Quick brain teaser!

[AndyHunter]

As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives.
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits.
Kits, cats, sacks and wives,
How many were going to St. Ives?

 

[Freakstone]

7^4=2401.

 

[AndyHunter]

Good try - but no cigar!

 

[maildude]

One. You. Or me.

 

[BlueBalls]

One. You. Or me.

Yeah I agree with maildude only you have stated that your going to St Ives, so its just 1

 

[AndyHunter]

One. You. Or me.

Yeah I agree with maildude only you have stated that your going to St Ives, so its just 1

Check out the brains on these two! A+, well done!

 

[Legzman]

nice, fooled me.

 

[xaqouiri]

ahh i actually new the answer to this but alas i am too late

 

[rand21althor]

ahh i actually new the answer to this but alas i am too late

Yeah, same here. I'm familiar with the basic premise of this riddle.

 

[Tenacious V]

who the hell has seven wives these days...

 

[ArabJames]

1
you only met the guy...he wasnt going

 

[bzane]

Wow, nice one. Took me while to figure it out

 

[zell]

1
you only met the guy...he wasnt going

The information is kinda incomplete because we aren't ever told if the other party is met in passing or if they were actually going to the same destination as well.

So there are actually two answers,1 or 2753.

 

[maildude]

Okay, I have one.

Let's say you're a doctor and you have three people in the waiting room. One of them is a big woman with a cast on her left leg. Both of the others are Asian men. Now the woman is a ten o'clock appointment, and one of the Asian fellas is a ten-thirty--the second Asian guy was just the driver. Now there are four more appointments on the calendar but there's a golf game that's really important to go to and all of these patients have to be seen as quickly as possible. The last patient is scheduled for twelve noon. The game is at one. Here's the question: What year was the doctor born in?

 

[Timbobjambo]

Okay, I have one.

Let's say you're a doctor and you have three people in the waiting room. One of them is a big woman with a cast on her left leg. Both of the others are Asian men. Now the woman is a ten o'clock appointment, and one of the Asian fellas is a ten-thirty--the second Asian guy was just the driver. Now there are four more appointments on the calendar but there's a golf game that's really important to go to and all of these patients have to be seen as quickly as possible. The last patient is scheduled for twelve noon. The game is at one. Here's the question: What year was the doctor born in?

You're own birth year so in my case 1986

 

[maildude]

You're own birth year so in my case 1986

No, no, no! The correct answer was "a 2-Iron on the Par 3 seventeenth!"

 

[Timbobjambo]

No, no, no! The correct answer was "a 2-Iron on the Par 3 seventeenth!"

Right ...wait what?

 

[Mr Finch]

As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives.
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits.
Kits, cats, sacks and wives,
How many were going to St. Ives?

hmmm sure this was on die hard 3

 

[PlasmaTwa2]

I knew that one, but BlueBalls had to be so smart and answer it...

 

[BlueBalls]

I knew that one, but BlueBalls had to be so smart and answer it...

I think I sense an air of mocking in that statement.....:dunno: