FAMOU RIDDLES WITH ANSWERS TO SOLVE - PUZZLES & BRAIN TEASERS

Fill the 5-jug up completely. There will be, of course, 5 gallons in the 5-jug. You must fill all the gallons up to the top, otherwise you don't actually know how much you have.

Use the water from the 5-jug to fill up the 3-jug. You're left with 3 gallons in the 3-jug and 2 gallons in the 5-jug.

Pour out the 3-gallon jug. You're left with nothing in the 3-jug and 2 gallons in the 5-jug.

Transfer the water from the 5-jug to the three jug. You're left with 2 gallons in the 3-jug. And nothing in the 5-jug.

Fill up the 5-jug completely. You now have 2 gallons in the 3-jug and 5 in the 5-jug. This means that there is 1 gallon (3.8 L) of space left in the 3-jug.

Use the water from the 5-jug to fill up the 3-jug. Fill up the last gallon of space in the 3-jug with the water from the 5-jug. This leaves you with 3 gallons in the 3-jug, and 4 gallons in the 5-jug.

Fill the 3-jug completely with water. You now have 3 gallons (11.4 L) of water.

Transfer this water into the 5-jug. You now have nothing in the 3-jug, and 3 gallons (11.4 L) in the 5-jug.

Re-fill the 3-jug with water. You now have 3 gallons (11.4 L) in the 3-jug and 3 gallons in the 5-jug.

Fill the 5-jug with water from your 3-jug. You now have 1 gallon (3.8 L) in the 3-jug and 5 gallons (18.9 L) in the 5-jug. This is because, in the last step, you only had 2 gallons (7.6 L) of space left over, so you could only pour 2 gallons.

Pour out the 5-jug and refill it with your 1 gallon. You now have nothing in the 3-jug and 1 gallon in the 5-jug

Fill up the 3-jug. You now have 3 gallons (11.4 L) in the 3-jug and 1 in the 5-jug.

Transfer the 3 gallons (11.4 L) of water into the 5-jug to end up with 4 gallons (15.1 L). Simply pour over your three gallons into the 5-jug, which only had 1 gallon (3.8 L) in it previously. 1+3=4, and a successfully defused bomb. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Famous ship Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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1/5

There are six possible pairings of the two balls withdrawn,
Yellow+Yellow
Yellow+Green
Green+Yellow
Yellow+Black
Black+Yellow
Green+Black.

We know the Green + Black combination has not been drawn.

This leaves five possible combinations remaining. Therefore the chances tbowl the Yellow + Yellow pairing has been drawn are 1 in 5.

Many people cannot accept tbowl the solution is not 1 in 3, and of course it would be, if the balls had been drawn out separately and the color of the first ball announced as Yellow before the second had been drawn out. However, as both balls had been drawn together, and then the color of one of the balls announced, then the above solution, 1 in 5, must be the correct one. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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The desert Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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The waiter. It's a round hotel. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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A star Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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A star Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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The ship was the Titanic which hit an iceberg on a flat sea. If the weather was worse the ship's lookouts would have seen the waves hitting the side of it or heard it(icebergs make groaning noises when they move). Unfortunately the iceberg was not seen and the rest is history. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Phyllis Wheatley Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Their age! Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Italy Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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30

Explanation:
It's very difficult to count an actual number of balls but it can be counted mathematically as illustrated below.

Balls in lowest level most level, say level 1 : 4 * 4 = 16
Level2 => 3 * 3 = 9
Level3 => 2 * 2 = 4
Leve4 => 1

Summing up 16+9+4+1 = 30. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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The answer is a gravedigger. This riddle is from one of the gravediggers to another just before they encounter Hamlet. It is important because it goes along very well with the theme of death and the unknown throughout the story. Just like death is unknown and ominous so is time. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Lincoln and Kennedy. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Blackbeard Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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