Puzzle Corner 3

  • Boxes of Apples and Oranges
  • All 3 boxes with labels are COMPLETELY mislabeled. You will be allowed to take only one piece of fruit from one of the boxes to examine it. Which box would you choose? How do you correctly re-label all three boxes?



  • Which egg is lighter? Eight eggs look identical except one is lighter. How can you weigh only 2 times on a balance scale to find out which
     
  • When the Titanic sank in the ocean, four gentlemen and four young ladies floated on to an island. After a while, all of them fell in love with each other. Each person loved one and only one. The girl that John loved fell in love with Jim. The girl that Allan loved fell in love with Bill. The gentleman that Rose loved fell in love with Mary. Gloria loved the gentleman who loved rose. Gloria did not like Jim and John. Bill did not like Mary. Jill did not like the gentleman who loved her.The question is: Whom did Allan love?

  • Separate soft drink into 3 equal parts : Jaclyn has a pitcher of 24 ounces of soft drink. She wants to separate it into 3 equal parts. However, she only has 3 other jugs which can contain exactly 13, 11 and 5 ounces. Can you help Jaclyn to get 3 "eight ounces of soft drink" into the container and jugs?
  • Make 3 squares

    12 matches made 4 squares as shown in the figure.
    1. Move 3 matches to make 3 squares.
    2. Move 4 matches to make 3 squares.


  • Jimmie Dean visited an island. There were 2 tribes living on this island. The east tribal people always tell a lie. The west tribal people always tell the truth. Jimmie Dean saw a guy passing him. He asked the tour guide to ask that guy where he lives. The tour guide asked the guy and came back with the answer: he lives over west. Did the tour guide tell the truth or tell a lie?

  • In the equation shown, A, B, C, D, and E are 5 consecutive positive integers. What are they?