A man lights two candles and begins a romantic candlelight dinner with his wife. The candles are of equal length, but one candle is thicker than the other.
The thick candle is designed to last for 6 hours while the thin candle is designed to last for 3 hours.
At the end of the dinner, the thick candle is twice as long as the thin candle. How long did the dinner last?
Riddle AnswerThere was a blind man. He had four socks in his drawer that were either black or white. He opened it and took out two socks. Now the probability that it was a pair of white socks is 1/2.
Can you find out the probability of picking 2 black socks?
Riddle AnswerImagine you were born in an odd-numbered year (like 1995). Will you celebrate your 50th birthday in an odd or an even year?
Riddle AnswerPeter says to his sister Bitsy, “Because I’m twice as old as you, I’m twice as smart, too.” His sister responds, “Yes, but in five years I’ll be twice as old as I am now, and you won’t.”
Peter is dumbfounded, and he stops to calculate how old he and his sister will be in five years. Do you know the answer?
Riddle AnswerMother’s Day is always the second Sunday in May. What is the earliest possible date for this holiday, and what ’s the latest possible date?
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