Turn of the Century Puzzle
Your grandfather, determined to start the year 1900 off right, went to bed at 7 p.m. on December 31, 1899, setting his alarm clock to wake him at 8 the next morning. He slept like a log. How many hours sleep did he get?
Ancient Coin Puzzle
A thief went to a shop that sold antique coins. He stole a coin from Emperor Alexander’s time that had 326 B.C. inscribed on it. These rare coins were worth $ 100 for every year of their age (years from date of minting till now). So how much did the thief get for his stolen coin?
Both the puzzles above have some similarity. There is a clue hidden in the title of the post itself.
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A more seriouse answer. Coins weren’t introduced until around 700 BC
He got caught and received life for stealing the coin. LOL
Thank for posting this. This information really inspires me on coins collecting.
i agree with mohit for the coin puzzle..but hw its possible to say that ther’s no digi clock at that time
Digital alarm clocks were invented much later in 1950s – here’s the source of the information –
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1006534
Check out Mohit’s answers – both the answers are correct –
“1. 1 Hour – There were no digital clocks back then
2. The coin was fake as Christ wasn’t born till then!” – Mohit
When can we expect an answer for these ?
233700$ right???
M y grandfather slept for 11 hours only.Because 31st dec 1899 was the last day of century.counting from 7pm to 8am it comes to 11 hour
268000?????
1. 1 Hour – There were no digital clocks back then
2. The coin was fake as Christ wasn’t born till then!
Mohit…..congratzzz!!!!!! your are right again.
1 Hour? Because they did not have digital clocks back then?