Riddles Round 3

[Harbinger]

52 cards in a pack WITHOUT jokers.

[Eric James Stone]

Good catch, Harbinger.

[Firemeboy]

These are from a 365 Brain Puzzlers daily calendar that is "Sanctioned by MENSA"





January 1

Fill in the blanks to complete the word below.

_ _ C _ N_ I _ E _ _ T _ _ Y



January 2

Supply the missing number.





January 3

What one four-letter word can be place in the blanks below to make three different words?

_ _ _ _ B E A R

_ _ _ _ N S I C

_ _ _ _ C L O S E



January 4

Jim is four times as old as Jerry.  In four years, Jerry will be half as old as Jim is now.  Two years ago, Jim was seven times as old as Jerry.  

How old are they now?



January 5

What two words, formed from different arrangements of the same five letters, can be used to complete the sentence below?

The young writer _ _ _ _ _ for years until he is recognized and his _ _ _ _ _ are published.



January 6

A simple substitution code has been used to conceal a "quote." Work out the code to decipher the original words.

Hamlet:
QFPQMF EPO'U SFBMJAF IPX IBSE JU JT UP TQFBL JO CMBOL WFSTF



January 7

Rearrange the words below to form four male names.

Rice
Dolly  
Sinned  
Anvil

[Eric James Stone]

January 3

F O R E B E A R

F O R E N S I C

F O R E C L O S E  

January 6

People don't realize how hard it is to speak in blank verse.


January 7

Rearrange the words below to form four male names.

Rice => Eric
Dolly => Lloyd
Sinned => Dennis  
Anvil => Alvin

Update at 11:56am:

January 2

9

(A=1, B=2, C=3, D=4)

Update at 12:00pm:

January 4

Jerry is 4 and Jim is 16.

Update at 2:56pm:

January 5


The young writer mopes for years until he is recognized and his poems are published.

[Firemeboy]

All of those are correct...

Which leaves only Jan 1.

[Eric James Stone]

January 1 stumped me, and I finally cheated to find the answer.  It's not an obscure word, so if anyone still wants to take a stab at it, go ahead.

[Firemeboy]

Cheat away...  

[Eric James Stone]

Well, I didn't want to inconsiderately post the answer if someone was still trying to solve it.

[Firemeboy]

lol

[Eric James Stone]

OK, I don't think this riddle's been posted here.

Jack lives in a U.S. state on the Atlantic coast.  Jill lives in a U.S. state on the Pacific coast.  One night, when they were both at home in their respective states, Jack was talking to Jill on the telephone, and he asked what time it was where she was.  When she answered, he said, "That's funny.  It's the same time here."

Assuming that they are both telling the truth and that their clocks are correct, how is this possible?

[Peter Ahlstrom]

"It's past my bedtime"?

[Eric James Stone]

Nope.

The time on both their clocks is an actual time, like 7:32 PM (although it's not 7:32 PM; I'm just giving that as an example to show that the solution is not something like "Quitting time" or "Time to get a new clock battery.")

Both clocks are correct, and both show the same time.

[Oldie Black Witch]

Jack lives in Guam, Jill lives in Palau (a US territory). Their time zones are 12 hours apart. And they have clocks that don't show AM or PM.

And chances are that the survey says . . . X. They're not actually states.

[fuzzyoctopus]

Something to do with changing to daylight saving time, but are any of the west coast states in the mountain time zone?

[Eric James Stone]

Jack lives in Guam, Jill lives in Palau

Nice try, but no.  They are in actual, stars-on-the-flag states.

And their clocks indicate the difference between AM and PM, and they are both the same.