In a one-storey pink house, there was a pink person, a pink cat, a pink fish, a pink computer, a pink chair, a pink table, a pink telephone, a pink shower – everything was pink! What color were the stairs?

A toad is laboring hard to climb up the wall of a deep well. He manages to climb 3 yards during day, and while resting at night slips back 2 yards. How many days will he take to complete his task of scaling 30 yards?

“My Dad is three times my age,” declared Dimple,”‘but he’s the square of my younger brother’s age. I’m twice as old as my younger brother.” What age was his younger brother?

10 candles stand burning in a dining room. A strong breeze blows in through an open window and extinguishes 3 of them. Assuming the wind doesn’t extinguish any more candles, how many candles do you have left in the end?

You are a bus driver. The bus starts out empty. At the first stop 4 people get on. At the second stop, 8 people get on and 3 get off. At the third stop, 2 people get off and 4 people get on. What is the bus driver’s eye color?

A man goes to a hardware shop and asks for the price of an item. The shop keeper replies that the item is “one for $1″. The man gives the shop keeper “$3 for 600″. What did the man buy for his newly painted house?

There are nine children in the house and they are the only ones in the house. A is ironing B is watching tv C is cooking D is playing chess E is bathing F is listening radio G is sleeping I is dressing What is H doing?

“Life’s funny”, said an old friend when I bumped into him the other day. “Listen to this, I was born in March, yet I celebrate my birthday in August, and last February I married my mother”. How is this possible?

A poor woman takes an expensive piece of jewellery. When she is caught, the owner of the jewellery tells her, “You can have this for seven figures or you will go to jail.” The woman soon leaves with the jewellery. How did she do this?

There was a blind man. He had four socks in his drawer that were either black or white. He opened it and took out two socks. Now the probability that it was a pair of white socks is 1/2. Can you find out the probability of picking 2 black socks?

You are driving a car from Point A to Point B. The car registration number is UA-19D-2817H. The distance is 284 km and the car moves at a certain speed. It starts at 10am and reaches the destination at 6pm. What is the birth date of the driver ?

I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air. What am I?

Three playing cards in a row. Can you name them with these clues? There is a two to the right of a king. A diamond will be found to the left of a spade. An ace is to the left of a heart. A heart is to the left of a spade. Now, identify all three cards.

A man and a woman live peacefully in a house together. But one day the woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over five minutes. Finally, she hangs him, but ten minutes later they go out and enjoy a wonderful dinner. How can this be?

Twelve flags stand equidistant along the track at the stadium. The runners start at the first flag. A runner reaches the eighth flag 8 seconds after he starts. If he runs at an even speed, how many seconds does he need altogether to reach the twelfth flag?