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A brainteaser

POSTED BY: minifish33 4 months, 3 weeks ago

I live above a star and yet I never burn,
I have 11 neighbours and none of them turn,
I am visited in sequence,
first, last or inbetween.

What am I?

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Solve the acronym- prize for the winner (SOLVED by Chesso)

POSTED BY: Liddle ol' me 9 months, 2 weeks ago

WDTHSM?

Hint in the quote

"The mind of the bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the more it will contract." (Oliver Wendell Holmes)

I will tell you how many words are correct in your guess

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Riddle - A Fearsome Foe

POSTED BY: Abvance 1 year, 5 months ago

There was once a knight bold and brave. He felled countless opponents and was said to be peerless on the battlefield.

However, legend has it that there was one foe that set the knight quaking in his armored boots. The knight feared this monster because of the rumor that surrounded it. It was said t more...

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Horse race riddle

POSTED BY: Abvance 1 year, 6 months ago

A rich man is old and must decide who will inherit his fortune from one of his two sons. He makes a proposition. His two sons will ride their horses in a race, and whichever horse crosses the finish line last will win the fortune for its owner. During the race, the two brothers wander aimlessly for more...

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Riddle me this 5

POSTED BY: Abvance 1 year, 6 months ago

An ordinary American citizen with a clean police record but no passport managed to visit over thirty foreign countries. He was welcome in every country and left on his own accord. He did this all in just one day. How?

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Riddle me this 4

POSTED BY: Abvance 1 year, 6 months ago

In the garage at the back of your house there are three boxes. One is labelled Apples another Oranges and the other Apples and Oranges. All you know is that all of the boxes are labelled wrong. How can you correctly re-label all the boxes if you are only allowed to take one fruit out of one of th more...

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Riddle me this 3

POSTED BY: Abvance 1 year, 6 months ago

There is a furious dog that follows your every move tied to a tree by a long chain. Your ball rolls within the limits of the dogs chain. How can you get your ball back quickly without harming the dog?

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Riddle me this 2

POSTED BY: Abvance 1 year, 6 months ago

Theres a light bulb in a room and outside the room there are three switches. One of the switches operates the light bulb and all three switches are on the off position. How can you determine which switch operates the light bulb if you are only allowed to enter the room once to see if the light bul more...

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Riddle me this

POSTED BY: Abvance 1 year, 6 months ago

You are on holiday on an island in the middle of a lake. The island is in a remote part of Norway and there is no bridge connecting the land to the island (you arrived to the island in a rowing boat) Everyday a tractor and wagon gives hay rides all around the island to all the children. Puzzled as t more...

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Of those numbers whose English representation in capital letters consists only of straight lines, only one number has a value equal to the number of straight line segments required to write it out.

POSTED BY: snowtiger 1 year, 8 months ago

Of those numbers whose English representation in capital letters consists only of straight lines, only one number has a value equal to the number of straight line segments required to write it out.
What number is this ?

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What word begins with 'h', ends with 'n', contains six letters, and contains eight words besides itself without transposing a single letter ?

POSTED BY: snowtiger 1 year, 8 months ago

What word begins with 'h', ends with 'n', contains six letters, and contains eight words

besides itself without transposing a single letter ?

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Can you Punctuate the following so it makes sense ?

POSTED BY: snowtiger 1 year, 8 months ago

Punctuate the following so it makes sense ?

"That that is is that that is not is not is not that it it is."

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The clock riddle

POSTED BY: Abvance 1 year, 8 months ago

Supposing a clock takes 3 seconds to strike 3. How long will the same clock take to strike 7?

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Posers ............... Do you know ?

POSTED BY: snowtiger 1 year, 8 months ago

1) 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?
2) Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?
3) I have holes in my top and bottom, my left and right, and in the middle. But I still hol more...

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Aces and Joker puzzle

POSTED BY: Abvance 1 year, 8 months ago

You have a full 52 deck of cards plus a Joker spread out and face down on a table in front of you. You cant tell which card is which by looking at them or otherwise. You now start flipping cards over one by one, you turn each card only once. What is the percentage probability that you turn over all more...

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