Puzzle Questions with Answers
At this page you can find the top 10 puzzles that can puzzled your mind. You can post your answer in comment section.
Puzzle No. 1
There are two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck and a duck in the middle. How many ducks are there?
Puzzle No. 2
This
“burning rope” problem is a one of classic logic puzzle. You have two ropes
that each take an hour to burn, but burn at inconsistent rates. How can
you measure 45 minutes? (You can light one or both ropes at one or both
ends at the same time.)
Puzzle No.3
A
girl meets a lion and unicorn in the forest. The lion lies every
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and the other days he speaks the truth.
The unicorn lies on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and the other days
of the week he speaks the truth. “Yesterday I was lying,” the lion told
the girl. “So was I,” said the unicorn. What day is it?
Puzzle No.4
There
are three people (Alex, Ben and Cody), one of whom is a knight, one a
knave, and one a spy. The knight always tells the truth, the knave
always lies, and the spy can either lie or tell the truth. Alex says:
“Cody is a knave.” Ben says: “Alex is a knight.” Cody says: “I am the
spy.” Who is the knight, who the knave, and who the spy?
Puzzle No.5
Let’s
pretend we’re on the metric system and use kilograms instead of pounds
to give us a starting base number of 100. Four people (Alex, Brook,
Chris and Dusty) want to cross a river in a boat that can only carry
100kg. Alex weighs 90kg, Brook weighs 80kg, Chris weighs 60kg and Dusty
weighs 40kg, and they have 20kg of supplies. How do they get across?
Puzzle No.6
A
bad guy is playing Indian roulette with a six-shooter revolver. He
puts in one bullet, spins the chambers and fires at you, but no bullet
comes out. He gives you the choice of whether or not he should spin the
chambers again before firing a second time. Should he spin again?
Puzzle No.7
If five cats can catch five mice in five minutes, how long will it take one cat to catch one mouse?
Puzzle No.8
Three
men are lined up behind each other. The tallest man is in the back and
can see the heads of the two in front of him; the middle man can see the
one man in front of him; the man in front can’t see anyone. They are
blindfolded and hats are placed on their heads, picked from three black
hats and two white hats. The extra two hats are hidden and the
blindfolds removed. The tallest man is asked if he knows what color hat
he’s wearing; he doesn’t. The middle man is asked if he knows; he
doesn’t. But the man in front, who can’t see anyone, says he knows. How
does he know, and what color hat is he wearing?
Puzzle No.9
There
are three crates, one with apples, one with oranges, and one with both
apples and oranges mixed. Each crate is closed and labeled with one of
three labels: Apples, Oranges, or Apples and Oranges. The label maker
broke and labeled all of the crates incorrectly. How could you pick just
one fruit from one crate to figure out what’s in each crate?
Puzzle No.10
A
bad guy is playing Indian roulette with a six-shooter revolver. He
puts in two bullet, spins the chambers and fires at you, but no bullet
comes out. He gives you the choice of whether or not he should spin the
chambers again before firing a second time. Should he spin again?
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