Your job is to measure 45 minutes if you have only two cords and matches to light the cords.

1. The two cords are twisted from various materials, so their different segments can burn at different rates.
2. Each cord burns from end to end in exactly one hour.

Describe your way of measuring the 45 minutes.

There are four 3-link chains. All you have to do is join them into a big 12-link chain. For joining two closed links, one of the links must be cut and placed onto the other link for closing.

How many minimum links will you have to cut to make the big chain?

Who is that with a neck and no head, two arms and no hands? What is it?

There are a number of books on a shelf. If one book is the 4th from the left and 6th from the right, how many books are on the shelf?

What does this mean?

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There is a family that live in a round house. The two parents go out for a movie and leave a babysitter to watch their son. They come back and the kid was not there. Some one kidnapped him. The maid said she was cleaning in a corner. The cook said he was making pizza. The babysitter said she was getting a board game. Who kidnapped him.

How will you measure 15 minutes using two hourglasses of 7 minutes and 11 minutes respectively?

A man has a barrel filled with oil that weighs 100 pounds, and then he puts something into it. Now the barrel weighs less than 100 pounds. What did he put in the barrel?

What seven-letter word has hundreds of letters in it?

The picture shows the dice results in each couple of throws. If they are actually following a pattern, can you find out the missing one?