Puzzle Pundit

2011-11-26T12:54:00.000-08:00

Gotchas:-

I went on a trip last week. The traffic was moderate and the journey took two and a half hours. On the return journey, the traffic was similar, but I made it back in 150 minutes. How come?
Six and six IS eleven or six and six ARE eleven?
Who is your father's only son's brother's uncle's wife's daughter's brother's father's son?
In the olden days, a man rode into town on his horse. He arrived on Monday, spent six days in town and left on Friday. How is that possible?
If you are in a dark room with a candle, a wood stove and a gas lamp. You only have one match, so what do you light first?
How can you throw a ball so that it goes a short distance, comes to a total stop, reverses its motion, and then goes the opposite way. You are not allowed to bounce it against anything, hit it with anything, or tie it to anything.
What belongs to you but other people use it more than you?
If a red house is made from red bricks and a yellow house is made from yellow bricks, what is a greenhouse made from?
Adam had none. Eve had two. Everyone nowadays has three. What is being discussed?
What is it that when you need it, you can't buy it and when you can buy it, you don't need it?
What occurs twice in a lifetime, but once in every year. Twice in a week but never in a day?

What is it

2011-11-26T12:28:00.000-08:00

What is it that the person who makes it doesn't need it. The person who buys it does not need it for themselves and the person who uses it doesn't know it?

Ans:- C@#*&n

Where is the missing £1?

2011-11-26T12:11:00.000-08:00

Three people check into a hotel. They pay £30 to the manager and go to their room. The manager suddenly remembers that the room rate is £25 and gives £5 to the bellboy to return to the people. On the way to the room the bellboy reasons that £5 would be difficult to share among three people so he pockets £2 and gives £1 to each person. Now each person paid £10 and got back £1. So they paid £9 each, totaling £27. The bellboy has £2, totaling £29. Where is the missing £1?

so what do you light first?

2011-11-26T12:07:00.000-08:00

If you are in a dark room with a candle, a wood stove and a gas lamp. You only have one match, so what do you light first?

What was the finishing order?

2011-11-26T12:06:00.000-08:00

Five girls took part in a race. Neha finished before Sudha but behind Sarita. Anju finished before Arti but behind Sudha. What was the finishing order?

Which box has the Gold?

2011-09-27T13:54:00.000-07:00

There are three boxes in a table. One of the box contains Gold and the other two are empty. A printed message contains in each box. One of the message is true and the other two are lies.
The first box says 'The Gold is not here'.
The Second box says 'The Gold is not here'.
The Third box says 'The Gold is in the Second box'.
Which box has the Gold?

How many of the socks...

2011-09-27T13:51:00.000-07:00

Michael have ten pairs of black socks, eight pairs of white socks and seven pairs of green socks. Everything is mixed in a draw. As there is no light he were not able to identify the color of the socks.
How many of the socks did he want to take to match one pair.

How could this be possible?

2011-09-27T13:49:00.001-07:00

Two fathers took their sons to a fruit stall. Each man and son bought an apple, But when they returned home, they had only 3 apples. They did not eat, lost, or thrown. How could this be possible?

How can Mr Om do it?

2011-09-27T13:46:00.000-07:00

Mr Om has eleven kids in her class. He has a bowl containing eleven apples. Now Mr Om want to divide the eleven apples to the kids, in such a way that a apple should remain in her bowl.
How can Mr Om do it?

Riddles

2011-09-09T17:09:00.000-07:00

A certain crime is punishable if it is attempted but not punishable if it is committed. What is it?
There were five men going to church and it started to rain. The four that ran got wet and the one that stood still stayed dry. How?
You can see nothing else
When you look in my face,
I will look you in the eyeAnd I will never lie.
What am i?

Riddle

2011-09-09T16:50:00.000-07:00

I have one, you have one.
If you remove the first letter, a bit remains.
If you remove the second, bit still remains.
After much trying, you might be able to remove the third one also, but it remains.It dies hard!

what is it??

Number in the series

2011-09-09T16:23:00.000-07:00

Find the next number in the series.

3 - 7 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 17 - ?

A Strange liar

2011-09-09T16:15:00.000-07:00

Rahul is a strange liar. He lies on six days of the week, but on the seventh day he always tells the truth. He made the following statements on three successive days:

Day 1: "I lie on Monday and Tuesday."
Day 2: "Today, it's Thursday, Saturday, or Sunday."
Day 3: "I lie on Wednesday and Friday."
On which day does Rahul tell the truth?

Race Ranking

2011-09-08T13:52:00.000-07:00

If you overtaken the racer who is going to be 2nd in a race then what will be your rank??

Have to measure 4 litre

2011-09-08T13:27:00.000-07:00

You have a three liters and a five liters measuring device. You wish to measure out four litre. How will you do that?

Who's forth

2011-09-08T13:24:00.000-07:00

Mary's mum has four children.
The first child is called April.
The second May.
The third June.
What is the name of the fourth child?

Where's the father?

2011-09-08T13:20:00.001-07:00

A mother is 21 years older than her child. In exactly 6 years from now, the mother will be exactly 5 times as old as the child.

Where's the father?

Three cannibals

2011-09-08T13:19:00.001-07:00

Three cannibals and three anthropologists have to cross a river.

The boat they have is only big enough for two people. The cannibals will do as requested, even if they are on the other side of the river, with one exception. If at any point in time there are more cannibals on one side of the river than anthropologists, the cannibals will eat them.

What plan can the anthropologists use for crossing the river so they don't get eaten?

Note: One anthropologist can not control two cannibals on land, nor can one anthropologist on land control two cannibals on the boat if they are all on the same side of the river. This means an anthropologist will not survive being rowed across the river by a cannibal if there is one cannibal on the other side.

Three Boxes

2011-09-08T13:18:00.001-07:00

There are three boxes. One is labeled "APPLES" another is labeled "ORANGES". The last one is labeled "APPLES AND ORANGES". You know that each is labeled incorrectly. You may ask me to pick one fruit from one box which you choose.

How can you label the boxes correctly?

The Waiter

2011-09-08T13:16:00.001-07:00

Three men in a cafe order a meal the total cost of which is $15. They each contribute $5. The waiter takes the money to the chef who recognizes the three as friends and asks the waiter to return $5 to the men.

The waiter is not only poor at mathematics but dishonest and instead of going to the trouble of splitting the $5 between the three he simply gives them $1 each and pockets the remaining $2 for himself.

Now, each of the men effectively paid $4, the total paid is therefore $12. Add the $2 in the waiters pocket and this comes to $14.....where has the other $1 gone from the original $15?

2011-09-08T12:58:00.000-07:00

Two boys wish to cross a river. The only way to get to the other side is by boat, but that boat can only take one boy at a time. The boat cannot return on its own, there are no ropes or similar tricks, yet both boys manage to cross using the boat.

How?

Whom did Allan love?

2011-09-06T20:44:00.000-07:00

When the Titanic sank in the ocean, four gentlemen and four young ladies floated on to an island. After a while, all of them fell in love with each other. Each person loved one and only one.

The girl that John loved fell in love with Jim. The girl that Allan loved fell in love with Bill. The gentleman that Rose loved fell in love with Mary. Gloria loved the gentleman who loved rose. Gloria did not like Jim and John. Bill did not like Mary. Jill did not like the gentleman who loved her.

The question is: Whom did Allan love?

Name of child

2011-09-06T15:58:00.001-07:00

Marys father has 4 children; three are named Nana, Nene, and Nini. So what is is the 4th childs name?

Bullies and Mangoes

2011-09-06T15:42:00.001-07:00

You lived in 7th floor of an apartment building without elevator (only stairs) with your pregnant wife. She tells you to buy two Mangoes on the ground floor for her dinner.

Every floor from that apartment has a bully (from 1st Floor to the roof top) and they take whatever they want from everyone who goes up and bought something from the ground floor. And this time you are up to the challenge to bring exactly 2 Mangoes to your wife.

These Bullies has condition on taking items to everyone, they will take half of what you bought and will give you one (1) piece back. This condition applies to every bully in every floor.

Question is … How many Mangoes should you buy to reach your room with exactly 2 mangoes in your hand to give to your wife?
You have bullies from 1st to 7th floor.

A Man in Elevator

2011-09-06T15:25:00.001-07:00

A man who lives on the tenth floor, takes the elevator down to the first floor every morning and goes to work. In the evening, when he comes back; on a rainy day, or if there are other people in the elevator, he goes to his floor directly. Otherwise, he goes to the seventh floor and walks up three flights of stairs to his apartment.
Can you explain why?

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