Lets see how smart we are......

[wombat2u2004]

Here are 5 riddles. Who is game to try and solve them ????
I'll post the answers in two days time.
In the meantime.....post what you think the correct answers are.
Thinking caps on...............

1. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

3. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

4. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?

5. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is highly unusual though. Study it and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching!

[smokey the elder]

1. Lions who had not eaten for 3 years would be dead!
2. Shoots her with a camera; holds his hand under water; hangs up on him?
5. There is no letter "e" in the paragraph.

I'm stumped on the rest.

[Nomilynn]

4. Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing day?

I'm not good at riddles.. very curious to learn the answers!

[Marigold2]

Or the first day the second day or the third day of a month, no that can't be right either. Not sure Wom. The others I got but this one not so easy.

[kittycats_delight]

1. The room with the lions cause after going 3 years without eating would be DEAD
2. She a photographer. (Shoots his picture, Develops the picture, Hangs the print to dry)
3. Coal (Charcoal)
4. Yesterday, today & tomorrow
5. There are no 'E's in the entire paragraph

[Karen]

My guesses:

1. The room with the lions - they would all be dead if they have not eaten in 3 years.

2. Old fashioned photographer - shoots him with a film camera, develops the film, which involved holding the image in solutions so "under water" - then hangs the image up to dry.

3. Charcoal briquets

4. Yesterday, today, tomorrow

5. It has the word unusual 3 times

[Marigold2]

I think you got it.

1. The room with the lions cause after going 3 years without eating would be DEAD
2. She a photographer. (Shoots his picture, Develops the picture, Hangs the print to dry)
3. Coal (Charcoal)
4. Yesterday, today & tomorrow
5. There are no 'E's in the entire paragraph

[sana]

2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

Shoots with a water gun or camera, swims and hangs out with him or something.

4. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?

Yesterday, today, tomorrow

5. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is highly unusual though. Study it and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching!

no Es.

[happylabs]

Here is how smart I am. I had no clue so I Googled it.

[wombat2u2004]

Kittycats_delight got them folks.....
good try by you all tho

Answers:

1. The third room. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead. That one was easy, right?

2. The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry (shot; held under water; and hung).

3. Charcoal, as it is used in barbecuing.

4. Sure you can name three consecutive days, yesterday, today, and tomorrow!

5. The letter e, which is the most common letter used in the English language, does not appear even once in the paragraph.