July 31, 2009

Fred and Jim, two popular politicians, met at a club to discuss the overthrow of their party leader. They each ordered a vodka on the rocks. Jim downed his and ordered another. He then drank his second in a gulp and decided to wait before he ordered a third. 
Meanwhile, Fred, who was sipping his drink, suddenly fell forward dead. Both men were setup for an assassination. Why did Fred die and Jim live?
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July 29, 2009

1. Even though the odds are always in favor of the gambling house, why does the establishment insist on a house limit on stakes?

2. Three playing cards in a row. Can you name them with these clues? 
There is a two to the right of a king. 
A diamond will be found to the left of a spade. 
An ace is to the left of a heart. 
A heart is to the left of a spade. 
Now, identify all three cards.

3. What is put on a table, cut, but never eaten?
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July 28, 2009

A hunter met two shepherds, one of whom had three loaves and the other, five loaves. All the loaves were the same size. The three men agreed to share the eight loaves equally between them. After they had eaten, the hunter gave the shepherds eight bronze coins as payment for his meal. How should the two shepherds fairly divide this money?
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July 27, 2009

How can a woman in New York, without getting a divorce or becoming a widow, or otherwise legally separated, legally marry 10 men?
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July 25, 2009

Across a stream runs a row of eight stepping stones. On one side of the stream, on the first five stones, sit five girl lizards-Liza, Lizzie, Lottie, Lola, and Liz-and they want to get across to the other side. There's one empty stone in the middle. On the other side are three boy lizards, waiting to come across the other way-Lonnie, Leo, and Len. Only one lizard moves at a time. Any lizard may hop to the next stone if it is empty, or may hop over one lizard of the opposite sex onto an empty stone. Can you get all the lizards across the river, and what's the smallest number of leaps?
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July 24, 2009

One morning a man is leaving on business trip and finds he left some paperwork at his office. He runs into his office to get it and the night watchman stops him and says, "Sir, don't get on the plane. I had a dream last night that the plane would crash and everyone would die!" The man takes his word and cancels his trip. Sure enough the plane crashes and everyone dies. The next morning the man gives the watchman a $1,000 reward for saving his life and then fires him. Why did he fire the watchman that saved his life? 
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July 23, 2009

There is a town in Texas where 5% of all the people living there have unlisted phone numbers. If you selected 100 names at random from the town's phone directory, on average, how many of these people would have unlisted phone numbers?
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July 22, 2009

I am a window, I am a lamp, I am clouded, I am shining, and I am colored; set in white, I fill with water and overflow. I say much, but I have no words. What am I?
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July 21, 2009

Hi! Ma and Pa told me I'd better say that all the two-letter words in this paragraph have something in common ...... or else! What's the common factor here? 
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July 20, 2009

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
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July 18, 2009

A woman who lived in Germany during world war two wanted to cross the German/Swiss border in order to escape nazi pursuers. The bridge which she is to cross is a half mile across, over a large canyon. Every three minutes a guard comes out of his bunker and checks if anyone is on the bridge. If a person is caught trying to escape German side to the Swiss side they are shot. If caught crossing the other direction without papers they are sent back. She knows that it takes at least five minutes to cross the bridge, in which time the guard will see her crossing and shoot her. How does she get across?
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July 17, 2009

I'm as small as an ant, as big as a whale. I'll 
approach like a breeze, but can come like a gale. 
By some I get hit, but all have shown fear. I'll 
dance to the music, though I can't hear. Of names 
I have many, of names I have one. I'm as slow as 
a snail, but from me you can't run. What am I?
Solution

Daily Brain Teaser / Puzzle For 07/16/2009

Using all of the digits from I to 9 once each, create three 3-digit numbers that are in a ratio of 1:2:3. There are four solutions.
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Daily Brain Teaser / Puzzle For 07/15/2009

I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them. 
I also build bridges of silver and make crowns of gold. 
They are the smallest you could imagine. 
Sooner or later everybody needs my help, yet many people are afraid to let me help them. Who am I?
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Daily Brain Teaser / Puzzle For 07/14/2009

I am a word of 11 letters.
My 4, 9, 5 is worn on the head.
My 10, 9, 1, 11 is a narrow road.
My 11, 2, 3, 4, 5 is a number.
My 8, 6, 7 is a spirit.
My whole is an excellent songster.
What am I?
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Daily Brain Teaser / Puzzle For 07/13/2009

A man walks into a his bathroom and shoots himself right between the eyes using a real gun with real bullets. He walks out alive, with no blood anywhere. And no, he didn't miss and he wasn't Superman or any other caped crusader. How did he do this?
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Daily Brain Teaser / Puzzle For 07/11/2009

On a faraway island there was a kingdom in which the inhabitants had either blue eyes or brown eyes. It was a small island, so that with every passing day, everyone on the island saw everyone else. However, there were no mirrors or anything else that reflected, so no one knew the color of his or her own eyes. One day the king decreed the following: 1) At least one of you has blue eyes, and 2) if you wake up in the morning and realize you have blue eyes, you must leave the island at once, without letting anyone see you.
Well, it turns out that there were precisely ten people on the island with blue eyes. Given that everyone on the island was capable of perfect logical reasoning and that everybody on the island knew about the logical abilities of their fellow islanders, what do you suppose happened to them following the king's decree?
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Daily Brain Teaser / Puzzle For 07/10/2009

After teaching his class all about roman numerals (X = 10, IX=9 and so on) the teacher asked his class to draw a single continuous line and turn IX into 6. The only stipulation the teacher made was that the pen could not be lifted from the paper until the line was complete.
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Daily Brain Teaser / Puzzle For 07/09/2009

"How old are your daughters?" Fred asked a friend one day.
"The product of their ages is 36," replied his friend.
"You are not giving me enough information," protested Fred.
"The sum of their ages is the age of your oldest son."
"I still need more information."
"All right, then. I can tell you that the oldest daughter, who is at least a year older than the other two, is a very fine pianist."
"Ah! Now I know how old your daughters are."
What are the ages of Fred's friend's daughters?
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Daily Brain Teaser / Puzzle For 07/08/2009

Carl Jones introduced Roger Smith to his friend as his ‘Uncle Roger'. Roger Smith introduced Carl Jones to his friend as his ‘Uncle Carl'. 
"If you are uncles to each other," queried one of the friends, "you must also be nephews to each other." 
"That's correct," replied Carl. 
Since there has been no breach of marriage law, how can you explain such a relationship?
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Daily Brain Teaser / Puzzle For 07/07/2009

Complete the following mathematical pattern: 1, 4 , 27, 256, ___ ?
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Daily Brain Teaser / Puzzle For 07/06/2009

A house with two occupants, sometimes one, rarely three. 
Break the walls, eat the boarders, then throw away me. 
What am I?
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Daily Brain Teaser / Puzzle For 07/03/2009

A plane was returning from the Olympic Games with five 
athletes who placed first through fifth in an event. They 
made the following statements:
A: "I was not the last"
B: "C was the third"
C: "A was behind E"
D: "E was second"
E: "D was not the first."
On account of modesty or for some other reason, the gold
and silver medallists lied. The three worst athletes told
the truth. 
What order did they all place in?
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Daily Brain Teaser / Puzzle For 07/02/2009

Brad Doe works for a packaging company. One day, he received four separate orders and accidentally mixed up the addresses, so he applied the address labels at random. What is the probability that exactly three packages were correctly labeled?
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