Long Riddles and Answers

Question: A man lived on the 12th floor of a building it was a nice building anyway when he goes to work he gets in the elevator and goes to the bottom floor. When he comes back he goes to the 7th floor and walks the rest. But when there is someone else in the elevator he goes to the 12th and when it is raining why.

Question: A man built his house above a river between two trees. He attaches his house to the middle of the two tree's trunks. He does this because the river rises by 2 inches each years, but the trees grow 1 inch each year. If his house is 4 inches above the river how long will it take for water to hit his house?

Question: A detective who was mere days away from cracking an international oil smuggling ring has suddenly gone missing.While inspecting his last-known location,officers find a note:710 57735 34 5508 51 7718.Currently there are 3 suspects:Bill John,and Todd. Can you break this answer and tell me the reason.

Question: There are 4 light bulbs in a room and 4 switches corresponding to these four light bulbs (in a random order). You cannot see the light bulbs from where the switches are.

If you can only visit the room with the light bulbs once, how can you figure out which switch belongs to which light bulb?

Question: Two girls ate dinner together. They both ordered ice tea. One girl drank them very fast and drank five of them in the time it took the other to drink one. The girl who drank one died while the other survived. All of the drinks were poisoned.

Why did the girl that drank more ice tea survive?