riddle me that

[Joe4]

Here is an easy one.

What is the only fruit that has its seeds on the outside?

 

[iknowu99]

just one riddle, don't think too hard - an average kid knows!








tip - Italicized for a reason

 

[Oaktree]

What about one hundred and one?

Or, what about counting in non-integer increments? "one and a half, three, four and a half..." gets you an A in the first member

 

[Greg Truby]

What about one hundred and one?
~ Norie

I'da thought a Brit would know better'n ta stick "and" twixt the "one hundred" and the "one".

Or, what about counting in non-integer increments?
~Oaktree

That'd be why the riddle said "...in the spelling of a whole number..." :wink:

And yes, iknowu99's riddle is meant to be have but one answer. I reckon the reason 5-year-olds get it and Harvard grads don't is that one has to play a bit fast and loose with the clues. If you apply the clues quite strictly as filters, then the only correct answer is, indeed, Chuck Norris.

Still trying to remember the answer to the fruit/seed outside one...

 

[Joe4]

I found an answer to IKNOWU99's riddle on the web:

The riddle is derived from the children's poem below.

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TIME

The time has come,
winter is here
and those yellow bears disappear.

The time has past
as man looks back with a sigh
and a tear in his eye.

As time is held
boys cross their legs
but of course the toilet begs

As time marches on
Girls loose their blush
and swap a comb for their brush

As time passes
For those held high
their end is nigh

As time catches up
Everyone is equal
when we get to the final sequel

As time turns
Without it we have flour and water
With it we have breakfast for my daughter

As time revolves
How does one turn water and wine
into something so fine

As time runs out
The more in a minute you try and squeeze
the less you can do with ease.

As time ticks
All the time that has past
man cannot comprehend something so vast.

I have never heard this poem, so I challenge those statistics! (97% of Harvard grads..., 84% of kindergarten children...)

 

[Lewiy]

I'da thought a Brit would know better'n ta stick "and" twixt the "one hundred" and the "one".

It did say "in the English language" not in the American language

 

[Greg Truby]

As I said, if you were to know the poem, then you'd have a chance. If you don't know the poem, then the clues can filter out "time" as the answer. To me, especially the "pancakes" one, for it is not "time" that turns the wet batter on the griddle brown. Anyone that's ever forgotten to turn the griddle on can tell you that you can wait a really, really long time and without *heat*, that pancake ain't a gonna turn brown.

 

[Oaktree]

That'd be why the riddle said "...in the spelling of a whole number..."

Too busy trying to be a smart aleck to catch that one, Greg.

The fruit's a strawberry.

IKNOWU's riddle is ambiguous. Heat, water, time, and "no" (or "yes") [since the riddle really asks if you can solve it] can all be considered answers to it.

 

[iknowu99]

A: specific answer coming from kindergardners was "no" except the smart alec ones

but anyways, good job everybody and nice poem jm14!

please follow up with a riddle when guessing a question. also any Shakespeare fans in the house? maybe some fancy riddles from back in the day?




Q:
If you have three oranges and you take away two, how many will you have?

 

[Greg Truby]

Given that the only pronoun in that riddle is "you", I reckon "you" would still have all three.

A man was found dead in his study. He was slumped over his desk and a gun was in his hand. There was a cassette recorder on his desk. When the police entered the room and pressed the play button on the tape recorder they heard: "I can't go on. I have nothing to live for." Then there was the sound of a gunshot. How did the detective immediately know that the man had been murdered and it wasn't a suicide?