Riddles (in Contests)

Solve these for a prize
1. You have a barrel of oil, and you need to measure out just one gallon. How do you do this if you only have a three-gallon container and a five-gallon container?
2. What is broken every time it's spoken?
3.What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?
4. Which of the following statements are true?

1. At least one of these ten statements is false.
2. At least two of these ten statements are false.
3. At least three of these ten statements are false.
4. At least four of these ten statements are false.
5. At least five of these ten statements are false.
6. At least six of these ten statements are false.
7. At least seven of these ten statements are false.
8. At least eight of these ten statements are false.
9. At least nine of these ten statements are false.
10. At least ten of these ten statements are false.

5.Food can help me survive, but water will kill me. What am I?

oh yeah, it's the first one to solve them, and don't use google

1. Fill 3, empty into 5, fill 3, fill the rest of 5, empty 5, empty 3 into 5, fill 3, empty into 5.

2. Silence.

3: Queue.

4. 1-5 are true.

4. 9 is true

You have to solve all the them...

1. Fill 3, empty into 5, fill 3, fill the rest of 5, empty 5, empty 3 into 5, fill 3, empty into 5.

2. Silence

3. queue

4. 9 is true

5. Fire

5. fire

1. Fill 3, empty into 5, fill 3, fill the rest of 5, empty 5, empty 3 into 5, fill 3, empty into 5.

2. Silence

3. queue

4. 1-5 are true

5. Fire

1) Fill 3, empty into 5, fill 3, fill the rest of 5, empty 5, empty 3 into 5, fill 3, empty into
2) Silence
3) Queue
4) 1-5 are true
5) Fire

1. Fill 3, empty into 5, fill 3, fill the rest of 5 and whats left in 3 is 1 gallon

2. Silence

3. queue

4. 9 is true

5. Fire

1. Fill 3, empty into 5, fill 3, use that to fill the rest of 5. What's left in 3 is a single gallon.

To Bananco and all Bananco-copiers: Your strategy leaves 4 gallons in the 5-gallon container, which is USELESS to 'measure out' a single gallon with.

2. Silence

3. Queue

4. Statements 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are true.

If statement 10 was true, then statements 1-9 would be true, because 10 encompasses all the other numbers. This does not leave enough statements leftover being false for 10 to be true.

The same goes for 9, 8, 7, and 6.

Statement 5 calls 6-10 false, which is correct, since only 5 statements are false. The same goes for 4, 3, 2, and 1.

5. Fire

I'm kind of shocked that I'm the first one to put this set of answers together, which I'm fairly sure is correct.

Oh oops, I was just reciting the answer to the more common 4 gallon riddle. Tyriel's right.

No, you guys probably googled it, which is what SK said not to do... lol. And why is the Original Poster's name not in the Post new reply window?

Number 1's an amazingly common riddle. The first time I heard it was more than 10 years ago.

Fill 3, empty into 5, fill 3, fill the rest of 5, empty 5, empty 3 into 5, fill 3, empty into 5.

2. Silence

3. queue

4. 1-5 are true

5. Fire

fill the five gallon twice with the 3 gallon drum and it will leave 1 gallon left in the 3 drum

i should make that a bit clearer. you should fill the 3 gallon barrel twice and empty it into the 5 gallon which will leave you with 1 gallon left in the 3 gallon barrel.

2: silence

3: Queue

4: 9

5: fire