Critical Thinking Interview Puzzles With Answers

#181 - Secret Code puzzle

A man wanted to get into his work building, but he had forgotten his code. However, he did remember five clues. These are what those clues were:

The fifth number plus the third number equals fourteen.

The fourth number is one more than the second number.

The first number is one less than twice the second number.

The second number plus the third number equals ten.

The sum of all five numbers is 30.

What were the five numbers and in what order?

#182 - Find Next Number

What is the next number?

77, 49, 36, 18 ?

#183 - Extraordinary Riddle

Something Extraordinary happened on May 6th 1978 at 12:34am what was that?

#184 - A Riddle

A bus driver was heading down a street in Delhi. He went right past a stop sign without stopping, he turned left where there was a 'no left turn' sign and he went the wrong way on a one-way street. Then he went on the left side of the road past a cop car. Still - he didn't break any traffic laws. Why not?

#185 - Statement Riddle

'Ferrari driver' easily beats the 'force Indian driver' in a two-car race.How did Indian newspapers truthfully report so to look as 'force Indian drive' had outdone the 'Ferrari driver'

Think ?

#186 - Professor Riddle

A professor thinks of two consecutive numbers between 1 and 10.
'A' knows the 1st number and 'B' knows the second number

A: I do not know your number.
B: Neither do I know your number.
A: Now I know.

There are four solution for this.What are they ??

#187 - Hard Short Riddles

1)How is the moon like a dollar

2)Why is the letter I like Delhi?

3)What is the shortest complete sentence in the English language

4)If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?

5)How could a cowboy ride into town on Friday, stay two days, and ride out on Friday

#188 - Famous Elevator Puzzle

A man who lives on the tenth floor takes the elevator down to the first floor every morning and goes to work. In the evening, when he comes back; on a rainy day, or if there are other people in the elevator, he goes to his floor directly. Otherwise, he goes to the seventh floor and walks up three flights of stairs to his apartment.
Can you explain why?

#189 - Water Jugs Problem

Six jugs are in a row.
The first three are filled with coke, and the last three are empty.
By moving only one glass, can you arrange them so that the full and the empty glasses alternate?

#190 - Detective Puzzle

There are five people. One of them shot and killed one of the other five.
We know following clues:
1. Dan ran in the NY City Marathon yesterday with one of the innocent men.
2. Mike consider being a farmer before he moved to the city.
3. Jeff is a top notch computer consultant and wants to install Ben 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 brother. They grew up together in Seattle.

Consider yourself to be a famous detective "Sherlock Homles", Can you find the killer?