#511 - Christmas New Year Puzzle

There is exact one week gap between Christmas and New Year. Hence, It is obvious that new year that comes right after Christmas comes on the same day of the week.

A Strange thing happened in Year 2024. Christmas occurs on Wednesday and New Year on Monday. Hows that possible?

Its a trick teaser, Christmas occurs after 51 weeks and 2 days as New year comes first.

#512 - Trick Sports Riddle

Joseph leaves home and then he takes three right turns. Joseph wants to return to home buy he was scared ofJohn, who is wearing a mask.
What is Joseph Situation?

They are playing baseball.

#513 - QuickFire Trick Riddle

Ths is Quick Riddle, So please reply quicklt

In a concert, Janet Jackson is performing a dance show with her group.
At 11:00, she and her crew were dancing in absolute straight line. At that time Janet was standing in 4th position from both front and back end of the row.

What was the size of her crew?

6

Janet was standing 4th from bothe end, i.e 3 crew members were at the front and her back.

#514 - The Password Riddle

A system error causes the change of Sumit net banking password. To sort this out, he calls the customer care. The following is the conversation he has with the executive:

Sumit: My password is changed.
Custom Care Executive: We have kept your password distinct this time. It has 8 letters out of which, 3 letters are same as previous.
Sumit: Okay, thanks.

Can you determine the old as well as the new password of Sumit net banking account after reading the conversation carefully?

The original password was "changed" and the new password given by custom care executive is "distinct".

#515 - The Stairs Riddle

You need to climb ten stairs. At every stair, you can either take one step up or you can jump two steps up.

In how many different ways you can climb 10 stairs?

89

#516 - Oldest Riddle Heard

This is the oldest riddle that I have heard.

Once there was a man who is travelling with a Tiger , goat and grass.
He needs to cross the river that can carry the maximum of two i.e Man + one of Tiger goat or grass. But the problem is "If he takes lion with him, the goat will eat grass and if he takes grass with him, the lion will eat goat".

How can he ensure safe delivery of all three?

It can be done in four steps.
1. Men & goat to the other end. Then the man comes back.
2. Man & lion to the other end. Then the man comes back with the goat. 3. Man & grass to the other end. The man comes back alone
4. Man & goat to the other end.

All done.

#517 - Classy Statement Puzzle

Maria and Martina are strange women. One of them always lies on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays and tells the truth on all other days of the week while the other lies on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays and tells the truth on other days of the week.

Today, following statements were made.
Maria: I lie on Saturdays.
Martina: I will lie tomorrow.
Maria: I lie on Sundays.

Which day of the week is today?

Wednesday.

No one lies on Sunday, so Maria is lying. Which means today is not Sunday. Also now we know that Maria lies today, so "Maria: I lie on Saturdays" is also a lie. Therefore, today is not sturdy and can one of Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. Now we know Martina is telling the truth, therefore for the statement "Martina: I will lie tomorrow." true today has to be Wednesday.

#518 - Byomkesh Bakshi Mystery Puzzle

Byomkesh Bakshi was visiting his friend Ganpat Negi. He found out that his friend wife had just killed a burglar in self defence.
Bakshi asks Ganpat about what happened and he told that "His wife were watching television when suddenly the bell rang. She thought that it is her husband Ganpat but she found the burglar who attacked her instantly and she got so frightened that she killed the burglar immediately with the knife.
Byomkesh Bakshi asked the police to arrest here friend wife.
Why ?

Ganpat wife was planning to kill him and she planned to kill him as soon as he opened the door else why would she had the knife in her hand especially watching television.

#519 - Unique Words Puzzle

What is the unique property of the following words ?
* Revive
* Banana
* Grammar
* Voodoo
* Assess
* Potato
* Dresser
* Uneven

If we remove the first letter of the word and place it in the end. It will be read the same from front and back.

#520 - Unlisted Phone Number Riddle

In the city of Brain Teasers, 2% of people do not list their phone numbers. Now if we select random 20 people from the phone directory, then how many people selected will have unlisted phone numbers?

0%

In the number is in the phone directory, it means the number is listed.