Sundays child - math puzzle
Recently, somebody told: "My grandfather was born on the first sunday of the year. His seventh birthday was also on a sunday!" In which year was this grandfather born?
Jars - logic puzzle
You've got two jars, one of them fits exactly 5 litres, the other one fits exactly 3 litres. How could you get exactly 4 litres with these two jars? It is allowed to spoil some water. |
The superstitious president - logic puzzle
Mr. Fisher is a night watchman in a large company. On a certain morning when Mr. Fisher wants to go home, his boss tells him: "I'll go for a businesstrip to Norway. Tomorrow I will depart from Heathrow airport." Mr. Fisher however advises him to take a boat. "Why should I?" asked the president. "This night I dreamed that the plane to Norway crashes, just before it will land," is the response. The president smiles first, but since he is pretty superstitious he decides to take the boat. When he arrives in Norway, he is told that the plane which he should have taken
had crashed. When the president returns from the trip, he gives a big reward to Mr. Fisher and immediately fires him. Why?