Description : A frog fell into a well 12 feet deep. He could jump 3 feet, but every time he jumped 3 feet, he fell back 2 feet. How many times did he have to jump to get out of the well? -Riddles
Last Answer : The tenth jump took him out. (On the tenth jump he reached 13 feet and was out.)
Description : One day, a thirty story building was on fire. A man jumped out a window and nothing happened to him. Nothing was under him. How is this possible? -Riddles
Last Answer : He was first floor.
Description : When I am filled I can point the way. When I am empty, nothing moves me. I have two skins - One without and one within.What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : A glove!
Description : When I am filled I can point the way, When I am empty nothing moves me, I have two skins, one without and one within. What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : I am a glove.
Description : A fireman is running to get a net under a lady who looks like she might jump off the balcony of her 20 story apartment building. There is nothing below her except a 20 story fall. The fireman is still ... get there in time. The woman is not hurt more than a bruise. How is that possible? -Riddles
Last Answer : She fell back into her apartment, jumping from the balcony into the inside.
Description : Brad stared through the dirty soot-smeared window on the 22nd floor of the office tower. Overcome with depression he slid the window open and jumped through it. It was a sheer drop outside the building ... nothing to cushion his fall or slow his descent, how could he have survived the fall? -Riddles
Last Answer : Brad was so sick and tired of window washing, he opened the window and jumped inside.
Description : Just filled our above ground 18ft round pool with water. About 24 hours later there is a green look to it. We haven't even used it yet. Is this because of our water hardness level. We have very hard water.(from well) What can be done to clear up the water?
Last Answer : Your water is turning green due to algae. You need to scrub your pool walls to and then "Shock" your pool by adding chlorine. Keep your pool filtered and it should clear up in a few days.
Description : A king has no sons, no daughters, and no queen. For this reason he must decide who will take the throne after he dies. To do this he decides that he will give all of the children of the ... Queen. Why did he choose this little girl over all of the other children with their beautiful plants? -Riddles
Last Answer : The king gave them all fake seeds; he chose the little girl who was honest and didn't switch seeds.
Description : Pipe A can fill a water tank in 8 hours, Pipe B can fill the same tank in 12 hours and Pipe C can empty the tank in 24 hours. If all three pipes are opened together, in how many hours will the tank be completely filled or empty? a) 4.8 hours b) 5 hours c) 5.4 hours d) 6 hours e) 7.2 hours
Last Answer : If all the three pipes are opened together, in one hour they will fill 1/8 + 1/12 – 1/24 = (3+2-1)/24 = 1/6 part of tank. So, to fill it completely it will take 6 hours. Answer is: d)
Description : Two cops walked into a room with no windows and found a dead man who obviously hung himself from the ceiling, though they couldn't figure out how. There was no chair beneath him that he might have jumped off of, or a table. Just a puddle of water. How'd he do it? -Riddles
Last Answer : He stood on a block of ice until it melted.
Description : 24 pumps are connected to a tank. Some of them are inlet pumps and the others are outlet pumps. Each of the inlet pumps an fill the tank in 16hours and each of the outlet pumps can empty the tank completely in ... gets filled in 48 hours. How many inlet pumps are there? A) 16 B) 18 C) 17 D) 14
Last Answer : D (x/16)-[(24-x)/12] = 1/48 x/16-24/48+x/12=1/48 (3+4)x/48=97/48 7x/48=97/48 7x=97 X=14
Description : What is always filled when it is used and empty when at rest?
Last Answer : A shoe.
Description : A Bunker has a leak which would empty the completely filled bunker in 20 hours. If the bunker is full of water and a tap is opened which admits 4 litres of water per minutes in the bunker, how many litres does the bunker holds? A) 2400 B) 4500 C) 4800 D) 7200
Last Answer : C Leak emptied the bunker per hour = 100/20 = 5% of water per hour; Quantity of water emptied per hour = 4*60 = 240; Thus, 5% = 240 liter; Hence, capacity of water, 100% = 240*100/5= 4800 liter.
Description : There was a man who jumped out of a window 100 feet from the ground and he survived. How did he survive that fall? -Riddles
Last Answer : He had a parachute.
Description : What did Geronimo say when he jumped off the plane? -Riddles
Last Answer : ME!!!!!!
Description : A man was looking through a 6th floor window, thought for a minute then jumped, but did not die or get hurt at all. How? -Riddles
Last Answer : He jumped in the window. He was outside the window He was a window washer!!!
Description : Three pipes, A, B, & C are attached to a tank. A & B can fill it in 20 & 30 minutes respectively while C can empty it in 15 minutes. If A, B & C are kept open successively for 1 minute each, how soon will the tank be filled?
Last Answer : Answer: 167 minutes.
Description : A cistern can be filled in 25 minutes. There is a leakage which can empty it in 50 minutes. In how many minutes cistern can be filled? a) 20 mints b) 25mints c) 45 mints d) 50 mints
Last Answer : D Efficiency of filling faucet= 100/25 = 4% ⇒ Efficiency of leakage faucet = 100/50= 2% ⇒ Net filling efficiency = (4-2)% =2% So, t cistern can be filled in = 100/2 = 50 minutes
Description : Has anyone else noticed that The Big Bang Theory (TV show) has "Jumped the shark"?
Last Answer : Sounds like they are catering to the lowest common denominator to boost their ratings. It’s an executive decision, alas.
Description : A guy bet his neighbor 50 bucks that his dog could jump higher than a house. Thinking this not possible, the neighbor took the bet an lost.Why did he lose the bet? -Riddles
Last Answer : a house cannot jump!
Description : I am everything to somone but nothing to everyone else.What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : The mind.
Description : My voice is tender, my waist is slender and I'm often invited to play. Yet wherever I go I must take my bow or else I have nothing to say. What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : A violin.
Description : You can see nothing else When you look in my face, I will look you in the eye and I will never lie. What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : I am your reflection.
Description : How do you: take off a bandaid, jump into a pool?
Last Answer : rip it off, jump in at once.
Description : There are 20 people in an empty, square room. Each person has full sight of the entire room and everyone in it without turning his head or body, or moving in any way (other than the eyes). Where can you place an apple so that all but one person can see it? -Riddles
Last Answer : Place the apple on one person's head.
Description : We see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible? -Riddles
Last Answer : We see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board because, all the people on that boat are married.
Description : If you were falling off a cliff on a horse and right before the horse hit the ground you jumped on the horses back. Would you take damage like you fell from the cliff or only the 5 feet or whatever that you jumped up in the air from the horse?
Last Answer : You would still get hurt, but you'd be less hurt than if you landed directly on the ground.
Description : In 1209, on a hot summer day there was a man who was ordered to be executed by king. The king was a nice king though, and he said that if the man could prove himself wise, he would let him ... The king opened a window, and the man immediately knew which was the real flower. How did he know? -Riddles
Last Answer : When the King opened the window, a bee flew in and landed on the only real flower to gather pollen.
Description : How do you change dog to cat, jump to pool and cool to warm?
Last Answer : jump -> pump -> pomp -> poop -> pool
Description : For determine the specific gravity of soil solids, using a pycnometer of 500 cc., the following data is available : Weight of dry empty pycnometer = 125 g Weight of dried soil and pycnometer = 500 g Weight of dried soil and distilled ... of soil solids, is (A) 2.0 (B) 2.25 (C) 2.50 (D) 2.75
Last Answer : (C) 2.50
Description : In the back yard, there is a hollow stump, that contains six ears of corn. If a healthy squirrel carries out only three ears each day, how many days will it take to empty the stump? -Riddles
Last Answer : Six. Each day the squirrel will carry out the two ears on his head plus one ear of corn.
Description : A barrier has four inlets A, B, C and D. The barrier can be filled in 24 minutes through the first three inlets and it can be filled in 30 minutes through the second, the third and fourth inlet also it can be ... all the four inlets? A) 10 mins B) 15 mins C) 20 mins D) 25 mins E) None of the Above
Last Answer : C (1/A + 1/B + 1/C) = 1/24 …(i) (1/B + 1/C + 1/D) = 1/30 …(ii) (1/A + 1/D) = 1/40…(iii) From eqn (i) and (ii) (1/A – 1/D) = 1/120…(iv) From eqn (iii) and (iv) A=60,D=120. Let the time taken to full the tank = s S(1/A + 1/B +1/C +1/D)= 1 S(1/24+1/120) = 1 S= 20 mins
Description : which is a layer underground where all empty spaces are filled with a combination of air and water?
Last Answer : Zone of saturation
Description : There were four friends. Joff, Sarah, Edward, and Peter. One day, Peter was found dead in the living room. Before dying, he wrote 11022 with blood. Edward called the police. The suspects were Sarah: I was ... : I went to grab a snack, when I can back Peter was already dead. Who the killer? -Riddles
Last Answer : It was Joff. 1:January 10:October 2: February 2:February Take the first letters and you get Joff
Description : A man is driving down a freeway in the right lane. He puts his left blinker on. He does not steer left at all, yet he manages to switch from the right to the left lane. He does nothing illegal. How is this possible? -Riddles
Last Answer : He switched lanes while there was a right bend in the road.
Description : Two pipes can fill a tank in 20 and 24 minutes respectively and another pipe can empty 3 gallons per minute. All the three pipes working together can fill the tank in 15 minutes. The capacity of the tank in gallons is: a)100 b)110 c)120 d)140
Last Answer : c)120
Description : Two pipe P & Q fill a tab in 5 hrs and 20 hrs respectively. If both the pipes are open then due to the leakage, it took 30mins more to fill the tab. If the tab is full, how long will it take for the leakage alone to empty the tank? A) 28 B) 24 C) 36 D) 12
Last Answer : C Part filled by(P+Q) in 1 hr = 1/5 + 1/20 = ¼ So P & Q together can fill the tank in 4 hrs. Work done by the leak in 1 hr = 1 / 4 - 2/9 Leak will empty the tank in 36 hrs.
Description : Not far outside the town of Pottsville, a railroad track runs through a tunnel in a hillside. There's only one track, and the tunnel is wide enough for only one train. But one day, two trains ... out at the opposite ends of the tunnel. Yet, there was no collision! How was this possible? -Riddles
Last Answer : One train comes at 8am and the other train came at 8pm.
Description : A tank can be filled by a tap in 6 hours and emptied by an outlet pipe in 8 hours. How long will it take to fill the cistern if both the taps are opened together? 1. 24 hours 2. 22 hours 3. 21 hours 4. 18 hours 5. 20 hours
Last Answer : 1;
Description : A man takes a basketball and throws it as hard as he can. There is nothing in front, behind, or on either side of him, and yet, the ball comes back and hits him square in the face. How can this be? -Riddles
Last Answer : He threw the ball straight up in the air.
Description : Assertion (A): The coin when flipped next time will come up tails. Reason (R): Because the coin was flipped five times in a row, and each time it came up heads. Choose the correct answer from below: (A) Both (A ... A). (D) (A) is doubtful, (R) is false, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Last Answer : (C) (A) is doubtful, (R) is true, and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Description : I can't sleep. Want a little advice ? I used to use mobile till many nights before. Now I try to sleep with my mobile long before but sleep does not come. Last night I did not sleep at all. ... this for almost a year. Sometimes everything goes well and then it starts again. What should I do now ?
Last Answer : You should work harder during the day. And read books at night so that your eyes get tired and sleep will come quickly. If this does not work then you can see a good doctor.
Description : Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 5 and 6hrs.Pipe C can empty it in 12hrs.If all the 3 pipes are opened together,then the tank will be filled in 1)1(13/17)hrs 2)2(8/11)hours. 3)3(9/17)hrs 4)4(1/2)hrs
Last Answer : 3)3(9/17)hrs Exp:Net part filled in 1hr=>(1/5+1/6-1/12)=17/60 Tank filled in=60/17=3(9/17).
Description : Pump A can fill the empty bunker in 6 hours, but due to a leak in the bottom it is filled in 7.5 hours, if the bunker is full and then Pump A is closed then in how many hours the leak can empty it? a) 30 hours. b) 45 hours. c) 50 hours. d) 35 hours.
Last Answer : A Efficiency of A = 16.666% Effective of leak = 13.333%when there is leakage So, efficiency of leakage =( Efficiency of A- Effective of leak) =16.666%-13.333%= 3.333% It means due to leakage a full bunker will be empty in 30 hours.
Description : A large cistern can be filled by 2 pipes P & Q in 120 mins and 80 mins respectively. How many mins will it take to fill the cistern from empty state if Q is used for half the time and P & Q fil it together for the other half? A) 2hrs B) 1hr C) 3hrs D) 4hrs
Last Answer : B Part filled by (P+Q) in 1 min = 1/120 + 1/80 =2+3/240 = 5/240 = 1/48 Suppose the cistern is filled in x mins then, x/2 (1/48 + 1/80) = 1 x/2(5+3/240)=1 8x/480 = 1 x=480/8 x= 60 mins or 1 hr
Description : A tank can be filled by an inlet tap at the rate of 8 litres per minute. A leak in the bottom of a tank can empty the full tank in 16 hours. When the tank is full, the inlet is opened and due to ... hours. How many litres does the tank hold? A) 8000 litre B) 9560 litre C) 8525 litre D) 9600 litre
Last Answer : D Part emptied by the leak in 1 hour = 1/16 part filled by (leak & inlet open) in 1 hour = 1/80 Part filled by the inlet tap in 1 hour = 1/16 – 1/80 = 1/20 Inlet tap fills the tank in = 20 hours Inlet tap fills water at the rate of 8 litres a minute. Capacity of tank = 20 * 60 * 8= 9600 litre
Description : A dumper is normally filled in 18 hours but takes 6 hours longer to fill because of a leak in the bottom of the dumper. If the dumper is full the leak will empty it in how many hours? A) 76 hours B) 78 hours C) 72 hours D) 74 hours
Last Answer : C Work done by leak in 1 hr=(1/18-1/24) =>4-3/72 =>1/72 Leak will empty the dumper in 72 hours
Description : How many glasses will remain empty if you half-fill some of the empty glasses, from the given set of filled glasses?
Last Answer : 10
Description : A robber came into my store and stole $100 from the register without my knowledge. A few minutes later, the same guy came back with the $100 he stole and purchased $70 worth of items and I gave him $30 in change. How much money did I lose? -Riddles
Last Answer : I lost $100
Description : There are 50 horses and 50 kings riding along an old dirt road. They came to a peach tree with 50 peaches. Each took one, yet there were still 49 left. How is this possible? -Riddles
Last Answer : Each is the name of one of the kings and he's the only one that took one!