Why do Chinese men eat more rice than Japanese men do ?
This is a famous paradox which has caused a great deal of argument and disbelief from many who cannot accept the correct answer. Four balls are placed in a hat. One is white, one is blue and the other two are red. The bag is shaken and someone draws two balls from the hat. He looks at the two balls and announces that at least one of them is red. What are the chances that the other ball he has drawn out is also red?
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
An ape is trying to climb on a pole that is 60 feet high. Due to the slippery surface, the ape climbs 3 feet in a minute only to slip back 2 feet.
How much time do you think the monkey will take to reach the top of the pole?
A newspaper is supposed to have 60 pages.Pages 14 and 21 are missing from the newspaper.
Can you tell me , Which other pages won't be there as well ?
A bag contains 64 balls of eight different colours. There are eight of each colour (including red). What is the least number you would have to pick, without looking, to be sure of selecting 3 red balls?
What work can one never finish?
You are an expert on paranormal activity and have been hired to locate a spirit haunting an old resort hotel. Strong signs indicate that the spirit lies behind one of four doors. The inscriptions on each door read as follows:
Door A: It's behind B or C
Door B: Its behind A or D
Door C: It's in here
Door D: It's not in here
Your psychic powers have told you three of the inscriptions are false, and one is true. Behind which door will you find the spirit?
Replace the (?) with the correct mathematical signs to make the expression equal to 59.
18 ? 12 ? 4 ? 5 = 59
Below the four parts have been reorganised. The four partitions are exactly the same in both arrangements. Why is there a hole?
The word ladder puzzle was invented by Lewis Carroll, author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
