Friday, February 27, 2009

Anagram Riddle

I am a set of three words, all with the same six letters.
First I am a kingdom, though not royally so.
Then spell me backwards, and I become a thin plate.
Now rearrange my consonants, leaving my vowels in place ...
I am now a type of paper.

What are the words?

Friday, February 01, 2008

Help! A remainder is chasing me

I just found a number with an interesting property:

When I divide it by 2, the remainder is 1.
When I divide it by 3, the remainder is 2.
When I divide it by 4, the remainder is 3.
When I divide it by 5, the remainder is 4.
When I divide it by 6, the remainder is 5.
When I divide it by 7, the remainder is 6.
When I divide it by 8, the remainder is 7.
When I divide it by 9, the remainder is 8.
When I divide it by 10, the remainder is 9.

It's not a small number, but it's not really big, either.
When I looked for a smaller number with this property I couldn't find one.

Can you find it?

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Fall From Heaven

One by one we fall from heaven,
Down into the depths of past
And our world is ever upturned
So that yet some time we'll last.

Monday, November 05, 2007

Guess the Riddle

I turn polar bears white

and I will make you cry.

I make guys have to pee

and girls comb their hair.

I make celebrities look stupid

and normal people look like celebrities.

I turn pancakes brown

and make your champane bubble.

If you squeeze me, I'll pop.

If you look at me, you'll pop.

Can you guess the riddle?





Hint:

This riddle has two (2) possible answers

A Dollar for a Change

You and your parents are wandering inside a department store of a mall. You found an interesting item (whatever item it is) and you want to buy it. The price of that item is $97. You borrow $50 to your father and $50 to your mother in total of $100 enough to buy an item worth of $97. After claiming the item and $3 for the change. You give $1 to your father and $1 to your mother and the remaining debt is $49 each, a total of $98 and $1 left in your hand in total of $99. If you subtract it from $100 as the total borrowed money to buy that item will be $1.

Where did $1 go???