Riddles

[TemptingEnigma]

Add eight 8s to get the number 1,000.

 

[NickUK]

Add eight 8s to get the number 1,000.

888+88+8+8+8

 

[TemptingEnigma]

888+88+8+8+8

You are sharp Nick. Well done.

 

[A_Son_of_God]

Haven't been fed for three years eh.

 

[Raining_Roses]

A convicted killer is given the choice of how to go... Door 1 - leads to a gas chamber. Door 2 - leads to a 2-man firing squad. Door 3 - leads to a pride of lions that haven't been fed for 3 years. Which door gives him the best chance of surviving, and why?

I'm going with door number 3, because I don't think zombie lions exist

 

[TemptingEnigma]

What am I ??

My life is measures in hours. I serve you by expiring. If I am fat, I am slow. If I am thin, I am fast. My biggest enemy is the wind.

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[LadyOnArooftop]

I'm useless as lateral thinking, so I resorted to googling the answer . Slightly changing the wording of the question might have thwarted my chicanery

 

[Moriarty]

What am I ??

My life is measures in hours. I serve you by expiring. If I am fat, I am slow. If I am thin, I am fast. My biggest enemy is the wind.

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A turd.
Wind easies passage.

 

[TemptingEnigma]

A turd.
Wind easies passage.

My dear, I like your logic. However you are incorrect upon this occasion.

 

[Moriarty]

Originally thought fire.. a large fueled blaze can last for hours but a lighter flame only last seconds in the wind.
So I would have to say fire.

 

[TemptingEnigma]

Rearrange the letters to form words;

1. PNIES
2. BUTTSXE

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I hope you got SPINE and SUBTEXT !!!!

 

[NickUK]

What are the next three letters in this combination? OTTFFSS

 

[Moriarty]

Eight, Nine and Ten?

 

[NickUK]

Eight, Nine and Ten?

correct

 

[TemptingEnigma]

How can the number four be half of five?

 

[NickUK]

How can the number four be half of five?

I know this one I won't spoil it

 

[LadyOnArooftop]

I remember seeing that one ^^^ some time ago. I think it's something to do with Roman numerals, but I've long forgotten the exact answer.

Here's an old one I recall...
A rancher galloped out of his homestead on Sunday. Crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico. He stayed a whole night at a ranch and rode back to town the very next day on Sunday. How is this possible?

 

[NickUK]

I remember seeing that one ^^^ some time ago. I think it's something to do with Roman numerals, but I've long forgotten the exact answer.

Here's an old one I recall...
A rancher galloped out of his homestead on Sunday. Crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico. He stayed a whole night at a ranch and rode back to town the very next day on Sunday. How is this possible?

I included this one in a quiz I did once...
I won't spoil it.

 

[NickUK]

Which song recorded in the early 1970's successfully predicted the names of both UK female prime ministers?
(This question worked better before Liz Truss so please ignore her)

 

[MissLove]

I remember seeing that one ^^^ some time ago. I think it's something to do with Roman numerals, but I've long forgotten the exact answer.

Here's an old one I recall...
A rancher galloped out of his homestead on Sunday. Crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico. He stayed a whole night at a ranch and rode back to town the very next day on Sunday. How is this possible?

I thought about it long and hard. It being Mexico, it has nothing to do with date barriers or the earth being round so going back to where he came from etc. Sunday must be his horse.