#511 - Four Squares Matchsticks Puzzle
In the formation, you can see a few arranged matchsticks. Can you form three squares by moving just three matchsticks ?
The figures shows how to do it.
#512 - Who Is The Murderer Riddle
Role Action
Block Prevents the target player from acting
Redirect Change target player target.
Save Protects the target player from death.
Seer Sees all actions that occurred
Murderer Kills the target player
Following five players are playing:
Andy
Brian
Chris
Daniel
Fred
You are Andy the Seer and you saw the following things:
a) Brian was redirected to Chris.
b) Chris was blocked.
c) Daniel was killed.
Who is the murderer then?
The murderer is Fred.
Andy is the seer so exclude him.
Now, if Brian was murderer, then Chris should have been killed.
Now we know that Chris was blocked. Therefore he cannot be the murderer.
Daniel cant be the killer as he was killed himself.
This leaves with Fred.
#513 - Trick Story Puzzle
A man was telling some of his war stories to his grandchildren.
"When the World War I was on the verge of end, I was awarded for my bravery for I had saved a group of my men." He coughed and then added, "When we were fighting in northern France, an enemy soldier threw a grenade at us. Before it could explode, I picked it up and threw it away. For my act of bravery, right before the war ended, A General gave me a sword engraved with the words "Awarded for Display of Bravery and Heroism in World War 1"."
Hearing this, one of the grandson spoke up. "Grandpa, this is not a true story. It can"t be true!"
The truth is that it was not. How did the grand children know it?
The word "World War I" could not have been engraved on the sword. This is because the Second World War had not happened then and nobody knew that it will happen.
#514 - Famous Chess Board Puzzle
In a chess board, the queen piece can movie horizontally, vertically and diagonally freely. The picture represents the same.Can you place 8 queens on the board in a manner that none of the queens can attack each other?
See the image to find out how it can be done.
#515 - Hard Tricky Maths Trivia Question
Can you think of three numbers that gives a prime number as their product and also the difference between the second and first is equal to the difference between third and second?
The three numbers are: -3, -1 and 1.
Remember that we never asked for positive numbers.
#516 - Measure Time Interview Puzzle
There are two candles. Both will only burn exactly for an hour. How will you use these two candles to measure forty-five minutes?
Burn one candle from both the ends and simultaneously burn the other candle from just one end. In half an hour, the first candle would have been burnt fully and the second one would have been burnt half. Now light the other end of the second candle as well. In this way, the second candle will take only half the time (30/2 = 15) to burn fully.
Thus, you will have measured forty five minutes.
#517 - Popular Missing Number Sequence
Can you find out the missing number?
? 4 5 3 5
9 5 7 10 3
4
The number in the upper row indicates the number of letters in the alphabetical form of the number below.
9 = Nine = four letters
Therefore the missing number is 4.
#518 - 8 Letter Picture Puzzle
In the given picture, you can find two letters to be missing. When two particular letters are placed in the missing spots, you get an eight letter word while reading in anti-clockwise direction. Can you find out the missing letters and the missing word eventually?
The missing letters are C (on the right) and P (on the left) and the word is champion.
#519 - Trick Quick Riddle
Usually, a boxing match consist of twelve rounds. In a particular friendly match between two heavyweights, the match was finished in the seventh round itself as one of the boxer knocked out the other one.
But, in that fight, no man threw even a single punch.
How can this be possible ?
This is absolutely possible because the match was between two female boxers.
#520 - Complete The Equation Puzzle
Below, you can see three complete equations and one incomplete. Based on the three complete ones, can you complete the incomplete one?
5 $ 4 $ 3 $ 9 = 4215
6 $ 9 $ 2 $ 6 = 3816
4 $ 7 $ 3 $ 3 = 1122
7 $ 2 $ 7 $ 4 = ____
2418 is the answer.
The algo that has been used here is
A $ B $ C $ D = [first digit of (A * D)] [last digit of (B * C)] [first digit of (B * C)] [last digit of (A * D)]
Using the same algo,
7 $ 2 $ 7 $ 4 = [first digit of (7 * 4)] [last digit of (2 * 7)] [first digit of (2 * 7)] [last digit of (7 * 4)]
= 2418