Answer
to Riddle 8 - The Egg Problem
You peel
the egg and stand it upright on its flat end.
NOBODY ASKED YOU NOT TO PEEL IT.
Answer
to Riddle 9 - Quarter Problem
Oh, no,
it is impossible. Oh, yes, it is possible. Take your dollar bill, fold in
half widthwise and keep it on the table with both its sides making a small
triangle (opening at the other edge or like an accordion). Now you can
balance the quarter towards its angle side.
Answer
to Riddle 10 - Ten Pennies Problem
If you
see the diagram below, you can easily understand which three pennies to move
to look triangle pointing at the opposite sides. Yes, the three pennies of
the tip of the triangle.
O
O
O
O
O
O
O O
O
O
O O
O
O
O O
O
O
O
O
Answer
to Riddle 11 - Six Glasses Problem
You may
pour the second glass water in the center empty glass. Thus the six filled
and empty glasses will be arranged alternatively.
NOBODY SAID THAT
POURING WAS ILLEGAL.
Answer
to Riddle 12 - Problem of Separation
What did
you say? One cannot do it? Oh it is very easy, just think again and you can
do it. First take a magnet and separate all the iron powder, then fill the
pot with water - salt will melt in the water, sand will settle down in the
bottom and saw dust will float on the water. Take a sieve and take out saw
dust in it. Pour the water slowly in some other pot, it is salted water. To
take out the salt from water, boil it until only salt remains. Sand is
settled at the bottom, dry it in sunshine.
Answer
to Riddle 13 - Problem of Transportation
If he
takes lion with him, goat eats the grass, if he takes the grass with him,
the lion eats the goat. So first he will take the goat with him and leave
him on the other side of the river (lion doesn't eat grass). Then he will
take the lion and leave him on the other bank of the river and bring back
the goat with him. Then he will take grass and leave the goat on the first
bank of the river. He will drop the grass with lion and come back to take
his goat.
Answer
to Riddle 14 - The Problem of Tide
None.
Are you surprised? But this is the answer, why? The boat rises with the
tide.
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