what is greater than god but more evil than the devil?

i admit i am no good at riddles, but i love them.   ed nygma used to post some on his wall and i really enjoyed them so i thought i would start this thread. please post some more if you have them.

j-bomb wrote:

what is greater than god but more evil than the devil?

Atheism 

Ans. - nothing

Riddle #2:  Mice are famous for their ability to multiply at breakneck speeds. A particular type of mouse gives birth once a month, birthing 12 babies each time. Baby mice mature and can give birth two months after they are born.  You picked up one of these cute baby mice at the pet shop and brought it home the day after it was born. In 10 months from now, how many mice will you have?

Riddle #3: Three wise men are told to stand in a straight line, one in front of the other. A hat is put on each of their heads. They are told that each of these hats was selected from a group of five hats: two black hats and three white hats. The first man, standing at the front of the line, can’t see either of the men behind him or their hats. The second man, in the middle, can see only the first man and his hat. The last man, at the rear, can see both other men and their hats.

None of the men can see the hat on his own head. They are asked to deduce its color. Some time goes by as the wise men ponder the puzzle in silence. Finally the first one, at the front of the line, makes an announcement: “My hat is white.”

He is correct. How did he come to this conclusion?

Riddle #2: you will have 1 mouse.

#2
already answered

#3:
if the back man saw two black hats, he'd know his was white. with him not answering we know the first two hats are opposing colors OR that they are both white.
if the man in the middle saw a black hat, then he'd know he was white, but because he sees a white, he doesn't know for sure.
thus the front man knows.

Riddle #4: What have I got in my pocket?

(You can have 3 guesses)

Not fair! not fair!

It isn't fair, my precious, is it, to ask us what it's got in its nassty little pocketses?

your hand?

Wrong! Guess again!

Feed me and I live. Give me a drink and I die. What am I?

thirst?

From a joke book I had as a kid - not sure if the riddle is well known or not, but I remember it fondly -

What can go up a chimney down, but can't go down a chimney up?

AttilaTheHun wrote:

Feed me and I live. Give me a drink and I die. What am I?

kill it with FIRE!

BorisTheFrugal wrote:

Riddle #2:  Mice are famous for their ability to multiply at breakneck speeds. A particular type of mouse gives birth once a month, birthing 12 babies each time. Baby mice mature and can give birth two months after they are born.  You picked up one of these cute baby mice at the pet shop and brought it home the day after it was born. In 10 months from now, how many mice will you have?

None - a one day old mouse is very unlikely to survive without its own mother's milk.

M57 wrote:

BorisTheFrugal wrote:

Riddle #2:  Mice are famous for their ability to multiply at breakneck speeds. A particular type of mouse gives birth once a month, birthing 12 babies each time. Baby mice mature and can give birth two months after they are born.  You picked up one of these cute baby mice at the pet shop and brought it home the day after it was born. In 10 months from now, how many mice will you have?

None - a one day old mouse is very unlikely to survive without its own mother's milk.

Thank you Mr. Buzz Killington 

Riddle #5: You start at a point on the globe.  You physically move 1 mile South, 1 mile East, and then 1 mile North.  You end up in the exact same spot where your started at.  How many places on the globe does this hold true? Enumerate all possible points, assuming the globe is a perfect sphere.

Slander wrote:

Riddle #5: You start at a point on the globe.  You physically move 1 mile South, 1 mile East, and then 1 mile North.  You end up in the exact same spot where your started at.  How many places on the globe does this hold true? Enumerate all possible points, assuming the globe is a perfect sphere.

First, what may seem obvious.. 1 place/point.  The northern pole.

..but because it's a riddle, I'm thinking infinite..   It's a globe, not a planet.  If travelling east 1 mile has you making a few thousand revolutions, but ends up putting you at the same spot, then there will be an infinite number of points that you could start at along the starting latitude (and potentially, a corresponding latitude on the opposite hemisphere provided it is not too far south).

Come to think of it, it doesn't even matter what the size of the globe is; there will be a latitude that should work so long as the circumference of the globe is less than 1 mile at its equator.

Edit..  Hmm.. the one mile south part might make this tricky on a tiny globe.  Must rethink.  If travelling south means you keep going, it should still work, right?