Brain Teasers & Puzzles
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Two guards 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 approached from the South. Suddenly one of them said to the other, “Why are you smiling?”
How did he know his companion was smiling?
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How to measure exactly 4 gallon of water from 3 gallon and 5 gallon jars.
You have unlimited water supply from a running tap.
measure 4 gallon water using 3 and 4 gallon jar.View SolutionSubmit Solution- 1,240.0K views
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Every day, Jack arrives at the train station from work at 5 pm.
His wife leaves home in her car to meet him there at exactly 5 pm, and drives him home. One day, Jack gets to the station an hour early, and starts walking home, until his wife meets him on the road. They get home 30 minutes earlier than usual.How long was he walking?
Distances are unspecified. Speeds are unspecified, but constant.
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Two trains enter a tunnel 200 miles long, traveling at 100 mph at the same time from opposite directions. As soon as they enter the tunnel a supersonic bee flying at 1000 mph starts from one train and heads toward the other one. As soon as it reaches the other one it turns around and heads back toward the first, going back and forth between the trains until the trains collide in a fiery explosion in the middle of the tunnel.
How far did the bee travel?
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You met three Monsters. One always tells the truth, other one always lies and the last one alternates between lie and truth.
Monster 1: You may ask us one question, then you must guess which dragon is which
Monster 2: He is lying. You may get three questions
Monster 3: Oh no It is definitely one question
You asked the first Monster a question
You: What would the second Monster say if you were to ask it if the 3rd dragon had been lying when it agreed with the first one that you could ask only one question
Monster 1: He’d say, “Yes, the 3rd Monster was lying”
Then you asked a second question addressing the three Monsters…… But they remained silent.
And, you solved the puzzle in 90 sec.
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You have 10 identical bottles of identical marble. Each bottle contain hundred of marbles. Out of 10 bottles 09 have 1 gram of marbles but 01 bottle has marbles of weight of 1.1 gram. Given a measurement scale, how would you find the heavy bottle? You can use the scale only once.
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A soda company makes different flavours of soda. Last year, the company produced the same number of bottles of each flavour. If the company produced 84,958bottles of sodain all last year.
how many different flavours could the company make?
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There is 38 numbers. What is the least number of comparison needed to find the 2nd smallest out of them?
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I am with you from birth, I feel your every move, and I feel your every thought.
Guess me who am I?
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I fly without wings, cry without eyes.
What am I ?
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You can only use any letter once, what are the largest and smallest numbers that you could write down in words?
Example: EIGHTY
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What is the one thing common which is shared by both Democrats and Republicans?
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