ONCE UPON A TIME AND SONG A HANDSOME LAD BOTH BRAVE AND STRONG WAS BIRT NG A HANDSOME LAD BOTH BRAVE AND STRONG WAS BIRT RIDDLES WITH ANSWERS TO SOLVE - PUZZLES & BRAIN TEASERS

The Wicked Watch of the West. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Time to run! Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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We conversed on January 1 and her birthday is on December 31. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Once the water is boiling, turn the three-minute timer and five-minute timer over. When the three-minute timer runs out, put the egg in the boiling water. When the five-minute timer runs out, two minutes have elapsed and it is time take the egg out of the water. You don't need the four-minute timer for this riddle. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Four-ever! Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Shots are on me! Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Carol of the Bells Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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He is Australian, where the three hottest summer months are December, January and February. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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On carefully inspecting this question, one can understand that there are two days which are important and these are:

A. My Birthday.

B. The day when I am making this statement.

If you think for a while, you will understand that such statements can be made only around the year's end. So, if my birthday is on 31 December, then I will be making this statement on 1 January.

I will further explain using the following example:

1. Consider that today is 01 January 2017.

2. Then, the day before yesterday was 30 December 2016 and according to the question I was 25 then.

3. Yesterday was 31 December 2016, which happens to be my birthday too (Woohoo!), and my age increases by one to become 26.

4. I will turn 27 on my birthday this year (31 December 2017).

5. I will turn 28 on my birthday next year (31 December 2018).

Now, if you read the question again, it will make more sense:

The day before yesterday(30 December 2016), I was 25 years old and next year(31 December 2018) I will be 28. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Their birthday is on the 1st of January.

Here it is given that 3 days ago, it was The Narrator's birthday so he(The Narrator) was 18 years old 3 days ago and now at present the age of The Narrator is 19 years and next year he will be 20 years old, so I told you that his birthday is on 1st of January and he is 19 years old at present so according to the question asked he was 18 years old 3 days before 1st January i.e. on 29th of December and he will be 20 years old on the next year i.e. on 1st of January. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Today is 1st January

Yesterday is 31st December, your birthday, which you will be 22

The day before yesterday is 30th December, you're still 21

Let's say it's year 2020, so today is 1st January 2020, you are 22

December 31, 2020 you are 23

And then the next year, December 31, 2021 you will be 24 Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Twelve months! Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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17 mins.

The initial solution most people will think of is to use the fastest person as an usher to guide everyone across. How long would that take? 10 + 1 + 7 + 1 + 2 = 21 mins. Is that it? No. That would make this question too simple even as a warm up question.

Let's brainstorm a little further. To reduce the amount of time, we should find a way for 10 and 7 to go together. If they cross together, then we need one of them to come back to get the others. That would not be ideal. How do we get around that? Maybe we can have 1 waiting on the other side to bring the torch back. Ahaa, we are getting closer. The fastest way to get 1 across and be back is to use 2 to usher 1 across. So let's put all this together.

1 and 2 go cross
2 comes back
7 and 10 go across
1 comes back
1 and 2 go across (done)

Total time = 2 + 2 + 10 + 1 + 2 = 17 mins Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Your age. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Nep-tunes! Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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