5 Riddles

[ranworthbreeze]

Here are five riddles that were sent to me.

1. A murderer is condemned to death.

He has to choose between three

rooms.

The first is full of raging fires,

the second is full of

assassins with loaded guns,

and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years.

Which room is safest for him?

2. A woman shoots her husband.

Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes.

Finally, she hangs him.

But 5 minutes later they both go out

together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.

How can this be?

3. What is black when you buy it,

red when you use it, and grey when you throw it away ?

4. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words

Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?

5. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to just how quickly you

can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and

plain that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing

is wrong with it! It is highly unusual though. Study it and think about

it, but you still may not find anything odd but if you work at it a bit,

you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching!

THE ANSWERS TO ALL FIVE THE RIDDLES ARE BELOW:

Answers:

1. The third room Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead.

That one was easy, right?

2. The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband,

developed it, and hung it up to dry (shot; held under water; and hung).

3. Charcoal, as it is used in barbecuing.

4. Sure you can name three consecutive days, yesterday, today, and tomorrow!

5. The letter "e" which is the most common letter used in the English

language, does not appear even once in the paragraph.

How did you do?

Regards

Alan

[Jonathan]

4/5.  Missed the "e"s!

[Liberty]

Thank you!

[Timbo]

Just the three I'm afraid...well I suppose two and a different answer but I'm classing it as three. I got the e's one, and the lions. My three consecutive days would be Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

[grendel]

the three days I had were january the first, second and third, the first one I chose to stay in the room leading to the 3 other rooms, I missed the e, got coal instead of charcoal, and missed the photographer.

Grendel

[Gracie]

Didn't get past the first one lol, seriously, same as Timbo I'm afraid only 3

 

Grace