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Sherlock Holmes was relaxing in his study when, suddenly,  a snowball struck one of the windows overlooking  the street below, causing it to shatter. Quickly, he went over  to the window to investigate and, looking out, just caught  sight of the Willoughby triplets, Danny, Mark and Oliver, disappearing rapidly round a street corner. The next  morning he received this anonymous message: ? Willoughby. I am certain he broke your window . According to this, which one of the triplets should he  question  about the incident? Show Answer

What letter, apart from E, can be added to the following  to complete this sequence? SEQUENC_ Show Answer

77, 49, 36, 18, ?? Show Answer

A DJ friend of mine whose name card looks like this: J JASON DJ FM-AM I have found a pattern hidden in this name card. After I revealed it to him, he was shocked as well. What was the Pattern? Show Answer

My digital watch shows the time as: 8:19 23:46:57 It reads August 19th, 23 hours, 46 minutes and 57 seconds. You will notice that the digits of 1-9 displays all the digits only once. There are 768 instances in a year like this. Find the KOMACHI time that appears earliest in the year? Show Answer

4, 16, 37, 58, 89, 145, 42, ?? What number will come in next place? View Answer

A man drove from A to B. On the first day he travelled 1/3 of the distance. On day two he travelled 1/2 of the remaining distance. On day three he travelled 2/3 of the remaining distance. On day four, after covering 3/4 of the remaining distance, he was still 5 miles away from B. How many miles had he covered in total upto day four? View Answer

During the recent football competition, 5 schools were competing. Each school played each other once, with 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points if they lost. Here are the final points after all of the matches:  A     6 B      5 C     4 D      2 E      ? How many points did E end the season with? View Answer

During a recent contest, the total number of points scored by the first six players was 103 and every score was above zero. The first player scored half the points of the second player, who in turn scored 6 points fewer than the third player. The third player in turn scored two thirds the points of the fourth player. The fifth player managed to score the same number of points as the difference between the first and fourth player's points. Finally, the sixth player scored 14 fewer than the fifth player. Can you determine how many points the sixth player managed to score? View Answer

Exactly how many minutes is it before eight o'clock if 40 minutes ago, it was three times as many minutes past four o'clock? View Answer

Many years ago, a cruise liner sank in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The survivors luckily landed on a remote desert island. There was enough food for the 135 people to last four weeks. Nine days later a rescue ship appeared, unluckily this ship also sank, leaving an additional 36 people stranded on the island to now share the original rationed food. The food obviously had to be re-rationed, everyone was now on three-quarters of the original ration, so how many days in total would the food last, from the day of the original sinking? View Answer

What is represented by the following? TTTTTTIIIIIIIMMMMMMEEEEEE ABDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ View Answer

What is represented by the following representation? View Answer

What number is three quarters of eight ninths of one half of 2001? View Answer

Two boxers are in a match scheduled for 12 rounds. (Pure boxing only - no kicking, UFC takedowns, or anything else). One of the boxers gets knocked out after only six rounds, yet no man throws a punch. How is this possible? View Answer

What makes this number unique -- 8,549,176,320? View Answer

What is unusual about the following words: revive, banana, grammar, voodoo, assess, potato, dresser, uneven? View Answer

A sundial has the fewest moving parts of any timepiece. Which has the most? View Answer

Which driver never commits a traffic offence? View Answer

What comes down, but never goes up? View Answer

If you count twenty horses on your right going into town, and twenty horses on your left coming home, how many horses have you counted in all? View Answer

What can be right, but never wrong? View Answer

Tom came to a bridge marked "Total weight 100 kilos." Now, Tom weighed 95 kilos, but he had three pineapples, each weighing 2 kilos. He couldn't throw them across the river, because the pineapples would be smashed to pieces. How did Tom cross the bridge? View Answer

Albert Amblefoot walked outside in a heavy rainstorm for half an hour without getting a single hair of his head wet. He didn't wear a hat, carry an umbrella, or hold anything over his head. His clothes got soaking wet. How could this happen? View Answer

Two girls appeared at the registrar's office of a college. The receptionist handed each of them a questionnaire to fill out. Each girl wrote the following facts on the questionnaire. Each had the last name Smith. Each was born on February 29, 1960. Each was born at 376 East 53rd Street, Mumbai. Each had a father named Rohit Sharma and a mother named Shikha Sharma. When the girls had completed the questionnaires they handed them to the registrar. The registrar read them and asked, "Are you two girls' sisters?". They replied, "Yes, we are." Looking up from his papers, the registrar saw the two girls and noticed that they looked exactly alike. He said, "You're twins, aren't you?". They both promptly answered, "No." Assuming that all the answers they gave were true, and that they had the same mother and father, how do you account for the fact that they were not twins? View Answer

I have two notes amounting to five hundred and fifty rupees in my purse. One is not a fifty note. How can this be possible? View Answer

A milkmaid adds 4 litres of water to 2 litres of milk before distribution. By mistake she added 2 litres water to 4 litres of milk. How much more water has she to add to rectify her mistake? View Answer

“Intellectual endurance” is the staying power, the capacity to persist without getting distracted. At one point your brain ceases to cooperate, but please don’t stop doing this calculation. Take a few minutes rest and start again. This is one way of developing intellectual endurance. Take a ‘single digit number’ and a ‘three digit number’ of your choice... For example, suppose the numbers are: 8 and 156, write down on a paper as 8-156. Go on adding 13 to the first number and deduct 7 from the later. Do it simultaneously (Here is the example. your first number is 8 - 156. Hence your second number would be 21-149, third 34-142). At the end... what are your final figures when you reach the single digit answer on the right hand side? Don’t jump to calculate end figures, do it step by step to test your patience. View Answer

Suppose a=b. With this equation, I will prove that a + b = b in four steps. Find out where (in which step) I went wrong? Step one: if a=b, then a²=ab. Step two: Deduct b² from both: (a² - b²) = (ab - b²). Step three: (a + b) (a - b) = b (a - b). Step four: Deduct (a-b) from both: a + b= b. How is this possible? In which step lies the mistake? View Answer

A had 5 chapattis, B had 3 and C had nil. They all ate equally and C paid 8/- to them as the price for what he had eaten. How much A and B should get from the said amount? View Answer

If a clock takes 5 seconds to strike 5 pm, how long will it take to strike 10 pm? View Answer

It keeps you from flying off into space. It's what makes you fall flat on your face. And if it could talk like you and I do, I think it would say "I'm pulling for you". View Answer

A moth devoured words. When I heard of that wonder it seemed strange— That a thief should swallow a song, That a thief should eat a great man’s speech. And for all his labor, that thief was no wiser – For the words he had swallowed. Who was the thief of words? View Answer

A dealer bought a number of cats at Rs. 344 each, and a number of dogs at Rs. 265 each. He then discovered that the cats had cost him in all Rs. 33 more than the dogs. Now, what is the smallest number of each that he must have bought? View Answer

A man left a legacy of Rs. 1 ,00,000 to three relatives and their wives. The wives received together Rs. 39,600. Jane received Rs. 1000 more than Catherine, and Mary received Rs. 1000 more than Jane. John was given just as much as his wife, Henry got half as much again as his wife, and Tom received twice as much as his wife. What was the Christian name of each man's wife? View Answer

A father's child, a mother's child, yet no one's son. View Answer

Take the numbers from 1 to 9 and create “ten” by adding or subtracting them without changing the order. For example, 100 can be made as 123-45-67+89 =100. Now make 10 in the same fashion. Show Answer

If you drive at 20 mph from point A to B, how fast must you drive back to attain an average speed of 40 mph? Show Answer

You drive at 20 mph from point A to B and return at 30 mph. what is the average speed? Show Answer

A man decides to buy a horse for 600 rupees. After a year, he sells it for 700. He buys it again for 800. And finally sells it for 900. What is his overall profit? Show Answer

Find out the values of A, B, C, D, E from 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 if D+B = A+C; 2E =C+5; D+C = E. Show Answer

There are some eggs in each bucket, named A, B, C, D, E. If A = 5; B+A =6; E+B =C; E+C+B = 8, choose the values of A, B, C, D, E from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Show Answer

I take a private car from my house to my office located at the outskirts of the city in the morning and back home in the evening. It costs me 300 rupees everyday. One day the taxi driver informed me that there are two students who wish to go to their college every day in the morning along with me! Their get-in point is exactly halfway between my house and office. Their college is adjacent to my office. On the first day I told them, "If you tell me the mathematically correct price that each one of you should pay for your portion of the trip, I will let you travel free along with me." How much should the individual student pay for his journey? Show Answer

A milkmaid adds 4 litres of water to 2 litres of milk before distribution. By mistake she added 2 titres water to 4 litres of milk. How much more water has she to add to rectify her mistake? Show Answer

The five persons A, B, C, D and E were sleeping in a house and their enemies burnt it. The five persons were to escape through a tunnel. Only two people could go through the tunnel at a time. Moreover, it was totally dark and without a torch they could not proceed. They had only one torch. It means, two people should go out, and then one had to take the lamp inside and accompany another one out. Total 4 trips. It would take for A and B 5 minutes and C 10 minutes to come out. D would take 20 and E 25 minutes respectively to come through the tunnel, as one was hefty and another was old. This is an arithmetical problem and has no twists. How much minimum time it would take? Show Answer

How many ‘F’s are there in the following sentence? “Finished files are fine fruits of years of scientific deep study combined with the experience of years”. Show Answer

There are some chickens and rabbits in a cage. The count is: 144 heads and 400 feet. How many chickens and rabbits are present? Show Answer

I am a son of a chemist and a mathematician. People called me Iron59. What's my name? Show Answer

Today is Ramanujan birthday. A year Ago on his birthday, he had five candles and he lit all except the last one. Today he is going to light all the candles. How old is Ramanujan Today? Note: He is not turning five today. Show Answer

A walks into an antique store and steals Rs. 2000 bill from the store. 30 Minutes later, A returns back to the antique store and buy an antique watch priced at Rs. 1500. A pays the bill he has stolen and the owner returns him Rs. 500. How much money did the owner lose? Show Answer

It's raining today at 11:59 am. What's the probability of sunny weather after 84 hours? Show Answer

An old man Ankit lives alone in a flat. Because of his age , he is not able to move comfortably and hence most of the things used to be delivered to his house. On Friday while delivering the mail , postman feels something suspicious in the flat and try to look inside through the key hole and he saw a blood filled body of the old man. CID arrived at the scene. On the outside of the flat , he found two bottles of warm milk, Tuesday newspaper, some unopened mails and some gifts. CID wasted no time in finding out the murderer. Who was the murderer? Show Answer

You can only use any letter once, what are the largest and smallest numbers that you could write down in words? Example: EIGHTY Show Answer

One night Sherlock Holmes was sitting by a fire. All of a sudden a snowball crashing through the window, breaking it. Holmes got up and looked outside the window just in time to see the 3 crimson brothers around a corner. The names were John Crimson, Mark Crimson and Paul Crimson. The next day Holmes got a note "? Crimson. He broke your window." Which of the Crimson brothers should Sherlock Holmes question about the incident? Show Answer

If I give you 4 tablets which contain 2 for fever and 2 for cold..all 4 have same size, shape and color, No cover. You have to take 1 cold and 1 fever tablet right now..How will you choose correctly? Show Answer

There are nine children in the house, and only them in the house so A is ironing B is watching tv C is cooking D is playing chess E is bathing F is listening radio G is sleeping I is dressing And what is H doing right now? Show Answer

Which Is The Only Country Which Had A Flag With A Single Color? Options: 1. Green – Bangladesh 2. Green – Libya 3. Red – Russia 4. Red – China Show Answer

A boy was driving a car, a girl took a lift from her. He asked her name after she get down. Girl said :- My name is hidden in my car’s number, find if you can. Car number was [ WV733N ] Can you guess the name now? Show Answer

A man walks into his bathroom and shoots himself right between the eyes using the real gun with real bullets. He walks out alive, with no blood anywhere. And no, he didn't miss and he was not superman, or any other caped crusader. How did he do this? Show Answer

What do you call a bear without an "ear"? Show Answer

What are the two strongest days of the week? Show Answer

A beggar collects 7 cigarette stubs and makes one artificial cigarette from them. Once he gets 49 stubs. How many cigarettes can he smoke in total? Show Answer

This is an intelligent question, involving your lateral thinking. This question was asked in a MNC interview for a top post.  There are 10 crows picking up grain on a floor. One is killed with a banging pistol sound. How many would remain? Choose the answer from the following four:  A. None.  B. One.  C. Nine.  D. May be one or more than one. Show Answer

Do you have the habit of keeping everything new and fresh or don’t mind anything? If somebody offers, what currency do you prefer to have: Old ten rupee note, or new One? SHOW ANSWER

How can two batsman with 94 each at crease make 100's (both), if it's 7 runs to win and 2 balls left in the innings? SHOW ANSWER

Why did the man put the clock on safe? Show Answer

Anand is standing behind  Sudha  and at the same time Sudha is standing behind Anand. Show Answer

The day after tomorrow is the third day after Wednesday. The Question: Which day was the day before yesterday? Show Answer

Anand came across a lion and a tiger in a forest of forgetfulness. The lion lies on every Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays and the other days he speaks the truth. The Tiger lies on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and on other days he speaks the truth.  Lion: Yesterday I was lying. Tiger: So was I. Which day did they say that? Show Answer

Can you find a number such that if we multiply that number by 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6, then the resultant number contains same all digits (of course in a different place)? Show Answer

What hidden meaning does below rebus means ? Show Answer

We all know that square root of number 121 is 11. But do you know what is the square root of the number "12345678987654321"? Show Answer

Assume it's a bowler friendly wicket and batsman is getting bowled out on every 1st ball he faced. Assuming there are no extras in the inning, which batsman will remain not out at the end of the inning? Show Answer

There is an advert in a local Hardware shop that reads: Buy 1 for  Re.  1 10 for Re   2 100 for Re   3 I needed 913 and still only paid Re 3. How could this be financially viable for the shop-keeper? Show Answer

In a football game , Chennai defeated Bangalore 2 - 0 but no man from either side scored. How can this be possible ? Show Answer

As I was going to the mall I met a man with seven wives, Each wive held two bags, Each bag held a mother cat, Each mother cat had six babies, How many people where going to the mall? Show Answer

There is a dead man in the middle of a field, nothing is around him and there are no footprints of any sort. There is an unopened package next to him. How did he die?  HINT: As he approached the field he knew he was going to die. Show Answer

City A's population is 68000, decreasing at a rate of 80 people per year. City B having population 42000 is increasing at a rate of 120 people per year. In how many years both the cities will have same population? Show Answer

What do these words have in common: polish, job, herb? Show Answer

A person spending out 1/3 of his salary for clothes , 1/5 of the remaining for food and 1/4 of the remaining is spent for travel and he is left with Rs 100/- . How much he had in the beginning? Show Answer

Agatha spent several days in the hospital. She wasn't injured, and she wasn't sick, but she did have to be carried out when she left though. Why was she in the hospital? Show Answer

A man had twelve toothpicks in front of him. He took one away. Now he had nine in front of him. How is this possible? Show Answer

What English word is nine letters long, and can remain an English word at each step as you remove one letter at a time, right down to a single letter. List the letter you remove each time and the words that result at each step. Show Answer

What is the area of a triangle that has sides of 14, 11 and 25 inches long? Show Answer

Where do other alphabets go? Line 1: A E F H I K L M N Line 2: B D G J P Q R Line 3: C O Alphabets A through R are printed in Line 1, 2 and 3. Can you continue on for S to Z and place them correctly according to the scheme? Show Answer

A man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the exact password that was required. He waited by the door and listened. A club member knocked on the door and the doorman said "twelve", the member replied "Six" and was let in. A second member came to the door and the doorman said "Six", the member replied "Three" and was let in. The man thought he heard enough and walked up to the door. The doorman said "Ten" and the man replied "Five". But he was not let in. What he should have told? Show Answer

There are 3 gentlemen in a meeting: Mr. Yellow, Mr. Green and Mr. Brown. They are wearing yellow, green and brown ties. Mr. Yellow says: "Did you notice that the color of our ties are different from our names?" The person who is wearing the green tie says, "Yes, you are right!" Do you know who is wearing what color of tie? Show Answer

Sometimes People are but that's not nice to say Sometimes Jokes are with that you can get away Sometimes Leaders are sorry, it's said everyday Sometimes Riddles are but not this one anyway Can you guess what "are" is here's the last clue it is as it does I practically gave this one to you!! Show Answer

When grownups do this it may annoy but is usually cute by a little girl or boy sometimes it's triggered by the dumbest things it can even be triggered when someone sings don't get started you may not stop and the full blown version can hurt your side a lot. Show Answer

You write them you get them you give them you hate them you love them you dread them you need them but you probably never ever want them. What am I? Show Answer

I'm a girls name sometimes you break me sometimes you chew I'm sour I'm salty yet also bad for you but most people love me they truly do. What am I? Show Answer

It flattens things, and without it, it flattens you It's in food It's in buildings It's in bridges too Is this too hard? or too soft for you? Show Answer

People love to get good ones but the bad ones do come you're guaranteed to get some so take them and run they will get things done Show Answer

I keep stuff in I'm usually on top I can sit to the right to the left or the middle I'm used to go pow Can you figure me out now or do I have you baffled with this very heady riddle? Show Answer

They belong to me They belong to you They can make you feel happy or make you feel blue They never end until the day you do? Show Answer

When is this sentence true? There are eleven letters in the alphabet. Show Answer

A woman was born in 1960. She is alive and well today, but is only 25 years old. How is this possible? Show Answer

Bill is drinking water. Alan is drinking tea. There are only these two drinks available. When Julie joins them, she wants something to drink too, and sees that there are just two choices. Does Julie drink water or tea? Show Answer

What is the only word in English language that will end with the letters "mt"? Show Answer