There are 30 socks in a drawer. 60% of the socks are red and the rest are blue. What is the minimum number of socks that must be taken from the drawer without looking in order to be certain that at least the same color have been chosen?
Posted under [PUZZLE] by AleAdr 12.04.2009
1-2-3-4-5-6
I am a 6 letter word.
Letters 6-5-2 spell out a drink.
Letters 4-5-2-3 spell out a fruit.
Letters 1-2-6 spell out a pet.
Letters 3-2-6 spell out a pest, which often gets eaten by 1-2-6.
What am I?
Posted under [PUZZLE] by AleAdr 12.04.2009
It is said that designers take 10 seconds to resolve this, engineers take 3 minutes, architects 3 hours and doctors 6 hours.
You have to guess what the 6th number is.
1, 2, 6, 42, 1806, ...
Posted under [PUZZLE] by AleAdr 12.04.2009
A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms.
The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with
loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years.
Which room is safest for him?
Posted under [PUZZLE] by AleAdr 12.04.2009
Four people need to cross a rickety rope bridge to get back to their camp at night. Unfortunately, they only have one flashlight and it only has enough light left for seventeen minutes. The bridge is too dangerous to cross without a flashlight, and it’s only strong enough to support two people at any given time. Each of the campers walks at a different speed. One can cross the bridge in 1 minute, another in 2 minutes, the third in 5 minutes, and the slow poke takes 10 minutes to cross. How do the campers make it across in 17 minutes?
Posted under [PUZZLE] by AleAdr 12.04.2009
You have eight balls all of the same size. 7 of them weigh the same, and one of them weighs slightly more. How can you find the ball that is heavier by using a balance and only two weighings?
Posted under [PUZZLE] by AleAdr 12.04.2009
