Luke’s Baffling Brainteaser
January 31, 2010 by Luke DeGregori ·
Brainteaser #6: Walking
You walk and walk to get it. Once you get it, you have to find it. Once you find it, you throw it away.
What is it?
Answer next friday
Brainteaser #5: Three Primates
You walk into a room with three primates: a chimpanzee, an orangutan, and a gorilla. The chimp is holding a banana in each hand, the orangutan is holding a large stick, and the gorilla is holding nothing. Which of these primates is the smartest?
Answer: You are.
Brainteaser #4: Balloon in a car
You are in a car on a level road. The car is relatively airtight, and the windows are locked. There is a helium balloon in the car; only a small force would move it. You start the car and accelerate very fast. Does the balloon move with respect to the car? How could it?
Hint: Ask Mr. Vore!
Answer: The balloon does not move with respect to the car because an object at rest wants to stay at rest. However, if you held the balloon while you accelerated, then let the balloon go, it would move with respect to the car because an object in motion wants to stay in motion.
Brainteaser #3: The Knight and the Dragon
A Dragon and a Knight live on an abandoned island. The island has seven poisoned wells numbered 1 to 7. If you drink from one of the wells, the only antidote is to drink from a higher numbered well. The highest well, #7, is located at the top of a mountain, so only the dragon can get to it.
One day, the two decide to have a duel to the death. Each of them bring the other a glass of water, they exchange, and drink. Afterwards, the knight is alive and the dragon is dead. How did the knight win?
Answer: Before the duel, the knight drinks from well #1. Because of this, the water from the well given to him by the dragon cures him. Instead of giving the dragon water from the well, he gives the dragon normal water. Afterward, the dragon drinks from well #7 assuming it will cure him of whatever he has just been poisoned with, but instead poisons himself.
Brainteaser #2: Invention
This week’s puzzler is a real challenge. See if you can decipher this:
The man who invented it doesn’t want it. The man who needs it doesn’t know it. The man who bought it doesn’t need it.
What is it?
Answer: A coffin.
Brainteaser #1: One Fish Three Fish
One day, two fathers and two sons go fishing. Each of them catches one fish. When they return home, they have three fish. How is this possible?
Answer: There was a grandfather, a father, and his son.
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