Golden Apple

In a marble hall white as milk
Lined with skin as soft as silk
Within a fountain crystal-clear
A golden apple doth appear.
No doors there are to this stronghold,
Yet thieves break in to steal its gold.

Wall-E

Early 22nd century! A city in space without gravity. 

Wall-E* following EVE on his escape-pod reaches a place which looks like a parking area. Fortunately he got a parking spot. The numbers on the left read 16 , 06, 68, 88 and one on the right says 98. What number he parked his pod ?

*For the uninitiated "Wall-E" is an Earth Robot and "EVE" state of the art feminine robot from space.

Bermuda Triangle

The Journal of the Paranormal reported the following,

It happened on the morning of March 20, 1862 The Ship "Mulan" vanished at sea!

"Mulan" was 50 foot long merchant ship transporting industrial spare parts and headed towards Miami. The night before the incident the crew was relaxing, on the fore deck playing cards, smoking or looking at the Florida coast. The captain was quietly filling his log book in his cabin when he noticed the beams of the lighthouse. But "Mulan" never reached her destination and nobody heard any more from the ship or her crew. Surprisingly no evidence was found until now which could have explained this sudden disappearance.

"Something is not right here, Dr. Watson" said Sherlock Holmes, "Think !"

Not for the Queen

In chess, there is one specific type of move, the Queen is unable to make but all the other pieces can.

And you thought you know chess, huh !

Silverfish on Diet

Silverfish found a wooden cube this time*. He starts crawling from one corner of the cube, and,  confining himself to its edges, which are all exactly one cm long, crawls as far as he can without retracting any part of his path.

How far does he crawls?

* Silverfish old adventure

The Magic Trick !

I was in Disneyland last weekend, and came across this Magician.

"I had on the stage," the magician's story went, "a small iron box with a handle on top. I invite a strong man to step forth. In response an Arab of medium height but sturdily built, a sort of local Hercules, came up. He walked up cheer-fully, grinning slyly the while, and stopped opposite me.

"Are you strong? " I asked, looking at him from tip to toe.
"Yes," said he.
"Are you sure you will always be strong?"
"Certainly," came the answer.
"You are Wrong" I said "In the twinkling of an eye I can rob you of your strength and you will grow as weak as a child"
"The Arab gave a disbelieving grin"
"Come here," I said, "and lift up this box."
The Arab bent over, lifted it up and then inquired: "Is that all?"
"You just wait a moment" said I. "Assuming a serious mein, I made a commanding gesture and solemnly uttered:
"You are now weaker than a woman. Lift that once again"

This time the Arab failed to pick it up, no matter how hard he tried. What happened ?

Fraction Counts

Where do you see the fraction 24/31 ?

Miles per Hour

If an electric train is going west at sixty miles an hour and the wind is blowing from north at thirty miles an hour, in which direction will the smoke from the engine blow and, at what Miles per Hour ?

Miles to go before I sleep

Assume you walk at a speed of three miles an hour. If a two-mile-wide forest has a two-mile trail leading directly through it, how far into the forest can you go in half an hour?

Nancy and Sluggo

Sluggo meets a new friend Irma at Nancy's party, where all were, either Truth Tellers or Liars. Irma tells Sluggo that she has overheard a conversation in which a girl revealed her identity, saying she is a liar. Now sluggo is thinking, Is Irma a Liar or a Truth teller ?

What will you tell, if Sluggo ask you ?

Common Theme

Whats so common about the following words

Dresser
Grammar
Uneven
Voodoo
Revive

My uncle

My Fathers brother knows the score of the game before it even starts how could this be?

Funny as Tautonyms

Tautonym is a word or name made of two identical parts or repeated words, example TOMTOM, MAMA, BYE-BYE. Do you know any Tautonyms ?

Normally a Tautanym is pronounced same word twice, but there is a special Tautonym _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ which is pronounced differently. But ofcourse, you never listened to your English teacher, did you ?

Cattle Case

An old farmer died leaving three sons. He bequethed the first son half of his cattle, the second one third and to the third son one ninth.

He had a total of 12 cows and 5 buffalows ! Can you solve the case ?

Odd Sequence

8, ?, 4, ?, 1, ?, 6, ?, 2

Add some odd numbers to make the odd sequence logical (pun intended)

Rendezvous

A Car in Los Angeles starts toward San Diego on I-5 South at 40 miles an hour. Fifteen minutes later a motor bike in San Diego starts towards Los angeles on I-5 North - 120 miles away - at 55 miles an hour.

Which vehicle is nearest to Los Angeles, when they meet ?

Number Story

The first digit will tell you how many zeroes are there in the story, the second digit will tell you how many one's are there in the story and so on.

How long your story can be and what's the story ?

Clock Chime

A tick-tock clock chimes every hour on the hour, and once each quarter hour in between. If we hear it chime once, what is the longest we may have to wait to be sure what time it is?

Wrong Number

Thirteen percent of the people in San Diego have unlisted phone numbers. You select three hundred names as random from the phonebook. What is the expected number of people who have unlisted numbers?

Multilingual

Steve was amazed by "the fact" that this is one thing in the world that can speak all languages ?

Would you know what ?

Persistence

A young salesman Good Benito was finally admitted to the office of the president, who chided him, "Young man, you should feel flattered that I allowed you to come in here. I turned down five salesman today.

"I Know" replied Good Benito . "_ ___ ___ ____ __ ____"

What did he said ?

Junior Einstein

Further eating the Alphabet Soup, Junior Einstein came up with another cool calculation.

   A B
   C D
   E F
   G H
---------
 I I I

You know which digit among 0-9 is missing here ?

Hold and Cold

Alone I am hot. Take two letters away and i am cold. Take another away and i am warm up a bit.

What am I?

Who Comes Next ?

Who/What comes next in the following perplexing sequence

QAZ, WSX, EDC, RFV, TGB, ?

Underwater Talking Apparatus

A revolutionary device Self Contained Underwater Talking Apparatus (SCUTA) was invented, which create a baloon of text of what you speak, much like a comic strip. A lot of people were tested with the invention under water. when a women was tested, the following apeared in the bubble

"itne verra insbu titpo urs"

So what language is she speaking and what country she is from ?

Peculiar Groups

Mrs. Connar wrote the following letters in the board

1 2 3 4
5 7 8 9


and said to the class.

"I want you to arrange the eight numbers I have written on the board into two groups of four numbers each. When you add up each group, the sums must be the same.

Your time starts now."

Where

So now that you guys conquered who and what, we're now up to where.
I'll start with the easiest one. Good luck everyone!

A 12-year old girl walks into an establishment alone and picks up a small magazine to read. She is then cornered, led to the backroom and instructed to sit still and be quiet. Fearing for her safety, she obeys this request, but is attacked with a sharp object anyway. By the end of the ordeal, she feels no pain and actually pays money to a woman before she leaves the place.

Where is the girl and why does she pay the woman?
~as always hints are available.
~Good Luck
~Valerie

What 4

Michelle slowly slides her fingers against the silver blades in her hand to check their sharpness. Next, she glances in the mirror to see how she looks, Finally, she enters and area where a group of solemn people from around the world holds her in judgment. Michelle has not committed any crime nor has she entered a courtroom, yet the group's judgment may affect both her and her county.

What is Michelle doing and why is she doing it?

~As always I have clues if you need them. Good luck!
~Valerie

Puzzle

JBJBJATWOWFIITRIAOHOSOJBJBJATWOWFIITRIAOHOS.

Explain?

pramsay13

Belly Dancers

If seven belly dancers can lose a total of 20 pounds in eight hours of dancing, how many more belly dancers would be needed to lose a total of 20 pounds in only four hours of dancing provided the new dancers shed weight only half as fast as the original dancers

Bigger the Better ?

The bigger it is.
The less you see.
What is it ?

As Easy as A. B. C.

The math teacher Mr. Menon was not feeling well, so he asked the class to find out four numbers, a number in the spellings of English counting which has "A" in it, a number which has "B", a number which has C, and a number which has D in it.

The students were, sure busy for the whole period. What would you say ?

Ski Lift

From the time, you get on a ski lift to the time you get off what proportion of the chairs do you pass ?

Janet and Joan

Janet and Joan were found dead in a room which had an open window (it wasnt broken, just open). And, there were glass splinters in a puddle of water on the floor. How did they die?

The Missing Number

10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
20
22
24
31
100
?
10000
1111111111111111

Friday

A person rides into a city, let's say Philadelphia. He arrives in Philadelphia on Friday. He stays there for only three days, and then rode back on Friday. How did he do it?

What did he say?

A man goes to his lawyer and says that he wants to end his marriage
because his wife has been throwing things at him for the last 30years!

The lawyer said, "So why did you wait all this time to come forward?"

What do you think was the man's reply?

-by gilumar-

10 birds

There is a hunter who sees 10 birds sitting on a branch of a tree.
He shoots and hits only 1 of them.

How many birds are left alive on the branch?

-by gilumar-

2007

How many men were born last year?

A Mile Long

How long does it takes for a mile long train to pass a mile long tunnel moving at 60 mph

Another Charlotte's Adventure

Joy is stuck on a middle of the wall of a room, one foot below the ceiling. Charlotte is in the middle of the opposite wall, a foot above the floor. What is the shortest path Charlotte can take to save his baby, if the room is 12 X 30 foot with a 12 foot ceiling ?

* Joy is the name of Charlotte's baby who is a barn spider, here is an old adventure

Lost "Love" Story

Four men and and four women are shipwrecked on a desert island. Eventually each one falls in love with each other, and is himself/herself loved by one person. Here are the equations.

David Taylor falls in love with a girl who is, unfortunately, in love with Jon Baker. Evan Jeffrey loves a girl who loves the man who loves Rebecca Russell. Megan Kelly is loved by Carl Duckinson . Rhonda French hates Carl Duckinson and is hated by the man whome Julie Margaret loves.

Who Loves Evan Jeffrey ?

Gadget Update Version 1.5

Hey Guys !

There is a new version of the Sidebar gadget Download Version - 1.5

The new version has the following updates

• You can see the Number of comments, question have, in the Fly-out window
• Question will have tool tip which will say either TOM puzzle or Shared Puzzle(shared by web users)
• Keyboard accessibility, yes you can access all the features using keyboard
• New wall papers