Solution:

17 min

The initial solution most people will think of is to use the fastest person as an usher to guide everyone across. How long would that take? 10 + 1 + 7 + 1 + 2 = 21 minutes. Is that it? No. That would make this question too simple even as a warm up question.

Let's brainstorm a little further. To reduce the amount of time, we should find a way for 10 and 7 to go together. If they cross together, then we need one of them to come back to get the others. That would not be ideal. How do we get around that? Maybe we can have 1 waiting on the other side to bring the torch back. Ahaa, we are getting closer. The fastest way to get 1 across and be back is to use 2 to usher 1 across. So let's put all this together.

1 and 2 go cross
2 comes back
7 and 10 go across
1 comes back
1 and 2 go across (done)

Total time = 2 + 2 + 10 + 1 + 2 = 17 minutes

Solution:

There are three roses and four bees.

Solution:

63.984375

Explanation:
This question is hypothetical because you cannot transact in fractions in bank account. The following is the solution:

Year Amount Interest and Deduction
Start 63.984375
Y1 End 62.968750 63.984375 * 2 - 65
Y2 End 60.937500 62.96875* 2 - 65
Y3 End 56.875000 60.9375 * 2 - 65
Y4 End 48.750000 56.875 * 2 - 65
Y5 End 32.500000 48.75 * 2 - 65
Y6 End 0.000000 32.5 * 2 - 65 = 0

Solution:

Edward is Bella's date.

As no two of them have the same number of preferred traits - from (1), exactly one of them has none of the preferred traits and exactly one of them has all the preferred traits.

From (4) and (5), there are only two possibilities:
* Lautner & Edward both are tall and Jacob & Welch both are fair.
* Lautner & Edward both are short and Jacob & Welch both are dark.

But from (2), second possibility is impossible. So the first one is the correct possibility i.e. Lautner & Edward both are tall and Jacob & Welch both are fair.

Then from (3), Jacob is short and handsome.

Also, from (1) and (2), Lautner is tall and fair. Also, Welch is the person without any preferred traits. Edward is Dark. Lautner and Edward are handsome. Thus, following are the individual preferred traits:

Edward - Tall, Dark and Handsome
Lautner - Tall and Handsome
Jacob - Handsome
Welch - None :-(

Hence, Edward is Bella's date.

Solution:

Britney speaks truth on only Thursday.

Solution:

When he is rowing the boat in the river, the boat is floating with watermelons in it and, therefore, all the watermelons have already displaced the water equal to their volume. Hence, there won't be any change in the water level, whether the farmer eats it or throws them away.

Solution:

Password

Solution:

The first figure tells you where you have to make the cut in the paper. Now you have two pieces of paper. If you rotate the right piece to 180 degrees, you will get what is shown in the figure two. Now the hole is in the center of the paper.

Solution:

3 hours

Explanation :
(1/4 + 1/6 - 1/12) ^ (-1)
= (1/3)^(-1) = 3

Solution:

AMAN

Explanation:
The numbers actually corresponds to the months of the year.

4 - April
5 - May
8 - August
11 - November

Now when you combine the initials of these months, you will get the killer's name i.e. AMAN