Solution:

First Case:
The possible combinations of the adjacent bullets placed in the chambers are:
1, 2
2, 3
3, 4
4, 5
5, 6
6, 1

Now if you don't spin the barrel:
The first shot was empty and thus the combinations of (6, 1) and (1, 2) surely don't have bullets. This means that the bullets are present in some other possible 4 slots.

Therefore P (Death) = 1/4 = 0.25
P (Survival) = 3/4 = 0.75

If you chose to spin the barrel:
P (Death) = 2/6 = 1/3 = 0.33
P (Survival) = 4/6 = 2/3 = 0.77

Therefore you must not ask to spin the barrel and you will have a better chance at surviving.

Second Case:
If you don't spin it:
You were not hit in the first shot. Thus,
P (Death) in second hit = 2/5 = 0.4
P (Survival) in second hit = 3/5 = 0.6

If you spin the barrel
P (death) in the second hit = 2/6 = 1/3 = 0.33
P (Survival) in second hit = 4/6 = 2/3 = 0.77

Thus in this case, you have better survival rate if you chose to spin the barrel.

Solution:

45 minutes

Explanation :
All you have to do is burn the first rope from both the ends and the second rope from one end only simultaneously. The first rope will burn in 30 minutes (half of an hour since we burned from both sides) while the other rope would have burnt half. At this moment, light the second rope from the other end as well. Where, the second rope would have taken half an hour more to burn completely, it will take just 15 minutes as we have lit it from the other end too.

Thus you have successfully calculated 30+15 = 45 minutes with the help of the two given ropes.

Solution:

Here is a way to do it. We dont know if it can be done using some other arrangement or not. If you know, do send us.

4 | 3 | 8
9 | 5 | 1
2 | 7 | 6

Solution:

Q = 1
U = 9
I = 6
C = 8
K = 3.

Explanation:
Replace values in( Q + U + I + C + K)^3 = QUICK
(1+9+8+6+3)^3 = 19863
27^3 = 19863
19863 = 19863

Solution:

Tilt the barrel until the fruit juice barely touches the lip of the barrel. If the bottom of the barrel is visible then it is less than half full.If the barrel bottom is still completely covered by the fruit juice, then it is more than half full.

Solution:

See the figure for the answer. Wasn't it a bit tricky?

Solution:

73

Explanation:
It's a very famous puzzle known as "Josephus Problem Puzzle". It can be solved in various ways but the trick to solve this problem is illustrated below.

Binay number of 100 is: 1100100
complement pf 100 is 0011011, whose decimal equivalent is 27.
The desired answer will be 100 - 27 = 73

Solution:

If you ask the guard who always tells the truth, he would tell you the other guard would point you to the door of death. If you ask the guard who always lies, he would tell you the opposite door of the truth-telling guard and point you to the door of death. In either case, both guards will point to the door of death so you should choose the other one.

Solution:

Michelangelo juggles the diamonds across while crossing the bridge.

Solution:

Yes, you should switch the envelope. In the beginning when you picked up the envelope, you had a 1/3 probability of finding an offer letter in the envelope. There was 2/3 chance that the letter was there in the two envelopes on the table.

If you keep your selected envelope, you still have a 1/3 chance of finding an offer letter in that. However, since the interviewer has removed one empty envelope from the table, if you switch, you have a probability of 2/3 that the offer letter is inside that.

Solution:

Never

Explanation:
In the question, the distance of x miles is given at a particular moment. The middle car is running at that time at 50 MPH. The distance will keep increasing with time as three are running at different speeds. It will increase by x miles every hour till a certain point of time and then it will start decreasing till the fastest car meets the slowest again.

As per question, all the cars stop then. Thus, the distance will never be x miles again.