A man has 5 pieces of chain that must be joined into a long chain. He can open ring 3 (first operation), link it to ring 4 (second operation), then unfasten ring 6 and link it to ring 7, and so on.
He could complete his task in 8 operations, but he wants to do it in 6. How does he do it?
Riddle AnswerWhen purchased together, a pair of binoculars and the case cost $100. If the binoculars cost $90 more than the case, how much does the case cost?
Riddle AnswerTwo cars were involved in an accident in the center of town. The man who was driving a little green car, had overtaken a big black car. The driver had misjudged the distance between him and the on-coming traffic and had to swerve back in, causing the black car to swerve and crash into a shop window.
When the occupants of the cars were examined everyone in the green car was okay, but in the black car was one dead man. However, the driver of the green car was not charged with manslaughter, why was this so?
Riddle AnswerYou begin reading a book that is three hundred pages long. If you read half of the remaining book each day, how long would it take you to finish it?
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