The captain of a ship was telling this interesting story: “We traveled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking west and the other one east. And at the same time, they could see each other clearly.” How can that be possible?
A man was shot to death while in his car. There were no powder marks on his clothing, which indicated that the gunman was outside the car. However, all the windows were up and the doors locked. After a close inspection was made, the only bullet-holes discovered were on the man’s body. How was he murdered?
A detachment of soldiers must cross a river. The bridge is broken, the river is deep. Suddenly the officer in charge spots 2 boys playing in a rowboat by the shore. The boat is so tiny, however, that it can only hold 2 boys or 1 soldier. Still, all the soldiers succeed in crossing the river in the boat. How?
Below are four multiple-choice entrance exam questions. Can you find the answers? 1. The answer to Question 2 is: A. B B. A C. D D. C 2. The answer to Question 3 is: A. C B. D C. B D. A 3. The answer to Question 4 is: A. D B. A C. C D. B 4. The answer to Question 1 is: A. D B. C C. A D. B
A man is found dead one Saturday morning. He was killed while his wife was sleeping. The wife tells the police all that she knows. She tells them that the cook was cooking breakfast, the maid was cleaning and the butler was getting the mail. The police immediately arrest the person who is responsible. Who is responsible and why?
If the puzzle you solved before you solved the puzzle you solved after you solved the puzzle you solved before you solved this one, was harder than the puzzle you solved after you solved the puzzle you solved before you solved this one, was the puzzle you solved before you solved this one harder than this one? The answer is yes or no?
In a class, the number of girls who do wear a watch is double the number who don’t. But the number of boys who do not wear a watch is double the number who do. If I tell you the number of girls in my class is double the number of boys, Can you tell me the number of students I teach? Here’s a clue: More than 20; below 32.
On the outskirts of a kingdom, a patrol of 12 knights are riding to guard the border. About 10 minutes behind them is a patrol of 10 knights. The first patrol finds a pear tree with 12 pears on it. They are hungry. Each takes a pear and eats it. When the patrol of 10 knights comes, the captain eats 2 and the other 9 eat 1. How is this possible?
A man is trapped in a room with 2 doors and a small hole in the ceiling 10 inches in diameter. Behind one of the doors is an extremely hungry lion that hasn’t eaten in a couple of days. Behind the other door is a glass tunnel that magnifies the heat from the sun creating temperatures so high that even opening the door could kill you. How does the man escape?
A rich and handsome man named James Leonard was murdered on a Sunday afternoon. At the time of the murder there was: the maid, the cook, the butler, the gardener and the wife. Maid: I was fixing the table. Cook: I was cooking breakfast. Butler: I was polishing the silverware and the dishes. Gardener: I was planting tomato seeds. Wife: I was reading a book. Who did it?
A man wants to enter an exclusive club, but he doesn’t know the password. Another man walks to the door and the doorman says 12, the man says 6, and is let in. Another man walks up and the doorman says 6, the man says 3, and is let in. Thinking he had heard enough, he walks up to the door and the doorman says 10, he says 5, and he isn’t let in. What should he have said?
Mrs. Stotch is a fifth grade teacher. One of her students took her apple. Mrs. Stotch has narrowed the suspects down to Billy, Paige, and Tyler. Each of the students give these statements: Billy: I didn’t do it. Paige: I didn’t do it. Tyler: Paige did it! Mrs. Stotch knows that only one of the kids is telling the truth. Who is telling the truth and who took the apple?
You’re in a mansion and the power is out. You see some signs on three doors. One says, “Death from drowning,” another says “Death from machine guns,” and the last one says “Death from electric chair.” Then you see another big sign off to the side that says “Or stay in the mansion and starve to death.” What do you choose and still live?
A man phoned his daughter to ask her to buy a few things he needed for a trip. He told her she would find enough dollar bills for the purchases in an envelope on his desk. She found the envelope with 98 written on it. In a store she bought $90 worth of things, but when it was time to pay she not only didn’t have $8 left over but she was short. By how much was she short of cash, and why?
A boy saw a shirt for $97 but does not have enough cash. So he borrowed $50 from his mom and another $50 from his dad. He bought the shirt, and got back $3 as change. He gave his dad $1 and his mom $1 and kept the other $1 for himself. Now mom and dad paid $10 each and got back $1 each. So they paid $49 each, totaling $98. The boy has another $1, adding up to $99. Where is the missing dollar?
