Why is a manhole round? Why is it better to have round manhole covers compared to square manhole covers?
Riddle AnswerLogic Riddles
Three Stoves, One Match
You have three stoves: a gas stove, a wood stove, and a coal stove, but only one match. Which should you light first?
Riddle AnswerCake 3 Cuts 8 Pieces
You must cut a birthday cake into eight equal pieces, but you’re only allowed to make three straight cuts, and you can’t move pieces of the cake as you cut. How can you do it?
Riddle AnswerPetri Dish Puzzle
A scientist puts a bacteria in a petri dish at exactly noon.
Every minute the bacteria divides into two and doubles in size. At exactly 1 PM the petri dish is full.
At what time was the dish half full?
Riddle AnswerRiver Crossing – Wolf, Sheep, Cabbage
A farmer must transport a wolf, a sheep and cabbage from one side of a river to another using a boat. But in crossing the river by boat, the farmer could carry only himself and a single item – the wolf, the sheep or the cabbage.
If left together, the wolf would eat the sheep, or the sheep would eat the cabbage.
How can the farmer transport the wolf, the sheep and the cabbage across the river without losing any of them?
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