Category Archives: Puzzles

How Long Was He Walking

Puzzle: Every day, Jack arrives at the train station from work at 5 pm. His wife leaves home in her car to meet him there at exactly 5 pm, and drives him home. One day, Jack gets to the station an hour early, and starts walking home, until his wife meets him on the road. Read More →

Top 10 Logic Puzzles

So you think you are clever, right? Then here is your chance to pit your brain against some of the world’s hardest logic puzzles ever created. 1. 10 identical bottles of pills We have 10 identical bottles of identical pills (each bottle contain hundred of pills). Out of 10 bottles 9 have 1 gram of Read More →

2 Player and N Coin – Strategy Puzzle

Puzzle: There are n coins in a line. (Assume n is even). Two players take turns to take a coin from one of the ends of the line until there are no more coins left. The player with the larger amount of money wins. Would you rather go first or second? Does it matter? Assume Read More →

Minimum no Of Aircraft Puzzle

Puzzle: On Bagshot Island, there is an airport. The airport is the home base of an unlimited number of identical airplanes. Each airplane has a fuel capacity to allow it to fly exactly 1/2 way around the world, along a great circle. The planes have the ability to refuel in flight without loss of speed Read More →

Chickens and Rabbits | Math Puzzle

Puzzle: There are several chickens and rabbits in a cage (with no other types of animals). There are 72 heads and 200 feet inside the cage. How many chickens are there, and how many rabbits? Puzzle Solution: Let c be the number of chickens, and r be the number of rabbits. r + c = Read More →

Nugget Numbers | Math Brain Teaser

Puzzle: At McDonald’s you can order Chicken McNuggets in boxes of 6,9, and 20. What is the largest number of nuggets that you cannot order using any combination of the above? Puzzle Solution: 43 It is possible to achieve all multiples of 3 that are bigger than 6, through the 6s and 9s alone. Adding Read More →

Top 10 Brain Teasers

Ready to challenge your brain? Here’s our collection of brain teasers and the answers! Most people get these wrong. Try now these brain teasers! 1. Red and Blue Balls in a Bag You have 20 Blue balls and 10 Red balls in a bag. You put your hand in the bag and take off two Read More →

Frog and Well Puzzle

Puzzle: A frog is at the bottom of a 30 meter well. Each day he summons enough energy for one 3 meter leap up the well. Exhausted, he then hangs there for the rest of the day. At night, while he is asleep, he slips 2 meters backwards. How many days does it take him Read More →

The Pill Problem | Hard Brain Teaser

Man and 3 Pill Puzzle

Puzzle: This is very hard brain teaser. A man has a medical condition that requires him to take two kinds of pills, call them P1 and P2. The man must take one P1 pill and one P2 pill each day, or he will die. If he takes more than 1 pill of the same kind Read More →

100 Blue Eyes Puzzle

Puzzle: This puzzle is one of the hardest puzzle in the world. If you are able to solve this, believe me you are genius. A group of people with assorted eye colors live on an island. They are all perfect logicians — if a conclusion can be logically deduced, they will do it instantly. No Read More →

Car Wheels Problem

Puzzle: A car has 4 tyres and 1 spare tyre. Each tyre can travel a maximum distance of 20000 kilometers before wearing off. What is the maximum distance the car can travel. You are allowed to change tyres (using the spare tyre) unlimited number of times. Note: All tyres are used upto their full strength. Read More →

Rope Escape Puzzle

Puzzle: Jim is trapped at the top of a building which is 200m high. He has with him a rope 150m long. There is a hook at the top where he stands. Looking down, he notices that midway between him and the ground, at a height of 100m, there is a ledge with another hook. Read More →