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TGFNickAtNite · 08-27-2003, 11:30 AM

Anyone remember the episode in which Vanessa & Rudy tried to win a bet with Theo to see if they could stump him on a riddle?

The riddles were:

There are two American coins that add up to 30 cents. One of them is not a nickle. What are the two coins.

If a plane crashes right between the borders of The United States & Canada, where would you bury the survivors?

Mr. Smith and his son Arthur were driving in a car. The car crashes. Mr. Smith is killed instantly while his son Arthur is rushed to the local hospital. The old surgeon says "I can't operate on him, he's my son Arthur." Why is that?

Does anyone have any good riddles that they think could stump?

Montanya427 · 09-24-2003, 03:14 AM

Three friends check into a motel for the night and the clerk tells them the bill is $30, payable in advance. So, they each pay the clerk $10 and go to their room. A few minutes later, the clerk realizes he has made an error and overcharged the trio by $5. He asks the bellhop to return $5 to the 3 friends who had just checked in. The bellhop sees this as an opportunity to make $2 as he reasons that the three friends would have a tough time dividing $5 evenly among them; so he decides to tell them that the clerk made a mistake of only $3, giving a dollar back to each of the friends. He pockets the leftover $2 and goes home for the day! Now, each of the three friends gets a dollar back, thus they each paid $9 for the room which is a total of $27 for the night. We know the bellhop pocketed $2 and adding that to the $27, you get $29, not $30 which was originally spent. Where did the other dollar go????

When the day after tomorrow will be yesterday, today will be as far from Sunday as today was from Sunday when the day before yesterday is tomorrow. What day is it today?

Montanya427 · 09-29-2003, 10:31 AM

The facts in this riddle are clear: There is an initial $30 charge. It should have been $25, so $5 must be returned and accounted for. $3 is given to the 3 friends, $2 is kept by the bellhop - there you have the $5. The trick to this riddle is that the addition and subtraction are done at the wrong times to misdirect your thinking - and quite successfully for most. Each of the 3 friends did indeed pay $9, not $10, and as far as the friends are concerned, they paid $27 for the night. But we know that the clerk will tell us that they were charged only $25 and when you add the $3 returned with the $2 kept by the bellhop, you come up with $30.

theanswerman · 09-29-2003, 05:19 PM

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Originally posted by TGFNickAtNite
Anyone remember the episode in which Vanessa & Rudy tried to win a bet with Theo to see if they could stump him on a riddle?

The riddles were:

There are two American coins that add up to 30 cents. One of them is not a nickle. What are the two coins.

If a plane crashes right between the borders of The United States & Canada, where would you bury the survivors?

Mr. Smith and his son Arthur were driving in a car. The car crashes. Mr. Smith is killed instantly while his son Arthur is rushed to the local hospital. The old surgeon says "I can't operate on him, he's my son Arthur." Why is that?

Does anyone have any good riddles that they think could stump?

1. quarte and nickle [i think i cant rember from last night]

2. you dont bury survivors

3. it was his mother who was the surgeon

Montanya427 · 09-30-2003, 11:56 AM

1. quarte and nickle

one is not a nickle

TGFNickAtNite · 10-01-2003, 01:56 AM

From the show: Remember ONE of them is not a nickle; a quarter is NOT a nickle, therefore it is a quarter and a nickle, you have to read it carefully, very tricky.

08-27-2003, 11:30 AM	#1
TGFNickAtNite Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 27, 2003 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 70	The Riddles Anyone remember the episode in which Vanessa & Rudy tried to win a bet with Theo to see if they could stump him on a riddle? The riddles were: There are two American coins that add up to 30 cents. One of them is not a nickle. What are the two coins. If a plane crashes right between the borders of The United States & Canada, where would you bury the survivors? Mr. Smith and his son Arthur were driving in a car. The car crashes. Mr. Smith is killed instantly while his son Arthur is rushed to the local hospital. The old surgeon says "I can't operate on him, he's my son Arthur." Why is that? Does anyone have any good riddles that they think could stump?
	Last edited by TGFNickAtNite; 08-29-2003 at 05:43 AM.

09-24-2003, 03:14 AM	#2
Montanya427 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 13, 2003 Posts: 108	Three friends check into a motel for the night and the clerk tells them the bill is $30, payable in advance. So, they each pay the clerk $10 and go to their room. A few minutes later, the clerk realizes he has made an error and overcharged the trio by $5. He asks the bellhop to return $5 to the 3 friends who had just checked in. The bellhop sees this as an opportunity to make $2 as he reasons that the three friends would have a tough time dividing $5 evenly among them; so he decides to tell them that the clerk made a mistake of only $3, giving a dollar back to each of the friends. He pockets the leftover $2 and goes home for the day! Now, each of the three friends gets a dollar back, thus they each paid $9 for the room which is a total of $27 for the night. We know the bellhop pocketed $2 and adding that to the $27, you get $29, not $30 which was originally spent. Where did the other dollar go???? When the day after tomorrow will be yesterday, today will be as far from Sunday as today was from Sunday when the day before yesterday is tomorrow. What day is it today?

09-29-2003, 10:31 AM	#3
Montanya427 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 13, 2003 Posts: 108	The facts in this riddle are clear: There is an initial $30 charge. It should have been $25, so $5 must be returned and accounted for. $3 is given to the 3 friends, $2 is kept by the bellhop - there you have the $5. The trick to this riddle is that the addition and subtraction are done at the wrong times to misdirect your thinking - and quite successfully for most. Each of the 3 friends did indeed pay $9, not $10, and as far as the friends are concerned, they paid $27 for the night. But we know that the clerk will tell us that they were charged only $25 and when you add the $3 returned with the $2 kept by the bellhop, you come up with $30.

09-30-2003, 11:56 AM	#5
Montanya427 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 13, 2003 Posts: 108	1. quarte and nickle one is not a nickle

10-01-2003, 01:56 AM	#6
TGFNickAtNite Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 27, 2003 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 70	From the show: Remember ONE of them is not a nickle; a quarter is NOT a nickle, therefore it is a quarter and a nickle, you have to read it carefully, very tricky.