I am quite hot but become too cold if you remove the first two letters. What am I?
In Greek mythology, the Sphinx sat outside of Thebes and asked this riddle of all travellers who passed by. If the traveller failed to solve the riddle, then the Sphinx killed him/her. And if the traveller answered the riddle correctly, then the Sphinx would destroy herself. The riddle:
What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening?
Oedipus solved the riddle, and the Sphinx destroyed herself.
If eleven plus two equals one, what does nine plus five equal?
If you remove one from eleven, it becomes ten. If you remove one from nine, it becomes ten.
How is this possible?
What do you think with the below Picture ?
A farmer and his neighbour once went to Emperor Akbar"s court with a complaint. "Your Majesty, I bought a well from him," said the farmer pointing to his neighbour, "and now he wants me to pay for the water."
"That"s right, your Majesty," said the neighbour. "I sold him the well but not the water!"?
The Emperor asked Birbal to settle the dispute. How did Birbal solve the dispute?
You are given a cube that is made with the help of 10x10x10 smaller cubes summing up to a total of 1000 smaller cubes. You are asked to take off one layer of the cubes.
How many remain now?
In the given figure, move three matchsticks so that the resulting figure contains two rectangles.
What do you see in the given picture?
On a certain day, John celebrated his birthday. Two days later, his older twin brother Jacob celebrated his birthday.
Is this even possible? How can it be?
Can you circle exactly four of these numbers such that the total is twelve?
1 6 1
6 1 6
1 6 1
6 1 6
In Canada, a mathematical puzzle must be solved in order to win the lottery to classify it as a “game of skill” not gambling.