Archive for the ‘Logic Games’ Category

Are girls evil?

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

http://komplexify.com/blog/2006/03/09/on-the-proof-of-the-supposed-evilness-of-girls/

Riddle batch of the day #2

Friday, December 12th, 2008

1. My first is twice in apple but not once in tart. My second is in liver but not in heart. My third is in giant and also in ghost. Whole I’m best when I am roast. What am I?

2. There are five acquaintances. One of them shot and killed one of the other five. Which man is the murderer? 1. Dan ran in the NY City marathon yesterday with one of the innocent men. 2. Mike considered being a farmer before he moved to the city. 3. Jeff is a top-notch computer consultant and wants to install Ben?s new computer next week. 4. The murderer had his leg amputated last month. 5. Ben met Jack for the first time six months ago. 6. Jack has been in seclusion since the crime. 7. Dan used to drink heavily. 8. Ben and Jeff built their last computers together. 9. The murderer is Jack’s brother; they grew up together in Seattle.

3.  Waiter asks “How many?”

Each person comes up with a different number.
1….3….4…and 0.
All of them are right.
how is this true?

4.  Sam Sham, Captain Frank, and a few other men were swapping war stories. Sham told one about his uncle Sly who lost his arm during the war. “Uncle Sly met a General who was shocked that Sly had lost his arm and yet had not received a medal for bravery. The general removed one of his own medals and pinned it on Sly’s uniform. He then mentioned that had Sly lost both arms, he would have received a commission. Hearing this, Sly withdrew his sword and with one swift stroke, he cut off his other arm. Shortly thereafter, he was appointed Minister of Armaments.” Captain Frank looked blankly at sham and said, “You couldn’t possibly expect anyone to believe that yarn, could you?” Why not?

5. A man goes into a bank one day and deposits $1,663.
A few days later he enters the same bank and deposits $1,527.
A few more days and the man deposits $1,126 and then $1,096.
How much will the man deposit next time he enters the bank??

Here are the numbers for you again:
1663
1527
1126
1096

6. What is small, round and wears shorts?

7. An old man did not have much except a well near his house.
He had two sons. he loved the elder more.
so while dying he gave his house to the elder and well to the younger
but there was a condition the water in the well belonged to the elder.
The elder son was wicked. He drove the younger out of his house.
So the younger made a small hut close by. But the elder charged him for the water from the well because he owned the water.
After a year the younger one went to the King to ask for justice. The King heard the case, and passed a judgment that pleased the younger and the elder was left at loss. What was the King’s judgment?

Riddle batch of the day #1

Friday, December 12th, 2008

1. What is a Fedja?

2. There are three chickens and one bird on the seashore and across the ocean there are 7 dogs. Two boats can bring them across but they can only go 3 at a time. Chickens can’t go with birds because they will fight. Dogs cant go with chickens because they will eat them. How do they get across?

3. A guy gets on a plane, sits down and notices his friend. He greets his friends and then gets thrown off the plane and put in jail. Why?

4. What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right hand?

5. There are seven girls on a school bus. Each girl has seven backpacks. in each backpack there are seven small cats. For every small cat, there are 8 big cats. how many legs are on the bus?

6. I saw a man in white, he looked quite a sight. He was not old, but he stood in the cold. And when he felt the sun, he started to run.

Bridge Brain Teaser

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

There are four people that need to walk across a bridge in the
middle of the night to get to the other side. Only two people
can cross the bridge at a time and they have only 1 flashlight,
which they all must use to cross the bridge. They need to cross
the bridge and have all four people on the other side in 17
minutes. One person can cross the bridge in 1 minute, another
person can cross the bridge in 2 minutes, another in 5 minutes
and the other in 10 minutes. How do all four people get across
the bridge in 17 minutes using 1 flashlight?

Chicken or the Egg?

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

River Riddle

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

There was a man who had a Fox, a Chicken, and a bag of Grain. He
had to cross a river to get back home, but he could only take one
item with him at a time. He could only take the fox, or the grain,
or the chicken. Well, if you leave a chicken and a fox on one side
of the river while taking the bag of grain across, the fox will
eat the chicken, same thing with the chicken and the grain. Can’t
leave those two alone or the chicken will eat the grain. How do
you get them all across the river safely?

Which wife belongs to which husband?

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

A man left a legacy of $10,000 to three relatives and their wives.
Together, the wives received $3960. June received $100 more than
Camille, and Martha received $100 more than June. Jack Smith was
given just as much as his wife, Horace Saunders got half as much
again as his wife, and Terry Conners received twice as much as his
wife. Which wife belongs to which husband?

Riddle Batch #5

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

1) The more there is the less you see…
What is it?

2) The man who invented it, doesn’t want it.
The man who bought it, doesn’t need it.
The man who needs it, doesn’t know it.
What is it?

3)
Born Motherless and Fatherless,
Into this world without a sin
Made a loud roar as I entered
And never spoke again.
What am I?

4)  If EELS + MARK + BEST + WARY = EASY
What does HELP + BARK + WARD + LEAD equal?

5) I am translucent and most people will have 20 of me. Should I leave you I will soon return.

Often times I can be displayed in many new coats of every color. I am tough but brittle and when
I break you will know.

Riddle Batch #4

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

1) How many days beforee 17th August is it, if 50 days ago,
it was four times as many days since March 30th?

2) Only two backbones, and a thousand ribs.
What is it?

3) You are in a room where there are no metal objects except for two iron rods. Only one of them is a magnet.
How can you identify this magnet?

4)  There is a boat full of people visible, however, when you look at it, there is not a single person. Why?

5)  Doctors hate them, fishermen like them, babies like to eat them?

Coin Puzzle

Monday, August 18th, 2008

What 2 coins make up 30 cents? Take note that one of them is not a quarter.