Riddle me this...

[Thed_Evil]

no they were all boys. half are boys and so are the other half.

 

[Carcharodon]

My answer works, too, though.

 

[Spider-Fett]

Here's more of a brain teaser for you.


King Fett (hey it's my teaser so I get to be king)

King Fett has an indefinate number of provinces (the number doesn't matter) and each year the provinces pay him an indefinate number of gold bars (the number doesn't matter)

Each bar weighs one pound.

King Fett gets word from one of his top agents that one of the provinces is going to try to cheat him this year by skimping on an ounce of gold in each bar.

The spy doesn't know which province it is but knows it will happen.

The problem being, the King Fett's only way of measuring his taxes is this gigantic scale (it's like a meat scale at the grocery store)

King Fett recieves one special coin that operates the scale. He can take one measurement, and one measurement only. The total is printed out and that is the only weight. There is no digital scale on the side to show the weight as he puts the gold bars on it.

How does King Fett figure out who's cheating him?

(Tip: This isn't a trick question...it is actually solveable)

 

[Al Frocks]

l think l've heard something similar (enough to know the answer) before, so l wont answer it...

 

[Brodie Bruce]

He slaughters them all.

 

[Danalys]

you put one lot of gold from one province on the scale then twice the amount of gold from the next province and so on. then from the discrepancy in weight you can work out which one is cheating you.

 

[Thed_Evil]

Originally posted by Wall_Crawler_2003
My answer works, too, though.

yeah i guess it does

 

[Brodie Bruce]

Originally posted by ph27home
you put one lot of gold from one province on the scale then twice the amount of gold from the next province and so on. then from the discrepancy in weight you can work out which one is cheating you.

You can only use the scale once.

 

[Spider-Fett]

Originally posted by ph27home
you put one lot of gold from one province on the scale then twice the amount of gold from the next province and so on. then from the discrepancy in weight you can work out which one is cheating you.

You actually solved the advanced version. The one that if more then one province was cheating you how would you figure it out.

But it still works.

 

[Spider-Fett]

Originally posted by BrodieBruce
You can only use the scale once.

He meant do it all at once

 

[Thed_Evil]

Originally posted by BrodieBruce
He slaughters them all.

^i'll got with his answer

 

[Danalys]

if you slaughter them all then who's gonna get the gold for you.

 

[Duende Verde]

he'll know which providence is cheating, because it'll be the only one happy to give him the gold.

 

[Brodie Bruce]

Originally posted by Spider-Fett
He meant do it all at once

But that's only two provinces covered. What if one of other ones was the one cheating you

 

[Danalys]

i said "and so on"

 

[scryer41]

Here's one.

The walls of my home all have a southern exposure. Where do I live?

 

[Spider-Fett]

Originally posted by scryer41
Here's one.

The walls of my home all have a southern exposure. Where do I live?

The North pole

 

[The Riddler]

my thread grows when i'm not here. cool!

btw, i'll post riddles a bit later. i'm out for now.

 

[scryer41]

Originally posted by Spider-Fett
The North pole

Correct.

 

[The Riddler]

^bump, up you go!

 

[The Riddler]

solve the riddle/sig. drakon, you may not answer!

 

[scryer41]

I rise at dawn and rest at dusk but the stars are always present. I am found everywhere from cradle to grave but you may not wear me. What am I?

 

[Knightsaber Priss]

I hate riddles.

 

[scryer41]

Can't please everyone.

 

[The Riddler]

solve my current riddle!