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Riddle contest

1. Which creature walks o n four legs i n the morning, two legs i n the afternoon, and

three legs i n the evening?

2. The following sentence is false. The preceding sentence is true. Arethese sentences true or false?

3. You have a 5 gallon bucket, a 3 gallon bucket, and a hose to ll theup. You need to get ! gallons. You have no eans of easuring how

an" gallons are in each bucket #e$cept knowing the bucket capacit"%.&ow can "ou be certain that "ou have ! gallons?

!. 'ack is a far er and owns so e chickens. (ne da", he took a basket offresh eggs to the arket to sell.

The rst person bought half of all the eggs in the basket and half anegg.

Then, the second person bought half of the re aining eggs and half anegg.

)ater, the third person bought half of the re aining eggs and half anegg.

*ow 'ack+s basket has onl" egg left.

-f no eggs were broken in the process, how an" eggs did he originall"have in his basket?

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. You are at a river. /ith "ou are a 0hicken, 1ag of rain, and a /olf. You have to cross the river in "our canoe but can onl" take one with

"ou at a ti e. You can+t leave the chicken with the grain. &e+ll eat it. You can+t leave the wolf with the chicken. &e+ll eat it.&ow do "ou get ever"thing over and intact?

. A snail is at the botto of a 24 eters deep pit. ver" da" the snailcli bs 5 eters upwards, but at night it slides ! eters backdownwards. &ow an" da"s does it take before the snail reaches thetop of the pit?

6. A an wanted to plant 4 apple trees, he wants to plant the in a wa"that he has 5 lines of trees with ! trees on each line. &ow can he dothat? #draw it%

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2. When asked about his birthday, a man said:

"The day before yesterday I was only 25 and next year I will turn 28."

This is true only one day in a year - when was he born3.

!. In the middle of an otherwise em!ty field there lies a manwearin a !a#k.$e is dead.There are no other #lues %isible.

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5. & man is stranded on an island #o%ered in forest.'ne day, when the wind is blowin from the west, li htnin strikes thewest end of the island and sets fire to the forest. The fire is %ery%iolent, burnin e%erythin in its !ath, and without inter%ention thefire will burn the whole island, killin the man in the !ro#ess.There are #liffs around the island, so he #annot (um! off.$ow #an the man sur%i%e the fire )There are no bu#kets or any othermeans to !ut out the fire*

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. & man is #au ht on the +in s !ro!erty. $e is brou ht before the+in to be !unished.

The +in says, " ou must i%e me a statement. If it is true, you will

killed by lions. If it is false, you will be killed by tram!lin of wildbuffalo."

ut in the end, the +in has to let the man o.

What was the man s statement

6. A bridge will collapse in inutes. ! people want to cross it before itwill collapse. -t is a dark night and there is onl" one torch between

the . (nl" two people can cross at a ti e.8A8 takes a inute to cross.818 takes 2 inutes.808 takes 5and 898 takes 4 inutes

&ow do the" all cross before the bridge collapses?