In British Columbia you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?
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Running a Race
If you were running a race and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?
Riddle Answer1000 Wine Bottles
A king has 1000 bottles of wine and one has been poisoned. Even a sip of the poisoned wine is enough to kill a person.
The king asks the royal jailor to identify the poisoned wine bottle by testing them on the prisoners.
It takes up to 24 hours for the poison to take effect. There are unlimited number of prisoners at the jailer’s disposal. What is the minimum number of prisoners the jailer needs to identify the poisoned wine bottle in 24 hours?
Riddle Answer15 Minutes with Burning Ropes
You have two ropes. Each rope can burn in exactly one hour. The ropes are not of the same length or width. Both ropes are also not of uniform width or thickness. The ropes are thick at certain places and thin at other places. Thus, a rope that is half burnt will not necessarily have taken 30 minutes to burn.
By burning the ropes, how do you measure exactly 15 minutes worth of time?
Riddle Answer3 Switches and 3 Bulbs
You are standing in a hallway next to 3 light switches that have been switched off. There is another room down the hallway with 3 light bulbs – all are incandescent light bulbs and each light bulb is operated by one of the switches in the hallway.
The door to the room is closed and you cannot see the light bulbs from the hallway.
How would you figure out which switch operates which light bulb, if you can enter the room with the light bulbs only once?
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