The Daily Riddle Thread

Yep!

There is a brick of gold and a brick of iron in a boat (both 10 inch blocks), if they are both dropped into the water which will make the water level higher?

Neither, as they are the same volume. If, however, they were the same weight, then we would have to take into consideration the density of each.

A plane with 168 passengers crashes on the border of 3 neighboring countries, country A,B and C. Half of them passed away. Half of them got burried in country A, the other half in Country B. Where did the other 84 people get burried?

the last one dropped into the water!

Wherever the family chooses to bury them after they finally pass away some day.

The gold brick ....because me and 22 other people are jumping in after it

smart guy

It can split granite, yet a child can break it up easily.
You can’t breathe it, yet your lungs wouldn’t work without it.
It exists pretty much everywhere, yet people die for lack of it.

What is it?

Water. :slight_smile:

Well, I was actually thinking about Dihydrogen Monoxide, but I guess water will work too. :wink:

Why, David, you are right! What was I thinking? :slight_smile:

I reread the iron and gold brick one, and the answer is:

both of them.

A man is fishing from a boat on a lake. He hooks an old metal anchor. He hauls it aboard. Will the water level in the lake rise or fall?

I would say rise.

While in the water, the anchor takes up a certain volume, regardless of weight.

Once the anchor is brought into the boat, the boat will settle, displacing the amount of water equivalent to the weight of the anchor. Whereas the density of the anchor is greater than water, this displacement will be greater than that of the anchor itself.

However- would it actually be noticeable? Or, measurable? I would say probably not.

Spot on.

Take away my first letter, and I still sound the same. Take away my last letter, I still sound the same. Even take away my letter in the middle, I will still sound the same. I am a five letter word. What am I?

Actually only the gold block will end up increasing the water level because the iron block will rust and dissolve into the water itself where the gold block will remain in it's original volume.

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour.
When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?

One hour and 20 minutes!

If I understand the situation, the answer is never.

Or at least until it starts raining. :p