Can You Solve These Mind-Bending Puzzles? Let's See Your Answers!

1) How many eggs can you put in an empty basket? Explain.

2) If you take three apples from five apples, how many do you have?

3) How many times can you subtract 6 from 30? Explain.

4) It happens once in a minute, twice in a week, and once in a year. What is it?

5) What goes up and never comes down?

6) What gets bigger the more you take away?

7) The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?

8) I'm where yesterday follows today, and tomorrow's in the middle. What am I?

9) What is broken every time it's spoken?

10) The following sentence is false. The preceding sentence is true. Are these sentences true or false?

11) Two men walk into a bar and order scotch on the rocks. Both drinks have poison in them. The first man downs his and walks out and lives healthy for the rest of his life. The second man sits there for a while and drinks his slowly and dies. Why did the second man die, but not the first one?

12) Two people walk up a mountain and find four dead people in a cabin at the top. They were the first people to ever climb the mountain. How did that happen?

Hi there,
Good post. But, what are the answers? I just guessed these:
Ans#1 = 1
Ans#2 = 3
Ans#3 = 1
Ans#4 = e
Ans#10 = True

How about the rest? Especially the last ones? I am very curious to know!

I will post the reply later to let many brains work on this. For now, I can just tell you if the answers are correct or not. The only correct answer is Q4. For Q10, it's not a true/false answer. Keep guessing :-)

Thanks & Regards, AJ

1) How many eggs can you put in an empty basket? Explain.

2) If you take three apples from five apples, how many do you have?

3) How many times can you subtract 6 from 30? Explain.

4) It happens once in a minute, twice in a week, and once in a year. What is it?

5) What goes up and never comes down?

6) What gets bigger the more you take away?

7) The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?

8) I'm where yesterday follows today, and tomorrow's in the middle. What am I?

9) What is broken every time it's spoken?

10) The following sentence is false. The preceding sentence is true. Are these sentences true or false?

11) Two men walk into a bar and order scotch on the rocks. Both drinks have poison in them. The first man downs his and walks out and lives healthy for the rest of his life. The second man sits there for a while and drinks his slowly and dies. Why did the second man die, but not the first one?

12) Two people walk up a mountain and find four dead people in a cabin at the top. They were the first people to ever climb the mountain. How did that happen?

Ans 1: 0 eggs, because as soon as you put an egg in an empty basket, it's no more empty.

Ans 2: 5. Because even if you take the apples from yourself, even then the apples remain with you.

Ans 3: Once only, because 30 - 6 will be 24. It will no longer be 30.

Ans 4: e

Ans 7: Kafan

Ans 9: Broken

5. height
6. hole
11. By the time the first man finished his drink, the poison was not dissolved in the liquor. However, the second man consumed it slowly, and the poison dissolved, resulting in his death.

12. Two people walked up a mountain and found four dead people in a cabin at the top. They were the first people to ever climb the mountain. How did that happen?

Yes, the four people who died were the first ever to climb.