You have 20 buckets of blocks, a knife, and a weighing scale. Each bucket has 100 blocks. 19 of the buckets have blocks that weigh 16oz each, and one bucket has blocks that weigh 17oz each. How do you figure out which bucket has the 17oz blocks by weighing only once?
Riddle AnswerGood Riddles
3 Sacks of 30 Coconuts
An intelligent trader travels from one place to another with 3 sacks having 30 coconuts each. No sack can hold more than 30 coconuts. On the way, he passes 30 check points. At each check point, he has to give one coconut for every sack he is carrying. What is the maximum number of coconuts that he can have with him at the end of his journey?
Riddle AnswerThe 22nd and 24th President
The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States had the same parents but were not brothers. They were both male, neither were adopted or “switched at birth”. How can this be possible?
Riddle Answer