Hmmm...haven't been posting anything these few days cos there's really nothing interesting going on...(hey i'm always at home...what do you expect? ;) ) Anyway, was reading 8 days today and came across this series of brainteasers...(haha, apparantly the premiere of da vinci made them feel that it was time to have an issue on riddles...:P) So shall just post some up here for everyone to think about...:P
1. Mary's father has five daughters: Nana, Nene, Nini, and Nono. What's the name of the fifth daughter?
2. A woman has seven children, half of them are boys. How can this be possible?
3. Some ducks were walking down a path. There was a duck in front of two ducks, a duck bwhind two ducks, and a duck between two ducks. How many ducks were there in all?
4. If you were running a race and you passed the person in second place, what place would you be in now?
5. How many months have 28 days?
6. You are in a dark room with a candle, a wood stove and a gas lamp. You only have one match, so what do you light first?
7. Can you work out the correct celebrity name from this anagram? MONK HATS (3, 5)
8. What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
Haha, pity most of them I've heard of before, so already knew the answer...Ah wells...But it was fun doing them all the same!! :) Oh, and to those who are up for more, 8 days listed this list of webbies...
http://www.puzzlechoice.com,
http://www.brainbashers.com,
http://thinks.com/puzzles,
http://puzzles.about.com,
http://www.rinkworks.com/brainfood-XL :)
Ans: 1. mary 2. all of the children are boys 3. 3 ducks walking in a single file 4. 2nd place 5. all of them 6. the match 7. tom hanks 8. a stamp
