The most cunning puzzles that can confuse you, try to figure out

Regular brain-warmup It's necessary for everyone. It is especially useful for those who are mired in everyday routine and stopped constantly loading their brain with original tasks.



So today's editorial office. "Site" will offer a few tricky puzzles that can confuse everyone. Be careful not to make childish mistakes, otherwise you will not get the right answer.

Brain warm-up
  1. The condition of the first riddle states that we have a barrel of water that weighs as much as 50 kilograms. What do you need to add so that the same barrel weighs half as much?



  2. Why are polar bears no danger to penguins? After all, it seems that for such a dangerous, skillful and strong predator (like a polar bear), the penguin is quite affordable prey.
  3. Your mother's only brother-in-law is sleeping on your couch. Try to figure out who's staying overnight.
  4. When is the sky lower than the earth?



  5. There is a snail that persistently crawls up a 7-meter pole. Moreover, the snail crawls 2 meters up during the day, and during the night it slides half a meter down. How fast will it get to the top of the pole?
  6. In the condition of the last task, it is said that 3 mole rats manage to dig 3 meters of ditches in 3 hours. How many diggers does it take to dig 12 meters of ditch in 12 hours, given that workers’ productivity will not decline?





Tips and answers
  1. What should I add? The answer is very simple. To the barrel of water you need to add a hole with a plug. Then the weight of the water barrel can be adjusted.
  2. Polar bears and penguins look harmoniously together only in animated series. However, in real life, these animals live in different parts of the world. Polar bears live in the Arctic near the North Pole. And penguins live in Antarctica and nearby (the South Pole). They are simply unable to meet each other.



  3. Who could be the only son-in-law? If you understand the wording, then there is only one conclusion: the father sleeps on the couch.
  4. The sky is below the earth when you look into the water.
  5. It turns out that for a full day, the snail rises by one and a half meters. It will only reach the top on the fifth day. Not too fast. Where's the snail going?
  6. It turns out that three diggers in 1 hour dig one meter of ditch. Therefore, they may well (if not reduce productivity) dig 12 meters of ditch in 12 hours. It turns out that three employees to perform the task is enough.





Did you manage to complete all the tasks? Share your answers and thoughts in the comments. Also try to solve our other puzzles. And also solve mathematical examples that can puzzle any adult.