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A man on a park bench

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:16:52 +0000

Find below two family relationship puzzles. To answer these questions, one needs to understand the way words are used or rather twisted in the given questions.

A man on a park bench is looking at a small portrait. You ask him, Who is that in the picture?
The man says, Brothers and sisters, I have none, but that man's father, is my father's son.
Can you tell what person is in the picture?

A beggar's brother died, but the man who died had no brother. How could this be?

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You have 12 coins, one of which is fake.

admin — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:56:25 +0000

Hey friends, try and solve this intricate puzzle. You can use your skills to explain this puzzle using a flow chart. If you make one send it to me on my email address, I will include it in the body of this post itself.

12 coins 3 weighings

You have 12 coins, one of which is fake. The fake coin is indistinguishable from the rest except that it is either heavier or lighter, but you don't know which. Can you determine which is the fake coin and whether it is lighter or heavier using a balance scale and only 3 weighing?

A man was walking in the jungle

admin — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:22:17 +0000

A man was walking in the jungle, he only had one bullet in his gun, but yet he shot a Puma and a Cougar. How did he do this?

A census taker approaches a house

admin — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:10:13 +0000

A census taker approaches a house and asks the woman who answers the door, â€œHow many children do you have, and what are their ages?â€

Woman: "I have three children, the product of their ages are 36, the sum of their ages are equal to the address of the house next door."

The census taker walks next door, comes back and says "I need more information."

The woman replies "I have to go, my oldest child is sleeping upstairs."

Census taker: "Thank you, I now have everything I need."

What are the ages of each of the three children?

If you overtake the last person,

admin — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:08:01 +0000

If you overtake the last person, then you are...?

Once upon a time,

admin — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:05:41 +0000

Once upon a time, and old lady went to sell her vast quantity of eggs at the local market.
When asked how many she had, she replied:
Son, I can't count past 100 but I know that.

If you divide the number of eggs by 2 there will be one egg left.
If you divide the number of eggs by 3 there will be one egg left.
If you divide the number of eggs by 4 there will be one egg left.
If you divide the number of eggs by 5 there will be one egg left.
If you divide the number of eggs by 6 there will be one egg left.
If you divide the number of eggs by 7 there will be one egg left.
If you divide the number of eggs by 8 there will be one egg left.
If you divide the number of eggs by 9 there will be one egg left.
If you divide the number of eggs by 10 there will be one egg left.
Finally. If you divide the Number of eggs by 11 there will be NO EGGS left!
How many eggs did the old lady have?

Samir and the Real Estate Agent

admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:41:10 +0000

Samir purchased a house for Rs. 155965. He wants to sell it for a profit of exactly 15%. However, he does not want to sell it himself. He wants a Real Estate Agent to sell it for him. The Agent must make a commission of exactly 5.6% (in addition to Samir's 15% profit). How much must the Agent sell the house for? Give your answer to the nearest Rs.?

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The Snail on the Wall

admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:27:13 +0000

A snail creeps 6 ft up a wall during the daytime. After all the labor it does throughout the day, it stops to rest a while but falls asleep!! The next morning it wakes up and discovers that it has slipped down 3 ft while sleeping.

If this happens every day, how many days will the snail take to reach the top of a wall 18 ft in height?

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Tennis Championship

admin — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:53:24 +0000

A tennis championship is played on a knock-out basis, i.e., a player is out of the tournament when he loses a match.

1. How many players participate in the tournament if 255 matches are totally played?

2. How many matches are played in the tournament if 26 players totally participate?

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Grandpa’s Age

admin — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:54:39 +0000

Grandpa:

"My grandson is about as many days as my son is weeks, and my grandson is as many months as I am in years. My grandson, my son and I together are 120 years. Can you tell me my age in years?"

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