OT: Extremely Tough Riddle Challenge

[DE FENSE]

ok, stop bumping it now. thanks.

[Blades Finest]

a dime could also refer to a tenth so maybe he gave the guy a penny if he had 10 cents left. I think he paid 10 cents for each drumstick and the streetcar kicked him out on the next stop which was 10 blocks away...just like a bus driver kicking a person w/o a metrocard on the next stop.

[towelie]

Streetcars aren't taxis, they were more like trolleys on light rails. Some cities still have 'em.

My guess, the dude was a beggar (only $1?), bought some instruments to play to a crowd and make more money, and got himself kicked off the streetcar for disturbing other passengers.

[Huffman]

The drum was taking up a spare seat. At the tenth block, too many passengers boarded the trolley and the drum no longer fit on the trolley.

[Shemy]

was the driver racist???

what race was the passenger

[NyKnicks1714]

Did anyone ever get this?

[Guy986]

This is obviously BS.

[TBT]

Wowzers, can we like get an answer to this??

[vinnie_vegas69]

The streetcar goes 12 blocks in one direction, then turns around (or hits reverse on its tracks). Block 11 becomes the 13th on the mans trip. 10 is 14. They kick him cause he payed for a 13 block ride.

Mean riddle. Simple answer but it's based on a trick and has a lot of distractions.

Yeah - That was my first thought.

If this isn't it, then the riddle is stupid, because there are too many other ways to explain it that aren't accounted for in the wording of the riddle.

[blueNorange]

The riddle is:

A man had a dollar. He spent 80 cents for a drum and 10 cents for 2 drumsticks. He gave a streetcar driver a dime to drive him 13 blocks. On the tenth block they kicked him out. Why?

Hint: I tell you the answer every time I say the riddle.

why would he give the streetcar driver a dime to later be kicked out by they, who's they??

wouldn't the streetcar driver be the one that kicks him out??

[projectpaki]

The riddle is:

A man had a dollar. He spent 80 cents for a drum and 10 cents for 2 drumsticks. He gave a streetcar driver a dime to drive him 13 blocks. On the tenth block they kicked him out. Why?

Hint: I tell you the answer every time I say the riddle.


Good luck guys. I look forward to your answers.

i was thinking that maybe the dime was changed in 1946, after WW2, so maybe that had something to do with it, but the bold part is what gets me...

gimme the answer already!

[j4remi]

The streets ended after the 10th block.

I can't believe you upped this and rebirthed my torture.

[adjacent2bench]

Where the hell is GONYK?

[four]

it was because the man had a dollar

[ccvle]

The Hint is i tell you the answer everytime i tell you the riddle.

so that means

A man had a dollar. He spent 80 cents for a drum and 10 cents for 2 drumsticks. He gave a streetcar driver a dime to drive him 13 blocks. On the tenth block they kicked him out. Why?

because

A man had a dollar. He spent 80 cents for a drum and 10 cents for 2 drumsticks. He gave a streetcar driver a dime to drive him 13 blocks. On the tenth block they kicked him out. Why?

the question is how do we connect the question to the answer

[GONYK]

The Hint is i tell you the answer everytime i tell you the answer.

so that means

A man had a dollar. He spent 80 cents for a drum and 10 cents for 2 drumsticks. He gave a streetcar driver a dime to drive him 13 blocks. On the tenth block they kicked him out. Why?

because

A man had a dollar. He spent 80 cents for a drum and 10 cents for 2 drumsticks. He gave a streetcar driver a dime to drive him 13 blocks. On the tenth block they kicked him out. Why?

the question is how do we connect the question to the answer

This is the sticking point. Really, it's what makes this whole thing torture. The fact that the answer is in the words in front of you.

[ccvle]

lets say he got on 1st street, 10 blocks later is 11th street but his destination is 14th street...

[adjacent2bench]

So a friend of mine told me a riddle that he said has been passed down in his family since WW2. Only one living person at a time in his family knows it, and when they are dying, they only tell it to one other member to carry it on. He does not know the answer, and he bet me that I can't figure it out before he does. He said I can ask anyone in the world that I want for help, so I figured I will take to the bright minds on this board.

The riddle is:

A man had a dollar. He spent 80 cents for a drum and 10 cents for 2 drumsticks. He gave a streetcar driver a dime to drive him 13 blocks. On the tenth block they kicked him out. Why?

Hint: I tell you the answer every time I say the riddle.


Good luck guys. I look forward to your answers.

I know this is a stretch, but maybe this is the answer?

I'm at the school library and I couldn't stop looking at this joke.

At the end of the sentence it says "On the tenth block they kicked HIM out." Take HIM out of the previous sentence and you have the following sentence.

He gave a streetcar driver a dime to drive 13 blocks. 10 blocks to drive 13 blocks, but the him is kicked out, so they didn't have to drive him?

[Scuall]

The "kicking out" angle is the confusing part. Anyways, here's two possible solutions (or part of the solution) to the riddle.

1. There is no stop at the 13th block. The nearest stop is the 10th block, the next stop would be past the 13th block.

2. Thinking of San Francisco streetcars, the 10th block is at the top of a large hill. The 13th block would be at the bottom of a large hill. It'd be easier to lug your gear down a hill then up it.

[DE FENSE]

GOOD GOD why was this bumped. Worst riddle ever.