Simple Puzzles

1. It was reported in the paper that Jim Jones had married his widows sister. How did he do this?
Answer: Jim Jones married Ella in 1820. She died in 1830. In 1840 he married Ella's sister, Mary. She became his widow when he died in 1850. So in 1820 he married his widows sister.

2. There are 6 glasses. The 3 on the left are filled, the 3 on the right are empty. How can you make a pattern of full-empty-full-empty-full-empty with only moving or touching 1 glass.
Answer: Take the second glass to the left (it is full) and pour it in the 5th glass then set the second glass back down.

3. Because cigars cannot be entirely smoked, a rustic who collects cigar butts can make 1 cigar out of every 5 butts that he finds. Today, he has collected 25 cigar butts. How many cigars will he be able to smoke?
Answer: 6, he makes 5 originals from the 25 butts he found, and after he smokes them he has 5 butts left for another cigar.

4. You approach two magic talking doors. One door leads to the City of Truth, while the other door leads to the City of Liars. You do not know which door is which. You are able to ask only one question to determine which door is which. The door that leads to the City of Liars always speaks lies, while the door that leads to the City of Truth always speaks the truth. You want to go to the City of Truth. What question do you ask to determine which door leads to the City of Truth?
Answers:
Answer #1: You ask a door - 'If I were to ask the other door, which door leads to the city of truth, what would he say'. And then you pick the opposite door of what he tells you.
Answer #2: Ask the door - 'If I asked you which door leads to the city of truth before, which door would you have told me?' (negative and negative = positive, positive and positive = positive). and you choose the door that it directs you to.

5. A cask contains 20 gallons of water.What can you add to it to make it have 12 gallons?
Answer: Holes

6. You are participating in a race. You overtake the second place runner. What position are you?
Answer: You overtake the second and you take his place so you arrived second.

7. If a doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one pill every half hour, how long will they last?
Answer: One Hour. You would take the first pill immediately, the second a half hour later, and the third exactly one hour after taking the first.

8. Here are ten statements:
1. Exactly one of these statements is not true.
2. Exactly two of these statements are not true.
3. Exactly three of these statements are not true.
4. Exactly four of these statements are not true.
5. Exactly five of these statements are not true.
6. Exactly six of these statements are not true.
7. Exactly seven of these statements are not true.
8. Exactly eight of these statements are not true.
9. Exactly nine of these statements are not true.
10. Exactly ten of these statements are not true.
How many and which of the above statements is true?
Answer: Only one of these statements can be true, and it has to be number 9.

11. What runs fore to aft on one side of the ship, and aft to fore on the other side?
Answer: The name of the ship.

12. A police officer is chasing after a bank robber in his vehicle. The robber, who is in his get away car, shoots out of the window and hits the officer's tyre. The officer catches up and arrests the robber even though his tyre had burst out. How did he do it?
Answer: He shot the spare tyre.

13. A friend slept over at my house last week. In the morning, I knocked on her door and asked her a question. She said 'yes' so I knew she was lying. What did I ask?
Answer: "Are you asleep?"

14. Can you figure out what these letters represent?AAAACCCDFGHIIIIKKLMMMMMMMMNNNNNNNNOOOPRSSTTUVVWWWW
Answer: The first letters of the US states in alphabetical order: alabama alaska arizona arkansas california colorado connecticut deleware florida georgia hawaii idaho illinois indiana iowa kansas kentucky louisianna maine maryland massachusetts michigan minnesota mississippi missouri montana nebraska nevada new hampshire new jersey new mexico new york north carolina north dakota ohio oklahoma oregon pennsylvania rhode island south carolina south dakota tennessee texas utah vermont virginia washington west virginia wisconson wyoming

15. A family of six is crossing a river with a 2-passenger boat. The family includes the following members: Dad, Mom, Maid, Boy, Girl & Dog. Only the 3 adults can row the boat and the dog counts as a passenger. The dog will bite if the maid is not present. Mom will fight with the boy if Dad is not present. Dad will fight with the girl if Mom is not present. How can they all get across safely?
Answer: Dad & Boy go and Dad comes back. Dad & Mom go and Mom comes back. Maid & Dog go and Dad comes back. Dad & Mom go and Mom comes back. Mom & girl go and everyone is over.