Best Riddles of August 2014

The fact is that both the amounts are same.
After the swap has been done, you must know that the quantity of liquid is same in both the cups as you have taken and mixed a spoonful only in both the cases. So, there is no change in the quantity of the liquids.

No if there is any tea missing from the tea cup, it is now in the coffee cup. Also, since the quantity is same, then the same amount of coffee must be missing from the coffee cup and is now in the tea cup.

This question can be a tricky one. The probability that is asked will be zero.

If the probability off taking out a pair of white socks is 1/2, it means that there is no black pair. This is because if there had been, there would have been three cases – white pair, black pair and mixed pair. But since in the question it is clear that there were just two chances (1/2), we can fairly deduce that there were only one black sock and the rest were white.

This is possible as Thursday was the name of her car.

The man who asked for the dirty martini was having hiccups which was evident when he asked for it. Thus, the barman pulled out a gun and aimed at him to give him a shock which ultimately cured his hiccups.

All the tools you have are just given to draw your attention. In reality, you wont be using any one of them to take out that ball. It is a ping pong ball right? You have a water bottle too. Just empty the bottle in that narrow hole and your ball will float to the top automatically.

Let us solve this question one step at a time.
We know that each time the ball is dropped it bounces back and reach 2/3 of the height.
Thus, after the first bounce, the ball will reach 2/3 of the height from which it was dropped.
After the second bounce, the ball will reach 2/3 of the height again after the first bounce.
Thus the total height at which the ball must have reached by this time will be 2/3 * 2/3 = 4/9 of the original height.
After third bounce, 2/3 * 2/3 * 2/3 = 8/27 of the original height.
After fourth bounce, 2/3 * 2/3 * 2/3 * 2/3 = 16/81 of the original height.


Thus, the ball will reach 16/81 of the original height from which it was dropped.

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Nothing is the name of a ship that has been docked near the coast. The four pieces of paper contains the map and directions that can be used by you while driving the ship.

The figure D will fit in the missing position. This is because with every figure, the number of black dots are increasing. Thus the D figure is the only one that I suitable.