Brain Teaser...

[bloodline76]

Question 1) There are six oranges in a fruit bowl.
Six people take one of the oranges
each – yet there is still one orange left
in the fruit bowl. How can that be?

Question 2) A stage has three spotlights – all
mounted separately. Each light has its
own on-off switch, labelled I, II & III,
but the switches are in a back room –
from which you cannot see the stage,
nor the spotlights, nor any shadows
or reflections etc. All the lights are
switched off. If you can only go into
the back room once, how can you
identify each switch correctly?

Question 3) Which mathematical symbol,
when inserted between 4 and 8,
will give a number bigger than 4
and smaller than 8?

 

[stinamoo]

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[timmothy]

Question 1) There are six oranges in a fruit bowl.
Six people take one of the oranges
each – yet there is still one orange left
in the fruit bowl. How can that be?

Question 2) A stage has three spotlights – all
mounted separately. Each light has its
own on-off switch, labelled I, II & III,
but the switches are in a back room –
from which you cannot see the stage,
nor the spotlights, nor any shadows
or reflections etc. All the lights are
switched off. If you can only go into
the back room once, how can you
identify each switch correctly?

Question 3) Which mathematical symbol,
when inserted between 4 and 8,
will give a number bigger than 4
and smaller than 8?

1. the last person took the orange iand the bowl
2.they are lined up in order 1left 2middle 3right
3.6

 

[Dr.EM]

1) one of them returned thier orange to the bowl after picking it up. Perhaps it was a little spongy or had a mouldy patch.

2) The stage and associated back room are terribly designed and are likely a health and safety concern.

3) this symbol ""

 

[misterPK]

2) switch one on, leave one off, switch one for a while then off. You'll get one that is off yet warm.

PK!

 

[Azagoth]

#2, you turn two lights on. Then after a minute you turn one of them off and go into the room. The light that's on is obvious and you feel the bulbs to find out the other one.

 

[Topper]

1) Bowl is orange shaped?
2) switch them all on and shout to a mate who is on the stage?
3) <

 

[JIM_BOB7813]

Question 2) A stage has three spotlights – all
mounted separately. Each light has its
own on-off switch, labelled I, II & III,
but the switches are in a back room –
from which you cannot see the stage,
nor the spotlights, nor any shadows
or reflections etc. All the lights are
switched off. If you can only go into
the back room once, how can you
identify each switch correctly?

Ask your mate Dave to shout which light turns on when you flick the switches.

 

[apeZ]

Another alternate solution for 1) - 5 people take an orange each, and the 6th person takes one from them? So 5 people are holding oranges, but all 6 of them have 'taken' one.

2) Azagoth has it right for this one.

3) A decimal point.