Old Farmer Palmer has a herd of cows, but he always seems to forget how many animals there are. When he counts them he just makes sure he can see 6 cows from each window of his house.
One night, however, Russell the Rustler took away half of the herd. Farmer Palmer didn’t notice for ages because the next morning he could still see 6 cows from each window. How was it done?
Riddle AnswerOne rabbit saw 6 elephants while going to the river. Each elephant saw 2 monkeys going towards the river. Each monkey has one parrot in their hands. How many animals are going towards the river?
Riddle AnswerA man is asked what his daughters look like. He answers, “They are all blondes, but two, all brunettes, but two, and all redheads, but two.”
How many daughters did he have?
Riddle AnswerAli and Zoe reach into a bag that they know contains nine lottery balls numbered 1 to 9. They each take one ball out to keep and they look at it secretly. Then, they make the following statements, in order:
Ali: I don’t know whose number is bigger.
Zoe: I don’t know whose number is bigger either.
Ali: I still don’t know whose number is bigger.
Zoe: Now I know that my number is bigger!
Assuming Ali and Zoe are perfect logicians, what is Zoe’s smallest possible number?
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