#281 - Classic Two Bottles Pill Puzzle

You have two bottles of pills marked with the label A and B. The pills are identical. The doctor has asked you to take one A pill and one B pill daily. You cant take more or less than that.

While taking out the pills one day, you took out one pill from A and by mistake took out two from B. You have no idea which pill is which now.

You cant throw away the expensive pills. What will you do now?

Cut each of the three pills in half and put each half in two piles. Now, each of the two piles will contain half of pill A and two halves of pill B.

Take one pill A and cut into half and put the two halves in the two piles. Now, each pile will have two halves of pill A and two halves of pill B which means one pill A and one pill B. You can take one pile today and one pile the next day.

#282 - Disabled Person Winner Riddle

In a competition, the contestants had to hold something. When the winner was announced, he was a physically disabled person. How can this be possible?

The contestants had to hold breath and the disabled person could hold it for longest.

#283 - Akbar Birbal Riddle

Once while in his court, King Akbar asked Birbal to write something on a wall that makes one sad when read in good times and makes one happy when read in sad times.

He took only a few moment and wrote something that fit the requirements. What did he write?

He write:
The time will pass soon.

If you read this line in happy times, you will be sad because you would want the happy time to last forever.
If you read it in sad times, you will feel happy, as you will feel optimistic about the future.

#284 - Trick Murder Mystery Riddle

On 26-01-1982, Abish Mattew was murdered at his house near Hauz Khas (Delhi-India) in the afternoon. There were three suspects to the murder and following are the statements that were given by them:

Harish: I visited my village that day.
Lokesh: I was out to deposit my house tax in municipality office that time.
Saurabh: I was at friend place having lunch at that time.

Can you find out who is the murderer?

Lokesh is the culprit.
This is because 26 Jan is a national holiday.

#285 - Nine Chocolates Trick Teaser

There are nine chocolates in a box. Nine people take nine chocolates with them. However, one chocolate is still left in the box.

How can that be possible ?

This is pretty simple. The last person took the box along with the chocolate inside the box. Thus, one still remains in the box.

#286 - Missing Train Passengers Riddle

A train full of passengers goes through a tunnel. When the train comes out from the other end, there is no single person on the train.

How did it happen ?

This is because all the passengers in the train are married.

#287 - QuickFire Puzzle

A pond had 57 fishes, out of which, all but 17 died.
How many fishes are now present in that pond?

Read the question carefully. The phrase ‘all but 17 died’ refers to the fact that all except 17 fishes died. Therefore, 17 fishes remain in the pond now.

#288 - World War One

Two mates Timon and Pumba were talking about their families. Timon told some nice stories concerning his unafraid grandfather who fought for the Kingdom in "World War One". Timon told that his grandparent is so brave that he was awarded a bravery medal with words "For our unafraid troopers In war One" embedded into it.

Pumba is aware of that his friend is lying. How ?

World War One was named only after World War Two

#289 - Quick Thinking Question

Neha is twentieth from the bottom in a queue of 100 girls.
What is her position from the top of the queue ?

The position of girls higher than queue is: 100 - 20 = 80.
Thus, position of Neha from the top = 80 + 1 = 81.

#290 - Haunted House Riddle

To spice up your Halloween, you decide to enter a haunted house with your girlfriend. As you enter, an eerie silence embraces you and you can see nothing because its dark. You fumble your way and try your luck to find the switches, but it turns out to be a waste as there is no electricity connection to the house.

When you decide to turn back, the door closes on you and you are trapped in the house with your girlfriend who has now started panicking.

While you are trying to console her, an evil laughter takes you by surprise. Then, you see a faint figure who tells you that you have three doors in front of you and you must take one of them; it is the only way to free yourself. The figure describes that the first door opens up to a compact space filled with a swarm of deadly bees and you will be stung endlessly by them. The second door opens up to the electricity chairs. You both will be strapped to the chairs for five minutes and exposed to high voltage electricity. The third door opens up with a pit that has no bottom and you will keep falling endlessly into nothingness.

While this leaves you all panicked, which door will you choose if you have no other choice?

You must choose the door that opens with electric chairs. This is because there is no electricity in the house. Thus, you will just have to sit on the chairs for five minutes and then you will be free to go.