AGOTW: Solve the Riddles (Closed) - Page 3

1. You heard me before, yet you hear me again. Then I die, until you call be again.

2. A man is born in 1946 and dies in 1947, yet he was 86 years old. How is that possible?

3. How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?

4. When John was 6 years old he hammered a nail into his favourite tree to mark his height. 10 years later at age 16, John returned to see how much higher the nail was. If the tree grew by 5 centimeters each year, how much higher would the nail be?

1. You heard me before, yet you hear me again. Then I die, until you call be again.

An echo

2. A man is born in 1946 and dies in 1947, yet he was 86 years old. How is that possible?

He was born in room no # 1946 of the hospital , and he died in room no #1947, 86 years later.

3. How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?

Only Once

4. When John was 6 years old he hammered a nail into his favourite tree to mark his height. 10 years later at age 16, John returned to see how much higher the nail was. If the tree grew by 5 centimeters each year, how much higher would the nail be?

1. You heard me before, yet you hear me again. Then I die, until you call be again.

Ans: Echo.

2. A man is born in 1946 and dies in 1947, yet he was 86 years old. How is that possible?

Ans: he was born in room number 1946 and he died in room number 1947 but he was 86 yrs old.

3. How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?

Ans: Once.

4. When John was 6 years old he hammered a nail into his favourite tree to mark his height. 10 years later at age 16, John returned to see how much higher the nail was. If the tree grew by 5 centimeters each year, how much higher would the nail be?

Ans: Same.

1. You heard me before, yet you hear me again. Then I die, until you call be again.
An echo

2. A man is born in 1946 and dies in 1947, yet he was 86 years old. How is that possible?
He was born in room 1946 of the hospital and died in room 1947 86 years later.

3. How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?
Only one time. After that you would be subtracting from 20, then 15, then 10, then 5, and so on.

4. When John was 6 years old he hammered a nail into his favourite tree to mark his height. 10 years later at age 16, John returned to see how much higher the nail was. If the tree grew by 5 centimeters each year, how much higher would the nail be?
The nail would be at the same height since trees grow at their tops.