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.

I am a normal creature, but I have five hands. I can even have more but even then I will be considered normal.

Who am I?

How is the moon similar to a dollar?

What is both possible and impossible at the same time?

Which tank will fill first?

Baseball bat and ball cost $100. If the bat cost $99 more than the ball, what is the cost of each?

Three doctors said that Bill was their brother. Bill says he has no brothers. How many brothers does Bill actually have?

Can you make numbers like 24, using numbers 3,3,7 & 7 with any arithmetic operator?

At a bar, three friends, Mr Green, Mr Red and Mr Blue, were having a drink. One man was wearing a red suit; one a green suit; and the other a blue suit. 'Have you noticed,' said the man in the blue suit, 'that although our suits have colours corresponding to our names, not one of us is wearing a suit that matches our own names?' Mr Red looked at the other two and said, 'You're absolutely correct. What colour suit is each man wearing?

I can sizzle like bacon,
I am made with an egg,
I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg,
I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole,
I can be long, like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole.