Blackbird Murder Mystery

Twice four and twenty blackbirds
sitting in the rain
I shot and killed a quarter of them
How many do remain?

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February 19th, 2015 | Category: Animals, Brain Riddle, History, Mathematical, Max Gaetanno Mystery, Real Life, Word Riddles |  Email This Riddle

7 guesses to Blackbird Murder Mystery

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• Jeremiah Deckard

  February 19, 2015 at 4:19 PM

  Twice four = 8
  Plus 20 = 28
  Divide by four= 7
  28 – 7 = 21

• Jeremiah Deckard

  February 19, 2015 at 4:20 PM

  Or none cause the shot would scare them off

• matthew

  February 19, 2015 at 6:27 PM

  28. They are still there even if they are dead.

• Dude

  February 19, 2015 at 6:39 PM

  I am going to give this one to Jeremiah. You are today’s winner.
  You did have the right thinking and there is even two solutions depending on your interpretation.
  Since, after shooting 1/4 of the birds, the rest will fly off, the answer should be either (2*(4+20))/4=12 or ((2*4)+20)/4=7.
  Your answer of 21 is how many flew off if he shot 7.
  He shot either 7 or 12.

• matthew

  February 19, 2015 at 7:10 PM

  Or 7 since the rest flew off.

• mshaw

  February 20, 2015 at 2:54 PM

  None…they all flew away.

• Shimanto Shirsho

  April 3, 2015 at 12:19 PM

  Answer will be 7 as the dead will remain and the others will fly away.