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Riddle:
As defendants, we deny all involvement in the unscrupulous dealings which have come to light in the recent government investigation. What country name is hidden in the previous sentence?
Answer: Sweden. "defendant-S, we den-y".
Riddle:
What came first the chicken or the egg?
Answer: The chicken. There had to be a chicken in order for the egg to be layed.
Riddle:
How can you insert the numbers 1-9 inclusive each only, into the calculation to arrive at the answer 100?
( - ) + + - - - = 100
Answer: ( 7 - 5 )² + 96 + 8 - 4 - 3 - 1 = 100
Riddle:
What year of this century is the same when its number is upside down? What year of the previous century is the same when inverted?
Answer: 1961 and 1881.
Riddle:
Two wine merchants arrive at the gates of Paris. One has 64 and the other 20 barrels of wine. Since they have not enough money to pay the custom duties, the first pays 40 francs and 5 barrels of wine. The second pays 2 barrels of wine but receives 40 francs in change.
What is the value of each barrel of wine and what is the duty payable?
Answer: The value of a barrel is 120 francs and the duty is 10 francs a barrel.
Riddle:
It takes the town hall clock 6 seconds to strike 4 o'clock in the afternoon. How long does it take to strike midnight?
Answer: 22 Seconds.
Riddle:
Mr. and Mrs. Smith were walking home from the shopping mall with their purchases when Mr. Smith began to complain that his load was too heavy. Mrs. Smith turned to her husband and said, "I don't know what you're complaining about because if you gave me one of your parcels, I would have twice as many as you and if I gave you just one of mine, we would have equal loads." How many parcels was each carrying?
Answer: Mrs. Smith was carrying seven parcels and Mr. Smith was carrying five.
Riddle:
What work is it that the faster you work,
the longer it is before you're done,
and the slower you work,
the sooner you're finished?
Answer: Roasting meat on a spit.
Riddle:
In 1990, a person is 15 years old. In 1995 that same person is 10 years old. How is this possible?
Answer: The years are in B.C.
Riddle:
Which of the following statements are true, and which are false? 1. Only one of the statements is false 2. Exactly two of the statements are false. 3. Only three of the statements are false. 4. Exactly four of the statements are false. 5. All five of these statements are false.
Answer: The only true statement can be #4. The others are false. #5 can't be true, because it says all the statements are false.
