In a competition, the contestants had to hold something. When the winner was announced, he was a physically disabled person. How can this be possible?
The contestants had to hold breath and the disabled person could hold it for longest.
A container contains hundred eggs. They can be either fresh or rotten. What is sure is the fact that there is at least one fresh egg in that container.
If you are asked to pick two eggs randomly from the container, at least one of them will be rotten.
Can you calculate how many eggs in that container are fresh ?
Only one egg in that container is fresh.
The question tells us that at least one egg in that container is fresh. Then the question says when two eggs are picked at random, at least one egg will be rotten. This concludes that all the other 99 eggs are rotten or there would have been possibility of picking two fresh eggs as well.
A shepherd had twenty sheep, out of which, all but thirteen died.
Can you tell us how many sheep was he left with?
He was left with thirteen sheep.
The phrase "all but thirteen died" actually means that all except thirteen died.
There are nine chocolates in a box. Nine people take nine chocolates with them. However, one chocolate is still left in the box.
How can that be possible ?
This is pretty simple. The last person took the box along with the chocolate inside the box. Thus, one still remains in the box.
The following brain bat means "Slow Down".
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Using the same concept, can you find out what the following brain bat means?
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Reading the first brain bat downwards, we can conclude the meaning "Slow Down."
Similarly, reading the second brain bat upwards, we can conclude the meaning to be "Give Up".
Outside a massage parlor there is a board that reads "I only massage those who do not massage themselves."
Reading above statement, does the masseur massages himself?
Well this is a paradox sentence which does not have any specific answer.
A pond had 57 fishes, out of which, all but 17 died.
How many fishes are now present in that pond?
Read the question carefully. The phrase ‘all but 17 died’ refers to the fact that all except 17 fishes died. Therefore, 17 fishes remain in the pond now.
Can you count the number of squares in the given picture?
The total number of squares are 17.
Let us assume that the smaller square is 1 unit in size.
Number of squares with 1 unit size = 12
Number of squares with 2 unit size = 5
There is no square with 3 unit size.
Thus total number of squares = 12 + 5 = 17.
Can you move 2 matchsticks to form four equal sized squares.
you can move matchstick as explained.
