FOR THE LAST CONUNDRUM:
A 30-year-old man married a 25-year-old woman. She died at the age of 50 and her husband was so devastated that he cried for years. Ten years after he stopped crying, he died. However, he lived to be 80. How many years was he a widower?
ANSWER: 25 yrs
PREVIOUS ANSWERS:
1st Conundrumn:
"At a recent international summit, five delegates (A, B, C, D, and E) participated. This is what I observed:
1) Delegates B and C spoke English, although when D joined them, they all switched to Spanish, the only common language among the three of them.
2) The only common language among delegates A, B, and E was French.
3) The only common language among delegates C and E was Italian.
4) Three delegates could speak Portuguese.
5) The most common language was Spanish.
6) One of the delegates spoke all five languages, another spoke four, one spoke three, one spoke two, and the other only spoke one language.
What languages did each delegate speak?"
X=They speak the language, O=They don't speak the language
Winner: kittens3355
2nd Conundrumn:
"The butcher, his daughter, the fisherman, and his wife won the lottery and divided the prize into three. How can this be?"
Answer: "The fisherman's wife is the butcher's daughter. They divided the lottery in three because there were only three people, not four!"
Winner: no-one :(
3rd Conundrumn:
"All my ties are red except two. All my ties are blue except two. All my ties are brown except two. How many ties do I have?"
Answer: "I have three ties. One red, one blue, and one brown."
Winner: kittens3355
4th Conundrumn:
"A man ordered a glass of white wine and a glass of red wine at a bar. He took the glass of white wine in his right hand and the glass of red wine in his left hand and drank both. He paid and left. The next day, he did the same thing. When he was leaving, the waiter said, "I did not know that firemen drank that way."
"A remote town has two hair salons. The first one has a dirty mirror, a floor covered with hair, and the hairdresser has an aweful haircut. In the second one, the floor and mirror are very clean and the hairdresser has a great haircut. Which hairdresser is the best one to go to and why?
Answer: Hairdressers dont' cute their own hair. Therefore, the clean hairdresser gave the bad haircut and the dirty hairdresser gave the perfect haircut. Thus, it is better to go to the dirty salon.
Winner: Kittens3355
6th Conundrumn:
"A 30-year-old man married a 25-year-old woman. She died at the age of 50 and her husband was so devastated that he cried for years. Ten years after he stopped crying, he died. However, he lived to be 80. How many years was he a widower?"
Answer: 25 years. It doesn't matter how long he cried for. He was five years older than her, so if she died at 50, he was 55 when he became a widower. 80-55 = 25 years.
Winner: Brokenteddy__
1st Conundrumn:
"At a recent international summit, five delegates (A, B, C, D, and E) participated. This is what I observed:
1) Delegates B and C spoke English, although when D joined them, they all switched to Spanish, the only common language among the three of them.
2) The only common language among delegates A, B, and E was French.
3) The only common language among delegates C and E was Italian.
4) Three delegates could speak Portuguese.
5) The most common language was Spanish.
6) One of the delegates spoke all five languages, another spoke four, one spoke three, one spoke two, and the other only spoke one language.
What languages did each delegate speak?"
X=They speak the language, O=They don't speak the language
| English | Spanish | French | Portuguese | Italian | |
| A | |||||
| B | |||||
| C | |||||
| D | |||||
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2nd Conundrumn:
"The butcher, his daughter, the fisherman, and his wife won the lottery and divided the prize into three. How can this be?"
Answer: "The fisherman's wife is the butcher's daughter. They divided the lottery in three because there were only three people, not four!"
Winner: no-one :(
3rd Conundrumn:
"All my ties are red except two. All my ties are blue except two. All my ties are brown except two. How many ties do I have?"
Answer: "I have three ties. One red, one blue, and one brown."
Winner: kittens3355
4th Conundrumn:
"A man ordered a glass of white wine and a glass of red wine at a bar. He took the glass of white wine in his right hand and the glass of red wine in his left hand and drank both. He paid and left. The next day, he did the same thing. When he was leaving, the waiter said, "I did not know that firemen drank that way."
The man smiled and left. How did the waiter know that he was a fireman?"
Answer: "The fireman was wearing his uniform."
Winner: Neogirl3520
5th Conundrumn:
"A remote town has two hair salons. The first one has a dirty mirror, a floor covered with hair, and the hairdresser has an aweful haircut. In the second one, the floor and mirror are very clean and the hairdresser has a great haircut. Which hairdresser is the best one to go to and why?
Answer: Hairdressers dont' cute their own hair. Therefore, the clean hairdresser gave the bad haircut and the dirty hairdresser gave the perfect haircut. Thus, it is better to go to the dirty salon.
Winner: Kittens3355
6th Conundrumn:
"A 30-year-old man married a 25-year-old woman. She died at the age of 50 and her husband was so devastated that he cried for years. Ten years after he stopped crying, he died. However, he lived to be 80. How many years was he a widower?"
Answer: 25 years. It doesn't matter how long he cried for. He was five years older than her, so if she died at 50, he was 55 when he became a widower. 80-55 = 25 years.
Winner: Brokenteddy__
