~The BrAiN tEaSeR Thread~

[xwolverine2]

Riddle # 72:

Besides the mathematics, how can the following statement be true?

Eleven plus two = Twelve plus one

theres actually two answers

in grammer

and in time:

11pm + 2 hrs = 1pm

12pm +1 hr = 1pm

 

[chaseter]

11?

Nope

 

[wiegeabo]

theres actually two answers

in grammer

and in time:

11pm + 2 hrs = 1pm

12pm +1 hr = 1pm

Nice try, but that's still just math.

 

[xwolverine2]

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[wiegeabo]

That was too easy...
12 people say the following statements one after another: 1: There are no honest people in this room; 2: There is at most one honest person in this room; 3: There are at most two honest people in this room . . . . . . . . . . 12: There are no more than 11 honest people in this room. How many honest people are in the room?

Man 1 has to be dishonest because, if there were no honest people, he'd be telling the truth, and would therefore be honest, creating a paradox.

Man 2 is dishonest because if he is telling the truth, only one person is honest. But if only one person is honest, then the next ten men in the room would also be telling the truth (because fewer men are honest than the maximum they said there would be), so there'd be eleven honest people, making man 2 a liar, and creating a paradox.

This continues on. If man 6 was honest, at most there'd be five honest men. Making the next six men honest, meaning there'd be seven honest men, making man 6 a liar, creating a paradox.


But, if man 7 is honest, there's at least six honest men. This makes the next five men honest, meaning there'd be six honest men. There's no paradox.


Man 8 is dishonest because there would be at most seven honest men. This is true for the next four men in the room, making five honest men. But this also makes man 6 honest because he said there were at most five honest men. So now there's six honest men, making man 6 a liar, creating a paradox.

This continues on. If man 12 was honest, at most there'd be eleven honest men, which is true since he'd be the only honest one. But if there's one honest man, this makes man 2 honest because he said there'd be 1 honest man. So now there's two honest men, making man 1 a liar, creating a paradox.


So, there can only be six honest men.

 

[chaseter]

^Correct sir. Did you figure it out or look it up?

 

[wiegeabo]

I figured out the first few men had to be dishonest. I looked it up and saw that they had the answer with no explanation. But with that confirmation I was finally able to figure out why the remaining men had to be honest.

 

[KALEL114]

Hey look! A thread for riddles and brain teasers!

 

[Advanced Dark]

It just says Brain Teasers.

 

[FatA$$]

my brain hurts

 

[Advanced Dark]

my brain hurts

This might help. He he he.

Spoiler

 

[mrsparkle]

A man in the park has a heart attack, two police officers come up to him and say "who is your your next of kin sir, we must inform them if this take a turn for the worse" the man then points to another man in the park and says "brothers, sisters I have none, but that mans father is my fathers son". Then he died.

Who is he pointing to?

 

[Majik1387]

His nephew

 

[Carcharodon]

His own son.

 

[Majik1387]

Or that.

 

[FatA$$]

This might help. He he he.

Spoiler

sure did, thanx

 

[Joe Kerr]

theres actually two answers

in grammer

and in time:

11pm + 2 hrs = 1pm

12pm +1 hr = 1pm

actually 11 Pm + 2hrs = 1 AM

 

[Carcharodon]

Or that.

t:

 

[Enriquespy]

A man in the park has a heart attack, two police officers come up to him and say "who is your your next of kin sir, we must inform them if this take a turn for the worse" the man then points to another man in the park and says "brothers, sisters I have none, but that mans father is my fathers son". Then he died.

Who is he pointing to?

Himself?EDIT

His son.
EDIT!

too late

 

[chaseter]

What is the only tangible/existent room that has no walls?

 

[Enriquespy]

cd-room?

 

[chaseter]

cd-room?

WTF

 

[TNC9852002]

What is the only tangible/existent room that has no walls?

lol. Mushroom.

-TNC

 

[wiegeabo]

Everyone knows me.
Once it was rumored a man drank his fill of me, much to his regret.
Others prefer me in small doses for small ills.
Some describe me as the sky, the land, an age, a tongue, fire, bird, fish, flower.
I am captive, I am free.
Worshiped and lost, loved and eschewed, pure and corrupt, black and white.
I am found in the deepest well, and on the highest mountain.
I am animal, vegetable, mineral.

What am I?

 

[bullets]

^i dont know .