#281 - Quick Thinking Question

Neha is twentieth from the bottom in a queue of 100 girls.
What is her position from the top of the queue ?

The position of girls higher than queue is: 100 - 20 = 80.
Thus, position of Neha from the top = 80 + 1 = 81.

#282 - Haunted House Riddle

To spice up your Halloween, you decide to enter a haunted house with your girlfriend. As you enter, an eerie silence embraces you and you can see nothing because its dark. You fumble your way and try your luck to find the switches, but it turns out to be a waste as there is no electricity connection to the house.

When you decide to turn back, the door closes on you and you are trapped in the house with your girlfriend who has now started panicking.

While you are trying to console her, an evil laughter takes you by surprise. Then, you see a faint figure who tells you that you have three doors in front of you and you must take one of them; it is the only way to free yourself. The figure describes that the first door opens up to a compact space filled with a swarm of deadly bees and you will be stung endlessly by them. The second door opens up to the electricity chairs. You both will be strapped to the chairs for five minutes and exposed to high voltage electricity. The third door opens up with a pit that has no bottom and you will keep falling endlessly into nothingness.

While this leaves you all panicked, which door will you choose if you have no other choice?

You must choose the door that opens with electric chairs. This is because there is no electricity in the house. Thus, you will just have to sit on the chairs for five minutes and then you will be free to go.

#283 - Tricky Situation Riddle

My girlfriend and I took a flight to the United States and were able to reach the destination in two and a half hours.

After spending some quality week together, we flew back to our home. However, it took us 150 minutes this time even though the plane flew at the same speed.

Can you find out how?

Two and a half hours are same as 150 minutes.

#284 - Stairs Colour Riddle

My cousin lives in one story house in Antarctica. His house is made the of-of sandstone. what is the color of stairs?

No stairs in one story building.

#285 - Dancing Girls Count Puzzle

Niharika is practicing her dance steps along with her friends. In a particular sequence, all of them form a row. At that point, Niharika is standing on the 4th position from either end of the row.
Can you find out how many girls are practicing together?

7

As Niharika is 4th from either end of the row, it means that 3 girls are on one of her sides and 3 are present on the other.
3 + 3 + 1(Niharika herself) = 7.
Hence, 7 girls are practicing the dance together.

#286 - QuickFire Trick Teaser

I have 50-inch long bedsheet, I need to create 50 handkerchiefs each size of 1-inch. I take one minute to cut 1-inch handkerchief. So how long will it take to cut 50 handkerchiefs?

49 seconds. When I made the 49th cut, we left with 1-inch handkerchief which we wont need to cut

#287 - Car Driver Eye Color Riddle

You are a cab driver who pools passengers. You pick 3 people from a destination and drop 1 after an hour. 2 people climb aboard at the same time and you drop 3 at the next destination. After some time, you pick 2 passengers only to drop 1 after a short distance where 3 more passengers climb up the cab. You leave the rest of the passengers one by one to their destination and then come back home.

Can you tell the eye color of the cab driver?

As per the first sentence, you are the cab driver. Therefore, just check your own eye color and you can answer this simple question.

#288 - FAQ Trick Teaser Riddle

Is it possible to build a house that has all its walls facing the south direction?

Yes, if you build the house at the north pole, it will fulfill the requirement.

#289 - Short Logic Trick Teaser

John Terry was drowned by he was not wet. How?

John Terry was trapped in the quicksand.

#290 - Running Goose Puzzle

There is a wide field of corn. A goose finds its way into the field and starts running. Can you find out till which point the goose can run into the field?

The goose can only run till the mid point into the field. After the mid point, it will actually be running out of the field.