5 Puzzles That’ll Rev up Your Brain Power Today

If you like to test the power of your brain – or find ways to bulk it up – then these 5 puzzles are going to be right up your alley. Enjoy!

#5. A kingdom far, far, away.

Far, far, away lived a king who didn’t allow anyone in or out of his kingdom. There was a single bridge that connected them to the outside world, and royal orders stated that anyone moving outside should be killed, and anyone coming in should be turned back.

There’s a single guard on the bridge and he’s allowed to take rest breaks inside a hut of no more than 5 minutes. It takes 8 minutes to cross the bridge.

Even so, one woman manages to escape the kingdom. How?

 

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#5.How did the one woman escape?

The woman walked five minutes away from the kingdom while the guard was on break, then turned and walked back toward him. He demanded to see her papers but she didn’t have any on her, so she was sent away.

 

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#4. The diver.

A boy decided to become a scuba diver, but got dazed and lost underwater on one of his first dives. He didn’t know which way the surface was and he was running out of oxygen.

He did find his way back up, but how?

 

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#4. How did this inexperienced diver find his way to the surface in time?

He followed his bubbles.

 

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#3. A mysterious death.

A detective finds a dead woman lying on the pavement beneath a high-rise apartment building, and it appears she committed suicide by jumping from one of the windows. He does to the first floor, opens the closed window, and flips a coin toward the floor.

Then, he goes to the next floor and repeats all of the actions, then the next, until he reaches the last floor.

When he returns to the ground, he has concluded the woman was murdered. How?

 

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#3. How did the detective know the woman was murdered?

All of the windows were closed so she couldn’t have jumped.

 

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#2. A cassette tape.

The police found a dead body holding a gun and a cassette recorder in his hands. They pressed the ‘play’ button and heard “I have no reason to live anymore,” followed by the sound of a gunshot. After listening to this record, the police realized that the man was murdered.

How did they know?

 

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#2. How did the police know the man was murdered?

If the person died after recording the message, who pressed ‘rewind’?

 

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#1. The newlyweds.

A newlywed couple went on their honeymoon, but the husband returned alone and grieving. He said that his wife died in an accident, but the police arrested him because their travel agent could prove he had killed his wife.

How did the travel agent know it was a murder?

 

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#1. How did the travel agent know he murdered his wife?

The husband had booked a one-way ticked for his wife but a round-trip for himself. Amateur!

 

Thanks for playing along today! Have a great one!

h/t: Brightside