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momobiker · 19/08/2011 12:14

Five tricky questions

  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 ?

  1. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?


  1. 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!
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StealthPolarBear · 22/08/2011 22:35

any more of these?

That's right Bertie :o

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SquirtedPerfumeUpNoseInBoots · 20/08/2011 14:35

Footsteps. Ffs

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VelvetSnow · 20/08/2011 14:27
  1. The more footsteps you take, the more you leave behind :)
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BertieBotts · 20/08/2011 13:23

Is the surgeon the boy's mum?

Velvet's chimney one - an umbrella!

Stumped at number 3 though.

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FloellaDaVille · 19/08/2011 20:14

You're right, Velvet

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peeriebear · 19/08/2011 19:05

2: Weighty

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VelvetSnow · 19/08/2011 19:01

sorry Alpini, good answer but it's incorrect.

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AlpiniAddict · 19/08/2011 17:09

3.Photographs?

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VelvetSnow · 19/08/2011 15:35

Correct :)

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SquirtedPerfumeUpNoseInBoots · 19/08/2011 15:33
  1. A key


Don't know 3 yet.
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VelvetSnow · 19/08/2011 15:16

Correct so far! :)

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WalterFlipschicks · 19/08/2011 15:14

1 - incorrectly
2 - freight
3- ?
4 - ?

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VelvetSnow · 19/08/2011 15:04

What are the answers to the following:

  1. Which word in the English language is always spelt incorrectly?


  1. From what heavy seven letter word can you take away two letters and be left with eight?


  1. The more you take, the more you leave behind.


  1. What force and strength cannot get through, I with a gentle touch can do and many in the streets would stand were I not as a friend in hand.
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VelvetSnow · 19/08/2011 15:01

Fish bowl fallen off the table - the 'bodies' are dead fish

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FloellaDaVille · 19/08/2011 14:35

How about this one.
Two bodies are lying in a puddle of water. There is broken glass everywhere. What has happened?

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WalterFlipschicks · 19/08/2011 14:10

Dont know the surgeon one but vs i have yours

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VelvetSnow · 19/08/2011 14:07

I have people here in RL contesting the answer...:)

PM me what you got Stealth, and I'll repsond with the other answers I have been given

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StealthPolarBear · 19/08/2011 14:04

VS that kept me puzzled for ages!! I got something silly stuck in my head and couldn't move on!

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KAZAMM · 19/08/2011 14:02

I'm not very good at these puzzles but enjoy them all the same. Perfect for a boring afternoon at work. :)

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VelvetSnow · 19/08/2011 13:54

What can go up a chimney down, but can't go down a chimney up?

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StealthPolarBear · 19/08/2011 13:45

you got it VS :)
Will post more later, I love these

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DontCallMeFrothyDragon · 19/08/2011 13:42

Surgeon one is easy. Will be testing my mum on it in September. Grin

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SquirtedPerfumeUpNoseInBoots · 19/08/2011 13:40

Yep. Got the surgeon as well. Any more, anyone?

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zukiecat · 19/08/2011 13:19

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StealthPolarBear · 19/08/2011 13:14

you can always post a cryptic hint or PM me!

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