#11 - Basic Riddle

The peacock is a bird that does not lay eggs. How do they get baby peacocks

The peahen lays eggs

#12 - Paradox Probability Puzzle

This is a famous paradox which has caused a great deal of argument and disbelief from many who cannot accept the correct answer. Four balls are placed in a hat. One is white, one is blue and the other two are red. The bag is shaken and someone draws two balls from the hat. He looks at the two balls and announces that at least one of them is red. What are the chances that the other ball he has drawn out is also red?

There are six possible pairings of the two balls withdrawn, RED+RED, RED+WHITE, WHITE+RED, RED+BLUE, BLUE+RED, WHITE+BLUE. We know that the WHITE + BLUE combination has not been drawn. This leaves five possible combinations remaining. Therefore the chances that the RED + RED pairing has been drawn are 1 in 5. Many people cannot accept that the solution is not 1 in 3, and of course it would be, if the balls had been drawn out separately and the color of the first ball announced as red before the second had been drawn out. However, as both balls had been drawn together, and then the color of one of the balls announced, then the above solution, 1 in 5, must be the correct one.

#13 - Read Between The Lines

This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out.

the letter 'e', which is the most common letter in the English language, does not appear once in the long paragraph...

#14 - Confusing Riddle

After a heavy Thanksgiving meal, the night watchman went to work. In the morning, he told his boss he had dreamed that a saboteur planted a bomb in the factory and that he felt it was a warning. The boss promptly fired him. Worked confused... Why boss fired him ?

The watchman had been sleeping on the job. Otherwise, he would not have been dreaming.

#15 - Funny Riddle

IT'S A 7 LETTER WORD.
IF WE REMOVE 1 LETTER FROM IT, IT REMAINS SAME.
IF WE REMOVE 2 LETTERS FROM IT, IT REMAINS SAME.
IF WE REMOVE 3 LETTERS FROM IT, IT REMAINS SAME.
IF WE REMOVE ALL THE LETTERS FROM IT, STILL IT REMAINS SAME.
WHATZ IT ?

POSTBOX

#16 - Number Series Puzzle

What letter is next in this sequence?
O, T, T, F, F, S, S, E, __
**Hint:Its a Number Series Puzzle

N for Nine

#17 - October Train Puzzle

An express train takes 3 seconds to enter tunnel which is 1 km long.
If it is traveling at 120 km an hour, how long will it take to pass completely through the tunnel

The train takes 30 seconds to travel 1 km, plus 3 seconds for the complete train to pass any point, making a total of 33 seconds.

#18 - Age Puzzle

The ages of a father and son add up to 66. The father's age is the son's age reversed.
How old could they be? (3 possible solutions).

51 and 15. 42 and 24. 60 and 06.

#19 - Crazy Interview Riddle

An interview was conducted to test the structure, usage and competence of all the English Letters. To do this, each letter was interviewed for one hour in sequence and the interview was expected to take a whole day. Letter A was the first, then B, C, D ... till letter X which rounded off the interview. Why was letter Y and Z left out?

There are 24 hours in a day and 26 Letters. Each letter is allotted one hour. Hence, letter Y and Z could not be interviewed because both exceeded the 24 hours Standard Time. Letter Y and Z are 25th and 26th respectively.

#20 - Science Riddle

What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

Charcoal