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Thursday, 4 April 2013

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?

Solution

Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple.



What is greater than God,
more evil than the devil,
the poor have it,
the rich need it,
and if you eat it, you'll die?

Solution

Nothing


Wednesday, 3 April 2013

You have 12 black socks and 12 white socks mixed up in a drawer. You're up very early and it's too dark to tell them apart. What's the smallest number of socks you need to take out (blindly) to be sure of having a matching pair?

Solution 

3 socks. If the first sock is black, the second one could be black, in which case you have a matching pair. If the second sock is white, the third sock will be either black and match the first sock, or white and match the second sock.


Which Alphabet is a Tool ?

Solution

X (axe)


I noticed that in my big wall clock , there is a time when the minute and hour clock are exactly between one and two.
Also i notice both hands lie on top of each other.

What is the time i am talking about ?

Solution

12:00

both minute and hour clock lie exactly between the number one and two in the number



In a rainy season , one day 3 huge
ladies walking under a normal sized umbrella.
The umbrella is not huge enough
to accommodate all 3 ladies yet not a single lady got wet.

Why ?


Solution

Its not raining , its just a rainy season :p



SOLUTION

13 x 3 + 1 = 40

Explanation:

The number of decks is irrelevant i.e any number of decks can be mixed and still the answer would be same.
Any card drawn will be a Ace,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,Jack,Queen or King, so there are 13 possibilities each time a card is drawn.
The fastest and luckiest way would need just 4 cards of the same kind.

The slowest way is our solution as it will guarantee a four of a kind.
i.e draw 3 of each kind =>39 cards will be fetched. now next card will guarantee 4 of a kind.