You have a cup placed on a table. You are pointing towards the North and the cup is facing towards the South. On which side is the cup’s handle?

In a bicycle race, the man who came two places in front of the last man finished one ahead of the man who came fifth. How many contestants were there?

There are 2 ducks in front of 2 other ducks. There are 2 ducks behind 2 other ducks. There are 2 ducks beside 2 other ducks. How many ducks are there?

Red and orange, blue and green, touching brothers yellow and white. The final solution is always in sight. Yet only by minds sharp and keen. What am I?

A man wants to buy a used car. He finds a beautiful Buick for $9500, but he buys it without paying a dime (10¢ coin). How did he manage to do this?

In a rectangular array of people, who will be taller: the tallest of the shortest people in each column, or the shortest of the tallest people in each row?

A patient is given five different tablets to take at night at an interval of 15 minutes. How long will it take the patient to consume all the five tablets?

If you have 30 white socks, 22 black socks and 14 blue socks scattered across the floor in the dark, how many would you have to grab to get a matching pair?

A rooster laid an egg on top of a barn roof. One side has a pitch of 45 degrees, and the other side has a pitch of 63 degrees. Which side will the egg roll?

A prisoner is told, “If you tell a lie we will hang you; but if you tell the truth we will shoot you”. What can the prisoner say to save himself?

We have a 100 foot piece of ribbon. If it takes one second to cut it into a 1 foot strip how long would it take to cut the entire ribbon into one foot strips?

A farmer built a fence around his 17 cows, in a square shaped region. He used 27 fence poles on each side of the square. How many poles did he need altogether?

There is a dead frog in the center of a pond. If it hops one meter at a time and it is three meters from the edge, how many hops does it take to reach the edge.

There are four days that start with the letter ‘T’. Two of them are ‘Tuesday’ and ‘Thursday’. Can you name the remaining two?

One night, a butcher, a baker and a candlestick maker go to a hotel. When they get their bill, however, it’s for four people. Who’s the fourth person?