Riddles part 2… whoever solves it does the next riddle (no googling)

Check out the riddle queen…quick and correct :clap:t4:

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What has no hands or legs but might knock on your door?

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A door knocker? A head knocker?

This may be wrong but reminds me of when I was on vacation by myself one time and the wind was causing the door knocker on villa to knock all night…I was a bit freaked out the first night :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:. Glad I investigated and figured it out the next day

lol but not the answer.
True funny story. Our Barn metal roof has a corner disconnected from the wind. We also have a wood pecker who has been hanging out there. Last night told hubby his buddy was working overtime to fix it. Hubby said no probably not. Definitely can tell the difference when he is pecking the roof from a tree.

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Lol…now that’s funny story too … little guy stays busy.

A few other answers…screen door, wind?

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Not something you can touch but can seize.

Too much of hint? That is ok. I am off to swim.

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Oooh … opportunity?

Enjoy the pool time

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You are correct. I will enjoy it!

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What’s something a man does once in his lifetime and many woman do multiple times after turning 29?

Lie about there age?

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Girl you are good – YES this is correct.

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I can sneak in another Car Talk puzzler here. The show was hosted by two brothers, Tom and Ray Magliozzi, who went by the stage names Click and Clack, the Tappet brothers. That is to explain the speakers in the puzzler:

RAY : This next puzzler is from my “ceiling light” series.

Imagine, if you will, that you have a long, long corridor that stretches out as far as the eye can see. In that corridor, attached to the ceiling are lights that are operated with a pull cord.

There are gazillions of them, as far as the eye can see. Let’s say there are 20,000 lights in a row.

They’re all off. Somebody comes along and pulls on each of the chains, turning on each one of the lights. Another person comes right behind, and pulls the chain on every second light.

TOM : Thereby turning off lights 2, 4, 6, 8 and so on.

RAY : Right. Now, a third person comes along and pulls the cord on every third light. That is, lights number 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, etcetera. Another person comes along and pulls the cord on lights number 4, 8, 12, 16 and so on. Of course, each person is turning on some lights and turning other lights off.

If there are 20,000 lights, at some point someone is going to come skipping along and pull every 20,000th chain.

When that happens, some lights will be on, and some will be off. Can you predict which ones will be on?

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Either it’s a drawn out mathematical equation to get the answer or it’s as easy as it being just the first bulb as it’s the only one not touched after the initial time

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Could it have to do with multiplication

Im pretty sure its not division problem

It does have to do with division.

Probably in between those two is the best description.

ok im getting somewhere but i wont finish it because i wont have time its factors i belive ? i gotta get on a plane to go home lol im home for 3 days and back away for 3 weeks
3, 6, 9, 12, 15
4, 8, 12, 16 ?

Factors is core to the answer! Here’s the explanation:

RAY: Let’s number all the lights and pick one at random.

TOM: How about 26?

RAY: OK, let’s look at light number 26 and figure out if it’s going to be on or off. All we need to know are the factors of the number 26. Well what’s a factor? A factor is a whole number that will divide evenly into another number, with nothing leftover.

So, the factors of 26 are 1, 26, 13 and 2.

Here’s why that’s important. It tells us that light number 26 is going to get its chain pulled four times.

TOM: How did you figure that out?

RAY: Well, when every cord gets pulled it gets turned on, right? Light number 26 gets its cord pulled again at 2, which is a factor of 26.

When every 13th chain gets pulled, light number 26 gets turned on again. And it doesn’t get touched again until 26, when it gets turned off forever.

Now it’s pretty obvious then that every bulb that has an even number of factors will eventually get turned off for good.

So, which lamps remain on? All those represented by a number with an odd number of factors. And those are, are you ready for this? Light bulbs 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, etc.

All those numbers are called perfect squares. And only they have an odd number of factors, because one of the factors is the square root of the number in question. For example, nine has three factors, 1 and 9 and 3

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Why is everyone so tired on April 1?

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