#9 The Geometry Question

Three-quarters of a cross and a circle complete.
Two half circles on a perpendicular meet.
A small triangle standing on two feet.
Two half circles and a circle complete.
What am I?

Alright after much public demand I have descided to post hint #1
Hint #1 The Answer is not a geometrical shape (i.e. dodecahedron or something like that)
since it has been one full week since my post I will post another hint
Hint #2 The Answer is an object

well VC and P8tball have already admitted defeat with the google search of shame
will you solve the riddle!?
*please note in accordance with rule #5 the no google rule includes telling others what you have googled so please, like I said, I would like to keep this as a war of the minds not the search engines

#8 The Camel. . .Race?

An Arab sheikh tells his two sons to race their camels to a distant city to see who will inherit his fortune. The one whose camel is slower will win.

The brothers, after wandering aimlessly for days, ask a wise man for advise. After hearing the advice they jump on the camels and race as fast as they can to the city. What does the wise man say?

#7 The Similar Prices

A guy goes into a 7-11 and buys 4 items and the total comes out to $7.11. The guy is curious that the total matches the stores name and asks the clerk how he got the price. The clerk said he just multiplied the prices of the four items. The customer complained that the prices should have been added not multiplied. So the clerk adds the prices together and the total is still the same $7.11. What where the four prices?

well it's been six days with no completely right answer, so here is the first hint

Hint #1 One of the prices is $3.16

Announcement #1

The Question Blog is not for my posting only. If you have a riddle or math problem or whatever you want posted, give it to me. Email or on paper I'll type it in. Of course you, the submitter, will not be able to post the answer, but you can see if your toughest riddles stand up to the test of minds. Who knows I might even throw in a guess if no one else can figure it out. Maybe even a point bonus (once I get the system up) will be awarded to the submitter that stumps us all. So send in your riddles and I'll post them.

P.S. A submitted riddle will have the magic marking of a "^" next to the Title (i.e. #777779 the fake riddle^) and the submitter's name will be posted at the bottom.

#6 The Sage's Hat

The three wisest sages in the land were brought before the king to see which of them were worthy to become the king's advisor. After passing many tests of cunning and invention, they were pitted against each other in a final battle of the wits.

Led blind-folded into a small room, the sages were seated around a small wooden table as the king described the test for them.

"Upon each of your heads I have placed a hat. Now you are either wearing a blue hat or a white hat. All I will tell you is this- at least one of you is wearing a blue hat. There may be only one blue hat and two white hats, there may be two blue hats and one white hat, or there may be three blue hats. But you may be certain that there are not three white hats."

"I will shortly remove your blind folds, and the test will begin. The first to correctly announce the colour of his hat shall be my advisor. Be warned however, he who guesses wrongly shall be beheaded. If not one of you answers within the hour, you will be sent home and I will seek elsewhere for wisdom."

With that, the king uncovered the sages' eyes and sat in the corner and waited. One sage looked around and saw that his competitors each were wearing blue hats. From the look in their eyes he could see their thoughts were the same as his, "What is the colour of my hat?"

For what seemed like hours no one spoke. Finally he stood up and said, "The colour of the hat I am wearing is . . ." what did he say and WHY? (intentional emphasis on why)
hopefully this one will be more difficult unless you have heard it before, which if you have I ask you to please refrain from posting the answer, just tell me sometime so others can have a chance

#5 Four Legged Race

A horse travels the same distance every day.

Oddly, two of its legs travel 30 miles each day and the other two legs travel nearly 31 miles.

It would seem that two of the horse's legs must be one mile ahead of the other two legs, but of course this can't be true.

Since the horse is normal, how is this situation possible?

P.S. from now on any riddles/brain teasers that escape my mind (a.k.a. couldn't think of the answer) I will put an asterisk "*" by (i.e. #7777779 the fake riddle*)

#4 Einstein's Riddle

Albert Einstein made a riddle and claimed that only 2% of the world would figure it out, find out which percentile you are in, and please remember, no googleing
- In a street there are five houses, painted five different colors.

- In each house lives a person of different nationality

- These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke different brand of cigar and keep a different pet.

Einstein's riddle is: Who owns the fish?

Necessary clues:

1. The British man lives in a red house.
2. The Swedish man keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Danish man drinks tea.
4. The Green house is next to, and on the left of the White house.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the center house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.

#3 The Truck

A large truck is crossing a bridge 1 mile long. The bridge can only hold 14000 lbs, which is the exact weight of the truck. The truck makes it half way across the bridge and stops. A bird lands on the truck. Does the bridge collapse? Why or Why not?

#2 Number series

1. What row of numbers comes next in this series?

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221

#1 Bridge and the Lady

During WWII, there was a bridge connecting Germany and Switzerland, and on the German side, there was a sentry tower with a guard in it. He would come out every three minutes to check on the bridge, and he had orders to turn back anyone who tried to get into Germany, and shoot anyone trying to escape without a pass. There was a woman who desperately needed to get into Switzerland, and she knew she didn't have time to get a pass. It would take her at least six minutes to cross the bridge, but she managed to do it. How?

Explanation

This blog is for the posting of, and answering of riddles and other such questions. You will find rules on the margin to the right, and you will probably find them similar to Harvey's GTP blog. I don't know if I'm gonna make a table or not, because I'm not as html savvy as Harvey. So. . . Let the guessing begin!