Staff Riddle Contests
The Gopher Express and Gopher Express West is challenging staff/faculty to their summer riddle contest. Grab your coworkers and visit either location to solve the riddles. Win coffee with bagels & cream cheese for your office (for 8-10 people).
Riddle #1
Gopher Express Friend: Solve by Numbers (Divide and Conquer)
- Clue 1:
- I'd tell you the answer, but it's 2 gross.
- Clue 2:
- Sounds like you're getting close.
I asked Hans to share his sauerkraut but he was really hungry so he said "____." - Clue 3:
- Fill in the blank. (Hint: Say it out loud)
1
11
21
1211
1112_1
Riddle #1 Answer
- Clue 1:
- Hint: One gross is 144, so two gross makes 288. The answer is 288.
- Clue 2:
- Hint: The word "no" in German is "nein." The answer is nine.
- Clue 3:
- Hint: Saying the number of each digit in a row gives you the next row (example: the first row has one 1, written 11 and the second row has two 1s, written 21). The answer is 2.
- Answer:
- If you divide the first answer by the second and third, you get 16. 16 is the profile number of the Chocolate Champion.
Riddle #2
Product: What did the crook take?
- Clue 1:
- Fiercely delicious
The Bears are an American Hockey League team based out of this Northeastern city. - Clue 2:
- Double or Nothing
01110000 01110010 01100101 01110100 01111010 01100101 01101100 00001101 00001010 - Clue 3:
- When in Rome...
Voilà! Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis a valuable clue.
Riddle #3
Location: Where did the crook hide the product? (Read between the lines.)
- Clue 1:
- Driven to giggles: Who said it?
Woohoo! - Clue 2:
- Yes?
"The words will make you out 'n' out." - Clue 3:
- Tri-Bond
Beetle Juice, snowboards, Sweeney Todd
