[cheyenne 09]

This is a Riddle so let's see how quick you all can answer it

Remember To work it out carefully with lots of counting

Riddle - As I was going to St. Ives

As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks, each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits: kits, cats, sacks and wives,
How many were going to St. Ives?

Edited by cheyenne 09, 22 September 2006 - 03:50 PM.

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One

[wannabe1]

One

[cheyenne 09]

Yes correct....Well done... Wannabe1 your a Genius

But you really have to vocalise this as you get a better response from your audience they don't get a chance to realise that it is in fact very simple.


This type of conundrum is now referred to as a logic problem in lateral thinking designed to improve the logic and deductive skills of children, and indeed, adults!


answer to the Riddle
Only one man was going to St.Ives!
He met the following who were
going the other way:
A man (1) with 7 wives
7 x 7 (49) sacks
7x7x7 (343) cats
7x7x7x7 (2,401) kits
A Total of 2,801 wives, sacks
cats and kits!

[wannabe1]

Sorry...thought the first line kinda gave it away...

Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is.

[computerwiz12890]

I like riddles like these.

Is it language?

Edited by computerwiz12890, 23 September 2006 - 03:21 PM.

[wannabe1]

Right you are, Wiz!

[cheyenne 09]

The last one was good here another one to try

Pronounced as one letter,
And written with three,
Two letters there are,
And two only in me.
I'm double, I'm single,
I'm black, blue, and gray,
I'm read from both ends,
And the same either way.

What am I?

[Aushin]

Eye?

[wannabe1]

You are an eye...

Dang internet connection "winked" on me.

Edited by wannabe1, 23 September 2006 - 03:53 PM.

[cheyenne 09]

Yes...you are both correct....An EyE....Well Done

My life can be measured in hours;
I serve by being devoured.
Thin, I am quick; fat, I am slow.
Wind is my foe.

What am I?



Yeah your post is a bit slow tonight well done...

Edited by cheyenne 09, 23 September 2006 - 03:58 PM.

[Aushin]

This one was a lot tougher! Candle?

[cheyenne 09]

Yes correct....A candle.... Well Done


I give you a group of three.
One is sitting down and will never get up.
The second eats as much as is given to him, yet is always hungry.

The third goes away and never returns. What are they?

[Aushin]

Taking a guess. Took me a full day. Earth, Fire, and Wind?

[cheyenne 09]

No... that's not it your partly on the right road...

[Marty L Mayes]

One, The man was the only one going. if he meet some one else, they must have been leaving.