Can you help me solve these?

Question

1. There is a man who lives on the top floor of a very tall building. Everyday he gets the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the building to go to work. Upon returning from work though, he can only travel half way up in the lift and has to walk the rest of the way unless it's raining! Why?
2. A man and his son are in a car accident. The father dies on the scene, but the child is rushed to the hospital. When he arrives the surgeon says, "I can't operate on this boy, he is my son! " How can this be?
3. A man is wearing black. Black shoes, socks, trousers, lumpier, gloves and balaclava. He is walking down a black street with all the street lamps off. A black car is coming towards him with its light off but somehow manages to stop in time. How did the driver see the man?
4. Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones?

Answer 1

1. The man is very, very short and can only reach halfway up the elevator buttons. However, if it is raining then he will have his umbrella with him and can press the higher buttons with it.

2. The surgeon was his mother.

3. It was daytime.

4. A square manhole cover can be turned and dropped down the diagonal of the manhole. A round manhole cannot be dropped down the manhole. So for safety and practicality, all manhole covers should be round.

Answer 2

1. The man is very, very short and can only reach halfway up the elevator buttons. However, if it is raining then he will have his umbrella with him and can press the higher buttons with it.

2. The surgeon was his mother.

3. It was daytime.

4. A square manhole cover can be turned and dropped down the diagonal of the manhole. A round manhole cannot be dropped down the manhole. So for safety and practicality, all manhole covers should be round.

Answer 3

1. The man is very, very short and can only reach halfway up the elevator buttons. However, if it is
raining then he will have his umbrella with him and can press the higher buttons with it.

2. The surgeon was his mother.

3. It was day time.

4. A square manhole cover can be turned and dropped down the diagonal of the manhole. A round manhole cannot be dropped down the manhole. So for safety and practicality, all manhole covers should be round.

Answer 4

1. In an elevator the buttons are arranged in the order of the floors (i.e. first floor is lowest button, highest floor is top button). With this in mind, the man is a small person (dwarf) and cannot reach the higher floor button, unless it is raining, in which case he has his umbrella.

2. The surgeon is the boy's mother.

3. It is daytime.

4. square manholes diagonal length is greater than the length of its side, thus enabling the manhole cover to fall in, whereas a round manhole has a diameter equal distant no matter how it is measured, thus not enabling the round cover to fall in.

Answer 5

4 number 1. He is a midget and cannot reach his button.wen it is raining, he has his umbrella to push the button
4 number 2. the surgeon is the boys mother.
4 number 3. its daytime
4 number 4. a round manhole cant be dropped down the manhole and so 4 safety it has to be round.
and thanks 4 the riddles

Answer 6

1. The man is to short to reach the button but can use his umbrella on rainy days.
2. The Surgeon is the boys mother
3. The man wearing all black is has a torch
4. ?

Answer 7

1. he's too short and cant reach to the top, but can do so with an umbrella
2. Its the docs father and his son that u talked about - grandpop died
3. Day time!!!
4. Its equidistant from centre and hence wont fall through if its a circle otherwise diaginal is bigger than side of square

Answer 8

these are old except 4 hmm

1. he's a midget and can't reach the buttons but with an umbrella he can use it to touch the button
2. it's his mother
3. it was daylight
4. just because lol check ya later ♥

amazing how three people in a row can find the same website and copy and paste it at the same time just simply amazing! way to cheat guys! yeah that's how you do it

Answer 9

1: the guy's real small so he can't reach the elevator buttons on top but on rainy days he uses his umbrella to press them

2: the surgeon was the boy's mother

3: err... it's daytime?

4: because man-holes are round in shape

ok, there you go, now gimme my ten points!

Answer 10

1 the guy is really short if it rainin he has his umbrella
2 its the mother
3he is a white man
4a square man hole cover could fall down when turned at an angle whereas a round one couldnt