#1181 - Question Riddle
If in a cycle race, the man who came two places in front of the last man finished one ahead of the man who came fifth, how many contestants were there?
6
#1182 - Sherlock Holmes Puzzle
Sherlock Detective reviewed the information they had on the case so far.
A lady named 'himanshi' was found shot and they already had a list of suspects - Ankit , Tarun, Harish, Manoj and Manish.
Killer is a fan of sherlock and chalenge him by leaving notes ad various places.
* The first was found in a toilet room.
* The second was found in an art room.
* The third was in a restroom.
* the fourth in an underwater room.
* The fifth at the no smoking room.
All of the notes read the same thing, 'The clues are where you find the notes.' Yet, nothing was found at anyplace the notes were.
Sherlock the genius , immediately solved the case.
Who was the killer ?
Its Tarun
toilet room(T) , art room(a) , rest room (r) , underwater room (u) , no smoking room (n)
#1183 - what is the next number in this sequence
Find the next number in the sequence
1, 2, 6, 21, 88, __?
445
2=(1+1)1
6=(2+1)2
21=(6+1)3
88=(21+1)4
So 445=(88+1)5
#1185 - Situation Puzzle
3 surgeons decided to go for a camp and hired a guide for assistance. Over campfire , they met with an accident and the guide got seriously injured. The guide needs surgery(a minor one). The 3 surgeons decide to operate but they have only two medical gloves. To save the guide , all three surgeons are needed to operate on the guide, in sequence.
How can this be done without any of them being exposed to the blood of any of the others?
The first surgeon operates with the first glove (glove A) inside the second glove (glove B). The second surgeon operates using just glove B. The third surgeon operates using glove A, turned inside out, inside glove B.
#1186 - Mathematics Puzzle
Lavesh can paint a a house in just 3 hours.However it takes 6 hours for vishesh to complete the same job.
How long would it take for both to complete the same job?
two hours.
lavesh who could complete the job in 3 hours could complete 2/3 of the job in two hours. Vishesh who complete the job in 6 hours could complete 1/3 of the job in two hours.
2/3 + 1/3 = 1.
#1187 - Analytical Maths Riddle
Can you find four consecutive prime numbers that add up to 220?
47 + 53 + 59 + 61 = 220
#1188 - Detective Brain Teaser
Detective Ixolite of the NYPD was investigating a murder at Chicago.
It was a difficult case, and Ixolite was completely stumped until he noticed a message sent to him by the killer cunningly hidden in a newspaper advertisement selling Car Licence Plates.
Detective Ixolite thought about it for a while, and when he had solved the puzzle, immediately arrested the guilty man.
Q1) How did Ixolite know the advert was a clue for him?
Q2) Solve the code and tell me who Ixolite arrested.
This is the newspaper advert (Car licence plates for sale) that Detective Ixolite saw.
Plates For Sale;
[W 05 NWO]
[H 13 HSR ]
[O 05 EBM]
[D 08 UNE]
[U 10 HTY]
[N 04 BRE]
[N 16 TTE]
[I 26 LHC ]
[T 10 AEE]
[I 26 CNA]
[X 22 VDA]
1)The first bit is easy, as the first letter of each plate spells WHODUNNIT IX(A challenge to our Detective.)
2)The second bit is a little trickier, but I gave you the solution.If you read the last three letters in each plate from the bottom up and right to left you get ADVANCE EACH LETTER BY THE NUMBER SHOWN, so advance W by 5 to get B, H by 13 to get U and so on until you spell BUTLER DID IT.
#1190 - Logic Word Puzzle
You can take four of the five letters out of this word, but the pronunciation never changes. What is the word?
Queue (remove the last four letters – the pronunciation is the same)