Can you solve this riddle?

Started by Renodox, Fri 09/11/2012 07:04:12

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Mandle

Quote from: jahnocli on Fri 30/11/2018 14:36:56
The final number in a group changes?

Very close to the logic behind the solution.

The number doesn't change.... but....

jahnocli

Life is a puzzle, a quest and an adventure

janleht

Oh, "50" was wrong then.

I thought...
century counts 50 years once
week doesn't reach 50 days
hour reaches 50 minutes once
minute reaches 50 seconds once

months and days have specific names so they are viewed by roman numerals

april, july - 50 often
no letter "L" in any of the days

CaptainD

But it's often in a months, not often in months, right?
 

Mandle

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Quote from: janleht on Fri 30/11/2018 18:17:55
Oh, "50" was wrong then.

I thought...
century counts 50 years once
week doesn't reach 50 days
hour reaches 50 minutes once
minute reaches 50 seconds once

SOOOOO CLOOOOSE!!!

The actual answer was
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31:

What happens once during a century, (Some version of 31 years... 1931 for example)
Never during a year, (There are never 31 months during a year)
Often during a month, (There are more often months with 31 days)
Never during a week, (A week never has 31 days)
Never during a day, (A day never has 31 hours)
Once during an hour, (An hour always has 31 minutes)
Once during a minute? (A minute always has 31 seconds)

[close]

Mandle

A maze you run through every day,
But never see the walls,
You often use it to pay,
Without it civilization falls.

Galen

QuoteYou often use it to pay,
Without it civilization falls.

Well the obvious answer would be money, but since time is money and that's often what you 'pay' with it could be time too.

But I'm gonna go with 'life'.
It's like a maze because we're 'lost' in the middle of it. The 'walls' could represent birth and death.
We 'pay' by using our life to work. Without lives civilisation can't exist.

Mandle

Quote from: Galen on Sun 12/05/2019 16:21:10
QuoteYou often use it to pay,
Without it civilization falls.

Well the obvious answer would be money, but since time is money and that's often what you 'pay' with it could be time too.

But I'm gonna go with 'life'.
It's like a maze because we're 'lost' in the middle of it. The 'walls' could represent birth and death.
We 'pay' by using our life to work. Without lives civilisation can't exist.

None of those was the answer I had in mind but viable ideas...

mkennedy

Quote from: Mandle on Sun 12/05/2019 16:04:24
A maze you run through every day,
But never see the walls,
You often use it to pay,
Without it civilization falls.


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Work or your job?
[close]

Mandle

Quote from: mkennedy on Mon 13/05/2019 03:38:30
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Work or your job?
[close]

Also a nice one that fits well, but not the answer I had in mind.

It's an actual physical thing.

Stupot

@Mandle

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The Internet / World Wide Web?
[close]

Mandle

Quote from: Stupot on Mon 13/05/2019 06:39:55
@Mandle

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The Internet / World Wide Web?
[close]

Ohhhh, nice... fits well, and getting very close to my original answer.


Mandle

Quote from: notarobotyet on Mon 13/05/2019 11:47:46
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Electricity / The electrical grid?
[close]

No.... similar but smaller.

Stupot

Got it!

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Hair!

A [tangled] maze you run [a comb] through every day.

You often use it “to pay” [toupée]

[close]

Mandle

Quote from: Stupot on Mon 13/05/2019 18:45:16
Got it!

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Hair!

A [tangled] maze you run [a comb] through every day.

You often use it “to pay” [toupée]

[close]

You just invented a great new riddle!!! And it's hilarious!

Stupot

Oh was that not right then?
Damn!  :grin:


Mandle

Quote from: Jack on Tue 14/05/2019 01:45:22
Circuitry?

BINGO!!!

The answer I had in mind was computer chips AKA circuitry.

Well done!

Stupot

Well done Jack. Although my answer clearly set it up for you  :=

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