You have 12 black socks and 12 white socks in your drawer. What is the minimum number of socks that you have to take out to make sure that you have a matching pair?
Riddle AnswerTricky Riddles
In British Columbia You Cannot Take a Picture
Running a Race
If you were running a race and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?
Riddle AnswerFrog in 30 Meter Well
A frog is at the bottom of a 30 meter well. Each day he summons enough energy for one 3 meter leap up the well.
Exhausted, he then hangs there for the rest of the day. At night, while he is asleep, he slips 2 meters backwards.
How many days does it take him to escape from the well?
Riddle Answer3 Switches and 3 Bulbs
You are standing in a hallway next to 3 light switches that have been switched off. There is another room down the hallway with 3 light bulbs – all are incandescent light bulbs and each light bulb is operated by one of the switches in the hallway.
The door to the room is closed and you cannot see the light bulbs from the hallway.
How would you figure out which switch operates which light bulb, if you can enter the room with the light bulbs only once?
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