Question: One day, a father went to his three sons and told them that he would die soon and he needed to decide which one of them to give his property to. He decided to give them all a test. He said, "Go to the market, my sons, and purchase something that is large enough to fill my bedroom, but small enough to fit in your pocket." From this, I will decide who of you is the wisest and is worthy enough to inherit my land." So, they all went to the market and bought something that they thought would fill the room, yet was still small enough that they could fit into their pockets. Each son came back with a different item. The father told his sons to come into his bedroom one at a time and try to fill up his bedroom with whatever they had purchased. The first son came in and put some pieces of cloth that he had bought and laid them end to end across the room, but it barely covered any of the floor. Then the second son came in and laid some hay, that he had purchased, on the floor but there was only enough to cover half of the floor. The third son came in and showed his father what he had purchased and how it could fill the entire room yet still fit into his pocket. The father replied, "You are truly the wisest of all and you shall receive my property." What was it that the son had showed to his father?
Answer: The son had showed his father a match. When he lit the match, it filled the entire room, yet it was still small enough to fit inside his pocket.
Question: Lazy Larry agreed to work on a job for his brother-in-law for thirty hours at eight dollars an hour, on the condition that he would forfeit ten dollars per hour for every hour that he idled. At the end of the thirty hours Larry wasn't owed any money and didn't owe his brother-in-law any money either. How many hours did Larry work and how many hours did he idle?
Answer: Lazy Larry worked 16-2/3 hours and idled 13-1/3 hours. 16-2/3 hours, at $8.00 an hour amounts to the same amount as 13-1/3 hours at $10.00 per hour.
Question: Lisa walked out the back door of the farmhouse on a Thursday afternoon and found a man's pipe, a scarf and three lumps of coal lying on the wet grass. They weren't there on Tuesday and no one had been near the house for weeks.
Where did the objects come from?
Answer: The weather had got a lot warmer and Lisa's snowman had melted.
Question: (This riddle will only make sense if you know what sudoku is)
'You are playing sudoku and you aren't doing so good, you have only one box filled up all the way. You search for 5 minutes then you stop, you think you found one! Yes, Yes, you might have found one! Then you realize you got it wrong, you sigh then continue looking. 2 more minutes pass, still nothing!! You cannot believe it, you used to be the champion at sudoku! You have 3 sixes on the page, 4 threes, 2 ones, 3 fives, 4 twos, 3 fours, 3 nines, and 2 eights.'
Were is the Seven?
Answer: The Seven is in the box that is completely filled up.