Riddles

[Legion]

do zeros display in the hour side?

11:11 (8 bars)
1:11(6 bars)  if zeros do not display...

and most could be

If with zeros
08:08 (26 bars)

without zeros
10:08 (21 bars)


EDIT: darn a second to late

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

yeah, but I counted the bars for 10:08 wrong. I think I thought 1 had only 1 bar.

In a contest, four fruits (an apple, a banana, an orange, and a pear) have been placed in four closed boxes (one fruit per box). People may guess which fruit is in which box. 123 people participate in the contest. When the boxes are opened, it turns out that 43 people have guessed none of the fruits correctly, 39 people have guessed one fruit correctly, and 31 people have guessed two fruits correctly.

The Question: How many people have guessed three fruits correctly, and how many people have guessed four fruits correctly?

[Firemeboy]

Yep...  Most clocks don't have the 0 in front of the 8 in 8:00.  And most people don't think past 8:08, so I'm duely impressed you both got it.

[Firemeboy]

Is there math involved with this puzzle?  Or is it a trick question?

[Firemeboy]

Duh.  

10 people got 4 right.

[Peter Ahlstrom]

0 people have guessed 3 correctly and 10 have guessed 4 correctly

[Firemeboy]

How fast can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing was wrong with it at all and, in fact, nothing is. But it is unusual. Why? If you study it and think about it you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without coaching. No doubt, if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. Who knows? Go to work and try your skill. Par is about half an hour.

[Peter Ahlstrom]

There's no letter e. I got it by the middle of the second sentence.

[Firemeboy]

You're up.

[Legion]

How fast can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing was wrong with it at all and, in fact, nothing is. But it is unusual. Why? If you study it and think about it you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without coaching. No doubt, if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. Who knows? Go to work and try your skill. Par is about half an hour.

Plus the paragraph is just awkward to say.  I am not that good with grammar, but is it grammatically correct?

[Peter Ahlstrom]

Uh... I don't really have one, but... What are the only two countries that have the letters "ate" in exact succession in their names?

That's an old one so it's probably outdated...and it's not exactly a riddle anyway, but there you go.

[Legion]

Guatemala
United Arab Emirates
United States

the riddle is a little out dated there are new countries.

[Peter Ahlstrom]

Ah yes. Emirates. Yeah, that didn't exist back when Asimov used it (and he forgot about Guatemala). But it was the only thing that popped into my head. Man, I haven't read that book in over 10 years... Whichever book it was, anyway...

[Legion]

My thunder comes before the lightning
My lightning comes before the clouds
My rain dries all the land it touches
What am I?

[42]

My thunder comes before the lightning
My lightning comes before the clouds
My rain dries all the land it touches
What am I?

An exploding microwave.