Saturday, July 29, 2017

Identical Twins


Alice and Eve are identical twin sisters. One always lies and the other always tells the truth, but we don't know which is which. We ask one of them "Is Alice the one that always lies?" and she replies "Yes." Did we speak to Alice or Eve? Click below to see the answer.



Saturday, July 22, 2017

Counting Socks


All my socks are red except two. All my socks are white except two. All my socks are blue except two. How many socks do I have? Click below for the answer.


Saturday, July 15, 2017

Circumnavigation


From 1519 until 1522, Ferdinand Magellan's Victoria was the first ship to successfully circumnavigate the globe. (Magellan himself did not survive the entire voyage.) Can you tell me which part of the ship traveled the greatest distance? Click below for the answer.




Replica of the Victoria, Photograph by Gnsin - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0

Saturday, July 8, 2017

50 factorial


50! = 30414093201713378043612608166064768844377641568960512071337804000

Without doing the full computation, can you tell whether the above statement is true or false? Click below for the answer.


Saturday, July 1, 2017

The Missing Fish


Two fathers took their sons fishing. Each man and his son caught one fish, but when they all returned to camp they only had three fish. None of the fish were eaten, lost, or thrown back. How could this be? Click below to see the answer.