Last week, I travelled from Chicago to Des Moines. On the first day I travelled one quarter of the distance. On day two, I travelled one half of the remaining distance. On day three, I travelled three quarters of the remaining distance. Yesterday I travelled one third of the remaining distance. I now have 21 [...]
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The name GEORGe mIchAel has the state GEORGIA hidden inside it, in order from left to right. Can you find the states hidden in each of the following? 1. MUSTACHE An American serviceman stationed in Europe decides to buy a motorcycle. At the shop, the owner, seeing the uniform, says, “If you’re shipping this back to the States at the end of your tour, there’s something you’ll have to change before you can drive it there.” “Is it something I can buy from you?” asks the [...] The abbreviation used for Australian websites is “au” (instead of “.com”). The answers to the following clues all use this abbreviation. The clues do not refer to the words themselves, rather they refer to the word that must be added to the “au.” 1. What might happen to you if you stay out in the Australian [...] Imagine that you have been captured by a UFO, and after some time deposited back to earth. You open your eyes and see the sun straight above you, a palm tree, and a big stone sphinx in the sand. How do you know whether you are in Las Vegas or in Egypt? Bonus Unsolved Riddle Originally published on August 31, 2010 Imagine you’re at home in a city somewhere in the United States. You decide to travel along each of the four compass directions, north, south, east, and west. Day 1, you travel due north and you eventually cross a state line. Let’s call this state X. You return [...]  March 10th, 2012 | Category: Brain Riddle, Geography, Real Life, Unsolved Riddles |  14 guesses |  Email This RiddleMany years ago, when the British upper crust traveled to what was then the colony of India, they went by ship. (British Airways hadn’t been invented yet.) If they were sufficiently wealthy, they would ask for a stateroom on the port, or left, side of the vessel on the way to India. On the trip home [...] I wear the face of a leader of men. My financial worth is small and my In 1415, English king Henry V invaded France. After months of battle without victory, Henry decided to pack his bags. His army was tired, ill, and desperate for a proper cup of Earl Grey. The French outnumbered the Brits four to one. They pledged to smash the invaders, then take the surviving Brits and remove certain [...] I am the world’s greatest traveler. I have been transported by camel, dog sled, pony express, bicycle, train, steamship, automobile/car, airplane, airship, and rocket. I have portraits of presidents, kings, queens, princes, princesses, shahs, sultans, tribal chiefs, adventurers, explorers, patriots, martyrs, inventors, pioneers, artists, musicians, architects, poets, aviators, dramatists, novelists, painters, athletes, cardinals, saints, and sinners. February 5th, 2012 | Category: Brain Riddle, Geography, History, Real Life | 4 guesses | Email This Riddle |
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