Trains travel from one town to another town all day, always on the same track, always going nonstop and at the same speed. The noon train took 80 minutes to complete the trip, but the 4 PM train took an hour and 20 minutes. Why?
Riddle AnswerLogic Riddles
8809 = 6, 7711 = 0
What is the value of 2581?
8809 = 6 5555 = 0 7111 = 0 8193 = 3 2172 = 0 8096 = 5 6666 = 4 1012 = 1 1111 = 0 7777 = 0 3213 = 0 9999 = 4 7662 = 2 7756 = 1 9313 = 1 6855 = 3 0000 = 4 9881 = 5 2222 = 0 5531 = 0 3333 = 0 2581 = ?Riddle Answer
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Old Fashioned Bike Wheel
An old fashioned bike wheel has 21 spokes. How many spaces are between the spokes – 20, 21, or 22?
Riddle AnswerBlind Bartender’s Problem
Four glasses are placed on the corners of a square Lazy Susan (turntable). Some of the glasses are upright (up) and some upside-down (down).
A blindfolded person is seated next to the Lazy Susan and is required to re-arrange the glasses so that they are all up or all down, either arrangement being acceptable.
The glasses may be re-arranged in turns subject to the following rules.
- Any two glasses may be inspected in one turn and after feeling their orientation the person may reverse the orientation of either, neither or both glasses.
- After each turn the Lazy Susan is rotated through a random angle.
- At any point of time if all four glasses are of the same orientation, a bell will ring.
Can you devise an algorithm which allows the blindfolded person to ensure that all glasses have the same orientation (either up or down) in a finite number of turns? The algorithm must not depend on luck.
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