Recent Riddles & Brain Teasers

Cristina learnt how to ride a horse recently. Just to test her skills, she rode the horse from her home to a mine which she covered in three minutes and returned home from the same path only this time she took four minutes. The reason was that while riding away from home, she was supported by the wind however while riding back, she was riding against the wind.

How fast do you think she could have ridden a mile if there was no wind?

In the picture below can you find the correct switch that will turn on the bulb?

Anabelle is a clever trader of rare artefacts. Each day she carries three boxes each filled with thirty artifacts. The boxes can't hold more than that. She travels far in northern lands to sell these artefacts but on the way, she comes across thirty checkpoints where she has to shed one of the artefacts for each sack to the authorities for letting her pass.

How many artifacts will be left with her when she reaches her destination crossing all the checkpoints?

What is represented by this BrainBat Pattern?

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A system error causes the change of John's net banking password. To sort this out, he calls the customer care. The following is the conversation he had with the executive:

John: My password has been changed.

Custom Care Executive: We have kept your password distinct this time. It has 8 letters out of which, 3 letters are the same as the previous one.

John: Okay, thanks.

Can you determine the old as well as the new password of John's net banking account after reading the conversation carefully?

What is represented by this rebus?

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You have two hour glasses one measures 7 minutes and the other measures 4 minutes.
Using these two-hour glasses, you need to measure exactly 9 minutes.

How come?

Can you find the number of triangles in the given figure?

What number replaces the question mark