Brain Teasers & Puzzles
-
Five pieces of coal, a carrot and a scarf are lying on the lawn. Nobody put them on the lawn but there is a perfectly logical reason why they should be there. What is it?
View SolutionSubmit Solution- 1,869.9K views
- 1 answers
- 0 votes
-
Two men went into a restaurant. They both ordered the same dish from the menu. After they tasted it, one of the men went outside the restaurant and shot himself. Why?
View SolutionSubmit Solution- 1,873.2K views
- 1 answers
- 0 votes
-
A man is lying dead in a field. Next to him there is an unopened package. There is no other creature in the field. How did he die?
View SolutionSubmit Solution- 1,871.1K views
- 1 answers
- 0 votes
-
There is a large wooden barn which is completely empty except for a dead man hanging from the middle of the central rafter. The rope around his neck is ten feet long and his feet are three feet off the ground. The nearest wall is 20 feet away from the man. It is not possible to climb up the walls or along the rafters. The man hanged himself. How did he do it?
View SolutionSubmit Solution- 1,870.0K views
- 1 answers
- 0 votes
-
A man walks into a bar and asks the barman for a glass of water. The barman pulls out a gun and points it at the man. The man says ‘Thank you’ and walks out.
This puzzle has claims to be the best of the genre. It is simple in its statement, absolutely baffling and yet with a completely satisfying solution. Most people struggle very hard to solve this one yet they like the answer when they hear it or have the satisfaction of figuring it out.
View SolutionSubmit Solution- 1,870.7K views
- 1 answers
- 1 votes
-
A man lives on the tenth floor of a building. Every day he takes the elevator to go down to the ground floor to go to work or to go shopping. When he returns he takes the elevator to the seventh floor and walks up the stairs to reach his apartment on the tenth floor. On a rainy day, or if there are other people in the elevator, he goes to his floor directly. He hates walking so why does he do it?
This is probably the best known and most celebrated of all lateral thinking puzzles. It is a true classic. Although there are many possible solutions which fit the initial conditions, only the canonical answer is truly satisfying.
View SolutionSubmit Solution- 1,921.9K views
- 7 answers
- 0 votes
-
what will you do if a man comes to you and show a gun?
View SolutionSubmit Solution- 1,871.4K views
- 1 answers
- 0 votes
-
Technical Skill is the mastery of complexity, while Creativity is the master of presence of mind.
This is a famous paper written for an Oxford philosophy exam, normally requiring an eight page essay answer and expected to be backed up with source material, quotes and analytical reasoning. This guy wrote the below answer and topped the exam!
OXFORD EXAMINATION BOARD 1987,
ESSAY QUESTIONWhat is courage? (50 Marks)
View SolutionSubmit Solution- 1,871.2K views
- 1 answers
- 0 votes
-
- 1,871.0K views
- 1 answers
- 0 votes
-
- 1,870.4K views
- 4 answers
- 0 votes
More puzzles to try-
The Greek Philosophers
One day three Greek philosophers settled under the shade of an olive tree, opened a bottle of Retsina, and began ...Read More »Complete the table Sequence
Can you replace the question mark with the correct number in the below table sequence?Read More »Dog crossed the river riddle
A man stands on one side of a river, his dog on the other. The man calls his dog, who ...Read More »Bacteria colony on Petri dish puzzle
A Petri dish hosts a healthy colony of bacteria. Once a minute every bacterium divides into two. The colony was ...Read More »Lakes without water riddle
It has lakes but no water, Streets but no cars it has; Many places and borders, But It is in ...Read More »A change to prevent Disaster lateral thinking puzzle
An American nightclub called ‘The Coconut Grove’ had a terrible fire in which over 400 people died. A simple design ...Read More »Number Game
This number added to it’s square, and the digits of that summation added together, bring it back to itself. What ...Read More »Take one out and scratch its head
Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red. What am I?Read More »Jelly beans Interview Puzzle
You have three jars that are all mislabeled. One contains peanut butter jelly beans(Label :PB), another grape jelly jelly beans(Label ...Read More »One is to three riddle
One is to three as three is to five and five is to four and four is the magic number. ...Read More »What get longer when you pull it?
What gets longer when pulled,fits between breasts, slides neatly into a hole,has choked people when used improperly,and works best when ...Read More »Awesome Clock Puzzle
Time 12:21 is a palindrome as it reads the same forwards or backwards. What is the shortest interval between two ...Read More »Coffee, milk, chocolate, mozzarella and jam for breakfast riddle
It’s 7 o’clock in the morning, you are still sleeping in bed and you hear your friends knocking at the ...Read More »Doll but not for play
It is like a doll, But not for playing; It stand up straight, but if windy it may be laying; ...Read More »Birbal and Real King
The King of a distant land had heard that Birbal was one of the wisest men in the East and ...Read More »How will they do it so that they all get out before the house collapses?
Group of friends is trapped in a burning house. The house is going to collapse in 12 minutes so they ...Read More »Which car goes into which road?
Which car goes into which road?Read More »Around in Circle
It go around in circles, But always straight ahead Never complain, No matter where it is led. What is it?Read More »100 Chocolates
Joseph buys three kinds of chocolates for 100 rupees. The first one is priced at 5 rupees, second one at ...Read More »Child of the water, but What am I?
I am the child of the water, yet when I return to the water, I die. What am I?Read More »
