Solve This Riddle

[Bone_ThugZ]

A train goes between Chicago and New York. The brakeman, the fireman and the engineer are named Smith, Jones and Brown. (The names are not necessarily in order). There are also three passengers named Mr. Smith, Mr. Jones and Mr. Brown. Mr. Brown lives in New York. The brakeman lives halfway between New York and Chicago. Mr. Jones earns exactly $20,000 per year. Smith beat the fireman at their last game of golf. The passenger who lives in Chicago has the same name as the brakeman. The brakeman's next door neighbor is a passenger on this train and earns exactly three times as much as the brakeman. What is the name of the engineer?

[MeRattack]

Mr. Brown?

Edit: smith

[LaxBoy92]

I think it's [POSSIBLE SPOILER]Smith[/SPOILER]?

[anjang86]

It's Jones

EDIT: nevermind, I dont have proof of this.. .I thought I did.

Edit 2: It's Smith for sure, spreadsheet: http://filebox.vt.edu/users/anjan/Book1.xls


Smith beat fireman at golf: Smith is not fireman

Mr. Brown lives in NY: Brown is not breakman since NY is not Chicago

Mr. Jones and breakman are not neighbors because 20,000 is not divisible by 3

Mr. Smith has to be neighbor because it cannot be Mr. Brown (NY) and it cannot be Mr. Jones (divisible salary).

If Mr. Smith is neighbor (halfway) and Mr. Brown lives in NY then Mr. Jones lives in Chicago so Jones is breakman's name.

If breakman's name is Jones, then fireman has to be Brown (cannot be Smith) so therefore the engineer is Smith.

[Pitibear]

that's impressive...now I know how to do these things...I've never sen that methodology before...

[YHSlax0506]

Anjang- could you host the excel image for some reason my pc wouldn't open it.

[lax4life6]

we did something like this in my math class last year so i did the chart too

[NuKoN]

A matrix would work well for this

[dlaxer]

ok here's a riddle. theres a dead guy lying naked on a pile of straw in the middle of the desert. there are no marks on his body. what happened?

there is a green glass door. only certain things can go through. a cook can go through but a chef cannot. a pebble can go through but a rock cannot. a poop can go through but a turd cannot.

there is a car accident. the police need to know who the driver was. it happened on a sunny day, and both victims had their arms out the windows. how do they know?

a man lives on the 20th floor of a building. every day he gets up, takes a shower, shaves, gets dressed, gets in the elevator and presses the lobby button. he goes to work. after work, he comes home, gets in the elevator, and presses the 10th floor button. he gets out on the 10th floor and walks up the stairs to his flat.
some days it rains. the man goes through his routine, goes to work, etc. when he comes back, however, he presses the 20th floor button and goes straight up. why?

a midget goes to the doctor, complaining his nuts hurt. the doctor goes hmm, and takes out some scissors. snip, snip, snip. the midget wonders what he is doing. when the doc is done, the midget feels no pain. what did the doctor do?

thats all for now.

[atacklax]

Apparently the riddles were rhetorical questions.

[dlaxer]

no, you're wrong on a few, and please delete your post as your spoiling it. NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

i forgot to note, in the car one, both are thrown from the car.

[atacklax]

Why did you post if we're not allowed to answer?

[ReLAXation7]

Chuck Norris.

[Canada_Lax]

i think its smith.... but im totally guessing

[NuKoN]

ok here's a riddle. theres a dead guy lying naked on a pile of straw in the middle of the desert. there are no marks on his body. what happened?

there is a green glass door. only certain things can go through. a cook can go through but a chef cannot. a pebble can go through but a rock cannot. a poop can go through but a turd cannot.

there is a car accident. the police need to know who the driver was. it happened on a sunny day, and both victims had their arms out the windows. how do they know?

a man lives on the 20th floor of a building. every day he gets up, takes a shower, shaves, gets dressed, gets in the elevator and presses the lobby button. he goes to work. after work, he comes home, gets in the elevator, and presses the 10th floor button. he gets out on the 10th floor and walks up the stairs to his flat.
some days it rains. the man goes through his routine, goes to work, etc. when he comes back, however, he presses the 20th floor button and goes straight up. why?

a midget goes to the doctor, complaining his nuts hurt. the doctor goes hmm, and takes out some scissors. snip, snip, snip. the midget wonders what he is doing. when the doc is done, the midget feels no pain. what did the doctor do?

thats all for now.

I know the midget one..

[Longpole5435]

there is a car accident. the police need to know who the driver was. it happened on a sunny day, and both victims had their arms out the windows. how do they know?

By which arm they are missing, as the arms where out the window, and they were subsequently thrown from the car, an arm would come off or be incredibly more damaged than the other.

OMFG!!! Spoiler!!!
Please. :ahhno:

[Dadabhoy_Muzzi]

a man lives on the 20th floor of a building. every day he gets up, takes a shower, shaves, gets dressed, gets in the elevator and presses the lobby button. he goes to work. after work, he comes home, gets in the elevator, and presses the 10th floor button. he gets out on the 10th floor and walks up the stairs to his flat.
some days it rains. the man goes through his routine, goes to work, etc. when he comes back, however, he presses the 20th floor button and goes straight up. why?

Sent riddle as a PM.

[dlaxer]

ok, if you have the answer, pm me and i'll post who got it right.

edit: here's the people who've gotten them:
nukon
dadabhoy_muzzi
FitzGoalie
dlo6215

[atacklax]

Hey, I got a few of them in my illegal post. And why don't we post answers for everyone to see?

[laxmiddie8]

i know the dessert one and the midget one

[dlaxer]

no, because that ruins it for people who want to solve them.

[tiplax]

a man and his son get in a car accident. 2 ambulences arrive at the crash and take the man to hospital 1 and another ambulence takes his son to hospital 2. when the boy arrives at the hospital they take him into the emergency room. the doctor says, "i can't operate on this boy , he's my son."
How is this possible?

PM me if you want the answer

[UVAlaxer432]

I dont understand

[laxattack17]

I know this one.. it was on the cosby show

Spoiler: The doctor was his mother

[Jesse]

a man and his son get in a car accident. 2 ambulences arrive at the crash and take the man to hospital 1 and another ambulence takes his son to hospital 2. when the boy arrives at the hospital they take him into the emergency room. the doctor says, "i can't operate on this boy , he's my son."
How is this possible?

PM me if you want the answer
I know it. Ill PM you the answer.

[AttackSniper#12]

I KNOW THE ONE ABOUT THE FATHER AND SON IN THE CAR ACCIDENT!!!!!!!!! can i please tell themmm :) :)

[fossil8412]

I KNOW THE ONE ABOUT THE FATHER AND SON IN THE CAR ACCIDENT!!!!!!!!! can i please tell themmm :) :)

There is already a spoiler, duhh!

[OutBurst]

It must be Curious George, I swear.

[danjor]

Ok... here is one. PM me with your answers, but if your just guessing please post your answers so we can make this fun...

A young pauper wanted to marry the king's daughter. The king didn't like the idea of his daughter marrying a pauper due to lack of funds and and ill family name, but he wanted to appear fair in front of all of his subjects. The king said that he would put two pieces of paper into a hat, one reading EXILE and the other reading MARRIAGE, and then draw from it. Later that day, the pauper overheard the king saying that both pieces of paper would read EXILE, thus ensuring that the pauper would be out of his family's way for good. The pauper remained calm and unmoved. As arranged, he arrived at the king's court where a large crowd gathered for the big event. The hat was placed on a table and the papers were placed in the hat. The pauper then quickly did something that assured him the hand of the king's daughter. What did he do?

A few more...

During WWII, a high ranking British official's assistant was suspected of being a spy from Germany. Officers were sent out to follow and watch him. They wanted to see if he did anything suspicious so that they could arrest him. After following him for about a block, they tackled him on a street corner, and he was immediatly sent away to prison for the act of treason. What did he do to tip them off?


What's this food? You throw away the outside, then cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside.


Johnny's mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child's name?

A deaf-mute man walks into a restaurant. He has difficulty communicating with the cook and begins to rub his stomach and then makes a motion as if he's eating a sandwich. The cook understands and starts to make him a sandwich. A blind man walks into the restaurant. How does he communicate with the cook that he wants a sandwich?

one of the best for last.... this one is hillarious!

You're trapped in a room. To get out, you have to put a ping-pong ball in a hole in the door (don't ask). There is a ping-pong ball in the room, but it is at the bottom of a pipe that has been cemented to the floor at one end. The pipe is just barely wide enough for the ball, so there's no way you can get your hand down there. The only things you have to use at your disposal are a mirror, a paper clip, a piece of string (long enough to reach the bottom of the pipe), and a magnet. How do you get the ball out?

If you DEFINITELY know the answer to this, keep it to yourself or PM me. If you want to try, go ahead and post your answers here. I think it is more fun that way. :) I know some of you are feeling like this :banghead:

There are some really hard math ones out there, but I don't feel like hurting my brain or anyone elses.

[LaxCrazy17]

I suck at riddles, does anyone wanna share some answers???