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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

What Am I?

Puzzle (0003)

I have four legs but no tail. Usually I am heard only at night. What am I?

Solution

Group of Three.

Puzzle
I give you a group of three. One is sitting down, and will never get up. The second eats as much as is given to him, yet is always hungry. The third goes away and never returns.

Solution

What am i?

Puzzle (0002)
I go in dry and come out wet, The longer I'm in, the stronger I get. What am I?

Solution

What are they?

Puzzle (0001)
At night they come without being fetched. By day they are lost without being stolen. What are they?

Solution

What am i?

Puzzle (0001)
I never was, am always to be. No one ever saw me, nor ever will. And yet I am the confidence of all, To live and breath on this terrestrial ball. What am I?

Solution

What is It?

Puzzle (0001)
It walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three legs in the evening. What is it?

Solution

Hans & Gerrie

Puzzle

Hans is standing behind Gerrie and at the same time Gerrie is standing behind Hans.  
How is this possible? 
Solution

Climbing Snail

Puzzle

A snail is at the bottom of a 20 meters deep pit. Every day the snail climbs 5 meters upwards, but at night it slides 4 meters back downwards.  
How many days does it take before the snail reaches the top of the pit? 

Solution

Handshaking

Puzzle

Jack and his wife went to a party where four other married couples were present. Every person shook hands with everyone he or she was not acquainted with. When the handshaking was over, Jack asked everyone, including his own wife, how many hands they shook. To his surprise, Jack got nine different answers.  
How many hands did Jack's wife shake? 

Solution

Sock Search

Puzzle.
     
In your bedroom you have a drawer with 2 red, 4 yellow, 6 purple, 8 brown, 10 white, 12 green, 14 black, 16 blue, 18 grey, and 20 orange socks. It is dark in your bedroom, so you can't distinguish between the colors of the socks. 
How many socks do you need to take out of the drawer to be sure that you have at least three pairs of socks of the same color?

Solution.

Sack of Apples

Puzzle

A man had to pack a sack of apples into packets but as each packet had to have exactly the same number of apples he was having difficulty. If he packed 10 apples per packet, one packet only had 9. If he packed 9 apples per packet, one packet only had 8. If he packed 8 apples per packet, one packet only had 7. If he packed 7 apples per packet, one packet only had 6. And so on down to 2 apples. How many apples did he start with?

Solution

Age

Puzzle

Sam and Mala have a conversation.
  • Sam says I am certainly not over 40
  • Mala says I am 38 and you are atleast 5 years older than me
  • Now Sam says you are atleast 39
All the statements by the two are false. How old are they really?

Solution