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wu :: forums    riddles    medium (Moderators: william wu, SMQ, towr, ThudnBlunder, Icarus, Eigenray, Grimbal)    Million Dollar Riddle « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: Million Dollar Riddle  (Read 6667 times) alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6989 Million Dollar Riddle   circles.JPG « on: Jul 13th, 2010, 6:44am » Quote Modify Where does a man work in the USA and from which northwest African country is he originally from?   « Last Edit: Jul 31st, 2011, 5:41pm by alien2 » IP Logged gotit Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 804 Re: Million Dollar Riddle   « Reply #1 on: Jul 22nd, 2010, 11:08am » Quote Modify Just a wild guess   He works in an eye clinic in South Africa and his work is involved with color-blindness IP Logged All signatures are false. JohanC Senior Riddler     Posts: 460 Re: Million Dollar Riddle   « Reply #2 on: Jul 23rd, 2010, 12:51pm » Quote Modify Un uneducated guess: a) in a colorless house b) Kenya IP Logged alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6989 Re: Million Dollar Riddle   « Reply #3 on: Jul 30th, 2010, 5:43am » Quote Modify No to both.     The riddle is based on knowledge. IP Logged Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: Million Dollar Riddle   « Reply #4 on: Jul 30th, 2010, 5:51am » Quote Modify South Africa? (A multicolored society with a dark background). IP Logged nakli Junior Member     Gender: Posts: 62 Re: Million Dollar Riddle   « Reply #5 on: Aug 5th, 2010, 12:05pm » Quote Modify on Jul 30th, 2010, 5:43am, alien2 wrote: No to both.     The riddle is based on knowledge.   Well then we should start pooling in. The only ones I have is that dots are a traditional pattern in african dresses and that some african tribes do not distinguish between green, blue and purple. They have same names for all of them.   IP Logged I was born naked on a bed with a lady. alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6989 Re: Million Dollar Riddle   « Reply #6 on: Aug 19th, 2010, 5:33pm » Quote Modify No to both. « Last Edit: Aug 19th, 2010, 10:36pm by alien2 » IP Logged Noke Lieu Uberpuzzler pen... paper... let's go! (and bit of plastic)     Gender: Posts: 1884 Re: Million Dollar Riddle   « Reply #7 on: Aug 19th, 2010, 7:08pm » Quote Modify In which case, in a bank.   I've never been particulalry adept at autostereograms. IP Logged a shade of wit and the art of farce. alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6989 Re: Million Dollar Riddle   « Reply #8 on: Aug 19th, 2010, 10:35pm » Quote Modify on Aug 19th, 2010, 7:08pm, Noke Lieu wrote: In which case, in a bank. Nope.   on Aug 19th, 2010, 7:08pm, Noke Lieu wrote: I've never been particulalry adept at autostereograms. It's not autostereogram.   IP Logged nakli Junior Member     Gender: Posts: 62 Re: Million Dollar Riddle   « Reply #9 on: Nov 2nd, 2010, 7:52am » Quote Modify I think this has been around for quite a while to qualify for a HINT. IP Logged I was born naked on a bed with a lady. alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6989 Re: Million Dollar Riddle   « Reply #10 on: Nov 3rd, 2010, 8:50am » Quote Modify All right then. Some dots are unimportant. I put them there to make the puzzle more interesting. IP Logged Ajax Full Member     Gender: Posts: 221 Re: Million Dollar Riddle   « Reply #11 on: Jan 3rd, 2011, 12:33am » Quote Modify would some coloured filters help?   Is he looking for diamonds? « Last Edit: Jan 3rd, 2011, 5:53am by Ajax » IP Logged mmm alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6989 Re: Million Dollar Riddle   « Reply #12 on: Jan 4th, 2011, 11:57am » Quote Modify Colored filters wouldn’t help and he’s not looking for diamonds.   Only one hue is important. IP Logged towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: Million Dollar Riddle   « Reply #13 on: Jan 4th, 2011, 1:08pm » Quote Modify The one forming a pentagon? IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6989 Re: Million Dollar Riddle   « Reply #14 on: Jan 7th, 2011, 10:26pm » Quote Modify Yes. Now you know where he works. Do you have an idea for the 2nd part of the question? IP Logged alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6989 Re: Million Dollar Riddle   « Reply #15 on: Jul 31st, 2011, 5:32pm » Quote Modify It has to do with a certain African flag.     As I said, only one hue is important. So, can you visualize another figure? « Last Edit: Sep 5th, 2011, 12:08pm by alien2 » IP Logged orange_cat Newbie     Posts: 16 Re: Million Dollar Riddle   « Reply #16 on: Nov 3rd, 2011, 11:57am » Quote Modify Libya? Until very recently it was the only country with a monochromatic flag. IP Logged alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6989 Re: Million Dollar Riddle   « Reply #17 on: Nov 3rd, 2011, 2:19pm » Quote Modify Nope. Focus on current flags. The page below might help.     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_Africa IP Logged orange_cat Newbie     Posts: 16 Re: Million Dollar Riddle   « Reply #18 on: Nov 3rd, 2011, 10:31pm » Quote Modify Well, my Libya answer was current at the time the problem was posted! Gaddafi was still in power and Libya still had the all green flag when you posted that. IP Logged alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6989 Re: Million Dollar Riddle   « Reply #19 on: Nov 4th, 2011, 6:34am » Quote Modify My bad.     « Last Edit: Nov 18th, 2011, 2:03pm by alien2 » IP Logged abhishek.jagetiya Newbie     Posts: 1 Re: Million Dollar Riddle   « Reply #20 on: Sep 11th, 2012, 4:51am » Quote Modify Morocco ? IP Logged alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6989 Re: Million Dollar Riddle   « Reply #21 on: Sep 11th, 2012, 7:58am » Quote Modify on Sep 11th, 2012, 4:51am, abhishek.jagetiya wrote: Morocco ? It took long time but now it's okay. IP Logged Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------  - easy => medium   - hard   - what am i   - what happened   - microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math)   - suggestions, help, and FAQ   - general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis   - wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

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