How do you know which switch turns on which light bulb if you can only enter the room once?
Answer: Leave the first one on for 5 minutes, turn it off, turn on the second one, and enter. A warm but off bulb corresponds to the first, a warm but on bulb to the second, and a cold bulb to the third.
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What is the name of the third child?
The father has three sons: Pierre, Paul… and?
Answer: “The answer lies in the question: “and?”
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Strange footprints in the forest
You see a shoe print and a bare foot.
Who was there?
Answer: Only one person… with one bare foot and one shod foot!
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What time is it?
You wake up to find that the clock has stopped ticking. Five minutes ago, it was midnight. In five minutes, it will still be midnight.
Answer: “It’s not a clock, it’s an hourglass!”
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Born in January… in the middle of summer?
A man born on January 6th claims he was born on a summer day.
Answer: He was born in “the Southern Hemisphere, where January is summer!”
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How to divide a liter without a measuring cup?
You have 1 liter of water. No measuring cup, no scale.
Answer: “Tilt the bottle horizontally: when the water level reaches halfway, you have about 500 ml!”
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A photo and a family secret
The man says, “The father of the man in the photo is my father’s son.”
The answer: The man in the photo is his son.
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All but 9…
A shepherd has 17 sheep. All but 9 flee.
Answer: 9 remain. Words matter!
So how many did you find?
And if not, don’t panic… puzzles can be solved just like a good Sudoku: with a smile.
What if true intelligence is the willingness to learn through play?
