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Christmas Tree Puzzle Solution

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:15:00 +0000

Christmas Tree Puzzle Solution Four angels sat on the Christmas tree amidst other ornaments. Two had blue halos and two – yellow. However, none of them could see above his head. Angel A sat on the top branch and could see the angels B and C, who sat below him. Angel B, could see angel C who sat on the lower branch. And angel D stood at the base of the tree obscured from view by a thicket of branches, so no one could see him and he could not see anyone either. Which one of them could be the first to guess the color of his halo and speak it out loud for all other angels to hear? --- --- --- Solution 1 If angels B and C had aureole of the same color, then angel A must have...

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Answer : Lateral Thinking - The Elevator Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:06:00 +0000

Answer : Lateral Thinking - The Elevator Puzzle A man lives on the twelfth floor of an apartment building. Every morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby and leaves the building. In the evening, he gets into the elevator, and, if there is someone else in the elevator -- or if it was raining that day -- he goes back to his floor directly. Otherwise, he goes to the tenth floor and walks up two flights of stairs to his apartment. --- Solution The man is a dwarf. He can't reach the upper elevator buttons, but he can ask people to push them for him. He can also push them with his umbrella.--- More Lateral Thinking More Brain Teasers

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Christmas Tree Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:15:00 +0000

Christmas Tree Puzzle Four angels sat on the Christmas tree amidst other ornaments. Two had blue halos and two – yellow. However, none of them could see above his head. Angel A sat on the top branch and could see the angels B and C, who sat below him. Angel B, could see angel C who sat on the lower branch. And angel D stood at the base of the tree obscured from view by a thicket of branches, so no one could see him and he could not see anyone either. Which one of them could be the first to guess the color of his halo and speak it out loud for all other angels to hear? ---

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Lateral Thinking - The Elevator Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000

Lateral Thinking - The Elevator Puzzle A man lives on the twelfth floor of an apartment building. Every morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby and leaves the building. In the evening, he gets into the elevator, and, if there is someone else in the elevator -- or if it was raining that day -- he goes back to his floor directly. Otherwise, he goes to the tenth floor and walks up two flights of stairs to his apartment. Why does the person follow such a way to go to his apartment? --- More Lateral Thinking More Brain Teasers

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noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:24:00 +0000

Answer to No Sunrise Lateral Thinking Puzzle In the middle of the night a man gets out of bed, walks to the yard and puts something in a bag. He then gets in his car, drives across town to his friend's house and rings the doorbell. His friend answers and the man says, "Here, you wanted it, so its yours." The man then smiles and drives home. As a result of all this, though, he never sees another sunrise in his life (but yes, he is alive). How can you explain this? Now think laterally don't go by all what is given!! Solution: The man put his rooster in the bag and gave it to the friend who had admired it. Now he could sleep in peace at last until well...

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The count puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:16:00 +0000

The count puzzle The puzzle is too simple, you just need to fill in the blanks below. The number of 0 in this whole puzzle is ...... The number of 1 in this whole puzzle is ...... The number of 2 in this whole puzzle is ...... The number of 3 in this whole puzzle is ...... The number of 4 in this whole puzzle is ...... The number of 5 in this whole puzzle is ...... The number of 6 in this whole puzzle is ...... The number of 7 in this whole puzzle is ...... The number of 8 in this whole puzzle is ...... The number of 9 in this whole puzzle is ...... ---

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Prime Number Upside down

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:01:00 +0000

Prime Number upside down If you type the prime 3217001 on a calculator and hold it upside down, you can read the word "IDOLIZE", provided you accept that '0' can be both "D" and "O". Are there any larger primes that become a meaningful word when read upside down like this? ---

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Calling out people

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:51:00 +0000

Since, i have been very busy lately. getting absolutely not time to post new puzzles or respond to people. I would want someone serious, to contribute to the blog. If not actively, passive help is more than welcome. If you come across new puzzles or anything related.. Please do contribute to the blog. Thanks, Sunil Kumar

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Rumour-mongers Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:48:00 +0000

Rumour-mongers Puzzle You surely need me to make a point sound I could save time or ease your workday Rumour-mongers in the market pass me around When you are satisfied you give me away. What am I?

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Golf Tally Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:23:00 +0000

Golf Tally Puzzle Three friends played golf together regularly all season. At the end of the season they tallied up their scores and compared them to see who had done the best overall. As a result, a heated discussion broke out as to who really did do the best. David pointed out that he had finished ahead of Robert more often than he had finished behind him. Robert countered that he had finished ahead of Bailey more often than he had finished behind him. Bailey claimed that he had finished ahead of David more often than he had finished behind him. All of the statements are true, how could this be? ---

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Rungs under water puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:35:00 +0000

Rungs under water puzzle A boat has a ladder that has six rungs, each rung is one foot apart. The bottom rung is one foot from the water. The tide rises at 12 inches every 15 minutes. Assume high tide peaks in one hour. When the tide is at it's highest, how many rungs are under water? ---

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Solution to Railroad Bridge Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:48:00 +0000

Solution to the Railroad Bridge Puzzle posted on 27th July 2008 Click here to view the the puzzle There is a low railroad bridge in your town. One day you see a large truck stopped just before the underpass. When you asked the driver what has happened, the driver tells you that his truck is one inch higher than the indicated height of the opening. This is the only road to his destination. What can he do to get through the underpass the easiest way? Solution: As the tires of the truck has sufficient clearance between the inner and outer part of the tires via air gap. The tires can be deflated to decrease the height of the truck by one inch and the truck can pass through!!!---

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Poisened Drink Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 10:43:00 +0000

Poisened Drink Puzzle A rich old man has died. After his death, his children are surprised to learn that he has left all of his money to his oldest son Jeremiah, who loved him dearly, and ignored his other children, who hated him. So, the funeral is a day or two later, and the other sons and daughters have decided to kill Jeremiah and take his inheritance. Since his father's death, Jeremiah has taken to drinking, and they know that, at the wake, he's going to be gulping down the liquor like it was nectar of the gods. So they decide to poison the drinks. One of the other sons, Wallace, tends bar, and gets the poison all ready. So Jeremiah comes up, crying and depressed, and orders a...

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Engineer vs Management

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:57:00 +0000

Engineer vs Management A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She reduced altitude and spotted a man below. She descended a bit more and shouted, 'Excuse me sir, can you help me ? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago but I don't know where I am.' The man below replied, 'You're in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You're between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude.' 'You must be an engineer,' said the lady balloonist. 'I am’, replied the man. 'How did you know ?' 'Well, answered the balloonist, 'everything you told me is technically correct, but I've no idea what to make of your ...

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Klueless Puzzle IV - Solution/Answers - Level 11-18

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:53:00 +0000

Klueless Puzzle IV - Solution/Hints - Level 11-18 The klueless puzzle at IIM Indore have newer version. Klueless 4 The fourth in its series. haven't actually got time to go through but here are few answers/spoilers for level 11 thru 8. Will be adding the hints later. For Answers to Level 1thru 10. Click here WARNING : Dont look at these if you want to try it yourself Level 11. This was easy.. being a cricket follower. The three names - Warner, Edrich and Compton are the three stands of Lord's Cricket Ground, others being Mound , Tavern, Allen , i suppose. Further it is also called as the Mecca of Cricket. Hence it makes perfect sense that this level belongs to this ground. But Lord's is a...

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Totem Destroyer Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:49:00 +0000

Totem Destroyer Puzzle Game Description : There are 25 Totems located in each world. You need to bring them down, but don't just go pulling the trigger everywhere. You must rescue golden idol, the Idol must not fall on the ground. A good enough mind boggling puzzle. Size being 2.5 Mb you may need to wait for a while or download here : right click here and save to your system. Here is the link to the puzzle where i actually found it. Puzzles could be available at many locations. Enjoy!!!! ---

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Klueless Puzzle IV - Solution/Hints - Level 1-10

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:20:00 +0000

Klueless Puzzle IV - Solution/Answers - Level 1-10 For level 11 thru 15 answers click here The klueless puzzle at IIM Indore have newer version. Klueless 4 The fourth in its series. haven't actually got time to go through but here are few answers/spoilers for level 1 thru 10. Will be adding the hints later. WARNING : Dont look at these if you want to try it yourself Level 1. Good enough.. Click on enter. Level 2. fill it with the colored word .. Play Level 3. copy the missing/incorrect letters.. Cakewalk Level 4. This one is country specific. I got no clue from numbers, Ji Mantriji refers to Prime minister. Look at the source code, it says 'None Before'. So the first prime minister of...

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Fastest to 50 Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:24:00 +0000

Fastest to 50 Puzzle Two players are playing a time pass game. They decide to take turns and out integers. The first person to call out “50” wins keeping in mind the following rules: 1. The person starting first should call out the number between 1 to 10 (inclusive) 2. The next player should call out a new number which must exceed the most recent number called by at least one and by no more than 10. Do you want to go first, and if so, what is your strategy? ---

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Catch the cheating husband puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:14:00 +0000

Catch the Cheating Husband Puzzle In a certain matriarchal town, the women all believe in an old prophecy that says there will come a time when a stranger will visit the town and announce whether any of the men folks are cheating on their wives. The stranger will simply say “yes” or “no”, without announcing the number of men implicated or their identities. If the stranger arrives and makes his announcement, the women know that they must follow a particular rule: If on any day following the stranger’s announcement a woman deduces that her husband is not faithful to her, she must kick him out into the street at 10 A.M. the next day. This action is immediately observable by every resident in...

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Answers to Check your presence of mind.

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:31:00 +0000

Answers to Check your presence of mind. as posted on 9th Aug 2008. Click here to view the questions 1. All 12 have 28 days 2. 1:45. The man gave away a total of 25 cents. He divided it between two people. Therefore, he gave a quarter to two. 3. Light the match first. 4. White. If all the walls face south, the house is at the North pole, and the bear, therefore, is a polar bear. 5. Three. Well, it seems that it could almost be either, but if you follow the mathematical orders of operation, division is performed before addition. So... half of two is one. Then add two, and the answer is three. 6. Yes, and a 5th, a 6th, ... 7. I thought Noah brought 2 of each animal, not Moses 8. Halfway, then...

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No Sunrise Lateral Thinking Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:47:00 +0000

No Sunrise Lateral Thinking Puzzle In the middle of the night a man gets out of bed, walks to the yard and puts something in a bag. He then gets in his car, drives across town to his friend's house and rings the doorbell. His friend answers and the man says, "Here, you wanted it, so its yours." The man then smiles and drives home. As a result of all this, though, he never sees another sunrise in his life (but yes, he is alive). How can you explain this? Now think laterally don't go by all what is given!! ---

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Prime Number Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:30:00 +0000

Prime Number Puzzle Can the mean of any two consecutive prime numbers ever be prime? (Should be able to answer in 5 seconds) --- Note : Hints : Look at it only if you are not able to answer in 5 seconds | | | | - By definition of mean the result must be between the two source numbers. - By definition of consecutive there can't be a number in between two consecutive numbers.

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The City Population Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:12:00 +0000

The City Population Puzzle A mythical city contains 100,000 married couples but no children. Each family wishes to “continue the male line”, but they do not wish to over-populate. So, each family has one baby per annum until the arrival of the first boy. For example, if (at some future date) a family has five children, then it must be either that they are all girls, and another child is planned, or that there are four girls and one boy, and no more children are planned. Assume that children are equally likely to be born male or female. Let p be the percentage of children that are male at the end of year y. How is this percentage expected to evolve through...

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Guess me Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:15:00 +0000

Guess me Puzzle I turn polar bears white and I will make you cry. I make guys have to pee and girls comb their hair. I make celebrities look stupid and normal people look like celebrities. I turn pancakes brown and make your champagne bubble. If you squeeze me, I'll pop. If you look at me, you'll pop. Who am I ?---

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Optimize my message Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (Sunil Kumar) — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:18:00 +0000

Optimize my message Puzzle A Spanish guy was staying far away in a distant city from his wife. He wants his wife to take their bull from home. The only way for him to deliver this message is by writing a letter and each word costs 50 bucks. Now comes the big problem , the guy have only 50 bucks. What would he write to his wife ?---

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