Knowing that riddles, puzzles, and paradoxes have confused people since the Ancient Greeks can be refreshing for many of us who are often deceived by such things. For example, even though it has been more than 2000 years since it was first raised, famous questions such as the Zeno Paradox continue to bother people. So much so that it is considered a quality puzzle among intelligence games.
The problems posed by these puzzles hit questions about logic, time, movement, and language. So the task ahead is not easy at all; if you can come up with a nice solution to them, you’ve done better than many great minds who have been thinking about them for two millennia. So, among the people who ponder these 5 questions we have chosen, will you be able to achieve success and enter the 3%? Let’s try. . .
Question 1: A man shows a photograph and says, “I have neither a brother nor a sister, but this man’s father is my father’s son.” Whose picture is the man looking at?
Question 2: Trains go from Ankara to Eskişehir at the same speed, using the same line, and without stopping at any other station throughout the day. While the 2 o’clock train completes the journey in eighty minutes; The 4 o’clock train completes in one hour and twenty minutes. Why?
Question 3: A boy and a girl are sitting on a bench. “I’m a girl,” says the blond-haired boy. “I’m a man,” says the black-haired boy. At least one of them is lying. Which child is a girl and which is a boy?
Question 4: A zookeeper has lost the ability to distinguish between elephants and ostriches. Fortunately, he can count eyes and feet. There are 58 and 84 feet in total. How many elephants and how many ostriches are in the zoo?
Question 5: The following people are together at a family gathering. How many people could have attended the family reunion at least, and what would they be to each other?
- 1 grandfather
- 1 grandma
- 2 dads
- 2 moms
- 4 kids
- 3 grandchildren
- 2 sisters
- 1 brother
- 2 daughters
- 2 sons
- 1 father-in-law
- 1 mother-in-law
- 1 point
Brains on fire?
Source: Einstein Puzzle