Brain Teasers & Puzzles
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Planning to roam the countryside and prey upon its
defenseless people, the ogre reached into his dark
closet. There he had stored four six-league boots and
eight seven-league boots. How many boots did he have
to pull out of the closet to make sure he had a pair that
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On the day before the spacecraft was to return to
Earth, the Martians held a dinner party for the crew. In
all there were eight at the table: Aken, Bal, Mun, Mark,
Wora, Jones, Rider and Smith.
a. One was a history buff.
b. One was a whiz at math.
c. One was very tall.
d. One was Aken’s friend.
e. One had yellow feathers.
f. One was a pilot.
g. One was a rock collector.
h. One spoke a number of languages.
1. The person who was Aken’s friend sat directly
opposite Mark.
2. Wora sat between the math whiz and Aken’s
friend.
3. The tall one sat opposite Wora, with Aken to her
left.
4. Smith, who had no real friends among the group,
sat to the right of Mun who towered over the rest
of the group.
5. The one who had yellow feathers sat opposite Bal,
between Mun and the one who spoke a number of
languages.
6. Jones was to the right of the rock collector and
opposite the pilot who was next to Rider.
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Four Martians from different groups, the Uti,
Grundi, Yomi and Rafi, gathered for an intraplanetary
conference to discuss the problem of the visiting Earthlings.
As was appropriate for diplomatic envoys, all
were beautifully feathered in different colors, one red,
one green, one blue and the fourth brown. Their names
were Aken, Bal, Mun and Wora.
1. Before the meeting, the Uti had a pleasant breakfast
with Mun.
2. After debating with the Martians in the blue and
the brown feathers, Bal and the Yomi were so angry
that they tore a wingful of feathers out of them
before they were stopped.
3. Wora and the Rafi, however, agreed with the diplomat
with brown feathers, though they disagreed
with the red-feathered Grundi.
Who is the blue-feathered diplomat and to what
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Kim Jones, Jan Robinson and Pat Smith are the officers
of the spaceship. They serve as the craft’s pilot,
engineer and biochemist, though not necessarily in that
order. Because they have difficulty with Martian names,
they nickname the three Martians who work with them
Jones, Smith and Robinson.
1. Robinson is a Yomi.
2. Jones doesn’t speak any language other than
Martian.
3. Most Martian linguists are Uti.
4. The Martian who serves as interpreter respects the
Martian whose name is the same as the biochemist’s.
5. The Martian whose name is the same as the biochemist
is a Grundi.
6. Jan Robinson beat the engineer at chess.
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Martians don’t need to develop airplanes as a means
of moving through the air. Most feathered Martians can
fly easily. Every few lunars, feathered Martians from
the various groups participate in a tournament to determine
which are the best fliers of the planet.
This lunar, teams of two feathered Martians from
three groups are competing:
1. One team is from the Uti, one from the Grundi,
and one from the Yomi.
2. Each team is made up of one female and one male.
3. The female participants are Xera, Wora, and Teta.
4. The males are called Vel, Pyi, and Rir.
5. Despite her daring feats in the air, Teta had never
been away from home before the contest.
6. Xera and Rir had never met before the tournament.
7. Xera will be visiting Pyi’s group when the Yomi go
on a special excursion to that part of the planet.
8. Pyi admires Teta’s colorful feathers, as well as her
ability to soar, and once watched her and her teammate
in the territory of the Grundi.
If the winners are members of the Uti group, what
are the names of the best fliers?View SolutionSubmit Solution- 1,452.6K views
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Hostile members of the Uti, Grundi and Yomi groups
were travelling to a conference. There were two members
from each group, one finned and one feathered.
The finned Martian was much stronger, and had to
protect her feathered friend. Never could a feathered
Martian be left alone with a finned Martian of another
group. The only time a feathered Martian was safe with
the finned Martian of another group was when the
feathered Martian of that enemy group was also
present.
The trip was quiet until they came to a deep ravine.
The only way to cross it was by swinging across on a
rope. But the rope was only strong enough to hold two
of them. And it wasn’t heavy enough for them to swing
it back over the ravine without someone to weigh it
down. How did they all cross the ravine?View SolutionSubmit Solution- 1,454.1K views
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Harassed during important experiments, three Earthlings
were taking three law-breaking Grundi to the authorities.
Suddenly they heard the thunderous roar of a
rockfall, and they knew they were facing sure death
unless they crossed to the other side of the canal. The
portable watercraft they carried with them would hold
only two passengers, regardless of weight. At no time
could there be more Grundi on either side of the water
than Earthlings or the Grundi would overpower the
Earthlings. How could they all cross the water safelyView SolutionSubmit Solution- 1,452.6K views
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Two Martians and two Earthlings traveling together
came to a canal. As a result of the gravity on Mars, the
Earthlings each weighed 100 pounds and the Martians
fifty pounds. The watercraft would hold no more than
100 pounds. How did they all cross the canal?View SolutionSubmit Solution- 1,452.6K views
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Jonathan Mark gathered three specimens of Martian
plant and animal life to bring back to Earth: a garble, a
farfel and a tsientsien. But Mark was worried. His vehicle
for local travel was not big enough to hold more than
himself and one specimen. Mark knew that garbles will
eat farfels if given half a chance, and farfels will eat
tsientsien. Garbles, however, don’t eat tsientsien, and
tsientsien don’t eat. All the other astronauts were away
from the ship. How could Mark transport the garble,
the farfel and the tsientsien one at a time so that they
would all be safe?View SolutionSubmit Solution- 1,452.4K views
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There was trouble from the Grundi. One of them
damaged the spaceship by hurling a rock at it. The
astronauts couldn’t figure out what the Grundi had to
gain by their hostile act. Was it just vandalism, done out
of sheer spite? Or perhaps not everyone on Mars was
happy to see the Earthlings return.
The Martian police chief brought in five Grundi for
questioning. Like all Grundi, they sometimes told the
truth and sometimes lied. The suspects each made
three statements, two of which were true and one of
which was false. And the guilty one was revealed.
1. Zum said:
I am innocent.
I have never used a rock to destroy anything.
Tset did it.
2. Uk said:
I did not do the damage.
The Earthman’s vehicle is on Grundi space.
Yan is not my friend.
3. Pala said:
I am innocent.
I never saw Yan before.
Tset is guilty.
4. Tset said:
I did not throw the rock.
Yan did it.
Zum did not tell the truth when he said I did it.
5. Yan said:
I am innocent.
Uk is guilty.
Pala and I are old friends.
Who was the culprit?View SolutionSubmit Solution- 1,452.8K views
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