Five children want a snack.
There is : an orange, a muffin, an apple, chocolate bread and raisin bread.

Hints :
– Michelle hates chocolate and oranges.
– Irène loves raisins.
– Pierre et Sarah don’t want chocolate bread.
– Pierre et Jean are the only ones who like apples.

Question: What was their snack?.

An army general wanted ten soldiers to cross a river.
There was no bridge and the soldiers could not swim.
The general saw a row boat in which were two children.
The boat could only hold two children or one soldier at a time.

Question :
How did the soldiers cross the river in the boat?

A man transports a fox, a duck and corn in a boat.
The boat is only capable of transporting himself and one of the other three with each crossing.

Question:
How did he succeed in crossing them all without letting the fox eat the duck or the duck eat the corn?

Four women, Louise, Lise, Carole and Lily are seated at a table.
They are chatting about their holidays.
They went to California, Texas, Florida and Arizona riding a lion, tiger, zebra and a pony.

Hints     : 1- The woman riding the zebra did not smoke.
                 2- Carole declared that she loved Miami.
                 3- The woman riding the tiger had a cigarette with Lily.
                 4- Louise said :” Buy your pony a new saddle, Carole. I saw some during ourtrip to California?”
                 5- The woman riding the tiger mentioned that she had seen the Alamo in Texas.
                 6- Lise was a chain-smoker.

Question :  What are the holiday destination and method of transportation for each woman ?

Two friends, Denis and Léo wish to communicate by mail.
The mailman is dishonest. He steals.
Each of the two friends has his own lock and key.
They put their mail in a secure box.

Question:
How can Denis send a letter to Léo without the mailman opening the box?

John, his wife and their daughter wish to cross a river.
The row boat can only hold 100 kilos.
John weighs 80 kilos.
His wife and daughter weigh 40 kilos each.

Question: How do all three cross the river?

Mister Black , Brown and Green are eating at a restaurant.
Each is wearing a coloured tie.
The ties are black, brown and green in colour.

Suddenly the man wearing the green tie says :
“Did you notice that our ties are the same colour as our names but no one is wearing a tie similar to hisname?

“Strange, indeed”, says Mr Black.

Daniel, Claude and Lou are friends.
Daniel is Claude’s brother.
Claude is Lou’s brother.
Lou is not Daniel’s brother.

Question : How is this possible ?

Anne has blond hair, Josée has red hair and Claire has brown hair.
They are dating Denis, Aurel and Jack.

Hints:
Claire hates Denis.
Josée dates Denis’ brother.
Jack dates Josée’s sister.

Question : Who are dating?

A group of ten people are being photographed.
The photographer places them into ten different positions.
He continues to shuffle them until he has taken picturesof the ten persons in all possible groupings.

Question : How many pictures will he take?

Michel, Louis et Lisette are members of a club.
The treasurer, who has little work, is an only child.
Michel, who dates Lisette’s sister, does more than the president of the club.

Question: What are their jobs ?