A prisoner is told "If you tell a lie we will hang you; if you
tell the truth we will shoot you." What can he say to save himself?
A wise king devised a contest to see who would receive the
Princess' hand in marriage. The Princess was put in a 50 x 50 foot
carpeted room. Each of her four suitors were put in one corner of the
room with a small box to stand on. The first one to touch the Princess'
hand would be the winner and become the new King.
The rules were the contestants could not walk over the
carpet, cross the plane of the carpet, or hang from anything; nor could
they use anything but their body and wits (i.e. no magic, telepathy, nor
any items such as ladders, block and tackles etc).
One suitor figured out a way and married the Princess and became the
new King. What did he do?
Rhonda will go see ballet but not the opera. Her favorite number is
eight and she doesn't like nine. She likes salmon but not trout. She
hates Mondays and likes Wednesdays. Does she use a comb or a brush?
You have four chains. Each chain has three links in it. Although
it is difficult to cut the links, you wish to make a single loop
with all 12 links. What is the fewest number of cuts you must make to
accomplish this task?
Two guards were on duty outside a barracks. One faced up the road
to watch for anyone approaching from the North. The other looked down the
road to see if anyone approached from the South. Suddenly one of them
said to the other, "Why are you smiling?"
How did he know his companion was smiling?