Friday 15 January 2010

Brain teasers

1 A man is writing a letter. The power goes out and he dies. Why?

2 A man lives on the 24th floor. He goes to the lobby on the bottom floor every morning to get the newspaper. He rides the elevator up to the 19th floor, then walks up the stairs the rest of the way. Why?

3 A man is in the middle of a room hanging from the ceiling. There is a puddle of water under his feet. There is nothing else in the room. How did he hang himself?

4 A man walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a glass of water. The bartender looks at him for a minute, then pulls out a gun and points it at the man. The man says "Thank You!" and leaves. Why?

5 A man is lying dead in the middle of a desert. He is wearing a back pack and has a full canteen of water. How did he die?

6 A man lives in a big tower with no windows. The bathroom is at the very top, and his bedroom is at the very bottom. One day he goes up to take a bath. While he was filling the tub, his cat chases a mouse by the door and accidently slams it shut. The guy tries to open the door, but it is stuck. He then tries to shut off the water, but the knob breaks off, and the water won't shut off. The tub begins to overflow and slowly fill the room. How does he survive?

9 comments:

Alex said...

The answer to all of them is simple: the butler did it.

Belén M. said...

Elementary, my dear Alex.

Esther said...

Don't you want to try? In number one think about the place in which the man is writing the letter. You may ask questions!!

Good luck

Susana said...

Your brain teasers aren't easy, you know? But I'll give it a try, it may convice others to do the same thing ;)

2. The elevator doesn't reach the 24th floor, so he has to climb the stairs from the 19th upwards???

4. This one I know, the man had hiccups and the other one is trying to scare him as a way of "treatment".

Let's see what others can do.

Miss you all!

Anonymous said...

Iknow number 3. He was standing on a block of ice that melted ...
An admirer.

Anonymous said...

Can I just google them?

Esther said...

Good try! Number 2 is not correct, go on thinking. 3 and 4 are perfect. Congratulations!! And don't google the rest :p

By the way, who is "an admirer"?

Esther said...

Ok, I'll tell you the solutions:

1 He is in an airplane. The motor quits, he crashes and dies.

2 The man is a midget, he can't reach the button for the 24th floor!

3 He stood on a big cube of ice. It melted.

4 The man had the hiccups. The bartender used the gun to scare the man, thus curing his hiccups.

5 He was a skydiver, and his parachute didn't open.

6 He pulled the plug on the drain in the tub.

Anonymous said...

IT´S WRONG
MISS ESTHER
THE MAN CAN´T TAKE THE ELEVATOR BECAUSE HE *NO LLEGA AL BOTON DE PEDIRLE*