31 Logic Puzzles That’ll Leave You Scratching Your Head

‘How far can a dog run into the woods?’
31 Logic Puzzles That’ll Leave You Scratching Your Head

“Why is a raven like a writing desk?”

Made famous in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderlandthis logic question has stumped even the smartest of thinkers for over a century and a half, sparking pithy retorts like, “They both have inky quills,” “Poe wrote on both of them” and “Because it can produce a few notes, though they are very flat.” 

None of these clever answers are actually correct, though. Considering the riddle, like most of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, was intended to be an ambiguous, trippy fever dream of a text, the real solution (if there is one) is still a mystery, known only to Carroll, the Mad Hatter and God. 

But that doesn’t mean that we’ll ever stop trying to find the right answer — a sentiment that can also be applied to the rest of these high-caliber logic puzzles. Whether it’s about assuming the color of a bear or playing coroner in the case of several mysterious deaths, here are a few logic puzzles that’ll leave you scratching your head…

Shelby_GT500 11y ago 00 Anyone heard of the 5 Pirates Puzzle? 5 pirates of different ages have a treasure of 100 gold coins. On their ship, they decide to split the coins using this scheme: The oldest pirate proposes how to share the coins, and ALL pirates (including the oldest) vote for or against it. If 50% or more of the pirates vote for it, then the coins will be shared that way. Otherwise, the pirate proposing the scheme will be thrown overboard, and the process is repeated with the pirates that remain. As pirates tend to be a bloodthirsty

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