#1381 - Funny Christmas Riddle
What do lions sing at Christmas ?
They sing 'Jungle Bells!;
#1382 - ZS Associates Interview Induction Logic
There is an ancient kingdom where every married women keeps information regarding the fidelity of other men. However what they don't know is the fidelity of their own husbands. Also there is an ancient belief due to which they don't tell each other about the fidelity of their husbands.
On a certain day, the queen of the kingdom declares that she has identified at least one unfaithful man in the kingdom. She allows the wives to identify and gives them authority to kill their husband if they are unfaithful at midnight.
How will the wives manage it?
Let us begin with the assumption that only one man is unfaithful. In that case everyone except wife of his will know about him. But his wife will know that all other men are unfaithful and on the statement of queen that there is at least one unfaithful man in the kingdom, she will shoot his husband at midnight.
Now assume that there are two unfaithful men in the kingdom. Then their wives will know about one unfaithful man. So they will wait for the midnight. But when nobody will be shot at midnight, they will come to know that there must be more than one unfaithful husband and they will come to know that their husband is also unfaithful. Thus both of them will shoot their husbands at midnight.
Assume that there are three unfaithful husbands. Their wives will know about the two unfaithful men and they will wait for two midnights but when nobody will be shot, they will come to know that there are more than two unfaithful men and they will understand that their own husband is unfaithful. Thus they will shoot their husbands at the third midnight.
Thus for any general case where there are n unfaithful husbands, each of their wives will believe there are n-1 unfaithful husband and will be expecting a shot on the midnight of n-1 day. When they don't hear any gunshot, they will realize that their own husband was the nth.
#1383 - Mentor Graphics Logic Interview Puzzle
There are hundred red gems and hundred blue gems. The blue gems are priceless while the red gems equals wastage. You have two sacks one labelled Heads and other Tails. You have to distribute the gems as you want in the two sacks. Then a coin will be flipped and you will be asked to pick up a gem randomly from the corresponding sack.
How will you distribute the gems between the sacks so that the odds of picking a Blue gem is maximum ?
All you have to do is put a blue gem in any one of the sack and the other blue gems in the other sack. Doing this will provide you a shade under 3/4 probability of picking up a blue gem.
#1384 - Impossible Riddle To Solve
If this sentence is not true then I can fly like superman.
As per the above sentence, can I fly like superman ?
There is no answer to this question as it is a paradox.
#1385 - Funny Brain Twister
A father goes bankrupt. The mother has to sell the restaurant she had in her possession in order to attain some money. But their daughter is quite happy.
How can someone be so heartless and show such boorishness?
It's simple, they are playing monopoly.
#1386 - Statements Riddle
I travelled to Japan and stopped near a store in order to use the restroom. But the problem was that I could not speak Japanese and thus I was not able to ask which one was for males and which one was for females. I find a person who can understand English but can only speak in Japanese.
I desperately needed to go to the restroom. What two questions did I asked so I could figure with restroom was meant for whom ?
The first question I asked was "Is this restroom for men?" while pointing at one of them. I just remembered the word he said. Then I asked "Am I a man?" Now I knew that the second response will mean yes only. Thus I could compare the second response with the first to find out if the restroom I pointed at was correct or not.
If he says the same word, then the restroom I pointed at must be for males only. If he said a different word, the restroom I pointed at will be wrong and for females.
#1387 - Logic Statement Puzzle
A journalist was investigating a sacred cult in the jungles of Africa when he was caught by one of the person. He was confined in a cave till the leader arrived. The leader told him that he need to tell him a statement. If he thinks the statement is true, then the journalist head will be chopped off. If he thinks that the statement is false, his head will be smashed with a hammer.
What statement did the journalist make to survive?
The journalist said "My head will be smashed with a hammer".
#1388 - Rude Riddle
A father is locked up in a jail. His wife has gone bankrupt. Their male child has to sell his hotel in order to gain some money. Yet their girl child does not care and is quite happy.
How can someone be so rude ?
Whole of the family is playing monopoly and the girl is winning the game.
#1389 - Alternating Number Series Puzzle
Find the missing number in the series below
13 -21 34 -55 ? -144
89
13 -21 34 -55 ? -144
The number is differnce between right number and left number.
i.e
example
13-(-21) = 34
-21-(34) = -55
34-(-55) = 89 answer
-55-(89) = -144
