riddles 4

There are three English words ending in “-gry”. Two are “angry” and “hungry”. What is the third one? See the answer. Comments Dhar 29 Dec 2006 2:50 pm: I thought “augry” was a proper English word?? S Anand 29 Dec 2006 7:07 pm: Well, Google can’t find augry. Cameron 1 Apr 2007 11:20 pm: it is person 27 Dec 2006 12:00 pm: None it’s a riddle and you didn’t phrase it right. But this is how it goes: There are three words in The English language that end in “gry”. ONE is angry and the other is hungry. EveryONE knows what the third ONE means and what it stands for.. EveryONE uses them everyday, and if you listened very carefully, I’ve given you the third word. Look carefully at the first sentence and at the part ‘The english Language’ There are three words in that phrase, the english language the third is the word language. So language is your answer. The rest is a big trick to get you away from the obvious first sentence which holds the answer.

Petals Around the Rose. A simple dice parlour game that Bill Gates apparantly cracked by memorising the sequences. Comments SlaSh 17 Oct 2005 11:15 am: hey is that you who writes articles and does interviews by the name S.Anand in the mag Outlook S Anand 17 Oct 2005 1:29 pm: No, that is someone else. jayant 18 Oct 2005 4:08 pm: Any place where I can get a solution. Sorry to say but I am dumb..:-( Raghav 18 Oct 2005 7:41 pm: As the man says - “The name of the game is petals around the rose, and the name is important” :-) Dhar 19 Oct 2005 3:29 am: Arrgh! I have not been able to figure this out. Utterly Frustrating…Solution appreciated… Please mail me at sumit.dhar at gmail Aman 19 Oct 2005 10:59 am: the solution is in the name…….for every odd no throw of dice, simply add the digits surrounding the centre on on each dice… A 19 Oct 2005 2:37 pm: aman, I dont know if I shld kill you for posting the solution or shld thank u for making my day… R 20 Oct 2005 3:22 am: what happened to your blogroll? ritzkini 20 Oct 2005 5:36 am: fantastic game..and so simple a solution..once u have read it… :P S Anand 20 Oct 2005 8:25 am: Killed my blogroll. I use Google Reader now. Will post the OPML. jayant 20 Oct 2005 3:25 pm: Well still didnt figure out…it does nt add up…and if even throw, then? jayant 20 Oct 2005 3:26 pm: Anand, any clues…since u posted, u know of any answers? S Anand 20 Oct 2005 3:39 pm: Have mailed you. Prakash 17 Nov 2005 11:55 am: I got the answer for the same ! it was a good one

Lateral thinking: A woman has incontrovertible proof in court that her husband was murdered by her sister. The judge declares, “This is the strangest case I’ve ever seen. Though it’s a cut-and-dried case, this woman cannot be punished.” Reason: The sisters are Siamese twins. PS: Was Ravana a Siamese decuplet?

Realistic lateral thinking puzzles.