Best Riddles of 2014 | Best Riddles and Brain Teasers

#191 - Tricky Interview Puzzle

I have a sore throat and a severe headache. I have four tablets with me that are identical to each other and they dont have any cover on them. There is no way I can identify which tablet serves what purpose. The only thing that I know is that two of these four tablets are for throat and the remaining two are for the headache. To treat my condition, I must take 1 of each. What will I do now ?

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I cannot identify the tablets by any means. Thus the only solution available is to cut each tablet in half and have them. In this way, it does not matter which tablet is for what purpose. I will be ultimately be having 1 of each.

#192 - Murder Mystery Story To Solve

A man is lying dead in a field where no one is around. His head is split open and his legs are disfigured. Near to him, there is an unopened package. No living organism can be found anywhere at the crime scene.

How did he die?

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The man jumped from a plane but failed in opening his parachute. That is the unopened package that is lying with him at the crime scene.

#193 - Popular Thursday Riddle

A girl rode into a tourist spot out of the city on Thursday. She loved the place and decided to stay for a few days. She stayed for four days and then she left for back home on Thursday.

How can this be possible?

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This is possible as Thursday was the name of her car.

#194 - Well Known Hiccups Riddle

A man walked into a pub and went straight towards the barman. He asked for a dirty martini from the barman. The barman thought something and then pulled out a pistol from a drawer. He aimed it directly at the man. Why did he do that?

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The man who asked for the dirty martini was having hiccups which was evident when he asked for it. Thus, the barman pulled out a gun and aimed at him to give him a shock which ultimately cured his hiccups.

#195 - Trick Humorous Puzzle

You were playing ping pong with your friend. Suddenly the ball fell into a narrow metal pipe that was imbedded in the concrete surface of the floor one foot deep. Now you dont have any other ball and you desperately want to take it out and play. You and your friend have your shoe laces, your tennis paddle and a plastic water bottle. However the bottle cannot fit into the pipe.

How will you take the ball out?

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All the tools you have are just given to draw your attention. In reality, you wont be using any one of them to take out that ball. It is a ping pong ball right? You have a water bottle too. Just empty the bottle in that narrow hole and your ball will float to the top automatically.

#196 - GP Mathematics Puzzle

A rubber ball keeps on bouncing back to 2/3 of the height from which it is dropped. Can you calculate the fraction of its original height that the ball will bounce after it is dropped and it has bounced four times without any hindrance ?

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Let us solve this question one step at a time.
We know that each time the ball is dropped it bounces back and reach 2/3 of the height.
Thus, after the first bounce, the ball will reach 2/3 of the height from which it was dropped.
After the second bounce, the ball will reach 2/3 of the height again after the first bounce.
Thus the total height at which the ball must have reached by this time will be 2/3 * 2/3 = 4/9 of the original height.
After third bounce, 2/3 * 2/3 * 2/3 = 8/27 of the original height.
After fourth bounce, 2/3 * 2/3 * 2/3 * 2/3 = 16/81 of the original height.

Thus, the ball will reach 16/81 of the original height from which it was dropped.

#197 - Spiral Square Stick Puzzle

Can you move three sticks of the spiral below to form a square ?

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#198 - How Many Triangles Hexagon Puzzle

Cont number of triangle in the hexagon below ?

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76

#199 - Funny And Clever Riddle

You are stuck on an island where you have nothing. You find four pieces of paper somewhere on the island. What will be your strategy to escape from the island safely?

PS: No other resource is available to you on the island, neither can you build anything.

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Nothing is the name of a ship that has been docked near the coast. The four pieces of paper contains the map and directions that can be used by you while driving the ship.

#200 - Missing Figure

Can you find the missing figure from the grid? Choose from the options given.

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The figure D will fit in the missing position. This is because with every figure, the number of black dots are increasing. Thus the D figure is the only one that I suitable.