


Now that you have read our collection, here are some good brainteasers without their answers for you to try. All of them have one sister (not six sisters). But that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who was in the photograph? The man replies, “Brothers and sisters, I have none. A man is looking at a photograph of someone.So he says, correctly, “My hat is black.” After it becomes apparent to the front man that neither of the men behind him can answer the question, he realizes the middle man saw a black hat in front of him. But, since he does not answer, he must see a black hat on the front man. Knowing this, if the middle man saw a white hat in front of him, he would know that his own hat was black, and could answer the question correctly. After it becomes apparent to the middle man that the back man cannot figure out what he is wearing, he knows that there is at least one black hat worn by himself and the front man. However, since he does not answer, he must see at least one black hat ahead of him. So, if both of those hats were white, he would know that the hat he wore was black. The back man can see the hats worn by the two men in front of him. What color was it, and how did he guess correctly? Finally, the front man, who cannot see anyone, correctly guesses the color of his hat. The men are told that if just one of the men can guess what hat he is wearing, they may all go free. Then the men are blindfolded, and one of the five hats is placed on each man’s head. The men are shown five hats, three of which are black and two of which are white. The men are lined up and bound to stakes such that one man can see the backs of the other two, the middle man can see the back of the front man, and the front man cannot see anybody. The men are given one chance to escape with their lives. Cannibals in the jungle capture three men.If you ask the truth teller, he will tell the truth about the lie, so you can choose the opposite door as well. Work it out: If you ask the question to the liar, he will lie about the ‘correct’ answer, so you must choose the opposite door. How can the barrels and wine be evenly divided?Īnswer: You ask either man the following question: “If I asked the other guy which door has the money, what would he say?” and then choose the opposite door. Note that there are no measuring devices handy.
BLACK GUY WITH A HAMMER KID SHOWS FULL
However, the wine and barrels must be split, so that each son has the same number of full barrels, the same number of half-full barrels, and the same number of empty barrels. In his will, he left 21 barrels (seven of which are filled with wine, seven of which are half full, and seven of which are empty) to his three sons. A man is the owner of a winery who recently passed away.That will leave exactly 4 cups in the 5-cup bucket! Now pour the 5 cup into the 3 cup until the 3 cup is full. Now pour the 2 cups from the 5 cup into the 3 cup. Now you have exactly 4 cups of sugar in the 5-cup bucket!Solution 2: Fill the 5-cup bucket. Now fill the 3-cup bucket again and add it to the 5-cup bucket. Dump out the 5-cup bucket, and dump the 1 cup from the 3-cup bucket into the empty 5-cup bucket. That will leave exactly 1 cup of sugar in the 3-cup bucket. Fill the 3-cup bucket again, and pour it into the 5-cup bucket until the 5-cup bucket is full. Solution 1: Fill the 3-cup bucket and pour it into the 5-cup bucket. This is possible, and there are two ways to do it:
