Riddle & Puzzle Answers

• Some more Word Play
  obsequious & queue
• Some Word Play
  gung-ho & gun-shy
• Arithmetic gone Awry
  Rotate the 6 and superset the 2 to create 7^2 = 49
• How deep?
  The hole is currently 3’6″ deep. The key to this is to read carefully the clue where the laborer says “I am going twice as deep”. Meaning the final depth of the hole will be 3x (x + 2x) as deep as it currently is, not twice as deep.
  
• What is It? – 2008/02/26
  A mobius strip
• 30¢
  A nickle and a quarter. How?
  • The quarter IS the one who IS NOT the nickle
• Inheritance
  There are only three people. How?
  • There is the initial heir who has a son (grandfather let’s call him, possibly the husband of the ol’ woman)
  • the son of the grandfather has a son (so this guy is a father and a son)
  • there is the grandchild
• Angle on a Cube
  60°. How?
  • Draw a third line from A to C
  • Since it is a cube, all diagonal lines are equal lengths
  • The resulting triangle is an equilateral triangle whose 3 angles are each 60°
• The Runners
  17 minutes. How?
  • Runners A & B cross together (2 minutes)
  • Runner A returns with flashlight (1 minute)
  • Runners C & D cross together (10 minutes)
  • Runner B returns with flashlight (2 minutes)
  • Runners A & B cross together again (2 minutes)