What day will you never see again?
There are 25 red balls, 47 green balls and 3 blue balls in a basket. There is a blind man. What is the minimum number of balls that the blind man has to pick to make sure that there are at least 2 balls of different colors?
Johnny is taller than Kitty and Carol. Kitty is taller than Sam. Kitty and Sam are taller than Nancy. Sam is shorter than Carol. Who is the shortest?
I am a married woman. John’s son is my daughter’s father. What is my relationship to John?
If it were three hours later than it is now, it would be twice as long until midnight as it would be if it were four hours later. What time is it now?
A group of privates were standing in the blistering sun facing due west. Their sergeant shouted at them: Right turn! About turn! Left turn! In which direction are they now facing?
At a family reunion were the following people: one grandfather, one grandmother, two fathers, two mothers, four children, three grandchildren, one brother, two sisters, two sons, two daughters, one father-in-law, one mother-in-law, and one daughter-in-law. But not as many people attended as it sounds. How many were there, and who were they?
You have been given the task of transporting 3,000 apples 1,000 miles from Appleland to Bananaville. Your truck can carry 1,000 apples at a time. Every time you travel a mile towards Bananaville you must pay a tax of 1 apple but you pay nothing when going in the other direction (towards Appleland). What is highest number of apples you can get to Bananaville?
A man was killed in his office. At the time of murder there were only four people in the office: Bill, Tom, Harry and Mike. When police interrogated them, they gave the following statements. Bill: “Tom did it.” Tom: “Bill did it.” Harry: “Tom’s telling the truth.” Mike: “Harry’s not lying.” After analysis, the police found out that only one person was telling the truth and the rest were lying. Can you analyse the statements and determine the killer?
Henry walked down the street and bumped into his old friend from university. “I haven’t seen you for ages! I’ve married someone you wouldn’t know.” said the young friend . “This is our daughter!” “And what’s your name, girl?” Henry asked the little girl who was holding his friend’s hand. “It’s the same as my mummy!” Said the girl. “Oh so it’s Teagan, is it?” Henry asked. He was right! How did he know the girl’s name?