Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Riddle #005

A  man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the password that was required. He waited by the door and listened.
A club member knocked on the door and the doorman said, "twelve."
The member replied, "six " and was let in.
A second member came to the door and the doorman said, "six."
The member replied, "three" and was let in.
The man thought he had heard enough and walked up to the door.
The doorman said ,"ten".
The man replied, "five." But he was not let in.
What should have he said in order to go in?

Answer: Three.
The password is the number of letters in the word, which the doorman tells.

7 comments:

Muneer said...

three

Hari said...

Answer is 3
The answer was the number of letters in the word he said "T E N"

Garima said...

3

aXs said...

@Muneer, Hari, Garima: Exactly, right! So you ppl go to disco and club very often :P

Suraj said...

@akshat: No, they google well. (Referring to Hari and Garima)

aXs said...

@Suraj: I dont think! Is it there in google? More over this is not Hari prasad, this is another fnd of mine from US !

Vasanthi sridhar said...

i am spectator to see the comments of this riddle.