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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Question 1
ReplyDeleteAnswer = there are 3 ducts in total
Question 2
Answer= you can measure exactly 45 minutes by burning tha ropes in two consecutive stage
Question 3
Answer= It is Thursday
Question 4
Answer= Here is the step-by-step breakdown:The Rules: A knight always tells the truth, a knave always lies, and a spy can do either.Analyze Cody: Cody claims, "I am the spy."A knight cannot say th
Question 5
Answer= The Constraints: Total capacity is 100kg.The Weights: Alex (90kg), Brook (80kg), Chris (60kg), Dusty (40kg), Supplies (20kg).
Question 6
Answer=Why it works: A six-shooter revolver has 6 chambers. Putting in one bullet means there are 5 empty chambers and 1 loaded chamber.
Question 7
Answer= Why it works: The puzzle states that 5 cats working together catch 5 mice in 5 minutes. This means that, on average, it takes each individual cat 5 minutes to catch its own individual mouse. If you scale it down to just 1 cat and 1 mouse, the time required remains exactly the same.
Question 8
Answer=Why it works: There are 3 black hats and 2 white hats available.
Question 9
Answer=You must pick one fruit from the crate labeled "Apples and Oranges".Why it works: The critical clue is that all crates are labeled incorrectly.Step 1: Draw a fruit from the "Apples and Oranges" crate.Step 2: If you pull out an apple, you know this crate must be the pure Apples crate (because it cannot be the mixed crate due to the incorrect label rule).
Question 10
Answer=, he should not spin again—you want him to just pull the trigger immediately.The Logic:Assuming the two bullets are placed in adjacent chambers (which is the standard assumption for this classic puzzle style so that it's a solvable problem):
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