scrawny crossword clue Riddles

A man has three daughters. A second, intelligent man, asked him the ages of his daughters. The first man told him that the product of their ages (them all multiplied together,) was 36. After thinking the second man was unable to find the answer and asked for another clue. The first man replies the sum of their ages is equal to his house door number. Still the second man was unable to answer and asked for another clue. The first man told him that his youngest daughter had blue eyes, and suddenly second man gave the correct answer. What were the ages of the first man's 3 children?

Old Mr. Smith was found dead in his study by young Jack. Jack recounted his dismal discovery to Detective Anderson, who happened to be around the scene. "I was walking by Mr. Smith's house when I thought I would just pop in for a visit. I noticed his study light was on and I decided to peek in from the outside to see if he was in there. There was frost on the window, so I had to wipe it away to see inside. That is when I saw his body. So I kicked in the front door to confirm my suspicions of foul play. I called the police immediately afterward." With a clue from Detective Anderson, the police officers immediately arrested Jack for the murder of Mr. Smith. How could the detective tell Jack was lying?

A renowned chemist is found dead in his lab. There is no clear evidence except a piece of paper lying by the body. The paper is blank other than the name of five elements scrawled across it hastily: Nickel Carbon Oxygen Lanthanum Sulfur The guard reported that three people visited the chemist that day – his sister, Laura; his colleague, Nicolas; and his wife, Tessa. The criminal was arrested immediately. Who was it?

One day, the police found a man dead inside a hut. In his left hand, he's holding a gun. In his right hand, he has a recording. When the recording is played, the police hear the man talking about how horrible life is and how he wants it to end. The recording ends with a gunshot. The police are about to call it a suicide until you point out a very important clue. What is it?

One snowy night, Detective Anderson was in his house reading a book. All of a sudden a stone came crashing through his window, breaking it. Anderson got up and looked out the window just in time to see three neighborhood brats who were brothers run around a corner. Their names were Alan Jones, Mark Jones and Peter Jones. Not knowing of Anderson's reputation as a genius detective, the two innocent brats teased him by sent a note with clue on Anderson's front door. The note reads "? Jones. He broke your window." Which one of the three Jones brothers should Anderson question about the incident?

A car thief, who had managed to evade the authorities in the past, unknowingly took the automobile that belonged to Detective Anderson. The detective wasted no time and spared no effort in discovering and carefully examining the available clues. He was able to identify four suspects with certainty that one of them was the culprit. The four make the statements below. From twelve of total statements, six are true and six false. Suspect A: 1. C and I have met many times before today. 2. B is guilty. 3. The car thief did not know it was the Detective's car. Suspect B: 1. D did not do it. 2. D's third statement is false. 3. I am innocent. Suspect C: 1. I have never met A before today. 2. B is not guilty. 3. D knows how to drive. Suspect D: 1. B's first statement is false. 2. I do not know how to drive. 3. A did it. Which one is the car thief?

There are five houses in a row. Each house is painted a different color and has a person of a different nationality living in it. Each person drinks a different beverage, smokes a different type of cigar, and owns a different animal as a pet. Using these 15 clues, which person owns the pet fish? The Brit lives in the red house. The Swede has a pet dog. The Dane drinks tea. The green house is directly to the left of the white house. The person in the green house drinks coffee. The person who smokes Pall Mall has a pet bird. The person in the yellow house smokes Dunhill cigars. The person in the center house drinks milk. The Norwegian lives in the first house. The person who smokes Blends lives next to the person with the pet cat. The person with the pet horse lives next to the one who smokes Dunhill. The person who smokes BlueMaster drinks beer. The German smokes Prince. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house. The person who smokes Blends has a neighbor who drinks water.