riddle of the day (a good way to win a free beer)

cneill · 10-23-2005, 03:16 AM

someone told this to me at work tonight:

You and two of your friends go to a hotel to rent a room. The room is $30 (or euro or pounds or whatever). You each pay $10. After the bellhop takes your bags up to the room, the front desk clerk realizes she overcharged $5 for the room and returns the difference. The bellhop keeps $2 as tip, and you each get back $1. So you each paid $9, and $9 x 3 people is $27, and $30-$27 is $3. But remember, the bellhop only kept $2. Where did the extra dollar go?

mestonf · 10-23-2005, 11:15 AM

hmm..........can't work that one out......the front desk clerk stole it?

Surely though it all adds up........the bellhop keeps $2 and everyone else gets $1 (1 x $3) - add that together and that equals $5!

Uno- X · 10-23-2005, 12:45 PM

ur gonna buy us a pint for that dollar maybe?

cneill · 10-23-2005, 02:01 PM

if only a dollar would buy a pint...

mestonf · 10-23-2005, 02:38 PM

i'm confused!

PenguinBoy · 10-23-2005, 04:52 PM

that's a good one,

there is no extra dollar, you don't need to add on 3 to make 30. because she over priced. the actual price was 25, therefore you only need to take 2 from 27. which is what she did. rather than ADD 3 to make 30.

PenguinBoy · 10-23-2005, 05:01 PM

does that mean i have to concoct a new riddle? i don't know if i know any.

Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is.

Livo · 10-23-2005, 05:03 PM

language. there are only three words in "the english language".

Yetzirah · 10-24-2005, 12:19 PM

... but there's no -gry in "the english language"?...

i'm not good in riddles myself, but... ?

Alfie · 10-24-2005, 11:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PenguinBoy

does that mean i have to concoct a new riddle? i don't know if i know any.

Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is.

Is the answer hungry by any chance?

Ok....A worm is at the bottm of a 40ft hole. It can crawl upwards at a rate of 4ft in one day, but at night slips back 3ft. How long does it take to crawl out of the hole?

mestonf · 10-25-2005, 07:47 AM

40 days?

Alfie · 10-25-2005, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by mestonf

40 days?

Good try......but WRONG!

Yetzirah · 10-25-2005, 02:13 PM

I'd say 36 days because he doesn't slip back anymore at the last day...

On my way to Vienna about two years back I got to know two English guys, they told me this riddle. But I think I heard it in a movie as well.

what is more powerful than god
more evil than the devil
the rich need it
the poor have it
and if you eat it
then you will die

Alfie · 10-25-2005, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yetzirah

I'd say 36 days because he doesn't slip back anymore at the last day...

On my way to Vienna about two years back I got to know two English guys, they told me this riddle. But I think I heard it in a movie as well.

what is more powerful than god
more evil than the devil
the rich need it
the poor have it
and if you eat it
then you will die

Nope...not 36 days either. Good riddle you've set - will try to fathom it out.

Livo · 10-25-2005, 03:08 PM

nothing.

Niko · 10-25-2005, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yetzirah

I'd say 36 days because he doesn't slip back anymore at the last day...

Is it not 37 days for the same reason? Not that I'm sad enough to have just sat here with a piece of paper and worked it all out or anything...

Alfie · 10-25-2005, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Niko

Is it not 37 days for the same reason? Not that I'm sad enough to have just sat here with a piece of paper and worked it all out or anything...

Excellent....37 days it is (not off course that you were sad enought to sit etc. etc.). As you got it right, I think you now have to try and set one.

Niko · 10-25-2005, 05:08 PM

Hadn't we better wait to check that someone got the answer to PenguinBoy's riddle right first? It'd just be confusing to have even more riddles flying around at the same time. No, I'm not stalling, honestly

dizzy cannon · 10-25-2005, 05:13 PM

i think livo was right with language for penquinboy's riddle

that would have been my guess

Niko · 10-25-2005, 05:21 PM

Hmm, fair enough then, I guess I'd better just get on with it! I can't think of any good riddles, unfortunately, so you'll probably get this answer to this one pretty quickly:

Johnny's mother had three children. The first was called April. The second was called May. What was the third child called?

liamd · 10-25-2005, 05:35 PM

I'm guessing Johnny.

Why is a raven like a writing desk?

Niko · 10-25-2005, 05:53 PM

Because Poe wrote on both?

Why are 1989 pound coins worth more than 1987 pound coins?

liamd · 10-25-2005, 09:00 PM

Because if you have 1989 pound coins you have £1,989 as opposed to £1,987?

Good call on the Poe answer, it wasn't what I had in mind, but it works.

steveboswell · 10-25-2005, 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Livo

nothing.

nothing ...is more powerful than God
rich people need... nothing?
poor people have... nothing?
eat nothing and you will die!

Is that the answer!?

Why is 6 afraid of 7?

Bozz

PenguinBoy · 10-25-2005, 10:52 PM

"Because Poe wrote on both?" WOOOOOW!! i never thought of that. u wise wise person.

because 7 ate 9

all the good ones are well known

Niko · 10-25-2005, 11:31 PM

Erm...I'm not that wise, really. I just Googled it. Do we have a shame-faced smiley around here?

cneill · 10-26-2005, 03:02 AM

I think this is the official answer to the missing dollar riddle (but the other one works too). I found it on the internet:

The following night two friends check into the same motel. Once again the clerk charges them $30, or $15 per person. After the clerk remembers the total rate is only $25 he sends the bellhop upstairs with five $1 bills to pay the two friends back. The bellhop knows he got away with larceny once so he tries it again. But this time he pockets $3 and returns $2 to the hotel guests ($1 per guest). So each of the two guests got $1 back from their original $15. Therefore each paid $14 which is a total payment of $28 for the room. Now the bellhop has $3, the guests paid $28, for a total of $31....THERE'S THE MISSING DOLLAR!!!!

gomezxico · 10-26-2005, 04:05 AM

uhmm...this "solution" lost me...i think i'll go with what penguin said.

my turn: The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?

liamd · 10-26-2005, 11:48 AM

It's a coffin!

steveboswell · 10-26-2005, 12:59 PM

What gets bigger the more you take out of it?

Bozz

10-23-2005, 03:16 AM	#1
cneill eskimo hobo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: in limbo Posts: 739	riddle of the day (a good way to win a free beer) someone told this to me at work tonight: You and two of your friends go to a hotel to rent a room. The room is $30 (or euro or pounds or whatever). You each pay $10. After the bellhop takes your bags up to the room, the front desk clerk realizes she overcharged $5 for the room and returns the difference. The bellhop keeps $2 as tip, and you each get back $1. So you each paid $9, and $9 x 3 people is $27, and $30-$27 is $3. But remember, the bellhop only kept $2. Where did the extra dollar go? __________________ Coniunctio Gaudium Scientia Est Dimidium facti qui coepit habet: sapere aude. -Horace www.myspace.com/cpneill photography!: http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=1820624

10-23-2005, 11:15 AM	#2
mestonf Eskimo Regular Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: England Posts: 4,164	hmm..........can't work that one out......the front desk clerk stole it? Surely though it all adds up........the bellhop keeps $2 and everyone else gets $1 (1 x $3) - add that together and that equals $5! __________________ Damien Rice Fan Society

10-23-2005, 12:45 PM	#3
Uno- X Eskimo CSI Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 14,495	ur gonna buy us a pint for that dollar maybe? __________________ Do you realize that you have the most beautiful face? Do you realize we're floating in space?

10-23-2005, 02:01 PM	#4
cneill eskimo hobo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: in limbo Posts: 739	if only a dollar would buy a pint... __________________ Coniunctio Gaudium Scientia Est Dimidium facti qui coepit habet: sapere aude. -Horace www.myspace.com/cpneill photography!: http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=1820624

10-23-2005, 02:38 PM	#5
mestonf Eskimo Regular Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: England Posts: 4,164	i'm confused! __________________ Damien Rice Fan Society

10-23-2005, 04:52 PM	#6
PenguinBoy Appreciative Minion Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Harlington, Beds, UK. Posts: 1,695	that's a good one, there is no extra dollar, you don't need to add on 3 to make 30. because she over priced. the actual price was 25, therefore you only need to take 2 from 27. which is what she did. rather than ADD 3 to make 30. __________________ Good eyes see nothing to shoot, Good Feet Feel good giving up good boots. Myspace - My Music - My Last.fm Profile- My LiveJournal - I'm Jacob

10-23-2005, 05:01 PM	#7
PenguinBoy Appreciative Minion Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Harlington, Beds, UK. Posts: 1,695	does that mean i have to concoct a new riddle? i don't know if i know any. Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is. __________________ Good eyes see nothing to shoot, Good Feet Feel good giving up good boots. Myspace - My Music - My Last.fm Profile- My LiveJournal - I'm Jacob

10-23-2005, 05:03 PM	#8
Livo Eskimo Frames Expert Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: People's Republic of Cork Posts: 2,559	language. there are only three words in "the english language". __________________ trying to find a little chaos in the order..

10-24-2005, 12:19 PM	#9
Yetzirah Eskimissima Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: in my own little world! :D Posts: 2,746	... but there's no -gry in "the english language"?... i'm not good in riddles myself, but... ? __________________ Nothing to declare

10-25-2005, 07:47 AM	#11
mestonf Eskimo Regular Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: England Posts: 4,164	40 days? __________________ Damien Rice Fan Society

10-25-2005, 02:13 PM	#13
Yetzirah Eskimissima Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: in my own little world! :D Posts: 2,746	I'd say 36 days because he doesn't slip back anymore at the last day... On my way to Vienna about two years back I got to know two English guys, they told me this riddle. But I think I heard it in a movie as well. what is more powerful than god more evil than the devil the rich need it the poor have it and if you eat it then you will die __________________ Nothing to declare

10-25-2005, 03:08 PM	#15
Livo Eskimo Frames Expert Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: People's Republic of Cork Posts: 2,559	nothing. __________________ trying to find a little chaos in the order..

10-25-2005, 05:08 PM	#18
Niko Eskimo Regular Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 419	Hadn't we better wait to check that someone got the answer to PenguinBoy's riddle right first? It'd just be confusing to have even more riddles flying around at the same time. No, I'm not stalling, honestly __________________ Hush child, I'm eating a Snickers

10-25-2005, 05:13 PM	#19
dizzy cannon senseless eskimo Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: south jersey, usa Posts: 796	i think livo was right with language for penquinboy's riddle that would have been my guess __________________ "You're still reaching for the moon." "No, father. The moon's reaching for me!" myspace

10-25-2005, 05:21 PM	#20
Niko Eskimo Regular Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 419	Hmm, fair enough then, I guess I'd better just get on with it! I can't think of any good riddles, unfortunately, so you'll probably get this answer to this one pretty quickly: Johnny's mother had three children. The first was called April. The second was called May. What was the third child called? __________________ Hush child, I'm eating a Snickers

10-25-2005, 05:35 PM	#21
liamd ESkimo Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Galway, Ireland Posts: 183	I'm guessing Johnny. Why is a raven like a writing desk? __________________ you may notice certain things before you die. www.pasta-solo.bebo.com http://www.bobogalway.net/

10-25-2005, 05:53 PM	#22
Niko Eskimo Regular Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 419	Because Poe wrote on both? Why are 1989 pound coins worth more than 1987 pound coins? __________________ Hush child, I'm eating a Snickers

10-25-2005, 09:00 PM	#23
liamd ESkimo Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Galway, Ireland Posts: 183	Because if you have 1989 pound coins you have £1,989 as opposed to £1,987? Good call on the Poe answer, it wasn't what I had in mind, but it works. __________________ you may notice certain things before you die. www.pasta-solo.bebo.com http://www.bobogalway.net/

10-25-2005, 10:52 PM	#25
PenguinBoy Appreciative Minion Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Harlington, Beds, UK. Posts: 1,695	"Because Poe wrote on both?" WOOOOOW!! i never thought of that. u wise wise person. because 7 ate 9 all the good ones are well known __________________ Good eyes see nothing to shoot, Good Feet Feel good giving up good boots. Myspace - My Music - My Last.fm Profile- My LiveJournal - I'm Jacob

10-25-2005, 11:31 PM	#26
Niko Eskimo Regular Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 419	Erm...I'm not that wise, really. I just Googled it. Do we have a shame-faced smiley around here? __________________ Hush child, I'm eating a Snickers

10-26-2005, 03:02 AM	#27
cneill eskimo hobo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: in limbo Posts: 739	I think this is the official answer to the missing dollar riddle (but the other one works too). I found it on the internet: The following night two friends check into the same motel. Once again the clerk charges them $30, or $15 per person. After the clerk remembers the total rate is only $25 he sends the bellhop upstairs with five $1 bills to pay the two friends back. The bellhop knows he got away with larceny once so he tries it again. But this time he pockets $3 and returns $2 to the hotel guests ($1 per guest). So each of the two guests got $1 back from their original $15. Therefore each paid $14 which is a total payment of $28 for the room. Now the bellhop has $3, the guests paid $28, for a total of $31....THERE'S THE MISSING DOLLAR!!!! __________________ Coniunctio Gaudium Scientia Est Dimidium facti qui coepit habet: sapere aude. -Horace www.myspace.com/cpneill photography!: http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=1820624

10-26-2005, 04:05 AM	#28
gomezxico 2day is 1day away from... Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: DE Posts: 1,210	uhmm...this "solution" lost me...i think i'll go with what penguin said. my turn: The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it? __________________ "Argh! Why isn't this working?! Come on, Eskimo Friends, what's wrong with you?!...........Oh, I'm not logged in. "

10-26-2005, 11:48 AM	#29
liamd ESkimo Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Galway, Ireland Posts: 183	It's a coffin! __________________ you may notice certain things before you die. www.pasta-solo.bebo.com http://www.bobogalway.net/

10-26-2005, 12:59 PM	#30
steveboswell Eskimo Bozz Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Sheffield, England Posts: 303	What gets bigger the more you take out of it? Bozz