Welcome to your weekly installment of V’s Riddle Corner. Each Friday evening I’ll provide you with a few riddles to earn you some Tanga Points, and perhaps even a few links to waste some time. The links will tend to be to interesting facts or fun videos, while the puzzles will frequently be based in logic or maths (gasp!). So, without further adieu…

Wastes of Time:

This is neat!

I think some people have too much free time…

Riddle 1: A steel sphere with a radius of 1 meter is placed into a cubical box measuring 3 meters to a side. Mercury is then poured into the box until it completely covers the sphere. If the density of mercury is 13.6 grams per cubic centimeter, what mass of mercury must be poured into the box to completely cover the sphere? FTP10

Riddle 2: I am a fire.
Change one letter and I am a knife.
Change another letter and I am a clearing.
Change another letter and I am a rank.
Change one final letter and I am a fruit.
What was I and what did I become?
List each step. FTP10

That’s all for today, folks. See you next week!

-V