A guy my wife works with was sent these puzzles....
No-one knows (including me) what the hell the answers are.
Puzzle 1
An aged and, it appears, somewhat eccentric king wants to pass his throne on to one of his sons. He decrees that a horse race shall be held and that the son who owns the slower horse shall become king. The sons, each fearing that the other will cheat by having his horse go less fast than it is capable of, ask a wise man's advise. With only two words the wise man insures that the race will be fair. What does he say?
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Puzzle 2
A woman goes into a hardware store to buy something for her house. She asks the clerk the price, and the clerk replies, "The price of one is twelve cents, the price of thirty is twenty-fours cents, and the price of a hundred and forty-four is thirty-six cents." What does the woman want to buy?
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Puzzle 3
There are 5 houses in 5 different colors. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar or drink the same beverage.
"The question is: Who owns the fish?"
Hints:
1. The Brit lives in the red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The green house is on the left of the white house.
5. The green house's owner drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the center house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps the horse lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The owner who smokes Bluemasters drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbor who drinks water.
**Einstein wrote this riddle this century. He said 98% of the
world could not solve it. It's not hard, you just need to pay
attention and be patient.**
Puzzle 4
Two men are talking. One says to the other,
"I have three sons whose ages I want you to ascertain from the following clues. Stop me when you know their ages:
1. The sum of their ages is thirteen.
2. The product of their ages is the same as your age.
3. My oldest son weighs sixty-one pounds."
"Stop," says the second man. "I know their ages."
What are they?
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