Wednesday, 30 March 2016

Seconds or Hours, which is greater puzzle

'S' refers to the number of seconds in a day and
'H' refers to the number of hours in ten years.

Which quantity out of these two is greater?




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Sunday, 27 March 2016

Calculating smallest possible children in the family

Each child in a family has at least 4 brothers and 2 sisters.
What is the smallest number of children the family might have?




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Monday, 21 March 2016

Maximum distance travelled by scooter puzzle

There is one scooter which has 2 tyres and one stepney/spare (i.e. total 3 tyres). Each Tyre can run up to max 5 km.

How far can you ride the scooter?




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Sunday, 20 March 2016

A change to prevent Disaster lateral thinking puzzle

An American nightclub called 'The Coconut Grove' had a terrible fire in which over 400 people died. A simple design flaw in the building led to the death toll being so high. Subsequently, regulations were changed to ensure that all public buildings throughout the country eliminated this one detail which proved so deadly.

What was it?




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Saturday, 19 March 2016

Richard and truth lie puzzle

Richard 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 Richard tell the truth?




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Friday, 18 March 2016

How many squares would there be in total on chess board

If you were to construct a 8 x 8 checkered square (i.e., a 8 x 8 chess board).

How many squares would there be in total?



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Thursday, 17 March 2016

Vacation at cousin's place puzzle

It was vacation time,  So I decided to visit my cousin's home. What a grand time we had! In the mornings, we both would go for a jog. The evenings were spent on the tennis court. Tiring as these activities were, we could manage only one per day, i.e., either we went for a jog or played tennis each day. There were days when we felt lazy and stayed home all day long. Now, there were 13 mornings when we did nothing, 16 evenings when we stayed at home, and a total of 11 days when we jogged or played tennis. For how many days did I stay at my cousin's place?


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Tuesday, 15 March 2016

Fortune Teller predition puzzle

There is a village that has five fortune tellers. The first fortune teller's prediction has 83% chance of being correct. The second has 63% chance of being correct, The third 44%, The fourth 33 %, and The fifth 5 %. If you were trying to get the best prediction of your future for selecting a one lucky draw coupon out of 2 Coupons, which fortune teller would you go to?


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Monday, 14 March 2016

Fortune Teller predition puzzle

There is a village that has five fortune tellers. The first fortune teller's prediction has 83% chance of being correct. The second has 63% chance of being correct, The third 44%, The fourth 33 %, and The fifth 5 %. If you were trying to get the best prediction of your future for selecting a lucky draw coupon, which fortune teller would you go to?

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Sunday, 13 March 2016

Out of box thinking in Five start hotel puzzle

In a five star hotel, a man was sleeping when he heard a knock on the door. He shifted the blanket and stepped down from the bed. He waked to the door and opened it to find a stranger standing outside.

Upon opening the gate, that stranger said, “Pardon me, I must have made a mistake. I thought this was my room.

The stranger then walked the corridor and climbed down the stairs. The man closed the door and immediately called the security. He asked them to arrest that stranger immediately.

Why did he asked them to arrest that stranger? What made him suspicious?


hotel out of box thinking puzzle


 



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