In a bicycle race, the man who came two places in front of the last man finished one ahead of the man who came fifth. How many contestants were there?

I have two arms, but fingers none. I have two feet, but cannot run. I carry well, but I have found I carry best with my feet off the ground. What am I?

It takes 10 minutes to fry one steak – 5 minutes from each side. Two steaks can fit on a pan. What is the shortest possible time to fry 3 steaks?

I have 25 coins that are made up of dimes (10¢), nickels (5¢) and pennies (1¢). They add up to a dollar. How many coins of each do I have?

In a rectangular array of people, who will be taller: the tallest of the shortest people in each column, or the shortest of the tallest people in each row?

If I put one canary per cage, I have one canary too many. If I put in two canaries per cage, I have one cage too many. How many canaries and cages do I have?

A prisoner is told, “If you tell a lie we will hang you; but if you tell the truth we will shoot you”. What can the prisoner say to save himself?

Only one of the following statements is true, which one is it? One statement here is false. Two statements here are false. Three statements here are false.

A farmer built a fence around his 17 cows, in a square shaped region. He used 27 fence poles on each side of the square. How many poles did he need altogether?

Some pibs are dais. All dais are zons. Some zons are rews. Some rews are dais. Therefore, some pibs are definitely rews. Is the above conclusion true or false?

When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, today will be as far from Wednesday as today was from Wednesday when the day before yesterday was tomorrow. What is tomorrow?

A claustrophobic (fear of confined places) person gets on a train. The train enters a tunnel just as it is leaving the station. Where is the best place for him to sit?

Suppose 8 monkeys take 8 minutes to eat 8 bananas. How many minutes would it take 3 monkeys to eat 3 bananas? How many monkeys would it take to eat 48 bananas in 48 minutes?

You have a glass of water that looks about half full. How can you tell, only using the glass of water itself, if the glass is half full or not? The glass is a right cylinder.

If your sock drawer has 6 black socks, 4 brown socks, 8 white socks, and 2 tan socks, how many socks would you have to pull out in the dark to be sure you had a matching pair?