Brainteaser, anyone?

[Mike12345]

Hello, im bored its christmas eve im at work, and im work again on boxing day, so i thought id post this, although no-one will answer it because yopu have better things to do... like... enjoy christmas.

Two guys are playing chess they both play ten games, and win 10 each, they do not draw, tie or whatever. how is this possible?

Any thoughts.....

[lawman]

They are playing two other losers.

[Mike12345]

OK very good, they werent playing each Other, and this one

Theres a passenger on a medditeranean cruise, he stays in his cabin the whole journey, does not speak to anyone he has no contact with anyone in anyway whatsoever during the cruise... Yet he still makes £3million hes not the owner or captina of the ship. How?

[aek]

There could be loads of plausible answers to this one.

i.e he own stocks and the stockmarket goes up.
i.e he's got a satellite phone connects to the internet and wins 3 million on an online casino etc. etc.

[Mike12345]

Hes no stock holder, although plausable hes juts not, and doesnt have a satellite phoine as he has no contact with the outside world whatsoever :)

[hayluke]

did he buy a lottery ticket before leaving?

[BlobFisk]

Does someone with him die and he's getting life insurance money?

(Morbid, I know, but these teasers can often have morbid answers!)

[jackofalltrades]

He makes 3mill in counterfit money while hes in the cabin alone.

JOAT?

[kevinpate]

He bought Ink at 0.33 in October and is now selling to Y! at 1.60?

[Mike12345]

no death, hes on his own and has no contact with anyone whatsoever. Although he could have bought a lottery ticket he didnt, and consider that he made £3million he must be british and no-one ion britain ever wins that much on the lottery becasue its a con, although that will proabably be edited out, nevermind. Although it si feasible that he bought a lottery ticket hge just didnt, i keep adding bits to this dont i .. but im not cheating.

[hayluke]

i guess if it's not lottey a bet on the horses/dogs/football is out of the question too?

[Mike12345]

Yep, totally out the question :)

[BlobFisk]

Has he pretended to be kidnapped, gone on a cruise and will get the ransom money when he gets back? (I have a criminal mind, don't I!).

Can we have a clue or more info?

[jackofalltrades]

Counterfeit?

[Mike12345]

Ok this'll give it away but he also has a criminal mind, wait... its you blobfisk how did you do it... No only joking, no offence LOL :)

[BlobFisk]

I'd have got away with it wasn't for those pesky kids....

Is he a mastermind behind some crime?

[Mike12345]

Yes, sort of, now im really giving it away..

[BlobFisk]

Hmmm, Noel Coward in the Italian Job comes to mind here!

Is the crime taking place on the cruise ship?

[Mike12345]

Kind of, the cruise is an essential part of the crime, you must know the answer by now,... I have another teaser ready for when you do.. Although Macguru will proabably get it straight away, which willshorten the fun :)

[Mike12345]

Although i acualy meant to say lawman, sorry to all :), im a fool

[BlobFisk]

I must be the fool as what seems to be the galaringly obvious is just not jumping out at me... :o

[hayluke]

same with me, any more clues?!?

[Grumpus]

Obviiously, the ship hits an iceberg because the cap'n's been hitting the bottle. He survives, but he's got a serious neck injury. Insurance kicks in, he gets 3 million quid and he's off to the races.

G.

[korkus2000]

Is smuggling something in the ship?

[defanjos]

The guy probably earns 3 million per year on his job (maybe a ceo), so you can say he makes 3 million no matter what - you don't say he made it on/during the cruise.

Of course that does not explain the crime....., or maybe the crime is that he earns too much.

[Mike12345]

Korkus got it , hes a smuggler. ! Another anyone! i promise it will be less tenuous... You see im still working and im bored. Its boxing day i shouldnt be here... :(

[JonB]

well, here is one i could not figure it out when i was 15 or so..i just could not think this is possible :) and had to look into book for answers..but it is really easy one once you know the answer..:

two people are sitting on the fallen tree.one is small and one is big. the small one is SON of the big one, BUT big one is not his father! how is that?

[victor]

Mother!

[JonB]

vitor thats it!:) this "brainteaser" was isso obvious that it is easy to miss (once you know answer then it seems that "no way anyone would not know this" :)

[seindal]

This is old, but here we go.

A man is standing outside his house when he sees a bear. He grabs his shotgun to chase the bear. He follows it ten miles south, when the track turns. He then walks ten miles west, where he almost looses the bear. The track, however, continues north for another ten miles, where the man notices that he has returned to his cabin. The question is: what was the colour of the bear?

René.