Winner Deserving The Scholarship
This is my favorite puzzle which I had read in a newspaper. It really makes you to think more & more logically to get the answer. I had posted it back in July but re posting it here.
"The scholarship will be awarded," said the head to three candidates - Chuckles, Wombat & Breeze - "to the winner in this little competition. I am going to chalk a cross, which will be either a green or a red cross. I shall then ask each one who can see a green cross to hold his hand up; and take his hand down as soon as he can tell me what his own cross is. He must, of course, be able to explain how his answer is arrived at. Kindly close your eyes for 10 seconds."
He chalked a green cross on all three foreheads. "Go!"
All three hands shot up in air ; that of Chuckles was almost immediately lowered. "My cross is green , Sir"
How did Chuckle know?
Read here how the story unfolds!
"The scholarship will be awarded," said the head to three candidates - Chuckles, Wombat & Breeze - "to the winner in this little competition. I am going to chalk a cross, which will be either a green or a red cross. I shall then ask each one who can see a green cross to hold his hand up; and take his hand down as soon as he can tell me what his own cross is. He must, of course, be able to explain how his answer is arrived at. Kindly close your eyes for 10 seconds."
He chalked a green cross on all three foreheads. "Go!"
All three hands shot up in air ; that of Chuckles was almost immediately lowered. "My cross is green , Sir"
How did Chuckle know?
Read here how the story unfolds!
