A building is being prepared for opening. People are decorating the building with 12 flags. At first they arrange the flags 4 to a side, as shown, but then they see that the flags can be arranged 5 to a side using only 12 flags. How?
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$3 for 600
A man goes to a hardware shop and asks for the price of an item. The shop keeper replies that the item is “one for $1”. The man gives the shop keeper “$3 for 600”. What did the man buy for his newly painted house?
Riddle Answer3 Men
There were 3 men. One was deaf, the second was unable to use his voice, and the third was blind.
The blind man’s wife was kidnapped by the deaf man. How will the second man reveal this to the blind man?
Riddle Answer1000 Bottles of Juice
Given 1000 bottles of juice, one of them contains poison and tastes bitter. How do you find it in the smallest number of sips? Adding a single drop of poison to the juice will make it taste bitter. You can assume that you have the antidote for the poison.
Riddle AnswerHotel Room
A woman was in her hotel room when suddenly there’s a knock on the door.
She opened the door to see a man whom she had never seen before. He said, “I’m sorry, I have made a mistake, I thought this was my room.” He then went down the corridor and in the elevator. The woman went back into her room and phoned security.
Why was the woman so suspicious?
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