Riddles and Puzzles

[classic33]

Imagine you are in a dark room. How do you get out?

 

[classic33]

What can you catch but not throw?

 

[EltonFrog]

A cold

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

Finish developing your photos and switch the light on?

 

[craigwend]

It's easy if you try..........................

 

[classic33]

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour.
When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?

 

[EltonFrog]

A blancmange

A kipper called Cyril

Paint.

Don't care...

 

[classic33]

Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month and year and yet they're not twins.
How can this be?

 

[EltonFrog]

It won't. The ship will rise with the water.

 

[classic33]

1. Why can't a man living in the USA be buried in Canada?
2. Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow's sister? Why?
3. A man builds a house rectangular in shape. All the sides have southern exposure. A big bear walks by. What color is the bear? Why?
4. If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have?
5. How far can a dog run into the woods?
6. One big hockey fan claimed to be able to tell the score before any game. How did he do it?
7. You can start a fire if you have alcohol, petrol, kerosene, paper, candle, coke, a full matchbox and a piece of cotton wool. What is the first thing you light?
8. Why do Chinese men eat more rice than Japanese men do?
9. What word describes a woman who does not have all her fingers on one hand?

 

[Maz]

We can work it out, We can work it out...

 

[EltonFrog]

Adoption?

Triplets?

 

[Maz]

1. Why can't a man living in the USA be buried in Canada?

Cos he's alive.

 

[classic33]

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[Cycling Dan]

Does it make any difference to your answer?

Indeed it should. It should stay out of the water as boats float and would remain the same height out of the water. The ship would rise at the rate of the water. A positive correlation. The only way the ladder would enter further into the water would be to add weight to the boat.
Is this a real question? If its a stupid maths question for high school etc the boat wont move and physics will break for the purpose of the question.