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Decapitation
Decapitate me and all becomes equal. Then truncate me and I become second. Cut me front and back and I become two less than I started.
What am I?
What am I?
Answer
The word Seven.seven
even (equal)
eve (2nd person, according to the Bible)
v (Roman numeral five; two less than seven)
Now you get it :D
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whoah. Hard.
Good riddle !! Very creative.
I tried and tried but couldn't figure it out. NICE !!
I tried and tried but couldn't figure it out. NICE !!
whoa, SO never saw that coming. very good. I'm impressed
That was hard! Of course, it seems easy once you read the answer. Quite enjoyable!
Ez but a good one
Very clever. I'm not very good at math (haha)
I luv it!! It's so clever!! I thot I could figure out all the riddles, but WHOA! didnt see that one comin! Nice job!
I luv it!! It's so clever!! I thot I could figure out all the riddles, but WHOA! didnt see that one comin! Nice job!
CUTE!!
i love these kinds of riddles!!!
That was really kool!
Congrats on having the funnest teaser.
Let me see
three question marks difficulty
very good but lets see if you can get the real teaser to blow my mind
three question marks difficulty
very good but lets see if you can get the real teaser to blow my mind
OOOOOOOOOhhhhh...didn't get it until i looked at the answer. goodone
Great teaser. Never would have gotten it.
I would have gotten it if i knew what the first two big words meant.
Good deal!
Very counter intuitive! I was looking entirely in the wrong direction.
Loved It.
Loved It.
The teaser was good except for the misuse of the word truncate. You used the word as if it meant to cut the end off of something. Truncate does mean to cut off or end abrubtly, but you did not specify which end of the word to truncate. Decapitate implies cutting off the front of the word, so directionality should be implied when you use "truncate".
Love it!
Mar 20, 2005
Too cute!
Never in a million years would I have gotten that! Good one!
very confusing
wouldn't have figured that out in a million years
wouldn't have figured that out in a million years
Very good! Didn't even get close to answer but, after read it makes complete sense.
WOW Congrats on the best teaser!!! that was hard...nevr would I have ever seen that one coming. That was great..loved it
It was difficult.
I didn't know what capitate and truncate meant, and I had to look them up.
I didn't know what capitate and truncate meant, and I had to look them up.
Mar 20, 2005
I luved it it made me think really hard!!!!!!
Had to think about that one for awhile.It was agood one
Hey! Im sorry but I didn't get it! I like math teasers and rebus teasers!!! But it was clever! I guess im not that smart!!
Had to look up the word "truncate".Still couldn't figure it out. Good one. Really liked it.
gosh that one was HARD! i would have never gotten that one even if you said it was a number!
When the Sphynx gets ready to update his riddle I will send him your way. I totally missed the biblical reference. I look forward to the rest of your puzzles.
Yikes, that one seemed a little too hard. Second = Eve??? Quite a stretch there.
7
isn't this a repeat of an other teaser i read here once B4???
but that did help me know the equation
good 1
isn't this a repeat of an other teaser i read here once B4???
but that did help me know the equation
good 1
Wow! You are my idol! Serious points for vocabulary, biblical references and math all in one very entertaining riddle! Wow! P.S. I think the ones that said it was easy are fibbing
Superb teaser, very hard but very good!
Very Hard!
I could have figured it out if I knew what the first two big words were. But still it was difficult I didn't get it until I looked at the answer!!
I could have figured it out if I knew what the first two big words were. But still it was difficult I didn't get it until I looked at the answer!!
Yeah it is kinda sad when people have to say a really hard one like this is "EZ" just to make themselves feel smart. Also when people go out of there way to find something wrong with it, Good job!
Not bad. But I've heard that one before.
I just forgot that's all.
I just forgot that's all.
Eve? The second person according to the bible. that was a bit of a reach.
groan!
awesome. best i've seen so far. (and i got it... but maybe that's cuz i'm a math guy...)
oh and... "truncate" does indeed imply cutting the tail end off...
Very difficult. Unable to even guess. Thank you for this one. Stumped my son-in-law the great math wizard.
loved it. that was an awsome riddle. i love riddles but didn't even come close to it. keep it up.
difficult.
I was thinking live a worm or something.
Gee, I don't know.
I was thinking live a worm or something.
Gee, I don't know.
I GOTZ IT!!! YAY!! I HAVE NEVER GOTTON ONE THAT WAS MORE THAN 3 ?'s BEFORE!!! YEAH!!
he-hee I got this one! But it was still awesome.
WOW. That was really hard. GREAT JOB though!
VERY COOL!!
Okay, rubys girl, seriously get over it. This is a great teaser and you must need to pump yourself up by knocking others down. Anyway, great job, great vocab and reference usage. I LOVE IT. Right to my faves.
woh i went in the complete wrong direction. i duno y but i thawt it was a worm
Got it within the minute. Strange: some teasers others find easy I find more difficult. Was fun though.
I thought EVE was the tough one, but I enjoyed it a lot.
I thought EVE was the tough one, but I enjoyed it a lot.
That was hard, but fun. I liked it.
I didn't get it, waaaaaaa! But I think it was GREAT! The "second" clue was definitely very hard, but hey, I think it was totally valid! It was just difficult, and that's the way EVERY TEASER should, well, should ASPIRE to be!
Thanks, good job!
Thanks, good job!
Cool
That was pretty good; I enjoyed it very much. The second clue might be e little more clear if it read "Then truncate me and I become THE second". The teaser is good as it is though.
Wow! Right into my favorites. This is the best I have seen. Of course I didn't even come close to the answeer after seven tries this eve. SUPER!!! GREAT!!! Loved it. Am looking forward to more from you.
SUUUUUPER, AquaOcean! I was searching for a word to slice and dice, but couldn't come up with it. To end up with the Roman Numeral "V" was the icing on the cake! More, more, we need MORE!!!
I LOVED IT !!!!!!!!!!!!
I was with it up until the "second = eve" thing. That was a bit of a stretch.
The answer could be the word "All"
With "A" gone (decapitated), we have ll which is "equal" rotated.
If we truncate i.e. cut off the bottom portions of "ll" we get something like '' which is the symbol for second (trigonometry).
Finally, if we cut back at the front and back, we are left with "l" which is the roman symbol for one, two less than the initial three letters we started with!
Well, its kinda roundabout, but what the heck - its funny
With "A" gone (decapitated), we have ll which is "equal" rotated.
If we truncate i.e. cut off the bottom portions of "ll" we get something like '' which is the symbol for second (trigonometry).
Finally, if we cut back at the front and back, we are left with "l" which is the roman symbol for one, two less than the initial three letters we started with!
Well, its kinda roundabout, but what the heck - its funny
wow this was very hard but you did a great job..i did not even get close to getting it
i thought this was a little miss leading. Decapitate means to cut the head off of something. Other than that it was very clever and I didn't get it until I scrolled down to see the answer.
I thought it was a triangle...don't ask me why....good riddle!
nice
I thought of the word "all". When you take off the "A" you have ll, which turned sideways, looks like the equal sign. Then truncat..once again, I took off the "A" and it resembles the Roman numeral for two. And when you remove the first and last letters, you're left with one...two less than you started with...
I was there with you raconteur.
Raconteur and Aylakisses! You amaze me! How much time did you spend on that???!!!
OUCH! That one was tough, but how CREATIVE! I loved it! Thanks, keep 'em coming!
Man, even on my best day I don't think I would get this one!
Very good teaser!
Very good teaser!
Wow, very nice I never would have gotten it.
when I saw what it was I thought
hmm
It just seemed easy after that. thanks for the challenge
when I saw what it was I thought
hmm
It just seemed easy after that. thanks for the challenge
3.1 difficulty? I got it right away! But it was still a great teaser, thanks!
Nice
Trying to do these first thing in the morning at work may cause serious brain damage
It was great. Keep um coming
WOW!!! SO COOL I HAD IT to send it to MY EMAIL
VERY CLEVER
wow i didnt even get that one!!! yes that was very good!!!
Thatz so cute. I never would have gotton that. Good job.
OMG, that is 1 of the best teasers on this site!!!! Nice job!!!
Good one! I was going in a totally different direction . I think Ruby's girl or whatever her name is needs to lighten up & not be so rude & arrogant!
Didn't see that coming! Of couse... I didn't know what all the big long words ment xD
A tough one. Didnt get it. Looked simple, once you get to know the answer! Please give us more of these. They make you think hard.
Haha, good one!
nice one
Excellent!!!
Wow. That was a bit too much for me tonight. Thanks for the brain burn though!
Whew!! Tough one!! Excellent!
i understand decapitate ok --take off the letter s-- and you get "even."
truncate - that means take off the "n" and you get "eve". 2nd person in the bible..
but take off "front and back" and you are left with2 less than started:"5" (therefore the "what am I : is the number "7"
BUT BUT - correct me if Im wrong.... you need to take off 2 from THE BACK because the roman numberal 7 is: VII. the way it reads is take off "front and Back" which would make the roman numeral 7 to read IVI which is WRONG .. anyone agree??? or maybe I'm Wrong... could be,,,,its hgappened before lol, lol... tks , later gators
truncate - that means take off the "n" and you get "eve". 2nd person in the bible..
but take off "front and back" and you are left with2 less than started:"5" (therefore the "what am I : is the number "7"
BUT BUT - correct me if Im wrong.... you need to take off 2 from THE BACK because the roman numberal 7 is: VII. the way it reads is take off "front and Back" which would make the roman numeral 7 to read IVI which is WRONG .. anyone agree??? or maybe I'm Wrong... could be,,,,its hgappened before lol, lol... tks , later gators
I still don't get it.
Kitty, you don't need to think about the "ROman Numeral" for SEVEN, it say's cut me front and back, meaning cut EVE front and back, meaning cut off the "e" from the front and back of "eve". Somehow you jumped into thinking about the roman Numerals but that's only what you end up with at the end- "V".
OK, I read this last year, and commented, and... I STILL didn't get it a year later!!! aaarrrggghhhh!!!! And at the time, I remember thinking "I'll NEVER forget this one, now that I know the answer, because it's so good!" And, I'm gonna show ya'll just how petty I am now: I don't believe anybody who says they got it!!! LOLOL!!! Sorry, I guess that shows how dumb I am, but I just can't believe that never having heard it before, someone could get this, especially not "in a minute", "EZ", etc.
The references were so disparate, that's what made it so hard. I think this, whether the Braingle author of it actually was the original creator or not, is like... the ULTIMATE TEASER! At least one of the ultimate teasers. And... I don't think that I would EVER have gotten it, because you just don't have anything to start with. Im going to send it to my 87 year old Grandmother now; if she can't get it, NOBODY can! LOL!
OK, I read this last year, and commented, and... I STILL didn't get it a year later!!! aaarrrggghhhh!!!! And at the time, I remember thinking "I'll NEVER forget this one, now that I know the answer, because it's so good!" And, I'm gonna show ya'll just how petty I am now: I don't believe anybody who says they got it!!! LOLOL!!! Sorry, I guess that shows how dumb I am, but I just can't believe that never having heard it before, someone could get this, especially not "in a minute", "EZ", etc.
The references were so disparate, that's what made it so hard. I think this, whether the Braingle author of it actually was the original creator or not, is like... the ULTIMATE TEASER! At least one of the ultimate teasers. And... I don't think that I would EVER have gotten it, because you just don't have anything to start with. Im going to send it to my 87 year old Grandmother now; if she can't get it, NOBODY can! LOL!
Vague.
Very interesting
Thanks for a great teaser. I'm sad I didn't spend more time on it before looking at the answer. Oh well.
didnt get it ..could of had a better explanation i think?
A very interestingly fun teaser! Even though I have seen this one before, it still comes on to me as being an easy one to figure out. Keep up the tremendously fun work!
too tough for me
As For me , I too came up with ALL but your version is way better and makes much more sense. And although All jumps out at me , took No Time to solve it really wasnot the educational answer yours is
THX
THX
why we are duplicating teasers now? Is the teaser market that bad? Don't we have some more creative people here? I believe if we decreased the requirements to send a teaser we could have more teasers available and not have to repeat old teasers
From the very first sentence I had a good dea it would be easy, because the word even just jumped into my mind. It only took me a few seconds after that to figure out the answer. I found this one very easy, but it was still very good.
Very clever
Although I now feel very stupid
Thank you for this awesome teaser!!!
Although I now feel very stupid
Thank you for this awesome teaser!!!
clever, witty and tricky! I got it after I saw the answer...good oneP
good work dont keep it up you are making all of us look bad very clever nice work
Wow! Nice job! I don't think anyone could have truly gotten that one.
Thanks for a fun and challenging teaser!
Thanks for a fun and challenging teaser!
TOO HARD FOR ME. BUT I LIKED IT VERY, VERY MUCH!!!!!!!AS FOR ME , I DONT THINK EVE WAS A BIT OF A REACH. MEJOHN THINKS SO ,BUT NOT ME.
Wow! great teaser, i didnt get it though but still fun.
i like it
Got the Seven, but what is the in the answer all about?
O.K. I typed in : and then a D and my comment ended up with a smiley face.
i was guessing actually numbers. somehow i came up with 11, but that obviously isnt right.
I also came up with "All", odd. Anyways, excellent teaser! .
I loved this one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
good one!
it was hard but toatally fun!
message me!
it was hard but toatally fun!
message me!
shawneeo ..... thanks - now i get it - it seems the command is on the last clue ie/ youre left with "eve" then cut front and back (of eve) and yes you are left with a "V" which is roman numberal for 5....
very smart shawneo..... my bad??!! kitty
very smart shawneo..... my bad??!! kitty
That was a pretty good teaser; tough because I was on the right track and didn't think I was because I didn't get the "second" reference. Oh well.
yeah, i had no idea what truncate meant so i was clueless.
Wow! I had to call the fire department when my brain cells began to spontaneously combust trying to solve this one!
My grandma didn't get it!!! That is a BIG DEAL!!! Believe you ME! LOL!
NOW, I want everyone who said they got it, and never saw it before, especially the ones who said it was "easy", to meet me in a central location. We're going to have a little LIE DETECTOR TEST PARTY!!! lol!
NOW, I want everyone who said they got it, and never saw it before, especially the ones who said it was "easy", to meet me in a central location. We're going to have a little LIE DETECTOR TEST PARTY!!! lol!
Very clever.
Clever! I was disappointed with myself not to have gotten it. I would have liked a hint. How about the following?
5 letters, 4 letters, 3 letters, 1 letter
5 letters, 4 letters, 3 letters, 1 letter
That was a great teaser the first or second time around, but know it's getting very boring.
I really enjoed this one. I couldn't get the 'v' ending though. Thanks.
Overall, this was a good one. My only complaint is the third sentence makes it seem like cutting the front and back off the ORIGINAL word makes it two less. The third sentence should really start: "Then cut me..."
Pretty good teaser. Clever, in fact.
wow that was a really good teaser!
Fantastic! Make more!
I too had to look up truncate and it still did not help! God that it baffled more than me!
I meant good. Fingers are tired and made a mistake Sorry!
Was unable to solve it but once I saw the answer it made perfect sense. I stated out with the second word (the decapitated one) being "same" and tried to go from there -which of course I couldn't. Had I thought of "even" it would have all fallen into place nicely.
Clueless
verrry much beyond me this morning- who am I kidding? Any morning! but I did enjoy the answer & intellectual wake up with my coffee!
Aw man, I thought it was Four.
- first decapitate, take off the F and it becomes "our", like equal for all.
- then I took truncate to mean taking out the u, and it becomes "or", like it becomes the second option.
- for cut me front and back, there was no "then" before the phrase, so I figured I could start back over with the original Four, four tally marks ||||.
and I took off the front and back marks to be left with ||, two less than what I started with.
- first decapitate, take off the F and it becomes "our", like equal for all.
- then I took truncate to mean taking out the u, and it becomes "or", like it becomes the second option.
- for cut me front and back, there was no "then" before the phrase, so I figured I could start back over with the original Four, four tally marks ||||.
and I took off the front and back marks to be left with ||, two less than what I started with.
So eve means second now? Ha! Eve is actually more considered as a first, as in the first woman.
This would have been cooler (and clearer) if you replaced it with "Then truncate me and I will turn into the night" or something like that (i.e., eve as in evening). ;)
This would have been cooler (and clearer) if you replaced it with "Then truncate me and I will turn into the night" or something like that (i.e., eve as in evening). ;)
well done; simple
Very interesting
I was thinking of the equal sign rather than a word meaning "equal."
Years later....I missed it again! I was stuck on the equal sign....
excellent!!
Managed to solve it fairly easily, despite the cryptic instructions?
Woah this is hard! Managed to get only the first one
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