#241 - Writers Riddle
What work can one never finish?
An autobiography
#242 - Teacher Riddle
After teaching his class all about roman numerals (X = 10, IX=9 and so on) the teacher asked his class to draw a single continuous line and turn IX into 6. The only stipulation the teacher made was that the pen could not be lifted from the paper until the line was complete.
Draw an S in front of the IX and it spells SIX. No one said the line had to be straight.
#243 - What Am I Puzzle
If you throw me from the window,
I will leave a grieving wife.
Bring me back, but in the door, and
You'll see someone giving life!
What am I?
The letter 'n'.
wiNdow - widow
door - doNor
#244 - Tricky Riddle
How many times can you subtract 5 from 25?
Just once, because after you subtract anything from it, it's not 25 anymore.
#246 - Relationship Riddle
That attorney is my brother, testified the accountant.
But the attorney testified he didn't have a brother.
Who is lying?
Neither, the accountant was his sister.
#249 - Funny Problem
A man drove to a hotel and as soon as he got there he was bankrupt. Explain.
The man was playing Monopoly and when he rolled the dice he landed on a property he could not afford to pay the rent on.
#250 - Mismatch Sum Puzzle
A bank customer had £100 in his account. He then made 6 withdrawals, totaling £. He kept a record of these withdrawals, and the balance remaining in the account, as follows:
Withdrawals Balance left
£50 £50
£25 £25
£10 £15
£8 £7
£5 £2
£2 £0
£100 £99
Why are the Totals not exactly right ?
There is no reason whatever why the customer's original deposit of £100 should equal the total of the balances left after each withdrawal.
The total of withdrawals in the left-hand colum may equal £100, but is is purely coincidence that the total of the right-hand column is close to £100.
Let us show another example, but starting with £200 in the bank:
Withdrawals Balance left
£50 £150
£25 £125
£10 £115
£8 £107
£5 £102
£2 £100
£100 £699
Moral of this story? Don't Total Balances.