Two men play 5 games of checkers. Each man wins the same number of games. There are no ties. How is this possible?
Riddle AnswerHard Riddles
Poisoned Fruit Punch
A man went into a party and drank some of the fruit punch. He then left early. Everyone at the party who drunk the fruit punch subsequently died of poisoning. Why did the man not die?
Riddle Answer10 Bottles 100 Pills
There are 10 identical bottles of identical pills. Each bottle contains 100 pills. Out of 10 bottles 9 have 1 gram of pills but 1 bottle has pills of 1.1 gram in weight. Given a measurement scale, how would you find the heavy bottle? You can use the scale only once.
Riddle AnswerTwo Mathematicians and a Coin
The king is very angry at his two best mathematicians, so he decrees the following punishment:
The mathematicians will be imprisoned in towers at opposite ends of the kingdom. Each morning, a guard at each tower will flip a coin and show the result to his prisoner. Each prisoner must then guess the result of the coin flip at the other tower. If at least one of the two guesses is correct, they will live another day. But as soon as both guesses are incorrect, they will be executed.
The two mathematicians, as they were being ushered out the door of the castle, came up with a clever plan so that they will always be able to make at least one correct guess. What was their plan?
Riddle AnswerThe Opposite Gender
Sam, Alex, Charlie, and Jordan are related. One of them is the opposite gender from the other three. Here are some facts:
- Charlie’s only son is either Sam or Alex.
- Jordan’s sister is either Alex or Charlie.
- Jordan is either Sam’s brother or Sam’s only daughter.
Who is the opposite gender from the other three?
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