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Topic: Does Anybody Know Any Good Paradoxes or Riddles? - page 2. (Read 1673 times)

legendary
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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?

I already know the answer to that one, so I won't spoil it.  Wink

But here are a few sites I had bookmarked with a lot of very good riddles, or to be more precise, lateral thinking puzzles:
http://www.folj.com/lateral/
http://www.rinkworks.com/brainfood/p/latreal1.shtml
http://voices.yahoo.com/the-ten-greatest-lateral-thinking-puzzles-6432566.html
Vod
legendary
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Licking my boob since 1970
Here's a good paradox from the forum idiot.  Smiley

Non existence does not exist. 
legendary
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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?
legendary
Activity: 2562
Merit: 1071
What comes into your house every day and twice on a Sunday?

Is it the sun? It doesn't exactly walk into your house, but if you have windows... plus, on a Sunday it would come in as usual and it would be a Sun + day.  Tongue
congrats Smiley

Alright my turn then: what is it that enters the water and doesn't get wet?

I'm sure there are many answers for that one, so don't take it too far...  Wink

In terms of paradoxes, have you guys heard of the "Ship of Theseus" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus)?
legendary
Activity: 2562
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What comes into your house every day and twice on a Sunday?

Is it the sun? It doesn't exactly walk into your house, but if you have windows... plus, on a Sunday it would come in as usual and it would be a Sun + day.  Tongue
legendary
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Tell us ! Smiley How long you can keep us with this in our heads ... Tongue
hero member
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What comes into your house every day and twice on a Sunday?

I've never heard that before. I'm guessing yourself, or air?
Nope
What comes into your house every day and twice on a Sunday?

Oh that one is a good one ...

is it:
A passion? Smiley

Wife? Smiley


nope Smiley

Is it 'day' since you said everyday and Sunday?
legendary
Activity: 2212
Merit: 1199
What comes into your house every day and twice on a Sunday?

I've never heard that before. I'm guessing yourself, or air?
Nope
What comes into your house every day and twice on a Sunday?

Oh that one is a good one ...

is it:
A passion? Smiley

Wife? Smiley


nope Smiley


Hmm I don't want to use google Tongue .... But I really need to know the answer ...

Another try: Hot meal ? Cheesy
hero member
Activity: 644
Merit: 500
What comes into your house every day and twice on a Sunday?

I've never heard that before. I'm guessing yourself, or air?
legendary
Activity: 2212
Merit: 1199
What comes into your house every day and twice on a Sunday?

Oh that one is a good one ...

is it:
A passion? Smiley

Wife? Smiley

hero member
Activity: 644
Merit: 500
I just wanted to know if anybody had any extremely difficult paradoxes or riddles. Surprisingly, I love to work my brain to the point that it hurts sometimes, if I can't find the answer to a paradox or riddle. I'll start by sharing my favorite one. It's not necessarily hard, but it's just there:


One evening a boy is on his way home from school. As he is walking he comes to a fork in the road and cannot remember which path he took, but he knows from his travels that one path will lead him to a safe bridge, and the other will lead him to a broken bridge. He sees two twins at the fork. One of the twins always lies, and the other twin always tells the truth, and you can only ask each twin one question, and it has to be the same question. What question should you ask to find out which path is safe?

The answer is simple:

The answer is "What path would the other brother say is safe?"

The twin that always tells the truth would say "My brother would say take the left path" (assuming the right path is safe) because the brother would lie to you.

The twin that always lies would say "My brother would say take the left path" but that is a lie because the brother would not say that.
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