I can wake you in the morning but I require no electricity or winding.
What am I?
A rooster. If you did use electricity on your rooster, you would no longer be woken up, but it could provide a finger lickin’ last meal.
A rooster. If you did use electricity on your rooster, you would no longer be woken up, but it could provide a finger lickin’ last meal.
I sit in a corner and travel around the world. What am I?
A stamp.
This is nearly a duplicate of Lives in the Corner .
You have two buckets. One holds exactly five gallons and the other three gallons. How can you measure exactly four gallons of water into the five gallon bucket?
Assume you have an unlimited supply of water and that there are no measurement markings of any kind on the buckets.
Fill the 3-gallon bucket. Pour the 3 gallons of water into the 5-gallon bucket Fill the 3-gallon bucket again. Fill up the 5-gallon bucket with the 3-gallon bucket, leaving you with 1 gallon left in the 3-gallon bucket. Empty out the 5-gallon bucket. Pour the remaining 1 gallon of water from the 3-gallon bucket into the 5-gallon bucket. Fill the 3-gallon bucket. Pour the 3 gallons of water from the 3-gallon bucket into the 5-gallon bucket leaving you with 4 gallons of water in the 5-gallon bucket. Alternate solution:
Fill up the 5 gallon bucket Pour it into 3 gallon bucket, leaving 2 gallons Empty out the 3 gallon bucket Pour the 2 gallons in the 5 gallon bucket into the 3 gallon bucket Fill up the 5 gallon bucket and pour it into the 3 gallon bucket until it’s full, leaving 4 gallons in the 5 gallon bucket.
Fill the 3-gallon bucket. Pour the 3 gallons of water into the 5-gallon bucket Fill the 3-gallon bucket again. Fill up the 5-gallon bucket with the 3-gallon bucket, leaving you with 1 gallon left in the 3-gallon bucket. Empty out the 5-gallon bucket. Pour the remaining 1 gallon of water from the 3-gallon bucket into the 5-gallon bucket. Fill the 3-gallon bucket. Pour the 3 gallons of water from the 3-gallon bucket into the 5-gallon bucket leaving you with 4 gallons of water in the 5-gallon bucket. Alternate solution:
Fill up the 5 gallon bucket Pour it into 3 gallon bucket, leaving 2 gallons Empty out the 3 gallon bucket Pour the 2 gallons in the 5 gallon bucket into the 3 gallon bucket Fill up the 5 gallon bucket and pour it into the 3 gallon bucket until it’s full, leaving 4 gallons in the 5 gallon bucket.
What begins and has no end? What is the ending of all that begins?
Death or decay.
Many foods can make me strong but give me water and I won’t last long. What am I?
Fire.
Four cards are placed in front of you on the table, each with a number on one side and a color on the other. The visible cards show 3, 8, red and brown. Which cards should you turn over in order to test the truth of the statement that if a card shows an even number on one face, then its opposite face is red?
You’d need to turn over only the 8 and brown card. Only a card with an even number on one face and which is not red on the other face can invalidate the stated rule. If you turn over the 3 card and it’s not red, it doesn’t invalidate the rule, nor does turning over the red card and finding it has the label 3.
This test was devised by Peter Cathcart Wason and is known as the Wason selection task . Less than 10% of test subjects got it correct in two separate studies.
You’d need to turn over only the 8 and brown card. Only a card with an even number on one face and which is not red on the other face can invalidate the stated rule. If you turn over the 3 card and it’s not red, it doesn’t invalidate the rule, nor does turning over the red card and finding it has the label 3.
This test was devised by Peter Cathcart Wason and is known as the Wason selection task . Less than 10% of test subjects got it correct in two separate studies.
This sign was seen in Japan. What does it mean?
It’s a glass sign containing instructions on a glass door.
It’s a glass sign containing instructions on a glass door.
In the night a mountain in the morning a meadow. What am I?
A bed.
You will only ever find me in the past. I am created in the present but the future can never taint me. What am I?
History
What word comes next?
one three five four ______
Four. Each word is the number of letters in the previous word. And since four has four letters, it would continue with four forever after.
Four. Each word is the number of letters in the previous word. And since four has four letters, it would continue with four forever after.
