Yahoo Interview Puzzles Questions With Answers

#331 - Knockout Tournament Matches Puzzle

A chess tournament is taking place on knock-out terms (the one who loses the match is out of the game).
(a) If 15 matches are played in total, how many players participated?
(b) If 50 players took part in the tournament, how many matches were played?

#332 - Cow 13 Letters Riddle

I can write cow in 13 letters.

Can You ?

#333 - Riddle for Mathematician

How can you write nineteen in a manner that if we take out one, it becomes twenty?

#334 - Classic Old Tricky Riddle

James named his first son Alpha, second Beta, third gamma and fourth Delta. What is the fifth son’s name.

#335 - Maths Shopkeeper Problem

A brand new Beats Headphone was on sale at 20% as a promotional offer. By what percent must the headphone price be increased to sell it at the original price again ?

#336 - Infosys Trick Interview Riddle

Bruce Banner was having a candle light dinner with his girlfriend. Suddenly a cold gush of wind entered through the open window and three of the ten candles were extinguished. Assuming that none of the other candles were extinguished.

How many candles are they left with in the end ?

#337 - Indiana Jones Treasure Logic Puzzle

Indiana Jones has found two gold bars in a treasure he just excavated from the ground. But the jungle people won’t let him take away their treasure. He runs and come across the only rope bridge that connects the other side of the river to the jungle. He is aware of the fact that the rope can accommodate the weight of only 160 lbs. He weighs 140 lbs and the gold bars are each 12 lbs. Still he manages to cross the rope bridge without shredding any cloth off his body.

How?

#338 - Smart Trick Teaser

While preparing the table for dinner, wife came up with an idea to tease his mathematician husband. She asked her husband to pick nine toothpicks and make ten without breaking any toothpick.

The husband was also smart and did it within seconds.

How ?

#339 - Recognizing Adam Eve Logic Riddle

A girl died and her soul was received in heaven. She was astonished to find uncountable naked people who looked as beautiful as they must have been in their twenties. She looked around to find anyone she knew and spotted Adam and Eve.

How could she recognize them?

#340 - Funniest Picture Riddle

You are a thief and you are being punished for your crime. The people of village have tied you head down on a tree with a rope that has been anchored in the ground. A candle is burning below the rope which is slowly burning it away. Just below your head, a Lion has been left loose who is waiting for you to drop down on the ground so he can have you as his lunch.

You have to survive the scenario. How will you do it?