Category: riddles

Posted on

Test Your Mental Mettle Against These Three Google Job Interview Questions

Google is famous for many innovative ways of doing business, and for the way they conduct their job interviews. They’re notorious for asking brain-busting questions that make people think and that weed out the sort of candidates they’d like to hire – but can you answer some of them?

Let’s find out!

#3. Billiard Balls

Photo Credit: Pixabay

You have 8 billiard balls, and you know that one of them weighs slightly more than the others – how many weighings on the scales do you need to tell which is the heavy ball?

Continue reading when you’re ready for the answer!

The post Test Your Mental Mettle Against These Three Google Job Interview Questions appeared first on UberFacts.

Posted on

Solving These 3 Riddles Can Help You Make Better Choices

Are you someone who has trouble making decisions on a daily basis, like which shirt looks better or whether you should grab a coffee or tea before work? Well, these 3 riddles will help you to not only make the right decisions but to find the right arguments for them, too.

Read on to find out how!

#3. The party.

Eric and George are arguing over a girl named Blaire at a party. She hasn’t responded to either of their plays with interest, but then makes up a game in which the winner gets to take her on a date.

Photo Credit: Brightside

The rules:

  1. The guys sit at a round table.
  2. They have a cache of coins that should be used to cover the table, but they cannot intersect or hang over the edges.
  3. The first player has an advantage if he places his coin correctly.
  4. The game is over when the table is covered and the winner is the person who plays last.

George is confident and allows Eric to play first – but what should his strategy be in placing the first coin?

Continue reading when you think you’ve got the answer!

The post Solving These 3 Riddles Can Help You Make Better Choices appeared first on UberFacts.

Posted on

6 Puzzles That Might Keep You up All Night

Whether you’re an insomniac or just someone who doesn’t get up until they’re solved, you’re going to have to buckle down to solve these 6 puzzles.

#6. How did she plan it?

Photo Credit: Brightisde

There was an old, sick man with three daughters. One day, Death came to take him but the oldest daughter asked Death to let her father live for 2 years and Death agreed. When he returned 2 years later, the second daughter asked and was granted 1 more year.

A year later he returned and the youngest daughter gave Death a candle and asked Death to let her father live until the candle burned out. He agreed, and never returned.

Why not?

Continue reading when you’re ready for the answer!

The post 6 Puzzles That Might Keep You up All Night appeared first on UberFacts.

Posted on

4 Riddles That Are Meant for Born Problem Solvers

If you fancy yourself someone who is great at solving problems – like perhaps you were born to d just that – then these 4 riddles will be the ultimate test.

Let’s see if you’re right!

#4. The Three-Roomed House

Photo Credit: Brightside

You are stuck in the middle room of a 3-roomed house. You are in the middle room, which contains only a window fitted with iron bars and doors that lead to the rooms on either side of you.

The rooms on your left and right have exits from the house, but the room on the left also contains 2 assassins ready to kill you.

The room on the right contains solar-powered UV laser guns that kill on sight.

How will you escape?

Continue reading when you’re ready for the answer!

The post 4 Riddles That Are Meant for Born Problem Solvers appeared first on UberFacts.

Posted on

Can You Solve These 5 Riddles Meant for Kids?

You’ve probably seen or heard of the show, Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader, but how would you fare if you found yourself holding the buzzer? This might not tell you for sure, but if you can solve these 5 children’s riddles, I’d say you’re one step closer to claiming the title.

#5. Imagine you’re looking at this pyramid from above. Which view is correct?

Photo Credit: Brightside

Continue reading when you’re ready for the answer!

The post Can You Solve These 5 Riddles Meant for Kids? appeared first on UberFacts.