Motivational Monday 3/28/2016
Motivational Monday
This week’s puzzle:
1. A man stands on one side of a river, his dog on the other. The man calls his dog, who immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it?
2. A sundial has the fewest moving parts of any timepiece. Which has the most?
3. What is unusual about the following words: revive, banana, grammar, voodoo, assess, potato, dresser, uneven?
4. What makes this number unique — 8,549,176,320?
5. Put a coin into an empty bottle and insert a cork into the neck. How can you remove the coin without removing the cork or breaking the bottle?
6. Two boxers are in a match scheduled for 12 rounds. (Pure boxing only – no kicking, UFC takedowns, or anything else). One of the boxers gets knocked out after only six rounds, yet no man throws a punch. How is this possible?
7. In 1990, a person is 15 years old. In 1995, that same person is 10 years old. How can this be?
8. A man takes his car to a hotel. Upon reaching the hotel, he is immediately declared bankrupt. Why?
9. What do these words have in common: polish, job, herb?
10. You’re standing in a hallway with three light switches on the wall, each of which turns on a different lamp inside a closed room. You can’t see inside the room, and you can’t open the door except to enter the room. You can enter the room only once, and when you do, all the lamps must be turned off. How can you tell which switch turns on which lamp?
Answers to come next week.
Answer to Einstein’s Riddle from last week:
Congratulations to those who figured it out!
Michael Evans March 29, 2016 at 11:54 am
Faith stands fear runs
Have a peaceful productive and prosperous day.
Sal Ferrulo March 29, 2016 at 11:54 am
Mark,
Thank you for keeping our
minds engaged!
Have a great week!
Sincerely and respectfully,
Sal
Donald Rathmell March 28, 2016 at 12:41 pm
6. The boxers are women.
8. It’s monopoly.
10. Ask someone to stand in the room and tell you?
Adam Abshire March 28, 2016 at 12:25 pm
#1: The dog hops over
#2: An Hourglass
#3: The words are almost palindromes. You just need to take the letter from the front and move it to the back.
#4: The numbers are in alphabetical order
#5: Push the cork INTO the bottle then shake the coin out.
Wendy Briley March 28, 2016 at 12:21 pm
#9 = Words that are spelled the same but can be said differently and have a completely different meaning.
Home run on challenging everyone to kick start their brains on Monday mornings Mark! Great job!
Youssef Koutout March 28, 2016 at 11:56 am
#3- 0 to 9 in alphabetical order.
Thank you Mark!
Greg Fender March 28, 2016 at 11:19 am
Happy Easter!
Ann Sommers March 28, 2016 at 10:09 am
True about fear, thank you for sharing
Matthew T Kelleher March 28, 2016 at 10:04 am
# 2 is a hour glass.
David Winarski March 28, 2016 at 8:33 am
Thank you Mark, great quotes. I’m not embarrassed to say I can’t get them all – #1, river is frozen, let others chime in for the rest.
Teresa Gosse March 28, 2016 at 8:17 am
The last quote is my favorite!
Naomi Dugan March 28, 2016 at 7:11 am
Thank you Mark!
Can I have another week to figure out your puzzles?
Enjoy today