Any good Brain- Teasers?
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You are visiting an island on which two tribes of natives live. One tribe has black soles and always lies; the other tribe has white soles and always tells the truth. There are three natives standing near you. You can't see the bottoms of their feet, and indeed you find out it is extremely rude to look at another's soles, but you are curious so you ask the first man,
"Sir, what color are your soles?" Now he happens to understand English, but he can't speak it, so he replies in his native tongue, "Glub Glub".
You turn to the second man and ask, "Sir, what did he say?" The second man replies, "He said he had white soles."
Now to be sure, you turn to the third and ask, "Sir, what color of soles does this second man have?" The third man replies, "Sir, he has black soles."
Now the question is, what color of soles does the third native have?
"Sir, what color are your soles?" Now he happens to understand English, but he can't speak it, so he replies in his native tongue, "Glub Glub".
You turn to the second man and ask, "Sir, what did he say?" The second man replies, "He said he had white soles."
Now to be sure, you turn to the third and ask, "Sir, what color of soles does this second man have?" The third man replies, "Sir, he has black soles."
Now the question is, what color of soles does the third native have?
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Originally posted by Sly
you have a pack of matches
you have 2 fuses or wicks
each is a different length
each burns for exactly 1 hour
each burns at an uneven, unpredictable rate
How do you measure 15 minutes of time without any other devices?
you have a pack of matches
you have 2 fuses or wicks
each is a different length
each burns for exactly 1 hour
each burns at an uneven, unpredictable rate
How do you measure 15 minutes of time without any other devices?
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Originally posted by sumir brahmbhatt
ez he was on a deserted island with his friend and something about not being any food but albatross, and then what he thought he was eating on the island was not albatross and damit im lost now
ez he was on a deserted island with his friend and something about not being any food but albatross, and then what he thought he was eating on the island was not albatross and damit im lost now
Hahhaa!! pretty close... Here's the answer....
The old man was blind. He was once a sailor, who was lost at sea with several shipmates. The ship ran out of food. People started dying, and the living shipmates started eating the bodies. In order to save the blind man the despair of eating his dead shipmates, they simply told him it was albatross.
Fast forward several years, the man orders albatross soup. It doesn't taste like anything he'd ever had before...including the albatross he supposedly ate while lost at sea. He suddenly realizes he had been eating his dead shipmates. He kills himself.
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A man lives on the 14th. floor of a high rise block. Every morning he gets in the lift on the 14th floor and travels to the ground floor in the lift and then goes to work. Every evening when he comes home he gets in the lift on the ground floor, travels in the lift to the 10th floor where he gets out and climbs the stairs to make the rest of the journey to the 14th floor.
Why?
Why?
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by integrate
[B]The King is about to die. He sends messengers throughout the land seeking for the 3 smartest people. Finally 3 are found. He gives them a task to see which one is the wisest. He tells them, "I will seat you in a triangle so that each of you faces the other two. Then I will blindfold you and paint either a red or a green dot on each of your foreheads. When I remove the blindfolds each of you must raise your hand if you see any green dots, i.e. 1 or 2. As soon as you have figured out what color your own dot is, lower your hand and tell me."
[B]The King is about to die. He sends messengers throughout the land seeking for the 3 smartest people. Finally 3 are found. He gives them a task to see which one is the wisest. He tells them, "I will seat you in a triangle so that each of you faces the other two. Then I will blindfold you and paint either a red or a green dot on each of your foreheads. When I remove the blindfolds each of you must raise your hand if you see any green dots, i.e. 1 or 2. As soon as you have figured out what color your own dot is, lower your hand and tell me."
