{"id":5438,"date":"2018-09-09T17:23:25","date_gmt":"2018-09-09T21:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall2018\/?p=5438"},"modified":"2018-09-09T17:24:50","modified_gmt":"2018-09-09T21:24:50","slug":"riddles-food-for-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall2018\/2018\/09\/09\/riddles-food-for-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"Riddles!! – Food for thought"},"content":{"rendered":"

I read an article titled \u201cProblem solving is an essential hacker skill\u201d at <\/span>https:\/\/null-byte.wonderhowto.com\/forum\/problem-solving-is-essential-hacker-skill-0150882\/<\/a><\/span>. The article says that problem solving, along with persistence and creativity, is an essential skill in this profession. So, I am posting some riddles as food for thought for our brains. I will post the answers after couple of days.<\/span><\/p>\n

Riddles<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>A 10-year-old child kicks the ball. The ball travels a distance of 10 feet and come back to the child. How?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>W is the father of M. But M is not W\u2019s son. How?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>What is that which goes up and comes down but does not move?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>What is that thing that belongs to you but is used most by your friends and people who are familiar to you?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

5.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>What is it that is blind, that can neither speak nor hear but always tells the truth?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

6.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The more I grow the less visible I am to you. Who am I?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

7.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>What is it that vanishes the moment you call for it?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

8.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Feed me and I will thrive. Give me water, I will vanish. Who am I?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

9.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>What is it that can be broken without touching it?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

10.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>What is it that people always call for but are afraid of it?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

11.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>What is it that stays with you all day long and never leave your side?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

12.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>What is the word, when said, is always pronounced wrong?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I read an article titled \u201cProblem solving is an essential hacker skill\u201d at https:\/\/null-byte.wonderhowto.com\/forum\/problem-solving-is-essential-hacker-skill-0150882\/. The article says that problem solving, along with persistence and creativity, is an essential skill in this profession. So, I am posting some riddles as food for thought for our brains. I will post the answers after couple of days. Riddles: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[714826],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5438","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-week-02-its-role-the-control-environment","7":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5438"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5440,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5438\/revisions\/5440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}