You are given 1000 one dollar bills and 10 envelopes. Put the bills into the envelopes in such a way that someone can ask you for any amount of money from $1 to $1000 and you can give it to them through a combination of the envelopes.
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Fake Police Report
One murder happened in a village. A police officer instructed two police constables to go to the crime scene, investigate and prepare an preliminary incident report.
It was already past midnight and the crime scene was far away from the police station. The two constables decided not to travel to the crime scene and came up with a fake incident report instead. Below is the report.
When we reached the spot, the door was open and one man aged between 40-45 was found dead lying on the floor. The light and fan were switched on. There were some items found on a table:
– One open bottle of poison,
– One half filled drinking water bottle,
– One fountain pen,
– One newspaper was flipped open, pages 9 and 10 facing each other,
– One table top calendar showing June 20,
– One notebook.
The person committed suicide by drinking the poison.
After reading the incident report, the police officer immediately knew that it was fake. How did he know?
Riddle AnswerOffice Murder
A man was killed in his office. At the time of murder there were only four people in the office: Bill, Tom, Harry and Mike.
When police interrogated them, they gave the following statements.
Bill: “Tom did it.”
Tom: “Bill did it.”
Harry: “Tom’s telling the truth.”
Mike: “Harry’s not lying.”
After analysis, the police found out that only one person was telling the truth and the rest were lying. Can you analyse the statements and determine the killer?
Riddle AnswerTwin Birthday
Chris and Leon are twin brothers. Chris is elder to Leon by 2 minutes.
One day, Chris celebrated his birthday. Two days later, his twin brother, Leon, celebrated his birthday. How is this possible?
Riddle AnswerAverage Monthly Salary
During a school lunch break, ten kids are discussing about their holiday jobs. In particular, they would like to know their average monthly salary (for the ten of them), but no one wants to admit openly exactly how much they make. Can you devise a way for them to calculate their average (mean) salary without anyone having to tell anyone else what their individual salaries are?
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