime on a boat.

 

[gildas]

Ok, here's one for everyone.
The living say nothing, but the dead mumble and grumble. What am I?

I know this one. "Leaves"

 

[gildas]

I have one.
A soccer player decides to start putting his shoes on when the game start. By the time he is done puting everything on the game ended. Who is this soccer player?

 

[watsupdoc15]

oops, i forgot to include that only 2 can cross at anytime on a boat.

One of each at a time maybe?

 

[watsupdoc15]

He who made it, didn't use it, he who owned it didn't want it, and they who carried it didn't own it

 

[QofQuimica]

This riddle that the Sphinx of Greek mythology asked to travelers on the way to Thebes is probably the most famous riddle in Western history. She killed all who could not answer it correctly, until Oedipus finally did get it correct:

"What animal goes on four legs at dawn, two at noon, and three at dusk?"

Unfortunately for Oedipus, although his correct answer rescued the people of Thebes, they rewarded him by making him their king, and having him marry their widowed queen....who happened to be Oedipus's mother. 😱

 

[QofQuimica]

He who made it, didn't use it, he who owned it didn't want it, and they who carried it didn't own it

a burden?

 

[Karina]

This riddle that the Sphinx of Greek mythology asked to travelers on the way to Thebes is probably the most famous riddle in Western history. She killed all who could not answer it correctly, until Oedipus finally did get it correct:

"What animal goes on four legs at dawn, two at noon, and three at dusk?"

Unfortunately for Oedipus, although his correct answer rescued the people of Thebes, they rewarded him by making him their king, and having him marry their widowed queen....who happened to be Oedipus's mother. 😱

Man

 

[Windburn]

He who made it, didn't use it, he who owned it didn't want it, and they who carried it didn't own it

Casket

 

[watsupdoc15]

Casket

Yeeeuup

 

[HeHateMe]

What's the answer to the Oedipus one?

Here's mine:
You have ten piles of coins and a digital scale. Nine of the ten piles weight exactly the same and a tenth pile is slightly heavier (the difference in weight is known). the difference is too subtle to be detected by hand but can be measured by the scale. You can use the scale to make one measurement to figure out which pile is the heavy one. What do you measure?






Answer:
you take 1 coin from pile 1, 2 from pile 2, 3 from pile 3, and so on. Then you measure these and by seeing how heavy this combination is, you will be able to tell which pile contained the heavy coins.
(e.g. if pile three was the heavy one then the weight measured would be greater than the predicted weight, if all piles weighed the same, by a margin of 3x(weight diff for heavy coins).

 

[nimer1456]

What's the answer to the Oedipus one?

Humans... we crawl when we are born (4 legs at dawn), we walk upright in our middle life (2 at noon) and we use a cane when we are old (3 at dusk).

 

[shahalam]

I know this one. "Leaves"

Correct! give the guy his prize 😀

Two highway patrolmen were staked out behind a billboard to wait for speeders. To cover all six lanes, one of them looked up the freeway while the other looked down it. "Sam," said one without turning his head, "what are you smiling about?" Explain how he could tell that Sam was smiling.

😕 😕 😕

 

[Docta "O"]

I suck at riddles, but here's one I got ont he back of a candy wrapper or something:
What can you put in a box/barrel to make it lighter?

 

[Docta "O"]

Correct! give the guy his prize 😀

Two highway patrolmen were staked out behind a billboard to wait for speeders. To cover all six lanes, one of them looked up the freeway while the other looked down it. "Sam," said one without turning his head, "what are you smiling about?" Explain how he could tell that Sam was smiling.

😕 😕 😕

One of them farted, and everybody knows when you don't laugh at a fart you're holding it back, so he had to be smiling, QED.

 

[shahalam]

I suck at riddles, but here's one I got ont he back of a candy wrapper or something:
What can you put in a box/barrel to make it lighter?

You can put in fat free cake, or maybe just a hole 🙂

 

[Docta "O"]

I don't know if these count as riddles but my dad believes he's some sort of supreme judge of genius by administering these questions to random passers-by. Rather outdated but here goes:

If an electric train goes west which way does the smoke go?
If a rooster lays an egg on a roof which way does it fall?
If you have a lb. of cotton and a lb. of iron which is heavier?
If you have a 20 foot rope how many cuts will it take to make 20 equal pieces?

There's more but they're pretty stupid and I assume these are no challenge for our supreme SDNers.

 

[Dr.Phenomena]

I don't know if these count as riddles but my dad believes he's some sort of supreme judge of genius by administering these questions to random passers-by. Rather outdated but here goes:

If an electric train goes west which way does the smoke go?
If a rooster lays an egg on a roof which way does it fall?
If you have a lb. of cotton and a lb. of iron which is heavier?
If you have a 20 foot rope how many cuts will it take to make 20 equal pieces?

There's more but they're pretty stupid and I assume these are no challenge for our supreme SDNers.

The Smoke goes up.
Rooster's don't lay eggs they're male,
They weigh the same.
It takes 10 cuts.

 

[txguy]

The Smoke goes up.
Rooster's don't lay eggs they're male,
They weigh the same.
It takes 10 cuts.

Its an electric train, so no smoke....right? 😕

And isn't it 19 cuts?? 😕 😕

-tx

 

[River Rat]

I don't know if these count as riddles but my dad believes he's some sort of supreme judge of genius by administering these questions to random passers-by. Rather outdated but here goes:

If an electric train goes west which way does the smoke go?
If a rooster lays an egg on a roof which way does it fall?
If you have a lb. of cotton and a lb. of iron which is heavier?
If you have a 20 foot rope how many cuts will it take to make 20 equal pieces?

There's more but they're pretty stupid and I assume these are no challenge for our supreme SDNers.

hmm, electric train? i suppose if the train was on fire, then the smoke would be going up.
roosters are male.
equal.
i'm going to say 19...but it can change depending on how it's folded, can't it?


here's a relatively popular riddle that you guys have probably heard before to figure out whether you are demented or not.

A woman, while at the funeral of her own mother, met this guy whom she
did not know. She thought this guy was amazing, so much her dream guy she
believed him to be, that she fell in love with him right there but never asked for his number and could not find him. A few days later she killed her sister. Question: What is her motive in killing her sister? (Give this some thought before you answer)

 

[Benign_foodtube]

He who made it, didn't use it, he who owned it didn't want it, and they who carried it didn't own it

Haha! That's an awesome one! It's a casket, right? I dig it.

How about: What's there if you look, but isn't there if you don't look?

 

[PublicEnemy]

this was asked to me during a psych experiment, giving me only 2 minutes, but i didn't get to finish it:

there are 3 tree-lovers and 3 tree-haters. they are all on one side of a river. They all need to get across the river. If at anytime there are more tree-haters than tree-lover on any side, that side of the forest will burn. How do you get all the people to go across w/o having the forests being burned down?

ok, so only 2 can go across on the boat at a time. and just to make it interesting, lets assume, there's only 1 boat.

you need 1 of the tree haters to ferry everyone across one at a time, starting with a tree lover, and alternating each time.

 

[PublicEnemy]

Haha! That's an awesome one! It's a casket, right? I dig it.

How about: What's there if you look, but isn't there if you don't look?

your reflection.

if a tree falls in a forest and there is no one to hear it, does it make a sound?

i guess no? since technically you need a medium and a receiver.

 

[PublicEnemy]

Correct! give the guy his prize 😀

Two highway patrolmen were staked out behind a billboard to wait for speeders. To cover all six lanes, one of them looked up the freeway while the other looked down it. "Sam," said one without turning his head, "what are you smiling about?" Explain how he could tell that Sam was smiling.

😕 😕 😕

the guy on the left was looking up the freeway, towards his right. the guy on the right was looking down the freeway, towards his left.

 

[watsupdoc15]

Haha! That's an awesome one! It's a casket, right? I dig it.

How about: What's there if you look, but isn't there if you don't look?

yup, casket....that is correeect (chris farley, billy madison style) 👍

I believe sound is relative to who hears it...so if i'm not around and someone tells me a tree fell, i didn't hear a sound. Maybe it fell quietly????

 

[boardchic]

Think of a nine-letter hyphenated word, meaning something extremely simple. Take the first and fifth letters, and move them four spaces down the alphabet, so "A" would become "E", "B" would become "F", "C' would become "G'"and so on. The result will be a famous actor's first and last names. The first name has three letters, the last name has six. Who is this person?

 

[PublicEnemy]

Think of a nine-letter hyphenated word, meaning something extremely simple. Take the first and fifth letters, and move them four spaces down the alphabet, so "A" would become "E", "B" would become "F", "C' would become "G'"and so on. The result will be a famous actor's first and last names. The first name has three letters, the last name has six. Who is this person?

haha, thats a no-brainer!

 

[Benign_foodtube]

your reflection.

if a tree falls in a forest and there is no one to hear it, does it make a sound?

i guess no? since technically you need a medium and a receiver.

No, one's reflection is there whether you look at it or not, as can be verified by a 3rd party, viewing your reflection, even if you don't see it. I dunno-- I was asked this riddle (what's there if you look, but isn't there if you don't look) by this old guy a while ago. The best answer I came up with is: a distraction. When I told him, he just smiled and walked away, so I think it was right. Or maybe that meant that I was unworthy Either way, a distraction seems to fit.

 

[gildas]

He who made it, didn't use it, he who owned it didn't want it, and they who carried it didn't own it

Ha Ha I know this one too. It is Coffin.

 

[angelinebear]

I have a riddle!

Two guys are in a cabin. One of the guys in the cabin has died. He passed away from a heart attack. The other guy does not want to be in the cabin, and he knows that he will die as well no matter what. He's free to leave the cabin and go outside, but there is something stopping him. What's their situation?

Your audience has to ask you a series of yes or no questions that could possibly hint at the answer.

When I first heard this riddle, it took me forever to figure it out, but in the end, it's pretty clever 😛

 

[Khenon]

What's black and white, and red all over?







I know. That was pathetic. But it's all I've got! 🙂

 

[TripleDegree]

Okay, here's a good one, but it's not a "medical" riddle, although it appears to be a number game...it's all in the telling. To start off: tell your wily victim, "You are the driver of a bus. Two people get on the bus, one gets off the bus. Then you pick up three more people, and drop off two." Continue this for a while, making up numbers (slow and steady so they are doing the math in their head). After a while, say, "So...what was the color of the driver's eyes?" And they will be saying, "What the?" and you will giggle and say whatever their eye color is.

*Groan*

 

[TripleDegree]

I think I can answer this one -- I'm usually pretty good at these riddles. The bartender was an old codger with a hearing problem. When the man asked for a glass of water, the bartender mistakenly thought he said, "Excuse me, but would you pull out a gun and point it at me please."
The bartender, being a nice guy, simply honored the man's request.
It's really not that difficult of a riddle.
If you want to hang around this thread...try and come up with something a little tougher than that.

Haha just kidding, I pulled that from another forum as I went to cheat and look for the answer, which I won't post.

I still don't get it - whats the answer? why would the man say 'thank you" when he had a gun pointed at his face? I'm normally not this obtuse 🙁

 

[River Rat]

I still don't get it - whats the answer? why would the man say 'thank you" when he had a gun pointed at his face? I'm normally not this obtuse 🙁

he had the hiccups?

 

[i61164]

this was asked to me during a psych experiment, giving me only 2 minutes, but i didn't get to finish it:

there are 3 tree-lovers and 3 tree-haters. they are all on one side of a river. They all need to get across the river. If at anytime there are more tree-haters than tree-lover on any side, that side of the forest will burn. How do you get all the people to go across w/o having the forests being burned down?

I heard a variation of this: 3 cannibals and 3 missionaries need to get from one island to another. They have a boat that can only fit 2. If the cannibals ever outnumber the missionaries (on either island) they will eat them. How do they all get across safely?

Also, the answer to the funeral one is below:














The girl kills her sister so that she will see her dream guy again at the funeral.

 

[Whitney]

Here's one I've always liked...

You're locked in a windowless room. There are two doors on either side of the room, one door leads to freedom, the other to a fiery pit of death. Each door is guarded by a very big, very well-armed guard. One guard ALWAYS tells the truth, one guard ALWAYS lies (you don't know which is which).....you're allowed one question to ONE of the guards to try and figure out which is the door to freedom. You can only try one door, after which , if you're still in the room, the guards will kill you.....What question do you ask?

 

[boardchic]

I have a riddle!

Two guys are in a cabin. One of the guys in the cabin has died. He passed away from a heart attack. The other guy does not want to be in the cabin, and he knows that he will die as well no matter what. He's free to leave the cabin and go outside, but there is something stopping him. What's their situation?

Your audience has to ask you a series of yes or no questions that could possibly hint at the answer.

When I first heard this riddle, it took me forever to figure it out, but in the end, it's pretty clever 😛

what's the answer to this one?