You have a glass of water that looks about half full. How can you tell, only using the glass of water itself, if the glass is half full or not? The glass is a right cylinder.
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Five Jealous Husbands
During certain local floods five married couples found themselves surrounded by water, and had to escape from their unpleasant position in a boat that would only hold three persons at a time.
Every husband was so jealous that he would not allow his wife to be in the boat or on either bank with another man (or with other men) unless he was himself present.
Show the quickest way of getting these five men and their wives across into safety. Call the men A, B, C, D, E, and their respective wives a, b, c, d,e. To go over and return counts as two crossings. No tricks such as ropes, swimming, currents, etc., are permitted.
Riddle Answer100 Students
100 students entered college. 55 of them chose music. 44 of them chose sports. 20 of them chose both. How many of them chose neither music nor sports?
Riddle AnswerCousin’s Age
If you change the order of the numbers in my cousin’s current age, you’ll get her age for next year but doubled. How old is she?
Riddle Answer2 Apples of One Kind
Three kinds of apples are mixed in a box. How many apples must you take to be sure of at least 2 apples of one kind?
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