Not twins

Written on 1:58 pm by Vja Students

A woman had two sons who were born on the same hour of the same day of the same year. But they were not twins. How could this be so?




Ans: They were two of a set of triplets (or quadruplets etc.)

Poison

Written on 8:52 am by Vja Students

A man went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early.Everyone else at the party who drank the punch subsequently died of poisoning. Why did the man not die?



Ans: The poison in the punch came from the ice cubes. When the man drank the punch, the ice was fully frozen. Gradually it melted, poisoning the punch.

Manhole

Written on 8:40 am by Vja Students

Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones?




Ans: A square manhole cover can be turned and dropped down the diagonal of the manhole. A round manhole cannot be dropped down the manhole. So for safety and practicality, all manhole covers should be round.

Birthday

Written on 8:03 am by Vja Students

One day Pradeep celebrated his birthday. Two days later his older twin brother, Prahlad, celebrated his birthday. Why?




Ans: At the time she went into labor, the mother of the twins was travelling by boat. The older twin, Terry, was born first early on March 1st. The boat then crossed a time zone and Kerry, the younger twin, was born on February 28th.Therefore, the younger twin celebrate his birthday two days before his older brother.

Black

Written on 8:43 am by Vja Students

A man is wearing all black i.e., black shoes, socks, trousers, jumper , gloves and balaclava. He is walking down a black street with all the street lamps off. A black car is coming towards him with its light off too but some how manages to stop in time. How did the driver see the man?




Ans: It was day time

Accident

Written on 8:08 am by Vja Students

A man and his son are in a car accident. The father dies on the scene, but the child is rushed to the hospital. When he arrives the surgeon says "I can't operate on this boy, he is my son!" How can this be?


Ans: The surgeon is the boy's mother

Prisoners

Written on 5:35 am by Vja Students

Her Majesty's prison at Dungenham is for short-term offenders. They have their exercise day on Friday. The long-term offenders at Cellfield call their governor Dracula. The prison whose governor is nicknamed Attila has 275 inmates. Lockham is the only prison for female offenders and it is visited by a parson called Cringe. The prison with 103 inmates has its exercise day on Wednesday, but the visiting parson's name is not Blather. The prison whose governor is nicknamed Scrooge has its exercise day earlier in the week than the one with 230 inmates. The high-security prison has a governor nicknamed Napoleon. Klink is the prison visited by the parson called Waffle, while parson Lamb is not the one who visits the prison with its exercise day on Tuesday. There are more inmates at Cellfield than at Klink and no one has their exercise day on Thursday.

Given that there are 700 prisoners in all, which prison has the least inmates?

Ans:

Lockham has 92 inmates, the least of the four. The complete solution is

Prison Inmates Governor Exercise Parson Style

Klink 103 Napoleon Wednesday Waffle High Security

Lockham 92 Scrooge Monday Cringe Women's

Dungenham 275 Attila Friday Lamb Short-term

Cellfield 230 Dracula Tuesday Blather Long-term

Dramatic

Written on 7:38 am by Vja Students

The Much Waffling Amateur Dramatic Society can never agree on anything. Of the 5 weekday evenings available for rehearsal Seshu prefers Friday, Chaitu can't manage Thursday, and the player whose favorite role is King Lear prefers Wednesday. Chaitu cannot bear to play King Lear or Macbeth. They can't even agree on what to drink in the bar afterwards. Dileep annoys them all by insisting on Champagne while the player whose favorite role is Ophelia is content with Sherry. Whisky is regarded as the only appropriate drink for the Balaji who plays Macbeth. The player who prefers Monday rehearsals drinks Pernod. Karthik's rehearsal preference is one day after Chaitu's.

What is the sex of the Bacardi drinker and whose favourite role is Portia?

Ans: The Bacardi drinker plays King Lear and is therefore male. Portia is Dileep's favourite role (since there are only two women and Ophelia prefers Sherry).

Dinner

Written on 7:53 am by Vja Students

Mary and John throw a small dinner party for two other married couples, Sarah and Paul, and Betty and Mike. Mary decides that it would be nice if husbands all sat opposite their wives on the round, 6-seater table. John insists that men and women should alternate. If Betty sits on the right of Paul, who sits on the left of Sarah?



Ans: Clockwise: John, Betty, Paul, Mary, Mike, Sarah. So John is on the left of Sarah.

Soccer

Written on 7:52 am by Vja Students

Four local teams decided to stage an all-play-all soccer tournament. They chose Green, Red, Blue, and Yellow as their colors. The losers were from Trivandrum and they had 3 players injured in the tournament, 1 fewer than the Green team, though the team from Kashmir had the most injured. The Red team's home ground was Darjeeling and their leading scorer was Dileep who was to become one of their team's 2 injuries. Neighboring teams Kashmir and Bangalore came second and third in the tournament respectively. Manikanth, leading scorer on the Blue team disliked both the Chennai and Bombay grounds where he had to play away fixtures. Karthik, Trivandrum's leading scorer was happiest on his home ground, Bombay. The Red team won.

For which team was Naim the leading scorer?


Ans: Naim was leading scorer for Bangalore, the Green team.

Rice Girls

Written on 7:51 am by Vja Students

The Rice Girls are a new pop group from the India. Their nicknames are Old Rice (the eldest), Cold Rice (never gives anything away), Gold Rice (all rings and bangles), Bold Rice (the leader), and Told Rice (the youngest, at 18, and always bossed around). Mai Tai comes from China and is not best friends with Free Lee, who is from Taiwan. The girl from Japan is 20, a year older than the girl addicted to jewelry. Bold Rice and Gold Rice are the best of friends. Wee Pee is 3 years older than Yum Yum. Although the girls are all different ages the eldest is still only 22. Wing Ding is younger than Cold Rice. Mai Tai is 2 years older than the leader who is older than girl from Korea.

What is the name of the girl from Java?


Ans: Wee Pee, nicknamed Cold Rice, is the girl from Java.

Engineer

Written on 7:50 am by Vja Students

On a train, Sunil, Balaji, and Chaitu are the fireman, brakeman, and engineer, but not respectively. Also aboard there are three businessmen who have the same names: a Mr. Sunil, a Mr. Balaji, and a Mr. Chaitu.

1) Mr. Balaji lives in Delhi.

2) The brakeman lives exactly halfway between Chennai and Delhi.

3) Mr. Chaitu earns exactly Rs 20,000 per year.

4) The brakeman's nearest neighbor, one of the passengers, earns exactly three times as much as the

Brakeman.

5) Sunil beats the fireman at billiards.

6) The passenger with the same name as the brakeman lives in Chennai.

Who is the Engineer?


Ans: Sunil is the engineer

The brakeman's nearest neighbor can not be Mr. Balaji, since Mr. Balaji lives in Delhi and the brakeman is halfway from there to Chennai. The brakeman's nearest neighbor can not be Mr. Chaitu because 20,000 is not evenly divisible by 3. The brakeman's nearest neighbor is one of those 3 passengers, so he must be Mr. Sunil.The passenger with the same name as the brakeman lives in Chennai, and we know that Mr. Balaji and Mr. Sunil do not live in Chennai,so Mr. Chaitu must live in Chennai, so the brakeman must be Chaitu. So Sunil is either the fireman or the engineer, but since Sunil beats the fireman at billiards, he can not be the fireman, so he must be the engineer.

Riddle

Written on 7:46 am by Vja Students

What is greater than God, More evil than the devil, Poor people have it, Rich people need it And if you eat it, you die?


Ans: Nothing

Rocket

Written on 7:41 am by Vja Students

There are ten rockets. How do you arrange the rockets in five rows of four?

Ans:Arrange the rockets in the shape of a star

Tonic

Written on 10:32 am by Vja Students

To conserve the contents of a 16oz. bottle of tonic, a castaway adopts the following procedure. on the first day he drinks 1 oz of tonic and then refills the bottle with water; on the second day he drinks 2oz. of the mixture and then refills the bottle with water. On the third day he drinks 3oz. of the mixture and then again refills the bottle with water. He continues this procedure until the bottle is empty. How many ounces of water did he drink altogether? He does not drink from the bottle if there is no tonic in it.

Answer:120 ounces

Unusual

Written on 10:10 am by Vja Students

This is a most unusual paragraph. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary you'd think nothing was wrong with it---and in fact, nothing is wrong with it. It is unusual though. Why? Study it, think about it, and you may find out. Try to do it without coaching. If you work at it for a bit it will dawn on you. So jump to it and try your skill at figuring it out. Good luck --don't blow your cool.

Answer:

The entire paragraph does not contain the letter "e"!

Belts

Written on 10:19 pm by Vja Students

These guys range in age from 5 to 65 and rank from white to black belt. They all have a favorite martial artist and work a different weapon. They, also, each exhibit a specific talent commonly found in the animal kingdom. To assist in organizing your thoughts the five of them live in a row. Here are the facts.

1. The Bruce Lee fan is a red belt.

2. The person who trains with the dagger has the speed of a snake.

3. The child has a green belt.

4. The person who uses fighting fans lives in the house next to the person who has the balance of a

crane.

5. The white belt throws stars.

6. The mom idolizes Steven Segal.

7. The "Gracies" fan lives in the first house on the left

8. The green belt lives to the immediate right of the orange belt.

9. The person with the strength of a tiger watches a Chuck Norris sitcom.

10. The teenager lives in the middle house.

11. The person with the Jackie Chan movie collection swings nunchukkas.

12. The father carries a staff.

13. The person in the house next to the house where the person who has the grace of a gazelle lives, owns throwing stars.

14. The black belt lives next door to the "Gracies" fan.

Who has the heart of the dragon and, who's the grandpa?

Answer:

Movie Collection has the heart of a dragon

The Grandpa throws stars!

Boat

Written on 7:52 am by Vja Students

A family of five ( Father, Mother, Lisa, Brad, and Emily) each have a dog of their own. They need to cross the river but have a severe problem. There is a boat which holds a maximum of three living things (people or dogs). The dogs are extremely sensitive and CANNOT be left alone with another family member unless their owner is present. NOT EVEN MOMENTARILY. They can left be alone with each other, however. The crossing would be impossible except for the fact that Lisa's dog is trained to drive the boat. How many trips are necessary to get everyone across the river?

Answer: 11 trips

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