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Double Century

2011-07-31T20:19:00.002+05:30

There are two balls left in a cricket match. Both batsmen are on 94 runs. Both the balls bowled are legal (which means no no balls are bowled), and at the end of the match, both batsmen score a century. How can this happen?

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Just not Twins

2011-07-31T20:17:00.000+05:30

Two brother born to the same mother, in the same hospital, on the same day, same month and same year are not twins. How is this possible?

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Just another age conundrum

2011-07-31T20:16:00.001+05:30

Arihant, my son, is exactly one-fifth my age. In 21 years time, I will be exactly twice his age. My wife is exactly seven times older than my daughter, Sufi. In 8 years' time, my wife will be three times older than Sufi. How old are Arihant and Sufi now?

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All Vowel Number

2011-07-31T20:14:00.001+05:30

Which number, when spelt out, has no letter repeated twice and has each of the vowels included once?

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Open Sesame

2009-04-05T19:54:00.000+05:30

Contributed by: Panchanadhan Rajagopalan (kamalapunch @ gmail.com)

A man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the password that was required. He waited by the door and listened.

A club member knocked on the door and the doorman said, "twelve." The member replied, "six" and was let in.

A second member came to the door and the doorman said, "six." The member replied, "three" and was let in.

The man thought he had heard enough and walked up to the door. The doorman said,"ten" and the man replied, "five."

But he was not let in. What should have he said?

Come on guys put on your thinking caps & get the solution....

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Six More Riddles

2009-04-02T15:21:00.000+05:30

1. Why were the giant's fingers only eleven inches long?

2. How is the letter A like a flower?

3. What did the beaver say to the tree?

4. Why are rivers lazy?

5. Why is it bad to play basketball with a pig?

6. Can you spell a pretty girl with two letters?

Nineteen Riddles

2009-03-22T18:08:00.000+05:30

1. If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don't have it. What is it?

2. The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it?

3. What book was once owned by only the wealthy, but now everyone can have it? You can't buy it in a bookstore or take it from a library.

4. What gets whiter the dirtier that it gets?

5. What happened in the middle of the twentieth century that will not happen again for 4,000 years?

6. What has no beginning, end, or middle?

7. What has to be broken before it can be used?

8. What does no man want, yet no man wants to lose?

9. How many bricks does it take to complete a building made of brick?

10. What is everything to someone, and nothing to everyone else?

11. Big as a biscuit, deep as a cup, even a river can't fill it up. What is it?

12. What goes up and never comes down?

13. What's the greatest worldwide use of cowhide?

14. What's long and thin, covered in skin; red in parts, and put in tarts?

15. What has feet and legs, and nothing else?

16. What is the moon worth?

17. What grows when it eats, but dies when it drinks?

18. What stays where it is when it goes off?

19. You heard me before, yet you hear me again. Then I die, 'til you call me again. What am I?

Who am I?

2009-03-22T16:39:00.000+05:30

Contributed by: Rahul D (bruntno1 @ yahoo.com)

I am your constant companion.

I am your greatest helper or heaviest burden.

I will push you onward or drag you down to failure.

I am completely at your command.

Half the things you do you might just as well turn over

to me and I will be able to do them quickly and correctly.

I am easily managed--you must merely be firm with me.

Show me exactly how much you want something done and, after a few lessons, I will do it automatically.

I am the servant of all great men; and alas, all of the failures as well.

Those who are great, I have made great.

Those who are failures I have made failures.

I am not a machine, though I work with all the precision of a machine plus the intelligence of a man.

You may run me for profit or run me for ruin-- it makes no difference to me.

Take me,

train me,

be firm with me,

and I will place the world at your feet.

Be easy with me and I will destroy you.

Who am I?

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Butcher's Weight

2009-03-15T19:23:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam (idealimam @ yahoo.com)

A man who worked in the butcher shop was 6 feet tall, had red hair and wore size 11 shoes. What did he weigh?

Measurable?

2009-03-15T19:23:00.000+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam (idealimam @ yahoo.com)

What can be measured but has no length, width or thickness?

An Indian

2009-03-15T19:22:00.000+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam (idealimam @ yahoo.com)

What has two legs like an Indian, two eyes like an Indian, two hands like an Indian, looks just like an Indian-but is not an Indian?

Adam and Eve

2009-03-15T19:20:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam (idealimam @ yahoo.com)

What didn't Adam and Eve have that everyone else in the world has had?

Houses

2009-03-15T19:20:00.000+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam (idealimam @ yahoo.com)

If you count 20 houses on your right going to school, and 20 houses on your left coming home, how many houses in all have you counted?

6=4

2009-03-15T19:18:00.000+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam (idealimam @ yahoo.com)

What has 6 legs, but walks with only 4?

5-letter word

2009-03-15T19:16:00.000+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam (idealimam @ yahoo.com)

When you take away two letters from this five-letter word, you get one. What word is it?

Unworn Dress

2009-01-25T22:20:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam (idealimam @ yahoo.com)

What dress does everyone have but no one wears?

Neither In Nor Out

2009-01-25T22:19:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam (idealimam @ yahoo.com)

What is neither inside a house nor outside a house, but no house would be complete without it?

Incorrect Equation

2009-01-25T22:18:00.002+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam (idealimam @ yahoo.com)

The equation shown below is not correct.

XI + I = X

How can you make it correct?

Mixed Gender Word

2009-01-25T22:18:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam (idealimam @ yahoo.com)

A word in which first 2letters means male, first 3letters means female, first 4letters means male & the whole word means female?

Holes

2009-01-25T22:17:00.002+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam (idealimam @ yahoo.com)

What is nothing but holes tied to holes, yet is as strong as iron?

Unused Legs

2009-01-25T22:17:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam (idealimam @ yahoo.com)

What has six legs but uses only four?

Farmer

2009-01-25T22:16:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam (idealimam @ yahoo.com)

If a farmer raises wheat in dry weather, what does he raise in wet weather?

Up and Down

2009-01-25T22:15:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam (idealimam @ yahoo.com)

What goes up and down but doesn't move?

Always coming..

2008-12-07T15:39:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam (idealimam @ yahoo.com)

What is always coming but never arrives?

Answer this

2008-12-07T15:38:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam (idealimam @ yahoo.com)

What asks no question but demands an answer?

Here and there..

2008-12-07T15:29:00.000+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam (idealimam @ yahoo.com)

What is the difference between here and there?

Unique Production in Brazil

2008-12-07T15:26:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam (idealimam @ yahoo.com)

What does Brazil produce that no other country can produce?

Body Spotting

2008-12-07T15:22:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Shabbir Kagalwala (kagalwalashabbir @ yahoo.co.in)

Find the various parts of the body in the sentences below. The answer in the first sentence has been highlighted to give you a start.

1.Thank Leanne for the present. - ankle

2.Cedar may be used in closets.

3.Put the cobra in its cage.

4.Which estate shall we visit?

5.Buy lunch in the cafeteria.

6.The angle bowed to the children.

7.The yelling is over.

8.Tell me if aces are high.

9.Grab one gold ring.

10.We played golf in Germany.

11.Watch and wait.

12.She addressed four envelopes.

13.The articles are important.

14.The gingerale got warm.

15.What does Chuck need?

16.I am out here.

17.What do rhinos enjoy?

18.This car I bought.

19.Where should Eric go?

20.Was Tom a cheerleader?

Couple Crossings

2008-11-18T18:42:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam (idealimam @ yahoo.com)

Three men with their wives come to a river. The boat they find can only take 2 people at a time. Because the men are all extremely jealous, no woman can be left with another man unless her own husband is also present. So how do they manage to cross the river?

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Dividing 17 Cows

2008-11-18T18:40:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam (idealimam @ yahoo.com)

When farmer Jones died he left a herd of 17 cows. In his will he gave instructions that the cows were to be divided as follows: ½ to his eldest son, Sam, 1/3 to his second son, Michael, and 1/9 to his youngest son, Benjamin.

The three brothers could not see how this was possible. Luckily for them, a passing professor of mathematics heard of this problem and solved it for them. How?

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Hundreds of Letters

2008-11-09T11:35:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam (idealimam @ yahoo.com)

What two words have hundreds of letters?

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Spheroid House

2008-11-09T11:32:00.000+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam (idealimam @ yahoo.com)

There was a green house.

Inside the green house there was a white house

Inside the white house there was a red house.

Inside the red house there were lots of babies

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Fingers and Thumbs

2008-11-09T11:31:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam (idealimam @ yahoo.com)

They have not flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs of their own.

What are they?

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The Liars

2008-11-09T11:27:00.001+05:30

Alice meets a lion and a unicorn in the Forest of Forgetfulness. The lion lies every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and speaks the truth on other days. The unicorn lies on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and speaks the truth on other days.

Lion: Yesterday I was lying.

Unicorn: So was I.

On which day do they say this?

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Four Doors

2008-11-09T11:26:00.000+05:30

You are an expert on paranormal activities and have been hired to locate a spirit haunting an old hotel. Strong signs indicate that the spirit lies behind one of the four doors. The inscriptions on each door read as follows:

Door A: It is behind B or C

Door B: It is behind A or D

Door C: It is in here

Door D: It is not in here.

Your psychic powers tell you that three of the inscriptions are false and one is true. Behind which door will you find the spirit?

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Apple Placement

2008-10-29T08:45:00.001+05:30

There are 20 people in an empty, circular room. Each person has full sight of the entire room and everyone in it without turning his head or body, or moving in any way other than the eyes.

Where can you place an apple so that all but one person can see it?

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Angels and Aureoles

2008-10-29T08:43:00.001+05:30

There are 4 angels on a Christmas tree. Two have blue aureaoles and two yellow, however none of them can see behind their heads. Angel A is at the highest place and can see Angesls B and C, who hang below him. Below hangs angel B, who can only see angel C under him. Angel C cant see anybody, because angel D hangs under a twig.

Which one of them will be the first to guess what the colour of his own aureole is?

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2008-10-19T17:31:00.001+05:30

Contributed by Ahmed Imam (idealimam @ yahoo.com)

Scientists have proven that cats have more hair on one side then their other side. Some people believe that this is because when cats lay on their side they need insulation from the cold on the floor or ground.

Which side of a cat has more hair?

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The Dysfunctional Parrot

2008-10-19T17:30:00.001+05:30

Contributed by Ahmed Imam (idealimam @ yahoo.com)

A petshop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said "Parrot repeats everything it hears". Davey bought the parrot and for two weeks he spoke to it and it didn't say a word. He returned the parrot but the shopkeeper said he never lied about the parrot. How can this be?

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Guessing the Exact Weight

2008-10-19T17:29:00.001+05:30

Contributed by Ahmed Imam (idealimam @ yahoo.com)

A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50."

The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less.

In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?

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Walking different distances together

2008-10-19T17:28:00.001+05:30

Contributed by Ahmed Imam (idealimam @ yahoo.com)

Margaret and Bob are walking. They stay side by side the whole time. Bob walked 4 miles, while Margaret only walked 2. How can this be?

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Two Doors

2008-10-19T17:27:00.001+05:30

There are two doors to a house. One leads to life, and the other to death. Guarding them are twin brothers; one always tells the truth, the other always lies.

If you could ask them only one question, how would you decide which door leads to life?

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2008-09-24T18:36:00.001+05:30

1. There is one word in the English language that is always pronounced incorrectly. What is it?

2. A man gave one son 10 cents and another son was given 15 cents. What time is it?

3. 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 15minutes. High tide peaks in one hour. When the tide is at it's highest, how many rungs are under water?

4. There is a house with four walls. Each wall faces south. There is a window in each wall. A bear walks by one of the windows. What color is the bear?

5. Is half of two plus two equal to two or three?

6. There is a room. The shutters are blowing in. There is broken glass on the floor. There is water on the floor. You find Sloppy dead on the floor. Who is Sloppy? How did Sloppy die?

7. How much dirt would be in a hole 6 feet deep and 6 feet wide that has been dug with a square edged shovel?

8. If I were in Hawaii and dropped a bowling ball in a bucket of water which is 45 degrees F, and dropped another ball of the same weight, mass, and size in a bucket at 30 degrees F, both of them at the same time, which ball would hit the bottom of the bucket first?

Same question, but the location is in Canada ?

9. What is the significance of the following: The year is 1978, thirty-four minutes past noon on May 6th.

10. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in the center field?

11. What is it that goes up and goes down but does not move?

Fore and Aft

2008-09-20T11:32:00.002+05:30

What runs fore(front) to aft(tail) on one side of the ship, and aft to fore on the other side?

-- Ahmed Imam

Breaking the Leash

2008-09-20T11:32:00.001+05:30

A dog is on a chain leash on one side of a rail track. His food is on the other side of the track.

The dog's leash is long enough for him to be able to cross the track, but it is not long enough for him to reach his food.

How can dog reach the food?

-- Ahmed Imam

Clock Strike

2008-09-20T11:31:00.000+05:30

It takes a clock 2 seconds to strike 2 o`clock.

How long will it take to strike 3 o`clock?

- Ahmed Imam

Some Geometric Puzzles for you...

2008-09-20T11:19:00.001+05:30

1. Which is the odd man out?

2. How many triangles are there in this figure?

3. How many squares are there in the given figure? How many rectangles? (excluding squares)

4. Can you add one more triangle to make five triangles?

5. Find the angle between the two dotted lines drawn on the surfaces of a cube.

6. Cut the cross into 5 pieces and rearrange them so as to form a square.

Make cuts as indicated, move four smaller pieces-e.g. move ABC to EDC etc.

__._,_.___

__,_._,___

Quick Five

2008-09-14T17:19:00.001+05:30

Fit these five words into an anagram without any empty squares.

Down

ANTES

OSAKA

LIRAS

NEWSY

TASTE

Across

STRAW

TEAKS

ANISE

ESSAY

TALON

Anagrams

2008-09-14T17:14:00.001+05:30

Craft that might tip in the ocean. CANOE

Bit of Brush. ____________

Opposite of unite. ___________

Mensa Puzzle No. 2

2008-09-14T17:13:00.001+05:30

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Side-by-Side

2008-09-14T10:30:00.001+05:30

By Ahmed Imam

Margaret and Bob are walking. They stay side by side the whole time. Bob walked 4 miles, while Margaret only walked 2.

How can this be?

Three riddles from my son...

2008-09-07T19:39:00.000+05:30

1. Why did the bacon laugh?

2. What did the girl do after she drank 8 sodas?

3. What do you call it when you see a fruit punch and a cereal?

Tying Two Ropes

2008-09-07T18:44:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam

Two thin ropes hang from the high ceiling of an empty room, just far enough apart from each other that you cannot grab both at the same time, because there is obstruction between two ropes..

How can you tie a knot with both ends using only a pair of scissors?

Turns and Directions

2008-09-05T17:49:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam

A group of soldiers were standing in the sun facing due west. Their sergeant shouted at them:

Right turn!

About turn!

Left turn!

What direction are the soldiers now facing?

Reducing by Adding

2008-09-05T17:47:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam

A cask contains 20 gallons of water.

What can you add to it to make it have only 12 gallons?

4 triangles from 6 matches

2008-08-29T18:47:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam

You have 6 matches, now try and make 4 triangles. You cannot snap the matches and the matches can not overlap.

Who owns the Fish?

2008-08-29T18:38:00.000+05:30

Contributed by: Hiral Lakdawala (hiral_lwala@rediffmail.com)

Five people of different nationality live in a row of five houses of different color. Each person prefers a different beverage, smokes a different brand of cigar and keeps a different kind of animal. Can you figure out who owns the fish?

The Brit lives in the Red house.
The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
The Dane drinks tea.
The Green house is on the left of the White house.
The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
The man living in the center house drinks milk.
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The man who smokes Blends lives next to the man who keeps cats.
The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
The German smokes Prince.
The Norwegian lives next to the Blue house.
The man who smokes Blends has a neighbor who drinks water.
Who owns the fish?

Miraculously Dry

2008-08-24T17:54:00.000+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam

My dad was out for a walk when it started to rain. He didn't have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes got soaked, yet not a hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?

4 Errors

2008-08-24T17:49:00.000+05:30

by Ahmed Imam

Their are four errors in these sentance ..

Can you find them?

Picture Puzzle - If you decipher it, do let us know

2008-08-20T14:45:00.000+05:30

Deflated Tire

2008-08-19T21:23:00.000+05:30

by Ahmed Imam

A Police officer is chasing after a bank robber in his vehicle. The robber, who is in his getaway car, shoots out of the window and hits the officer's tire. The officer catches up and arrests the robber even though his tire had burst. How did he do it?

A2B and B2A

2008-08-19T21:21:00.000+05:30

by Ahmed Imam

Last week, it took me three days to go from A to B, but then four days to go from B to A. What are A and B?

Mad Ade

2008-08-17T16:33:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam

A goods train was leaving Scotland and heading for Dover at the same time as a Mercedes.

Mad Ade, who is the owner of the Mercedes, was unaware that both of the front tires had slow punctures, and by the time the car arrived in London those tires were already completely flat.

Although Mad Ade did not change or have the tires repaired, the Mercedes reached Dover at the same time as the train.

The Smiling Sentry

2008-08-17T16:30:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam

Two sentries were on duty outside a barracks. One faced up the road to watch for anyone approaching from the North. The other looked down the road to see if anyone was approached from the South. Suddenly one of them said to the other, "Why are you smiling?"

How did he know that his companion was smiling?

Who stole the Kheer?

2008-08-17T16:28:00.000+05:30

A group of teen detectives are trying to crack the mystery of who stole Aunt Madura's bowl of kheer from the park. They interrogate the kids playing at the time. Each suspect told one lie.

Avinash: It wasn't Edward. It was Bablu.

Bablu: It wasn't Cherian. It wasn't Edward.

Cherian: It was Edward. It wasn't Avinash.

Dilip: It was Cherian. It was Bablu.

Edward: It was Dilip. It wasn't Avinash.

Who stole the kheer?

The Murderess

2008-08-10T11:00:00.001+05:30

This is not a tricky question. It is just as it reads. No one I know has been right.

A woman, while at the funeral of her own mother, met a guy whom she did not know. She thought this guy was amazing. She believed him to be her dream guy so much, that she fell in love with him right there, but never asked for his number and could not find him. A few days later she killed her sister.

Question: What is her motive for killing her sister?

(Give this some serious thought before look up the answer)

The Cop Who failed in his duty

2008-08-10T10:40:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam

A cop was stopped at a red light. Professor Bundle, who had his mind on a lecture he was about to give, drove his car right by him and through the light without stopping. The cop witnessed the entire scene but made no attempt to stop him. Why not?

A New Recipe

2008-08-10T10:16:00.001+05:30

Guess what the new recipe is for....

Contributed by: Sita Krishnan

Fold two hands together
And express a dash of sorrow
Marinate it overnight
And work on it tomorrow

Chop one grudge in tiny pieces
Add several cups of love
Dredge with a large sized smile
Mix with the ingredients above

Dissolve the hate within you
By doing a good deed
Cut in and help your friend
If he should be in need

Stir in laughter, love, and kindness
From the heart it has to come
Toss with genuine forgiveness
And give your neighbor some

The amount of people served
Will depend on you
It can serve the whole wide world
If you really want it to...

Building Boats

2008-08-07T20:33:00.001+05:30

by Ahmed Imam

4 men can build 4 boats in 4 days. How long does it take 1 man to build 1 boat?

Flowers and Bees

2008-08-04T21:32:00.001+05:30

Alongside a lake, there are some flowers with bees hovering over them. How many flowers and bees are there if both the following statements are true?

1. If each bee lands on a flower, one bee doesn't get a flower.

2. If two bees share each flower, there is one flower left out.

Mad Ade

2008-08-03T21:29:00.000+05:30

by Ahmed Imam

A goods train was leaving Scotland and heading for Dover at the same time as a Mercedes.

Mad Ade, who is the owner of the Mercedes, was unaware that both of the front tires had slow punctures, and by the time the car arrived in London those tires were already completely flat.

Although Mad Ade did not change or have the tires repaired, the Mercedes reached Dover at the same time as the train.

How could this be?

Magic Cup

2008-08-03T21:26:00.001+05:30

by Ahmed Imam

If a magician holds a cup above his hand and it is filled to the top, how is it possible that when he turned this cup, no water comes out?

Mysterious Nephew

2008-08-03T21:25:00.001+05:30

by Ahmed Imam

Mr. Black and his sister were passing by a hotel when Mr. Black said, "My nephew is in there, and I would like to say hi."

"Since I don't have a nephew, I'll continue walking home," said Mr. Black's sister.

What relation is the sister to the mysterious nephew?

Murder on the Rocks

2008-08-03T21:24:00.001+05:30

by Ahmed Imam

A man burst into a police station soaking wet and starts screaming "MY WIFE HAS BEEN MURDERED MY WIFE HAS BEEN MURDERED!"

A police officer asked what happened and the man explained that when they were walking along the cliffs of the shore, he heard a big roll of thunder come out of nowhere. He turned around startled to see what happened and then a huge bolt of lightning struck and his wife screamed. He turned around and saw his wife laying mangled on the sharp rocks of the cliff bottom, and he saw a man running away.

The officer said that the man was obviously lying and had him arrested for the murder of his wife. How did the officer know?

6-x=9

2008-07-27T16:15:00.000+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam

Subtract something from SIX to make it NINE.

What's Elizabeth drinking

2008-07-23T20:09:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Ahmed Imam

George, Helen, and Steve are drinking coffee.

Bert, Karen, and Dave are drinking soda.

Using logic, is Elizabeth drinking coffee or soda?

The Grandfather Clock

2008-07-20T20:14:00.001+05:30

If a grandfather clock takes five seconds to strike 6 o'clock, how many seconds will it take to strike 12 o'clock?

Six Stones (by Ahmed Imam)

2008-07-19T18:14:00.000+05:30

A group of stones are all lined up. Upon closer inspection, you realize there are numbers on the stones, as follows:

one - three - five - nine twelve - ?

The last stone has had its number worn off by wind and time, what should the number on the stone read?

BDV-103005-BDV

2008-07-19T11:37:00.001+05:30

BDV-103005-BDV

Diamond Theft (by Ahmed Imam)

2008-07-16T18:32:00.001+05:30

There is a famous diamond displayed in a room that measures 15 meters by 15 meters by 15 meters. The room is made entirely of concrete blocks and the floor is covered with a thick carpet.

The only thing in the room is the diamond that is housed under a glass cube. The glass cube stands on a one-meter pedestal in the centre of the room. Alarm wires spaced eight centimetres apart and running parallel to each other lie under the carpet.

The alarm will trigger if more than four kilograms of pressure is applied to any individual wire. Will Carlo who weighs 74 kilograms was able to steal the famous diamond using the following equipment:

A 5m long ,5cm thick and 10cm width, four leather straps (each two meters long and five cm wide), a hammer, and a saw. How could he do it without triggering the alarm?

Wednesday Wicked Sudoku

2008-07-15T21:02:00.003+05:30

Tuesday Thunder Sudoku

2008-07-15T21:02:00.001+05:30

Stealing a Diamond (by Ahmed Imam)

2008-07-15T21:00:00.001+05:30

There is a famous diamond displayed in a room that measures 15 meters by 15 meters by 15 meters. The room is made entirely of concrete blocks and the floor is covered with a thick carpet.

a 5m long ,5cm thick and 10cm width, four leather straps (each two meters long and five cm wide), a hammer, and a saw. How could he do it without triggering the alarm?

Sudoku: Monday Masti

2008-07-13T21:35:00.000+05:30

Three Jugs (by Ahmed Imam)

2008-07-13T19:21:00.001+05:30

You have three jugs:

A 10-liter jug, filled with water

A 7-liter jug, empty

A 3-liter jug, empty

Your objective is to end up having 5 liters of water in the 10-liter jug, and 5 liters of water in the 7-liter jug. Note that you have nothing else at your disposal other than these three jugs and that you cannot perform measurements by eye or based on the shape of the jugs.

Note: This puzzle is also available as a graphical flash presentation for free download at http://www.reach.ind.in

Escape from Prison (by Ahmed Imam)

2008-07-10T20:47:00.000+05:30

There once was a man, who was innocent, who was sent to prison, and was to die the next day by beheading.

His cell was stone with a dirt floor, and a heavy wooden door that couldn't be opened from the inside. There was a window 15 feet high, but he could not climb the wall.

He tried to tunnel out, but the wall went too far underground, so he abandoned that idea. How did he escape?

See-Saw (by Ahmed Imam)

2008-07-09T19:49:00.000+05:30

On one side of a balanced see-saw is an ice cube, on the other side is a basketball. The ice cube and the basketball have the same weight.

Questions:

1. Which side will the see-saw tilt toward first?

2. Which side will the see-saw tilt toward at the end?

Three Men and a Boat (by Ahmed Imam)

2008-07-06T23:33:00.001+05:30

Three people were trying to cross a river. One of them weighs 100 pounds and the other two weigh 50 pounds each.

The only way to get across the river is to take a boat, but the boat can only carry 100 pounds at a time. How did all 3 of them get across the river using the boat?

Footprints (by Ahmed Imam)

2008-07-06T23:28:00.001+05:30

There was a man that was walking along. It was raining heavily, and it was very muddy. As he was walking along he turned around, but he couldn't see his footprints. Why?

Relocation (by Ahmed Imam)

2008-07-02T19:49:00.000+05:30

I once worked at a company which employed 50 people, all of whom worked at the corporate headquarters in the same 4,000 square foot office building in the United States . We all lived in different directions: north, south, northwest, southeast from work, none more than 30 miles away. There were no housing complexes where we lived and no physical obstructions in the way (mountains, lakes, oceans, etc.).

The company's president made an economic decision in relocating all 50 employees to a new office location. In doing so, he didn't take into account how the move might affect the distance employees had to travel to work.

After the move, the president found that the new headquarters was closer to his home. It worked out great for him because he also got a fancy new office with more room. Once the move was finally completed, every single employee, myself included, was closer to home than before the move.

If we all still work in the same office together, as before, how can this be?

Tennis Tournament

2008-07-01T21:20:00.001+05:30

There's a tennis tournament with one hundred twenty seven players . You've got one hundred twenty-six people paired off in sixty-three matches, plus one unpaired player as a bye. In the next round, there are sixty-four players and thirty-two matches. How many matches, total, does it take to determine a winner?

If you are taking out your calculator or taking more than 5 seconds scroll below for the answer, forget it and look up the answer at http://reachpuzzles.blogspot.com

Alternatively Full Glasses

2008-07-01T21:19:00.001+05:30

There are 6 glasses. The 3 on the left are filled, the 3 on the right are empty. How can you make a pattern of full-empty-full-empty-full-empty with only moving or touching 1 glass?

The Continents

2008-06-29T20:37:00.001+05:30

What's similar about the names of these continents?

Asia
Africa
Australia
Antarctica
Europe

Oranges and Peanuts

2008-06-29T20:34:00.001+05:30

I like oranges, but I do not like peanuts. I like apples, but I do not like pineapples. I like pears, but I do not like grapes. Will I like cherries or strawberries?

Shoe Theft (by Ahmed Imam)

2008-06-23T08:55:00.000+05:30

One company had two factories, in different parts of the country, that were making the same style of shoes. In both factories, workers were stealing shoes. How, without using any security, could that company stop the stealing?

Unsual Clothing Store (contributed by Ahmed Imam)

2008-06-21T11:12:00.001+05:30

A young boy goes into an unusual clothing store. The owner tells him that he charges $3 for a tie, $3 for a hat and $5 for a shirt. How much would he charge for a jacket?

National Mental Health Day Quiz - for the people who know everything

2008-06-21T11:10:00.000+05:30

This is a QUICK quiz for people who know everything (only 9 questions)! I
found out in a hurry that I didn't. These are not trick questions. They are straight questions with straight answers.

PLEASE DO YOUR PART..... Today is National Mental Health Day. You can do
your part by remembering to send an e-mail to at least one unstable
person. The answers as always are on http://reachpuzzles.blogspot.com

Well, my job's done!

1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants
know the score or the leader until the contest ends.

2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?

3. Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What
are the only two perennial vegetables?

4. What two fruits have their seeds on the outside?

5. In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside
the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it
hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle?

6. Only three words in Standard English begin with the letters 'dw' and
they are all common words. Name two of them.

7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least
half of them?

8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned,
processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.

9. Name six or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with
the letter 'S..'

2008-06-19T14:34:00.001+05:30

Two Frog Conversation (by Ahmed Imam)

2008-06-18T21:09:00.001+05:30

During a long, hot summer, the pond where two frogs lived dried up. When the rain failed to come, the frogs left their home in search of water.

Sometime later they passed a deep well. On seeing the water below, one frog said,

"Why not make this our new home? Look at all the water down there!"

The second frog responded and the first frog immediately felt foolish for suggesting such a thing.

What'd the second frog say?

River Crossing

2008-06-16T21:02:00.001+05:30

A family of six is crossing a river with a 2-passenger boat. The family includes the following members:

Dad, Mom, Maid, Boy, Girl & Dog. Only the 3 adults can row the boat and the dog counts as a passenger.

The dog will bite if the maid is not present.

Mom will fight with the boy if Dad is not present.

Dad will fight with the girl if Mom is not present.

How can they all get across safely?

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