#11 - Statement Puzzle

Rob is taller than Edwin, Jurgen is shorter than Rob.
Of only one of the following statements, we now certainly know it is correct:

Edwin is taller than Jurgen
Jurgen is taller than Edwin
It cannot be determined if Jurgen or Edwin is tallest.

Statement Puzzle
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Statement C is certainly correct. The only thing that can be stated for sure is that Rob is tallest. If Jurgen and Edwin have different heights, one of the other statements is also correct. But if Jurgen and Edwin have the same height, none of the other two statements is correct

#12 - Maths Puzzle

How can I get the answer 24 by only using the numbers 8,8,3,3.

You can use the main signs add, subtract multiply and divide.

Maths Puzzle
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1) 8/(3-(8/3))
= 8/(1/3)
= 24

2)((8 x 3!)/3)+8
= ((8 × 3 × 2 × 1)/3)+8
= (48/3)+8
= (16)+8
= 24

3)(3!/)*8

4)(8-3)!/(8-3)
( × )!
( + )!
√(8×8×3×3)
8+(8×(3!/3))
((√(8+8) × (3/3))!
√(8+8) × (3+3)
(log base(3!/3) of 8) × 8
((log base(3!/3) of (8+8))!

#13 - Impossible Riddle

When can you add 2 to 11 and get 1 as the correct answer?

Impossible Riddle
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When you add two hours to eleven o'clock, you get one o'clock.

#14 - Teaser Puzzle

What does the following represent?

N N N N N N N

A A A A A A A

C C C C C C C

Teaser Puzzle
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7 up cans

#15 - Odd One Out Puzzle

Which is Odd One Out ? and why ?

4377

3954

9862

8454

9831

Odd One Out Puzzle
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9862

Sum of digits of all other numbers is 21 , but sum of digits of 9862 is 25

#16 - Gold Box Puzzle

There are three boxes in a table. One of the box contains Gold and the other two are empty. A printed message contains in each box. One of the message is true and the other two are lies.
The first box says "The Gold is not here".
The Second box says "The Gold is not here".
The Third box says "The Gold is in the Second box".
Which box has the Gold?

Gold Box Puzzle
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As the message contains one truth, the third says that the gold is in the second box, if it is to be true, then the first box message will also become true. So Gold cannot be in second and third boxes. Gold is in the first box.

#17 - TinTin Puzzle

TinTin eleven friends.He has a bowl containing eleven apples. Now He want to divide the eleven apples to his friends, in such a way that a apple should remain in his bowl.
How can He do it?

TinTin Puzzle
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For one Friend TinTin will give apple in a bowl

#18 - December Puzzle

One day Alice meets the Lion and the Unicorn in the Forest of Forgetfulness. She knows that the Lion lies on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, and tells the truth on the other days of the week. The Unicorn, on the other hand, lies on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, but tells the truth on the other days of the week. Now they make the following statements to Alice:
Lion: Yesterday was one of my lying days.
Unicorn: Yesterday was one of my lying days too.
What day is it?

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Thursday

The only days the Lion can say that he lied on the previous day are Mondays and Thursdays. The only days the Unicorn can say this, are Thursdays and Sundays. Therefore, the only day they both say that is on Thursday

#19 - What Word Riddle

Pronounced as one letter,
And written with three,
Two letters there are,
And two only in me.
I am double, I am single,
I am black blue and gray,
I am read from both ends,
And the same either way.

What Word Riddle
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Eye

#20 - December Maths Puzzle

I am thinking of a 6-digit number. The sum of the digits is 43.

And only two of the following three statements about the number are true:

(1) it's a square number,
(2) it's a cube number, and
(3) the number is under 500000.

December Maths Puzzle
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Only Statements 1 and 3 are true. the number is 499849.

7072 = 499849
499849<500000