1. Building: anT uHp ytE Alk tTr wRq asE Theatre
2. Kettledrum: qwT gIg hjM klP All rNq ttI Timpani
3. Image: pPo ghI kCl axT dUg nRm Eue Picture
4. Music: Sds fOf Uhk jNl Dlk Sound

The Riddles:
#1 — The third room, it’s full of dead lions.
#2 — The woman is a photographer. She took the photo, developed it, then hung it to dry.
#3 — Freeze the jugs, cut or break away the jugs then place the ice in the barrel.
#4 — Charcoal
#5 — Yesterday, today and tomorrow.
#6 — The entire paragraph is written without the use of the letter ‘E’.

How’d you do?

From Braingle

What is This?

In this teaser, I have given you 4 words. Beside each word is a series of letter groupings. Your task is to find the answer to the word on the left by choosing one letter from each of the letter groups to the right of each clue.

Example:

Fgo evI Gse rpU loR naI Ngd rEp = FIGURINE

1. Building: ant uhp yte alk ttr wrq ase
2. Kettledrum: qwt gig hjm klp all rnq tti
3. Image: ppo ghi kcl axt dug nrm eue
4. Music: sds fof uhk jnl dlk

And just a few more riddles:

1. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven’t eaten in 3 years - Which room is safest for him?

2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 10 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together - How can this be?

3. There are two plastic jugs filled with water. How could you put all of this water into a barrel, without using the jugs or any dividers, and still tell which water came from which jug?

4. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

5. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

6. 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!

I’ll post the answers tomorrow.

Since there was a gas leak at one of the FVCC buildings on Thursday, and it happened to be the building I had class in, my drawing class’s mid-term critique was today. I don’t know if there will be an actual grade handed out, but my drawings were well received by classmates and teacher alike. I had been feeling like I shouldn’t have taken the class — I couldn’t finish anything within the class period, and it seemed that my classmates’ work was so much better than my own. After looking at the collections of work by the other students I realized that my method of comparison was based solely on my lack of confidence and not based on the overall quality of my body of work.

Another drawing bonus is that Dan got me this cool easel. It’s fully adjustable so you can change the angle of your canvas or paper, and it even has legs. I started working on the bird skull tonight. It’s far from finished, and I’d like to tweak a few measurements and lines, but I think it’s off to a good start.

In other class notes, I have an English Comp. mid-term exam tomorrow. I’m not terribly nervous about it. While my grammar may lapse here, I actually do know what most of the rules are, and that’s all the test is on — basic grammar. And we can use our notes.

I also have another quiz in Philosophy and my third test in Math coming up. Dr. Scott’s Philosophy quizzes are easy, I know the information well, and he’s a generous grader with plenty of ‘bonus-point’ opportunities. I’m a little more worried about my math test, I know the information (solving systems of equations in two variables), but that didn’t help me on the second test. I got an ‘A’ on my first, and bombed the second with a ‘C’. I was so certain I was going to get an ‘A’ on the second test, but I lost a lot of points on “little things”. Meaning that I didn’t show all of my work properly. There were also a few problems that I didn’t complete quite to the satisfaction of my teacher.

For a little Mathematics fun I thought I’d give you one of my math problems. I’ve already figured out the answer, so don’t think I’m trying to get anyone to do my homework for me. It’s the type of question you might see in a trivia type game, I know I’ve seen it before. Here it is:

Suppose there are a number of rabbits and pheasants confined in a cage. In all, there are 35 heads and 94 feet. How many rabbits and how many pheasants are there?

What is being said here?

Mary
Sue
Jane

LAW

Bob
Fred
Jim

I forgot to post the answer to the brain teaser. There was one correct answer and it is:

No way Jose.

I thought I’d put up another brain teaser. I’ll post the answer tomorrow.

Mr. Ixolite was in Mexico on his holidays and was looking to try the hottest chili he could find.He went into a restaurant and ordered a hot one. After the fire in his mouth had been put out, and he sat there gasping for breath, the waiter came up to him and said, “Excuse me Senor Ixolite, we are very sorry but we accidentally gave you the wrong chili. We gave you the mild one instead of this very hot one. Would you like it?”

MrIxolite paled but being unable to speak, grabbed a napkin and wrote out the following rebus:

Hose A.
Hose B. Way
Hose C. Way

What was Mr. Ixolite trying to say?

And I’m over it.

Here’s the answer to Einstein’s Riddle (in a white font, so you must highlight the text to read it):

Answer: The German sits in his Green House, smoking his Prince cigars, drinking coffee, and watching his FISH.

The rest go like this-
1st House: Yellow, Norwegian, Water, Cats, Dunhill
2nd House: Blue, Dane, Tea, Horse, Blends
3rd House: Red, Brit, Milk, Birds, Pall Malls
4th House: Green, German, Coffee, FISH, Prince
5th House: White, Swede, Beer, Dogs, Bluemasters

Now that blogger has fixed its comments, here’s a riddle for you, it’s a difficult one, but if you take your time (and lots of scratch paper) you can figure it out. I’ll post the answer on Sunday (EDIT: After, of course, I annouce the victory of da Bears at the Superbowl).

EDIT: To up the ante, I will send the victor a prize — a decorated and filled matchbox (my new, current, crafting obsession. And no, not filled with matches — mini goodies!).

There are 5 houses in 5 different colors in a row. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar, or drink the same beverage. Other facts:

1. The Brit lives in the red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The green house is on the immediate left of the white house.
5. The green house’s owner drinks coffee.
6. The owner who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The owner living in the center house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The owner who keeps the horse lives next to the one who smokes Dunhill.
12. The owner who smokes Bluemasters drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who drinks water.

The question is: WHO OWNS THE FISH?

Update (Spoilers in white font — highlight to see)

Hints:
Chelsea, my über smart niece (who I’m calling as the winner); Dan, the plus-one; and Sonja, the friend; have all answered the riddle correctly.

I’ve had one incorrect email response and one incorrect in-person response — both were of the opinion that the Norwegian owns the fish. The Norwegian does not own the fish.