Akbar Birbal Puzzles
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One day, Akbar challenged Birbal to bring him a half-red and half-green leaf. Birbal accepted the challenge and went into the garden.
How did Birbal manage to bring a leaf that was half-red and half-green?
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Two beggars came to Akbar’s court to settle a dispute. Each claimed the ownership of a particular mango tree. Akbar, wanting to resolve the issue fairly, called Birbal for advice. Birbal suggested that the tree should be split in half and each beggar should be given one half. One beggar agreed, but the other cried out and said the tree should be given to the other beggar because he couldn’t bear to see the tree harmed.
Who did the tree belong to?
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Akbar once gave Birbal a task to make a list of the ten biggest fools in the kingdom. Birbal returned with a list, and the first name on it was Akbar’s. When Akbar asked for an explanation, Birbal said, “A person who entrusts his precious diamond to a stranger without verifying his background is the biggest fool.”
How did Akbar react?
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One day, Akbar asked Birbal to fill a pot with wisdom and bring it to him. Birbal thought for a moment, then took a pot and filled it with water. He covered the pot and presented it to Akbar.
Why did Birbal fill the pot with water?
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To tease, King Akbar told his most clever advisor Birbal to give his daughter one thing that she can eat when hungry, drink if she feels thirsty and can burn if she feels cold. King Akbar was shocked when Birbal gave Akbar’s daughter one such thing that satisfies all of the above.
What did Birbal give to Akbar’s daughter?
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The King of a distant land had heard that Birbal was one of the wisest men in the East and so desired to meet Birbal. He sent Birbal an invitation to visit his country.
In due course, Birbal arrived in the distant kingdom. When he entered the palace he was flabbergasted to find not one but six kings seated there. All looked alike. All were dressed in kingly robes. Who was the real king?
The very next moment he got his answer. Confidently, he approached the king and bowed to him.
How did Birbal know who was the real king?
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One day, Birbal got late for a function and Akbar was highly disappointed.
Please forgive me Jahanpanah. I arrived late because my child was crying and I had to calm him down, explained Birbal.
Does it take this long to placate a child? questioned the emperor. I feel that you have no idea about how to raise a child. I order you to act like a child and I will act like your father to show you how you should have dealt with your child. Come on! Ask me all that he asked from you.
Father, I want a cow, said Birbal.
The emperor quickly ordered one of the servants to bring a cow to the kingdom.
I want to drink its milk, now, now, now! said Birbal, imitating the voice of his child.
Akbar asked his servants to milk the cow and give to Birbal.
The servants quickly milked the cow and offered the milk to Birbal. He sipped in a little and then gave the bowl to the emperor.
As Birbal put up the next demand that was put up by his child a few hours ago, the emperor was stunned and left the room.
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Birbal was jester, counsellor, and fool to the great Moghul emperor, Akbar.
The villagers loved to talk of Birbal’s wisdom and cleverness,
and the emperor loved to try to outsmart him.
One day Akbar (emperor) drew a line across the floor.
“Birbal,” he ordered, “you must make this line shorter, but you cannot erase any bit of it.”
Everyone present thought the emperor had finally outsmarted Birbal.
It was clearly an impossible task.
Yet within moments the emperor and everyone else present had to agree that Birbal had made the line shorter without erasing any of it.
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One fine day, an intellectual man came to the emperor’s court with the aim of testing Birbal’s wittiness. In order to do this, he challenged Birbal to answer his question and hence prove that he was as intelligent and witty as he was said to be.
He asked Birbal, Do you want me to ask one difficult question or a hundred easy ones?
Since both Akbar and Birbal had had a tough day and were eager to leave, Birbal hastily told the intellectual to ask him a single difficult question.
Intellectual: OK. Tell me what came first into the world, the egg or the chicken?
Of course, the chicken, Birbal replied with a smile.
This time with a note of victory in his voice, the intellectual asked Birbal, How will you demonstrate that?
What did Birbal say?
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