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Sherlock Holmes was relaxing in his study when, suddenly,  a snowball struck one of the windows overlooking  the street below, causing it to shatter. Quickly, he went over  to the window to investigate and, looking out, just caught  sight of the Willoughby triplets, Danny, Mark and Oliver, disappearing rapidly round a street corner. The next  morning he received this anonymous message: ? Willoughby. I am certain he broke your window . According to this, which one of the triplets should he  question  about the incident? Answer: Mark Willoughby.  "?" Denotes "Question Mark".

What letter, apart from E, can be added to the following  to complete this sequence? SEQUENC_ Answer: Place the letter "F" above the line to make the word SEQUENCE.

77, 49, 36, 18, ?? Answer: 8.

A DJ friend of mine whose name card looks like this: J JASON DJ FM-AM I have found a pattern hidden in this name card. After I revealed it to him, he was shocked as well. What was the Pattern? Answer: The first letter of months appear in the same order: June, July, August, September, October, November, December, January, February, March, April and May.

My digital watch shows the time as: 8:19 23:46:57 It reads August 19th, 23 hours, 46 minutes and 57 seconds. You will notice that the digits of 1-9 displays all the digits only once. There are 768 instances in a year like this. Find the KOMACHI time that appears earliest in the year? Answer: 3:26 17:48:59 March 26th, 17 hours, 48 minutes and 59 seconds.

4, 16, 37, 58, 89, 145, 42, ?? What number will come in next place? Answer: 20. The series consists of numbers which follow the pattern: 4 2 = 16 1 2 + 6 2 = 37 3 2 + 7 2 = 58 5 2 + 8 2 = 89 8 2 + 9 2 = 145 1 2 +4 2 + 5 2 = 42 42 + 2 2 = 20

A man drove from A to B. On the first day he travelled 1/3 of the distance. On day two he travelled 1/2 of the remaining distance. On day three he travelled 2/3 of the remaining distance. On day four, after covering 3/4 of the remaining distance, he was still 5 miles away from B. How many miles had he covered in total upto day four? Answer: 175 miles. The total trip was 180 miles. Working backwards: Day 1: travelled 1/3 leaving 120 miles, which means that 120 miles is 2/3, so 180 miles were left at the start of Day 1.    Day 2: travelled 1/2 leaving 60 miles, which means that 60 miles is 1/2, so 120 miles were left at the start of Day 2. Day 3: travelled 2/3 leaving 20 miles, which means that 20 miles is 1/3, so 60 miles were left at the start of Day 3.   Day 4: travelled 3/4 leaving 5 miles, which means that 5 miles is 1/4, so 20 miles were left at the start of Day 4. Of the 180 miles overall, 175 were covered in the 4 days.

During the recent football competition, 5 schools were competing. Each school played each other once, with 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points if they lost. Here are the final points after all of the matches:  A     6 B      5 C     4 D      2 E      ? How many points did E end the season with? Answer: 3. Since there were 5 teams in the league there were a total of 10 possible games (either way around): Since each game distributed 2 points to the two teams there were a total of 20 points available to the league. The results shown add to 17, leaving the remaining 3 to E.

During a recent contest, the total number of points scored by the first six players was 103 and every score was above zero. The first player scored half the points of the second player, who in turn scored 6 points fewer than the third player. The third player in turn scored two thirds the points of the fourth player. The fifth player managed to score the same number of points as the difference between the first and fourth player's points. Finally, the sixth player scored 14 fewer than the fifth player. Can you determine how many points the sixth player managed to score? Answer: 9 points. Respectively the scores were 7, 14, 20, 30, 23 and 9. If the six players were A, B, C, D, E and F we know that:A + B + C + D + E + F = 103. and    A = B ÷ 2    B = C - 6    C = D x 2 ÷ 3    E = D - A             (see note at end)    F = E...

Exactly how many minutes is it before eight o'clock if 40 minutes ago, it was three times as many minutes past four o'clock? Answer:  50 minutes. Between four o'clock and eight o'clock we have 240 minutes. In these 240 minutes we have 4 lots of the unknown time (t) and 40 minutes. Therefore 240 = 4 x t + 40. Therefore t = 50 minutes.

Many years ago, a cruise liner sank in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The survivors luckily landed on a remote desert island. There was enough food for the 135 people to last four weeks. Nine days later a rescue ship appeared, unluckily this ship also sank, leaving an additional 36 people stranded on the island to now share the original rationed food. The food obviously had to be re-rationed, everyone was now on three-quarters of the original ration, so how many days in total would the food last, from the day of the original sinking? Answer: 29 days. Originally there was enough food for 135 people for 28 days, which totals 3780 rations. After 9 days, 1215 rations had been eaten. Therefore there were now 2565 rations left for 171 people, which would last for another 20 days at three-quarter rations per person = (2565 ÷ (3 ÷ 4)) / 171. Which is 29 days in total from the original sinking.  

What is represented by the following? TTTTTTIIIIIIIMMMMMMEEEEEE ABDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Answer: Long Time No See.

What is represented by the following representation? Answer: Are You Ready? (R U Red E).

What number is three quarters of eight ninths of one half of 2001? Answer: 667.

Two boxers are in a match scheduled for 12 rounds. (Pure boxing only - no kicking, UFC takedowns, or anything else). One of the boxers gets knocked out after only six rounds, yet no man throws a punch. How is this possible? Answer: Both boxers are female.

What makes this number unique -- 8,549,176,320? Answer: It contains each number, zero through nine, in alphabetical order.

What is unusual about the following words: revive, banana, grammar, voodoo, assess, potato, dresser, uneven? Answer: Take the first letter of each word and place it at the end. It will spell the same word backwards.  

A sundial has the fewest moving parts of any timepiece. Which has the most? Answer: An Hourglass. It has thousands of grains of sand.

Which driver never commits a traffic offence? Answer: Screw'driver'.

What comes down, but never goes up? Answer: Rain

If you count twenty horses on your right going into town, and twenty horses on your left coming home, how many horses have you counted in all? Answer: Twenty. You have counted the same horses coming and going.

What can be right, but never wrong? Answer: Angle.

Tom came to a bridge marked "Total weight 100 kilos." Now, Tom weighed 95 kilos, but he had three pineapples, each weighing 2 kilos. He couldn't throw them across the river, because the pineapples would be smashed to pieces. How did Tom cross the bridge? Answer: Tom was a juggler. He juggled all the three pineapples while crossing the bridge.

Albert Amblefoot walked outside in a heavy rainstorm for half an hour without getting a single hair of his head wet. He didn't wear a hat, carry an umbrella, or hold anything over his head. His clothes got soaking wet. How could this happen? Answer: He was bald.

Two girls appeared at the registrar's office of a college. The receptionist handed each of them a questionnaire to fill out. Each girl wrote the following facts on the questionnaire. Each had the last name Smith. Each was born on February 29, 1960. Each was born at 376 East 53rd Street, Mumbai. Each had a father named Rohit Sharma and a mother named Shikha Sharma. When the girls had completed the questionnaires they handed them to the registrar. The registrar read them and asked, "Are you two girls' sisters?". They replied, "Yes, we are." Looking up from his papers, the registrar saw the two girls and noticed that they looked exactly alike. He said, "You're twins, aren't you?". They both promptly answered, "No." Assuming that all the answers they gave were true, and that they had the same mother and father, how do you account for the fact that they were not twins? Answer: They said they were two of a set of triplets.

I have two notes amounting to five hundred and fifty rupees in my purse. One is not a fifty note. How can this be possible? Answer:  One is Five hundred and the ‘other note’ is Fifty.

A milkmaid adds 4 litres of water to 2 litres of milk before distribution. By mistake she added 2 litres water to 4 litres of milk. How much more water has she to add to rectify her mistake? Answer: Six litres. Water should be double than the milk content. the present content is 4 litres. Hence, the total water should be 8. it has 2 litres already. So, another 6 litres are to be added.

“Intellectual endurance” is the staying power, the capacity to persist without getting distracted. At one point your brain ceases to cooperate, but please don’t stop doing this calculation. Take a few minutes rest and start again. This is one way of developing intellectual endurance. Take a ‘single digit number’ and a ‘three digit number’ of your choice... For example, suppose the numbers are: 8 and 156, write down on a paper as 8-156. Go on adding 13 to the first number and deduct 7 from the later. Do it simultaneously (Here is the example. your first number is 8 - 156. Hence your second number would be 21-149, third 34-142). At the end... what are your final figures when you reach the single digit answer on the right hand side? Don’t jump to calculate end figures, do it step by step to test your patience. Answer: For the given values, the end figure is 281-9. Even if you could not calculate correctly, don’t worry. You have the capacity to work till the end, and that is ‘patience...

Suppose a=b. With this equation, I will prove that a + b = b in four steps. Find out where (in which step) I went wrong? Step one: if a=b, then a²=ab. Step two: Deduct b² from both: (a² - b²) = (ab - b²). Step three: (a + b) (a - b) = b (a - b). Step four: Deduct (a-b) from both: a + b= b. How is this possible? In which step lies the mistake? Answer: The mistake is in step three A-B=0. You cannot conclude that 4 = 2 just because 4 x 0 = 2 x 0.

A had 5 chapattis, B had 3 and C had nil. They all ate equally and C paid 8/- to them as the price for what he had eaten. How much A and B should get from the said amount? Answer: A should take 7 rupees and B should take 1. First calculate cost of chapattis. C ate 1/3 and paid 8 Rupees. Hence, the total cost of chapattis is 24. Each chapatti is worth 3 rupees. It means; A has 5 (15 rupees worth) chapattis and B has 3 (9 rupees worth). A and B ate 8 rupees worth each and gave the extra to C. Hence A should get 7 Rupees (15-8)and B should get 1 rupee (9-8).

If a clock takes 5 seconds to strike 5 pm, how long will it take to strike 10 pm? Answer: 11.25 seconds.  The clock takes “five seconds to strike five bells” means... five seconds to complete four intervals. In striking ten, there are nine intervals. To complete the same, it would take 9 X 5 divided by 4 i.e., 11.25 seconds.

It keeps you from flying off into space. It's what makes you fall flat on your face. And if it could talk like you and I do, I think it would say "I'm pulling for you". Answer: Gravity

A moth devoured words. When I heard of that wonder it seemed strange— That a thief should swallow a song, That a thief should eat a great man’s speech. And for all his labor, that thief was no wiser – For the words he had swallowed. Who was the thief of words? Answer: Bookworm.

A dealer bought a number of cats at Rs. 344 each, and a number of dogs at Rs. 265 each. He then discovered that the cats had cost him in all Rs. 33 more than the dogs. Now, what is the smallest number of each that he must have bought? Answer: Let the amount of cats and dogs be x and y respectively. We have to solve the indeterminate equation  344x = 265y + 33.  On solving this equation, we get x is 252, and y is 327, so that if he buys 252 cats for Rs. 344 a piece, and 327 dogs  for Rs. 265 apiece, the cats will cost him in all Rs. 33 more than the dogs.

A man left a legacy of Rs. 1 ,00,000 to three relatives and their wives. The wives received together Rs. 39,600. Jane received Rs. 1000 more than Catherine, and Mary received Rs. 1000 more than Jane. John was given just as much as his wife, Henry got half as much again as his wife, and Tom received twice as much as his wife. What was the Christian name of each man's wife? Answer: It is evident that Catherine, Jane, and Mary received respectively Rs. 12,200, Rs. 13,200 and Rs. 14,200 , making together the Rs. 39,600 left to the three wives, if John receives as much as his wife Catherine, Rs. 12,200; Henry half as much again as his wife Jane, Rs. 19,800; and Tom twice as much as his wife Mary, Rs. 28,400, we have correctly paired these married couples and exactly accounted for the Rs. 1,00,000.

A father's child, a mother's child, yet no one's son. Answer: A daughter.

I am used to bat with, yet I never get a hit. I am near a ball, yet it is never thrown. What am I? Answer: Eyelashes.

Take the numbers from 1 to 9 and create “ten” by adding or subtracting them without changing the order. For example, 100 can be made as 123-45-67+89 =100. Now make 10 in the same fashion. Answer: 123-45-67+8-9 =10.

If you drive at 20 mph from point A to B, how fast must you drive back to attain an average speed of 40 mph? Answer: 80 mph.

You drive at 20 mph from point A to B and return at 30 mph. what is the average speed? Answer: 24 mph.

A man decides to buy a horse for 600 rupees. After a year, he sells it for 700. He buys it again for 800. And finally sells it for 900. What is his overall profit? Answer: Overall profit is 200. Total earnings: 700 + 900 = 1600. Total expenses: 600 + 800 = 1400. Hence the profit is Rs. 200.

Find out the values of A, B, C, D, E from 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 if D+B = A+C; 2E =C+5; D+C = E. Answer: A = 5 B = 4 C = 1 D = 2 E = 3

There are some eggs in each bucket, named A, B, C, D, E. If A = 5; B+A =6; E+B =C; E+C+B = 8, choose the values of A, B, C, D, E from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Answer: A = 5, B = 1, C = 4, D = 2 and E = 3,  

I take a private car from my house to my office located at the outskirts of the city in the morning and back home in the evening. It costs me 300 rupees everyday. One day the taxi driver informed me that there are two students who wish to go to their college every day in the morning along with me! Their get-in point is exactly halfway between my house and office. Their college is adjacent to my office. On the first day I told them, "If you tell me the mathematically correct price that each one of you should pay for your portion of the trip, I will let you travel free along with me." How much should the individual student pay for  his journey? Answer: The individual student should pay 50 rupees for his journey. Here is the calculation. Divide the entire journey in to four parts: My house to middle point, and from there to my office (their college) and vice versa while coming. The students catch me up at the middle point and travel along with me till destination. I travel ...

A milkmaid adds 4 litres of water to 2 litres of milk before distribution. By mistake she added 2 titres water to 4 litres of milk. How much more water has she to add to rectify her mistake? Answer: Six litres.

The five persons A, B, C, D and E were sleeping in a house and their enemies burnt it. The five persons were to escape through a tunnel. Only two people could go through the tunnel at a time. Moreover, it was totally dark and without a torch they could not proceed. They had only one torch. It means, two people should go out, and then one had to take the lamp inside and accompany another one out. Total 4 trips. It would take for A and B 5 minutes and C 10 minutes to come out. D would take 20 and E 25 minutes respectively to come through the tunnel, as one was hefty and another was old. This is an arithmetical problem and has no twists. How much minimum time it would take? Answer: It would take 75 minutes for all the five to come out. A takes the three others with his torch. For taking B out, it takes 5 minutes, going back (5), bringing C (10), going back (5), bringing D (20), going back (5) and finally bringing back E(25).

How many ‘F’s are there in the following sentence? “Finished files are fine fruits of years of scientific deep study combined with the experience of years”. Answer: Eight F's.

There are some chickens and rabbits in a cage. The count is: 144 heads and 400 feet. How many chickens and rabbits are present? Answer: 88 Chickens and 56 Rabbits. Solution: x+y = 144 2x+4y = 400 On solving the two equations, we get x and y which denotes the number of chickens and rabbits.

I am a son of a chemist and a mathematician. People called me Iron59. What's my name? Answer: Felix Explanation: Iron = Fe (chemical symbol) 59 = LIX (Roman numerals)

Today is Ramanujan birthday. A year Ago on his birthday, he had five candles and he lit all except the last one. Today he is going to light all the candles. How old is Ramanujan Today? Note: He is not turning five today. Answer: 31. Explanation: Ramanujan lighting the candles in binary. 11110 =30 11111 =31

A walks into an antique store and steals Rs. 2000 bill from the store. 30 Minutes later, A returns back to the antique store and buy an antique watch priced at Rs. 1500. A pays the bill he has stolen and the owner returns him Rs. 500. How much money did the owner lose? Answer: Rs. 2,000.

It's raining today at 11:59 am. What's the probability of sunny weather after 84 hours? Answer: 0%. It will be night time after 84 hours. Hence there is no possibility of sunny weather.

An old man Ankit lives alone in a flat. Because of his age , he is not able to move comfortably and hence most of the things used to be delivered to his house. On Friday while delivering the mail , postman feels something suspicious in the flat and try to look inside through the key hole and he saw a blood filled body of the old man. CID arrived at the scene. On the outside of the flat , he found two bottles of warm milk, Tuesday newspaper, some unopened mails and some gifts. CID wasted no time in finding out the murderer. Who was the murderer? Answer: Newspaper delivery man was the murderer because of absence of Wednesday and Thursday missing newspaper. This indicates he already know that there is no one to read it.

You can only use any letter once, what are the largest and smallest numbers that you could write down in words? Example: EIGHTY Answer: Largest: FORTY LAKHS Smallest: ZERO or NOUGHT Or: MINUS FORTY LAKHS (allowing negative numbers) These are the smallest and largest possible numbers.

One night Sherlock Holmes was sitting by a fire. All of a sudden a snowball crashing through the window, breaking it. Holmes got up and looked outside the window just in time to see the 3 crimson brothers around a corner. The names were John Crimson, Mark Crimson and Paul Crimson. The next day Holmes got a note "? Crimson. He broke your window." Which of the Crimson brothers should Sherlock Holmes question about the incident? Answer: Mark Crimson. ? - Question Mark. The note denotes "Question Mark Crimson. He broke your window."

If I give you 4 tablets which contain 2 for fever and 2 for cold..all 4 have same size, shape and color, No cover. You have to take 1 cold and 1 fever tablet right now..How will you choose correctly? Answer: I will take half tablet of each tablet. Thus I will end up having 1 fever and 1 cold tablets.

There are nine children in the house, and only them in the house so A is ironing B is watching tv C is cooking D is playing chess E is bathing F is listening radio G is sleeping I is dressing And what is H doing right now? Answer: H is playing chess with D.

Which Is The Only Country Which Had A Flag With A Single Color? Options: 1. Green – Bangladesh 2. Green – Libya 3. Red – Russia 4. Red – China Answer: Green - Libya

A boy was driving a car, a girl took a lift from her. He asked her name after she get down. Girl said :- My name is hidden in my car’s number, find if you can. Car number was [ WV733N ] Can you guess the name now? Answer: Neelum.

A man walks into his bathroom and shoots himself right between the eyes using the real gun with real bullets. He walks out alive, with no blood anywhere. And no, he didn't miss and he was not superman, or any other caped crusader. How did he do this? Answer: He shot his image in the bathroom mirror.

What do you call a bear without an "ear"? Answer: B (Bear without "Ear").

What are the two strongest days of the week? Answer: Saturday and Sunday. All other days are week (weak) days.

A beggar collects 7 cigarette stubs and makes one artificial cigarette from them. Once he gets 49 stubs. How many cigarettes can he smoke in total? Answer: Total 8 cigarettes. With 49 he makes 7 and again with 7, he can make one more.

This is an intelligent question, involving your lateral thinking. This question was asked in a MNC interview for a top post.  There are 10 crows picking up grain on a floor. One is killed with a banging pistol sound. How many would remain? Choose the answer from the following four:  A. None.  B. One.  C. Nine.  D. May be one or more than one. Answer: The correct answer is “One or more than one”. All the crows fly away on hearing the pistol sound, but ‘Zero’ is not the correct answer, as one dead crow would be there because the birds are on a floor. At this stage, ‘one’ appears to be a correct answer. But never leave anything to escape logic. There may be some deaf crows. You may argue that those deaf birds may also fly-away noticing other crows. They can be both deaf and blind also. With this inference, the conclusion is: one or more than would be there. Among the 4 given answers, this is the most logical one.

Do you have the habit of keeping everything new and fresh or don’t mind anything? If somebody offers, what currency do you prefer to have: Old ten rupee note, or new One? ANSWER: Old ten is better than new one rupee note.

How can two batsman with 94 each at crease make 100's (both), if it's 7 runs to win and 2 balls left in the innings? ANSWER: Three possible ways to achieve that. 1.There is a rule in the game that if the bowl hits the helmet of wicket-keeper while it is on the ground, the batting team will be awarded 5 runs. Now, first batsman edges the ball to take a single and it hits the helmet. So he scores 6 runs (5+1). On next delivery, it will be the other batsman facing with 1 run to win from 1 ball. he can hit a six to complete his century as well. 2.First ball, the batsman take three runs (with one short run ) and followed by a overthrow boundary. So he scores 6(4+2). Next ball, other batsman hits a clean six to get to his century. Though both of the scenario is highly unlikely to occur, the later one is almost impossible as a overthrow boundary is not easy when one is throwing the ball close to boundary (since they had ran for three, the ball had traveled some distance). So,...

Why did the man put the clock on safe? Answer: Because he wanted to save time.

Anand is standing behind  Sudha  and at the same time Sudha is standing behind Anand. Answer: Anand and Sudha are standing with their backs towards each other!

The day after tomorrow is the third day after Wednesday. The Question: Which day was the day before yesterday? Answer: The third day after Wednesday is Saturday. If the day after tomorrow is Saturday, then today is Thursday. Therefore, the solution is: the day before yesterday was Tuesday.

Anand came across a lion and a tiger in a forest of forgetfulness. The lion lies on every Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays and the other days he speaks the truth. The Tiger lies on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and on other days he speaks the truth.  Lion: Yesterday I was lying. Tiger: So was I. Which day did they say that? Answer: Thursday.

Can you find a number such that if we multiply that number by 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6, then the resultant number contains same all digits (of course in a different place)? Answer: 142857 Explanation: 142857 * 1 = 142857 142857 * 2 = 285714 142857 * 3 = 428571 142857 * 4 = 571428 142857 * 5 = 714285 142857 * 6 = 857142 Note: Such numbers are called cyclic numbers.

What hidden meaning does below rebus means ? Answer: Reasoning(Reason in G)

We all know that square root of number 121 is 11. But do you know what is the square root of the number "12345678987654321"? Answer: 111111111 Explanation: It's a maths magical square root series as : Square root of number 121 is 11 Square root of number 12321 is 111 Square root of number 1234321 is 1111 Square root of number 123454321 is 11111 Square root of number 12345654321 is 111111 Square root of number 1234567654321 is 1111111 Square root of number 123456787654321 is 11111111 Square root of number 12345678987654321 is 111111111.

Assume it's a bowler friendly wicket and batsman is getting bowled out on every 1st ball he faced. Assuming there are no extras in the inning, which batsman will remain not out at the end of the inning? Answer: Eighth Batsman Over Number 1  Ball 1 : Batsman-1 got out Ball 2 : Batsman-3 got out (Note: batsman-2 is on non-striker end) Ball 3 : Batsman-4 got out Ball 4 : Batsman-5 got out Ball 5 : Batsman-6 got out Ball 6 : Batsman-7 got out Over Number 2 Ball 7 : Batsman-2 got out (Note: batsman-2 which was on non-striker end will switch end with batsman-8 at the end of 1st over) Ball 8 : Batsman-9 got out (Note: Batsman-8 is on non-striker end) Ball 9 : Batsman-10 got out Ball 10 : Batsman-11 got out

There is an advert in a local Hardware shop that reads: Buy 1 for Re.  1 10 for Re   2 100 for Re   3 I needed 913 and still only paid Re 3. How could this be financially viable for the shop-keeper? Answer: It is a shop which sells numbers for houses. And each number costs Re  1 and hence the number 913 will cost only Re 3.

In a football game , Chennai defeated Bangalore 2 - 0 but no man from either side scored. How can this be possible ? Answer: It was a match between Chennai's Ladies team and Bangalore's Ladies football team.

As I was going to the mall I met a man with seven wives, Each wive held two bags, Each bag held a mother cat, Each mother cat had six babies. How many people where going to the mall? Answer: Only one. I am the only one going to the mall.

There is a dead man in the middle of a field, nothing is around him and there are no footprints of any sort. There is an unopened package next to him. How did he die?  HINT: As he approached the field he knew he was going to die. Answer: A failed Parachute.

City A's population is 68000, decreasing at a rate of 80 people per year. City B having population 42000 is increasing at a rate of 120 people per year. In how many years both the cities will have same population? Answer:   130 years.

What do these words have in common: polish, job, herb? Answer: All three words will be pronounced differently if the first letter is capitalized.

A person spending out 1/3 of his salary for clothes , 1/5 of the remaining for food and 1/4 of the remaining is spent for travel and he is left with Rs 100/- . How much he had in the beginning? Answer: Rs. 250.

Agatha spent several days in the hospital. She wasn't injured, and she wasn't sick, but she did have to be carried out when she left though. Why was she in the hospital? Answer: She was a newborn baby.

A man had twelve toothpicks in front of him. He took one away. Now he had nine in front of him. How is this possible? Answer: The remaining 11 toothpicks were arranged to spell the word NINE.

What English word is nine letters long, and can remain an English word at each step as you remove one letter at a time, right down to a single letter. List the letter you remove each time and the words that result at each step. Answer: The word is "startling." Remove the "l" and it becomes starting. Then remove the "t" and it is staring. The rest of the changes are as follows: string - sting - sing - sin - in - and finally, I.

What is the area of a triangle that has sides of 14, 11 and 25 inches long? Answer: You can't have a triangle with sides measuring 14, 11 and 25 inches.

Where do other alphabets go? Line 1: A E F H I K L M N Line 2: B D G J P Q R Line 3: C O Alphabets A through R are printed in Line 1, 2 and 3. Can you continue on for S to Z and place them correctly according to the scheme? Answer: Each alphabet on "Line 1" has straight lines only. Each alphabet in "Line 2" has mixed straight lines and curves. Each alphabet at "Line 3" has curves only. Therefore, S goes to the "Line 3", T, V, W, X, Y, Z go to "Line 1", U goes to "Line 2".

A man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the exact password that was required. He waited by the door and listened. A club member knocked on the door and the doorman said "twelve", the member replied "Six" and was let in. A second member came to the door and the doorman said "Six", the member replied "Three" and was let in. The man thought he heard enough and walked up to the door. The doorman said "Ten" and the man replied "Five". But he was not let in. What he should have told? Answer: Three. The man had to reply the number of letters in the mentioned word.

There are 3 gentlemen in a meeting: Mr. Yellow, Mr. Green and Mr. Brown. They are wearing yellow, green and brown ties. Mr. Yellow says: "Did you notice that the color of our ties are different from our names?" The person who is wearing the green tie says, "Yes, you are right!" Do you know who is wearing what color of tie? Answer: Mr. Brown is wearing a green tie.

Sometimes People are but that's not nice to say Sometimes Jokes are with that you can get away Sometimes Leaders are sorry, it's said everyday Sometimes Riddles are but not this one anyway Can you guess what "are" is here's the last clue it is as it does I practically gave this one to you!! Answer: Stupid.

When grownups do this it may annoy but is usually cute by a little girl or boy sometimes it's triggered by the dumbest things it can even be triggered when someone sings don't get started you may not stop and the full blown version can hurt your side a lot. Answer: Giggle.

You write them you get them you give them you hate them you love them you dread them you need them but you probably never ever want them. What am I? Answer: Exams.

I'm a girls name sometimes you break me sometimes you chew I'm sour I'm salty yet also bad for you but most people love me they truly do. What am I? Answer: Candy

It flattens things, and without it, it flattens you It's in food It's in buildings It's in bridges too Is this too hard? or too soft for you? Answer: Iron.

People love to get good ones but the bad ones do come you're guaranteed to get some so take them and run they will get things done Answer: Ideas.