#1071 - September Riddle
man gave one son 10 cents and another son was given 15 cents. What time is it?
1:45.
The man gave away a total of 25 cents. He divided it between two people. Therefore, he gave a quarter to two
man gave one son 10 cents and another son was given 15 cents. What time is it?
1:45.
The man gave away a total of 25 cents. He divided it between two people. Therefore, he gave a quarter to two
There's a land where there's mummies and daddies but no babies. Books but no libraries. Mirrors but no reflections. Kittens but no cats. Cattle but no cows. Lollipops but no candy and trees but no forests. It's the land of what?
Double Letters
The puzzle is if the shopkeeper can only place the weights in one side of the common balance. For example if shopkeeper has weights 1 and 3 then he can measure 1, 3 and 4 only. Now the question is how many minimum weights and names the weights you will need to measure all weights from 1 to 1000. This is a fairly simple problem and very easy to prove also. Answer for this puzzle is given below.
This is simply the numbers 2^0,2^1,2^2 ... that is 1,2,4,8,16... So for making 1000 kg we need up to 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, and 512
Without looking at a calendar, within a minute name a boys name using 5 consecutive 1st letters of 5 consecutive months
JASON----July August September October November
I am a seven letter word but if you remove four of my letters I will have one left? What word am I?
Someone
Remove Some
How many times do a clock's hands overlap in a day ?
22 times
am
12:00
1:05
2:11
3:16
4:22
5:27
6:33
7:38
8:44
9:49
10:55
pm
12:00
1:05
2:11
3:16
4:22
5:27
6:33
7:38
8:44
9:49
10:55
An express train takes 3 seconds to enter tunnel which is 1 km long.
If it is traveling at 120 km an hour, how long will it take to pass completely through the tunnel
The train takes 30 seconds to travel 1 km, plus 3 seconds for the complete train to pass any point, making a total of 33 seconds.
What letter is next in this sequence?
O, T, T, F, F, S, S, E, __
**Hint:Its a Number Series Puzzle
N for Nine
IT'S A 7 LETTER WORD.
IF WE REMOVE 1 LETTER FROM IT, IT REMAINS SAME.
IF WE REMOVE 2 LETTERS FROM IT, IT REMAINS SAME.
IF WE REMOVE 3 LETTERS FROM IT, IT REMAINS SAME.
IF WE REMOVE ALL THE LETTERS FROM IT, STILL IT REMAINS SAME.
WHATZ IT ?
POSTBOX
After a heavy Thanksgiving meal, the night watchman went to work. In the morning, he told his boss he had dreamed that a saboteur planted a bomb in the factory and that he felt it was a warning. The boss promptly fired him. Worked confused... Why boss fired him ?
The watchman had been sleeping on the job. Otherwise, he would not have been dreaming.