4 builders, 4 houses
SOLUTION
It will still take four months (not two).
Deadly Vodka
Two politicians go to a bar and order two glasses of vodka on the rocks. The first politician quickly empties his glass, then orders a second one, a third one… The second politician patiently drinks his own vodka, but about 20 minutes later, he drops down dead. The police discovered that the barman tried to assassinate both politicians, but how come the second one died and the first one lived?
SOLUTION
The poison was in the ice cubes, so the second politician drank them when they melted in his drink.
Careless Truck Driver
A truck driver was going the opposite way on a
SOLUTION
Because the truck driver was just a pedestrian on that day, not driving his truck.
Puddle of Water
A man is found in a room without any windows, with just one door which is locked from
SOLUTION
The man used a block of ice so that he could hang himself, and then the ice melted into the puddle of water.
Puzzle Sum 9
What vegetables do these sums spell?
SOLUTION
RAT – T + DISH = RADDISH
CAB + BAG + EEL + BOW – ELBOW = CABBAGE
Chess Cylinder
Imagine the following game occurs on a cylindrical board, on which the a-file and h-file are attached to each other. White plays first and mates Black in 2 moves.
SOLUTION
White plays Rook on a5, then Ra1#. He can’t take the pawn on a6, because Black will take back with the pawn on h7.
Half Empty, Half Full
You have a glass with perfectly cylindrical shape which has some water in it. How can you figure out if the glass is exactly half full without using any measurement tools (like a ruler)?
SOLUTION
Use the geometry of the cylinder. Start tilting the glass until the water surface gets either to the top or the bottom edge. If the glass is exactly half full, then the surface should touch both edges simultaneously.
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Penrose Railway Maze 2
Get from START to FINISH, moving only over smooth lines, without reversing and making sharp turns.
SOLUTION
The solution is shown below.
Single Word
Cross out nine letters so that the remaining letters spell a single word.
N A I S N I E N L G E L T E T W E O R R S D
SOLUTION
Cross out every other letter starting with the first one – N I N E L E T T E R S.
The remaining letters are – A S I N G L E W O R D.
Sarah’s Mother
If Sarah’s mother is Barbara, then Barbara is the ??? of Sarah’s mother.
SOLUTION
The answer is NAME.
