ThinkTank Riddles #9

Welcome to the ninth edition of ThinkTank Riddles! 

What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat, and 1/2 goat?

Riddle #2

Kate lost her wedding ring. Jon, her husband, asks her if she has gone out today. Kate tells him that she stayed at home all day. Now Jon knows where he can find the ring. He doesn't start looking immediately, but when he does look, the ring is in the first place he checks. What did Jon do before he looked for the ring?

Riddle #3

There are five sisters in the living room, each doing an activity. Marcy is playing the piano, Isabella is reading a book, Jessica is playing chess, and Dani is painting with watercolours. What activity is Sara doing?

Rob has just installed a brand new sound system in his truck. However, he continues listening to music through his headphones while driving. Why?

Riddle #5

Thieves keep stealing things from Brandon's house. Though he doesn't do anything to combat the robberies specifically, Brandon knows that the robberies will stop in a few weeks time. What makes him so sure?

Riddle #6

I'm not quite a copy, and I happen during war. If you keep working on me, you may soon have some more. What am I?

Riddle #7

A dead body lies at the bottom of a multistory building. It looks as though they committed suicide by jumping from one of the floors.

When the detective arrives, she goes to the first floor of the building, opens the closed window, and flips a coin towards the floor. She goes to the second floor and does the exact same thing, continuing to do this until she arrives at the top floor of the building.

When she comes back down, the detective states that it was a murder and not a suicide. How does she know?

Riddle #8

A Eurostar train is heading southeast at a speed of 200 kilometres per hour, toward Dover and the Channel Tunnel. If the wind is blowing from the north, crossing the railroad at an angle of 48 degrees, which way will the smoke blow?

Riddle #9

Several roads through the National Park are gated closed during the wintertime, due to low numbers of visitors, along with snowfall making some roads impassable. Why did a park ranger lock one of the road gates during the summertime, even though it was peak season and no hazards were present?

Riddle #10

Janice avoids the water at all costs. Though she is usually never closer than 9 or 10 kilometres from any large bodies of water, she always makes sure she has a lifejacket close at hand. Why?

Riddle #11

Vince travels a lot for work. On one occasion, he was expected to attend a conference, but instead went shopping at the mall, watched a movie, then swam at the pool. When his employer learnt of the day's activities, they were displeased, but they didn't fire Vince or punish him in any way. Why not?

Riddle #12

What has a head, a tail, but no legs, and is brown?

Riddle #13

Five criminals, Jenny, Liam, Ava, Doug, and Ethan, are being held at the police station. One of them stole the Hope Diamond. When being interrogated by the police, each of them accuses one of the others of being the thief, but Ethan, Doug and Jenny are lying. How can the police tell which person is the true thief?

Riddle #14

Four cars are approaching a narrow four-way intersection. All four cars enter the intersection at the same time, and none of them stop. However, none of the cars crash into each other. What happened?

Riddle #15

Isabel awoke after a traumatic experience. She was surrounded by people who called themselves her family, but she didn't recognize any of them. For the rest of her life, Isabel never remembered anything that happened before she awoke. What happened?

Well, that's it for today's edition! As usual, I will post the answers in the comments after a week. Until then, leave a comment with your guesses to see if you're right and please don't just look up the answers.

See you next time!