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 AnswerLogic Riddles
River 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?
Riddle AnswerTrapped in a Room with 2 Doors
A man is trapped in a room with 2 doors and a small hole in the ceiling 10 inches in diameter. Behind one of the doors is an extremely hungry lion that hasn’t eaten in a couple of days. Behind the other door is a glass tunnel that magnifies the heat from the sun creating temperatures so high that even opening the door could kill you. How does the man escape?
Riddle AnswerBeggar’s Brother
One Match in a Dark Room
If you had one match and entered a dark room in which there were a kerosene lamp, an oil burner, and a wood burning stove, what do you light first?
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