Your friend pulls out a perfectly circular table and a sack of quarters, and proposes a game.
“We’ll take turns putting a quarter on the table,” he says. “Each quarter must lay flat on the table, and cannot sit on top of any other quarters. The last person to successfully put a quarter on the table wins.”
He gives you the choice to go first or second. What should you do, and what should your strategy be to win?
Riddle AnswerThere’s a place in the world where the wind blows south then suddenly north. Where is it?
Riddle AnswerA smart landscaper is given the task of placing 4 trees so that they are all the same distance away from each other. How does he do this?
Riddle AnswerA book has 500 pages:
The 1st page says “Exactly 1 page in this book is false.”
The 2nd page says “Exactly 2 pages in this book are false.”
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The 500th page says “Exactly 500 pages in this book are false.”
Can any of the pages be true?
Riddle AnswerAlice, Bob and Charlie are one of each type:
They make the following statements:
Alice: I am not a truth teller.
Bob: I am not a spy.
Charlie: I am not a liar.
What type is Charlie?