A Christmas Wreath

Answer- It contains all of the letters in the alphabet.

Answer- I(John) will shoot at the ground.

If John shoots the ground, it is Tony’s turn. Tony would rather shoot at Jacob than John, because he is better. If Tony kills Jocob, it is just John and Tony left, giving John a fair chance of winning.

If Tony does not kill Jacob, it is Jacob turn. He would rather shoot at Tony and will definitely kill him. Even though it is now John against Jacob, John has a better chance of winning than before.

WIN WIN Situation

He’s a smuggler.

Answer– The 6 Feet man swings faster.

Explanation (Involves Physics)-
The speed at which a pendulum swings is called the period.
Period is given by the equation:  2 x pi x square root of (length of rope from fulcrum to Center of Mass divided by gravity)

Since gravity is constant, the only thing that effects the period is the length of rope.
In the above scenario,
It is given that the man is taller then the child. Therefore his center of mass is higher.

This makes the distance between the fulcrum to the center of mass shorter then for the child. The man swings faster.

The answer is “pregnancy” or “expecting”.

Written in 1959 and collected in 1960’s The Collossus and Other Poems, “Metaphors” offers a series of striking images which constitute, as the first line tells us “a riddle in syllables”. Each line is nine syllables long, and this number is also the number of letters in the answer.

Plath had two children, Frieda (who also became a poet) and Nicholas Hughes.

Answer- 204

There are 8 by 8 Square, 7 by 7, 6 by 6 and so on …
The complete list of squares with count is shown below:

Therefore, there are actually 64 + 49 + 36 + 25 + 16 + 9 + 4 + 1 squares on a chessboard! (in total 204).

Can also be calculated-
The number of squares present in  square matrix of size N*N =N*N+(N-1)*(N-1)+(N-2)*(N-2)+…..+1*1.

For a Chess Board , the size is of 8*8=8*8+7*7+6*6+5*5+4*4+3*3+2*2+1*1

                                                             =64+49+36+25+16+9+4+1=204.

Answer- Yes! I’ll Accept The challenge

Strategy: 
Divide the deck in half and turn over all lower 50 cards, setting aside the highest number you find. Then turn over the other 50 cards, one by one, until you reach a number that is higher than the card you set aside: this is your chosen “high card.”

Now, there is a 50% chance that the highest card is contained in the top 50 cards (it is or it isn’t), and a 50% chance that the second-highest card is contained in the lower 50. Combining the probabilities, you have a 25% chance of constructing the above situation (in which you win every time).

This means that you’ll lose three out of four games, but for every four games played, you pay $40 while you win one game and $50. Your net profit every four games is $10.

Obviously, you have to have at least $40 to start in order to apply this strategy effectively.

Christmas Tree

Hold down one of the quarters very firmly. Take another coin and hit it against the quarter you are holding down. Tap hard enough to move the quarter next to it aside.