Tickle Your Brain Muscles

1. There are three houses. One is red, one is blue, and one is white. If the red house is to the left of the house in the
middle, and the blue house is to the right to the house in the middle, where is the white house?

2. I left my campsite and hiked south for 3 miles. Then I turned east and hiked for 3 miles. I then turned north and
hiked for 3 miles, at which time I came upon a bear inside my tent eating my food! What color was the bear?

3. You have a 3-gallon jug and a 5-gallon jug. You need to measure out exactly 7 gallons of water. How can you do it?

4. The number 8,549,176,320 is a unique number. What is so special about it?

5. Find a number less than 100 that is increased by one-fifth of its value when its digits are reversed.

6. A man is headed to a mountain along with a lion, a goat, and a basket of vegetables. On the way, he needs to cross
a river and the boat can only carry two things at a time. If he takes the vegetables, the lion will eat the goat. If he
takes the lion, the goat will eat the vegetables. How does he cross the river?

7. A man is looking at a photograph of someone. His friend asks who it is. The man replies, “Brothers and sisters, I
have none. But that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who was in the photograph?

8. An Arab sheik is old and must will his fortune to one of his two sons. He makes a proposition. His two sons will ride
their camels in a race, and whichever camel crosses the finish line LAST will win the fortune for its owner. During
the race, the two brothers wander aimlessly for days, neither willing to cross the finish line. In desperation, they
ask a wise man for advice. He tells them something; then the brothers leap onto the camels and charge toward the
finish line. What did the wise man say?
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1. In Washington, D.C.!

2. White. The only place you can hike 3 miles south, then east for 3 miles, then north for 3 miles and end up back at
your starting point is the North Pole. There are only polar bears in the North Pole, and they are white!
3. Fill the 5-gallon jug, pour it into the 3-gallon jug until the 3 gallon is full, and leaving 2 gallons in the 5-gallon jug.
Now pour the 3-gallon jug out. Pour the remaining 2 gallons from the 5 gallon into the empty 3-gallon jug. Now fill
the 5 gallon from the faucet. You now have exactly 7 gallons.
4. This is the only number that includes all the digits arranged in alphabetical order.
5. 45 (1/5 of 45 = 9, 9 + 45 = 54)
6. Trip 1: He takes the goat with him, leaving the lion and the vegetables behind. On reaching the other riverbank, he
drops off the goat. Trip 2: He then comes back for the lion, leaving the vegetables behind. On reaching the bank
this time, he drops the lion, and again takes the goat along. Trip 3: He drops off the goat again and takes the
vegetables with him to the other shore. Trip 4: Lastly, he comes back alone for the goat.
7. His Son
8. The rules of the race were that the owner of the camel that crosses the finish line last wins the fortune. The wise
man simply told them to switch camels.