#1 - Popular Card Interview Puzzle

A pack of cards has 40 cards. You are blindfolded. Out of 40, 25 cards are facing down while 15 are facing up. You have been asked to divide this pack of cards into two decks - so that each deck contains an equal number of face up cards. Remember, you are blindfolded.

How will you do it?

Create a new deck of the exactly same number of cards as are face up cards in the original deck.Take 15 number of cards in a new deck and change their face direction. For example- You create a new deck of 15 cards and out of 15, 5 faces up in a new deck. So remaining 10 faces up are in the old deck. But hey! while creating the new deck you reversed the face direction of new cards. So actually the 5 cards which were facing up are actually face down in the new deck while 10 faces up.

#2 - Good Toothpick Riddle

You can move only two matchsticks. Will two moves be enough for you to make eight squares of three different sizes?

Good Toothpick Riddle

Please refer to the picture to see how we got a square of 3x3, 2 squares of 2x2 and 5 squares of 1x1.

#3 - Husband Wife Steps Puzzle

Husband and wife were jogging in the morning. To match every two steps of husband, wife required three steps. If Both of them start with the here right foot. After how many steps do their left foot be together?

Never.

Explanation

After every three steps:
Husband, Wife
Right, Right
Left, Right
Right, Right
Left, Right
Right, Right
And so on......

#4 - Akbar Birbal Story Riddle

Trying to tease Birbal, Akbar gave him one gold coin and ask him to buy
* something for him to eat
* something for him to drink.
* something to feed the cows
* something to plant in the garden
and most important you need to buy only one thing.

What must birbal buy to silence Akbar?

Watermelon
* something for him to eat - watermelon
* something for him to drink - juice of watermelon
* something to feed the cows - Watermelon rinds
* something to plant in the garden - the seeds of watermelon

#5 - Supernatural - Who Are They Puzzle

They Fight against the vampires.
They know their spell.
They fight against demons.
They are the most famous ghost hunters
They always do together as they are brothers.

Who are they?

Sam and dean (The Winchester brothers)

#6 - Train Tunnel Logic Problem

Rahul decided to meet Simran so he boards a local train from Bombay station. Just after the station there is a 1km long tunnel. The train starts and is now accelerating. Rahul is a claustrophobic guy, so what is the best position for him to sit?

Person at the back will spend minimum time on tunnel as train is accelerating.

#7 - Popular Matchstick Donkey Riddle

If you see the matchsticks arrangement in the picture, you will be able to notice a donkey shaped figure. Can you move 2 matchsticks in a manner that this shape is rotated or reflected, but it remains intact? Please be careful about the tale, it should point upwards only.

Popular Matchstick Donkey Riddle


#8 - Popular Toll Bridge Tax Puzzle

You have to send 3,000 grapes 1,000 kilometers from grapecity to appleland. Your truck can carry 1,000 grapes at a time. Every time you travel a kilometer towards appleland you must pay a tax of 1 grape but you pay nothing when going in the other direction (towards grapecity).

What is highest number of grapes you can get to appleland?

Step one: First you want to make 3 trips of 1,000 grapes 333 kilometers. You will be left with 2,001 grapes and 667 kilometers to go.
Step two: Next you want to take 2 trips of 1,000 grapes 500 kilometers. You will be left with 1,000 grapes and 167 kilometers to go (you have to leave a grape behind).
Step three: Finally, you travel the last 167 kilometers with one load of 1,000 grapes and are left with 833 grapes in appleland.

#9 - Popular Algebraic Equation Riddle

Can you solve the popular algebraic equation by replacing alphabets with a digit and equation must be true as well?
SEND
+ MORE
======
MONEY

9567
+ 1085
======
10652

#10 - Talking Parrot Riddle

Michael went to a parrot shop in Florida when the parrot owner told him that his parrot is so unique that he repeats everything he hears. Michael got excited and immediately bought the parrot. Michael went home and spoke many words, but parrot does not repeat anything.
He went again to parrot shop and complaint to the shopkeeper, but shopkeeper never lied. Explain?

The parrot is deaf.