Tag: general knowledge

This is a classic riddle - you can only subtract 5 from 25 once, because after the first subtraction, the result is 20, not 25. The question is worded to make you think about repeated operations, but the phrasing refers to the specific operation of subtracting 5 from 25 itself.

The maid's alibi is false because mail is not delivered on Sundays. This classic riddle relies on the solver knowing this basic fact about postal services - the other alibis could be legitimate Sunday activities (sleeping, cooking breakfast, gardening, housework).

This is a wordplay riddle - the phrase 'imagine you are in a sinking boat' means it's only a scenario in your imagination. The solution is to simply stop imagining the dangerous situation, as it was never real to begin with.

This is a Hindi-English pun riddle - 'unki dead body par ghanti bajate the' literally translates to 'they would ring bells on their dead bodies,' but in Hindi, 'ghanti bajana' is an idiom for making phone calls (telemarketing calls). The 'gang' were telemarketers who would call people after selling them something.

This is a physics-based joke - the letter V represents velocity in physics, but C represents the speed of light. When traveling at light speed, V=C, so Gulshan (traveling at light speed) would pronounce V as C, saying 'Grocer' instead of 'Grover.'

This is a wordplay pun - the question says 'a women goes in an Auto (rickshaw) and gets bald.' The answer 'Automatically' is a pun combining 'Auto' from Auto-rickshaw and 'automatically' meaning it happens by itself. The 'women' is also a typo for 'woman,' but doesn't affect the riddle's solution.

This is a mythological riddle - Sita from the Ramayana was taken to Lanka (Sri Lanka) in the Pushpaka Vimana (a flying chariot/vehicle), making her technically the 'first Indian woman to fly' in a mythological sense. The question uses wordplay to confuse modern aviation with ancient mythology.

Despite being called 'Chinese gooseberries,' kiwifruit actually originated in China and were introduced to New Zealand in the early 20th century. New Zealand growers renamed them 'kiwifruit' for marketing purposes, and they became most famously associated with New Zealand commercially.

Panama hats are traditionally made in Ecuador, despite their misleading name. The name originated because these hats were shipped through Panama on their way to international destinations, creating confusion about their actual origin.

The Hundred Years War between England and France actually lasted 116 years (1337-1453), not 100 years. The name is another historical misnomer that doesn't reflect the actual duration of the conflict.