Light the Room

You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?




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Below, you can see some coding:
January = 1017
February = 628
March = 1335
April = 145
May = 1353
June = 1064
July = 1074
August = 186

Now deciphering the way it has been coded, can you find out how September will be coded?

Asked by Neha on 30 Jan 2025


All of you like to eat me. I am a five-lettered word. Remove the first two and I turn into an infamous animal. Remove just the first and I become a heinous crime. Remove the first and the last and you can groove on me.

Can you guess who am I?

Asked by Neha on 01 Apr 2026

You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?

Asked by Neha on 16 May 2022


Rearrange the letters in "new door" to make one word.

Asked by Neha on 12 Dec 2023

There are 3 apples in the basket and you take away 2. How many apples do you have now?

Asked by Neha on 21 Oct 2025

Consider this: Arnold Schwarzenegger has a big one. Michael J. Fox has a small one. Prince doesn’t have one. The Pope has one but never uses it. Bill Clinton has one and uses it all the time. What is it?

Asked by Neha on 29 Jun 2025


If 5 cats catch 5 mice in 5 minutes, how long will it take one cat to catch a mouse?

Asked by Neha on 13 Sep 2021

How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?

Asked by Neha on 05 Oct 2021

John is a strange liar.

He lies on six days of the week, but on the seventh day, he always tells the truth.

He made the following statements on three successive days:

Day 1: "I lie on Monday and Tuesday."
Day 2: "Today, it"s Thursday, Saturday, or Sunday."
Day 3: "I lie on Wednesday and Friday."

On which day does John tell the truth?

Asked by Neha on 27 Feb 2025


When I asked a girl's name she told me her name is the date '07/09/2001'.

I thought for a few seconds and then I got her name. Do you?

Asked by Neha on 02 Dec 2025

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