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Riddle
$ THE MISSING DOLLAR RIDDLE $
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????
Answer
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.
Riddle
I cannot be felt, seen or touched;
Yet I can be found in everybody;
My existence is always in debate;
Yet I have my own style of music.
What Am I?
Answer
I'm a Soul. Style of music: soul
music.
Riddle
There is a common English word
that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it
still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single
letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it
becomes after removing one letter at a time?
Answer
The base word is Startling -
starting - staring - string - sting - sing - sin - in - I
Riddle
A woman shoots her husband.
Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes.
Finally, she hangs him.
But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful
dinner together.
How can this be?
Answer
The woman was a photographer. She
shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry.
Riddle
A magician was boasting one day at
how long he could hold his breath under water. His record was 6 minutes.
A kid that was listening said, "that's nothing, I can stay under
water for 10 minutes using no types of equipment or air pockets!"
The magician told the kid if he could do that, he'd give him $10,000.
The kid did it and won the money. Can you figure out how?
Answer
The kid filled a glass of water
and held it over his head for 10 minutes.
Riddle
I can sizzle like bacon,
I am made with an egg,
I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg,
I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole,
I can be long, like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole,
What am I?
Answer
A snake.
Riddle
This is an unusual paragraph. I'm
curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It
looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact,
nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think
about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it
a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching!
Answer
The paragraph doesn't contain the
letter 'e'.
Riddle
Only one color, but not one size,
Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies.
Present in sun, but not in rain,
Doing no harm, and feeling no pain.
What is it.
Answer
It's a Shadow!
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