A claustrophobic (fear of confined places) person gets on a train. The train enters a tunnel just as it is leaving the station. Where is the best place for him to sit?
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End of the World on a Sunday
If the end of the world should come on the first day of a new century, can you say what are the chances that it will happen on a Sunday?
Riddle Answer100 Using 4 Sevens
Can you take 4 7’s and arrange them with any math symbols needed to make the total be 100?
Riddle AnswerPainting the Lampposts
Tim and Pat were engaged by the local authorities to paint the lamp posts in a certain street. Tim, who was an early riser, arrived first on the job, and had painted three on the south side when Pat turned up and pointed out that Tim’s contract was for the north side.
So Tim started afresh on the north side and Pat continued on the south. When Pat had finished his side he went across the street and painted six posts for Tim, and then the job was finished.
There were an equal number of lamp-posts on each side of the street. Who painted more lamp posts, and how many more?
Riddle AnswerDay after Tomorrow Is Yesterday
Two children, who were all tangled up in their reckoning of the days of the week, paused on their way to school to straighten matters out.
“When the day after tomorrow is yesterday,” said Priscilla, “then ‘today’ will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was ‘today’ when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!”
On which day of the week did they have this conversation?
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