Mind Teasers : Challenging Color Of Hat Brain Teaser

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There were three prisoners who were innocent and were in a village jail. The cruel jailer takes all the three men out one day and makes them sit in one straight line one after the other on a chair. They were made to sit in such a way that the man A cannot see the man A & B. the man B can see only A. the man C can see both A&B. the three men are shown 5 hats by the jailer amongst which 2 of them are black and three of them are white. After showing the hats, the men are blindfolded by the jailer, and the jailer places one hat on each one of the men's head. After this, the jailer removes the blindfolds. The three prisoners are told by the jailer that if any one of them guesses the color of the hat within 1 minute, all of the three men will be freed. If they don't guess the right answer, then they will be executed. The prisoners cannot see their own hats. But all the three men are intelligent. Immediately after 59 seconds the man A shouts the color of the hat which is the correct answer.

Question: what could be the color of the man A's hat and how did the man A got to know the answer?
category : LOGIC

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Mind Teasers : Tricky Brain Teaser Problem

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I was invited on a pet show by a fellow colleague. Since I was a bit busy that day, I sent my brother to the show. When he returned back I asked him about the show. He told me that all except two animals were fishes, all except two animals were cats and all except two entries were dogs.

To his statement I was a bit puzzled and I could not understand how many animals of each kind were present in that pet show. Can you tell me?
category : LOGIC | TRICK

Mind Teasers : 100 People Circle Puzzle

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100 cowboys are standing in a circle and are numbered from number 1 to 100. A deadly game is created in which the first person will shoot the next person (i.e.second person) and then need to pass the gun to the next person (i.e. Third person) and he will shoot the person to the next. This game will continue until one cowboy stays alive.

Which cowboy will survive at the end?


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Mind Teasers : Lateral Thinking Problem

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Suppose there is a Christmas tree and four angels are sitting on it amidst the other ornaments. Two of them have black halos and two of them have white halos. No body among them can see above their head. Angel A is sitting on the top branch and can see angels B and C sitting below him. B can see C who is sitting in a branch lower than his. Angel D is at the base of the tree and can't be seen due to the branches in between. Also, he can't see anybody as well.

If they are asked to guess the color of their own halo (they dont know that), who do you think will be able to deduce and speak up first with a right answer?
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Mind Teasers : Math IQ Question

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Adam is one of the finalist in an IQ championship. As the final test, he is provided with two hourglass. One of them can measure eleven minutes while the other one can measure thirteen minutes.
He is asked to measure exactly fifteen minutes using those two hourglasses. How will he do it ?
category : LOGIC | MEASURE

Mind Teasers : Three Errors In Sentence Problem

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Can you fynd three errors in that puzzle?
category : LOGIC | TRICK

Mind Teasers : Intel Logical Interview Problem

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Chanu bought an ice cream cone having 5 different flavor scoop.
The five flavors in random order are Jamaica, nutty-chocolate, peppermint, walnut and orange

These are some hints to help identify the puzzled reader to determine the order of flavor from top to bottom.
1. The bottom flavor of the cone has 7 letters.
2. The walnut scoop is at between Jamaica and the nutty-chocolate scoop.
3. walnut is above the orange scoop but below the nutty-chocolate scoop.

So can you figure out the flavor of ice cream in order from top to bottom?

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Mind Teasers : Popular Probability Brain Teaser

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Kangwa, Rafael and Ferdinand plans for gun fighting.
They each get a gun and take turns shooting at each other until only one person is left.

History suggest
Kangwa hits his shot 1/3 of the time, gets to shoot first.
Rafael, hits his shot 2/3 of the time, gets to shoot next if still living.
Ferdinand having perfect record at shooting(100% accuracy) shoots last , if alive.

The cycle repeats. If you are Kangwa, where should you shoot first for the highest chance of survival?

Mind Teasers : Ten From Nine Toothpicks Trick Riddle

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If you were asked to pick nine toothpicks and make them ten without breaking any of them, how will you do it?

Mind Teasers : Famous Send More Money Equation Puzzle

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Below equation is one the most popular equation.Can you solve the below equation by replacing alphabet with a digit such that the equation holds as well?
    SEND
+ MORE
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MONEY
category : MATHS | EQUATION

Mind Teasers : New Answer Riddle

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There is a puzzle which can be asked all day with a different correct answer each time. What is the puzzle ?
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