Mindbender: three lights
A man is standing in front of three light switches and then there is a shut door. He is only allowed to go through the door once and there he…
Continue readingMindbender: Park Lane Hotel
A man is pushing his car across London. He eventually arrives outside a hotel in Park Lane and there discovers he has become bankrupt. How has this happened? NEXT >…
Continue readingMindbender: The smuggler
Every other day, a cyclist rides a bicycle over the border between the border of the US and Mexico. a policeman always checks his satchel, but it holds nothing but…
Continue readingMindbender: equation II
(Variation on another equation question) Remove one short line to make this correct: 5 + 5 + 1 = 546 NEXT > [accordions id=”1427″]
Continue readingMindbender: Sandtimers
You have two traditional hourglass type egg timers. One takes seven minutes for the sand to run through, the other takes 11 minutes. You want to boil an ostrich egg…
Continue readingMindbender: How well do you know your physics?
Some silly questions for you, but you need to know a bit about physics to work these out. Mad Professor Zweistein has managed to build a car that has an…
Continue readingMindbender: Icy escape
You are trapped in the middle of a frozen lake that is so smooth that there is absolutely no friction so there is no way you can grip the ice….
Continue readingMindbender: Butcher’s weight
A butcher is 5′ 10″. What does he weigh? NEXT > [accordions id=”1437″]
Continue readingMindbender: Fathers and Sons
There are 2 fathers and 2 sons sitting around a table. How many people are there? NEXT > [accordions id=”1439″]
Continue readingMindbender: Consonant place name
Which English place name (also the name of a London tube station) contains 6 consecutive consonants? NEXT > [accordions id=”1441″]
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