The Dumb@$$ Mindtrap Answers Archive...
8. We will call the two sides of the river A and B. First Gulliver takes the rabbit across to side B, leaving the lettuce with the fox on side A. He then returns to side A, picks up the lettuce and brings it to side B. Next he returns the rabbit to side A. Gulliver then takes the fox across to side B, reuniting the fox and the lettuce. Finally he returns to side A and picks up the rabbit, which by this time is making its third crossing.
7. It was during a live circus performance and the band conductor prematurely stopped the music. The blindfolded tightrope walker thought he had reached the end of the rope, and when he went to step on the expected platform, it wasn't there and he fell to his death.
6. Shady had left his car idling in drive and kept it stationary by wedging a piece of ice between the brake peddle and the bottom of the dash. Shady had timed the melting of the ice to exactly half an hour, hoping to use Al as his alibi.
5. Six. Since we know that they have 12 children, and only
nine common to them both, we can deduce that they came into the
marriage with three children each.
4. The door was closed. There was no chance of the woman
closing the huge door from the inside since there wasn't any
floor for her to stand on. (I know they left some holes in that
question... get it "holes"... nevermind)
3. Dee Septor had filled all but one of the slots of an ice
cube tray with white wine. Hardy tasted the only cube of frozen
water.
2. Shadow noticed a toilet seat was left up (an unlikely state
in a women's residence) and concluded a prowler would not stop to
use the washroom, but an invited guest, like a boyfriend, would.
1. House Numbers.
