There was once a college that offered a class on probability applied to the real world.The class was relatively easy, but there was a catch. There were no homework assignments or tests, but there was a final exam that would have only one question on it.
When everyone received the test it was a blank sheet of paper with a solitary question on it: ‘What is risk?’.
Most students were able to pass, but only one student received 100% for the class! Even stranger was that he only wrote down one word!
One day Alice meets the Lion and the Unicorn in the Forest of Forgetfulness. She knows that the Lion lies on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, and tells the truth on the other days of the week. The Unicorn, on the other hand, lies on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, but tells the truth on the other days of the week.
Now they make the following statements to Alice: Lion: Yesterday was one of my lying days. Unicorn: Yesterday was one of my lying days too.
I organized a small get together at my home. In the party, i have a barrel with some whiskey in it.
Suddenly, Guest 1 say ‘I bet this barrel of whiskey is more than half full’. Guest 2 replied ‘No, its less than half full’.
I don’t have any measuring instrument and without removing whiskey from it, how can i determine which of the guest is right ?
You are an expert on paranormal activity and have been hired to locate a spirit haunting an old resort hotel. Strong signs indicate that the spirit lies behind one of four doors. The inscriptions on each door read as follows:
Door A: It’s behind B or C Door B: It’s behind A or D Door C: It’s in here Door D: It’s not in here
Your psychic powers have told you three of the inscriptions are false, and one is true. Behind which door will you find the spirit?
A man is stranded on an island covered in forest.
One day, when the wind is blowing from the west, lightning strikes the west end of the island and sets fire to the forest. The fire is very violent, burning everything in its path, and without intervention the fire will burn the whole island, killing the man in the process.
There are cliffs around the island, so he cannot jump off.
How can the Alexander survive the fire? (There are no buckets or any other means to put out the fire)
A young man walks through the forest. He comes to a bridge. In front of the bridge is a large man carrying an axe. The man says,
“If you want to cross this bridge, you must tell me a statement.
If I think the statement is true, you will be strangled to death.
If I say the statement is false, your head will be chopped off.”
A few minutes later, the young man walked over the bridge, while the larger man stood pondering.
What was the statement the young man had given?
On occasion of Diwali festival, the Ice cream seller is selling ice cream at an 80% discount.
But, he got just two flavors, vanilla and strawberry. He is selling vanilla at Rs 10 and strawberry at Rs 20. However, he is giving just one ice cream to each person.
Nisha went to the shop and give the seller Rs.20 and without asking her the seller gives her strawberry ice cream. Next, Anuj comes and also gave the seller the same amount i.e. Rs 20. Now the seller asks Anuj which ice-cream does he wants.
Why such a different behavior towards Nisha and Anuj?