Friday, September 10, 2004

Brain Teasers

Some short Brain Teasers for you to ponder:

A scuba diver is 1,000 feet below the surface when the oxygen in her tank runs out. The diver doesn't make it to the surface for nearly four hours, but she doesn't die when her oxygen runs out. Why didn't the diver die when her oxygen ran out and how did she reach the surface?

A man has recently escaped from prison and is making his way home on foot. He is walking along a straight rural country lane in bright daylight. He has walked about two miles from the prison, when he sees a police car coming toward him. Despite knowing that all squads would be out looking for him, he ran towards the car for a short while, and only when he was about ten feet away, did he turn and run into the woods to hide. Why did he run towards the police car?

Two convicts are locked in a cell. There is an unbarred window high up in the cell. No matter if they stand on the bed or one on top of the other they can't reach the window to escape. They then decide to tunnel out. However, they give up with the tunneling because it will take too long. Finally one of the convicts figures out how to escape from the cell. What is his plan?



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