Puzzle : Blast fro mthe past !!!!

Professor Patrick invented a time machine. While testing it, he inadvertently reached the past. However, thankfully, he carried, in his pocket, a device that could return him to his present time. The travel to the past took its toll on him and he lost consciousness. On regaining consciousness, he found himself in an ancient laboratory, surrounded by strange-looking people. One of them seized the device from Professor Patrick's pocket. Professor Patrick tried to snatch it back but the man struck him down and let out a high-pitched, shrill laugh. He said,

"Welcome, Stranger, to the not-so-welcome land of Entropia.
I am Dr. David, the scientific plunderer from a nearby town, Enthalpia. I steal theories from other scientists and publish them as my own. Don't worry. I make sure that even their bones aren't found. (He let out yet another shrill laugh!)
It seems that this device is precious to you. I'll let you have it back if you manage to answer my question.

The people at Entropia are divided into two groups: the Newtons and the Oldtons. The Newtons always tell the truth while the Oldtons always lie.

Here are four inhabitants from Entropia: Alex, Barney, Charlie and Darren.

(Turning to Alex) Alex, is Barney a Newton or an Oldton?"

Alex replied, "An Oldton, sire."

"All right. Barney, What about Charlie? Is he a Newton or an Oldton?"

"Charlie is definitely an Oldton."

"Hmmm. What about Darren, Charlie?"

"Darren is an Oldton, Sir."

"Haha!! And, finally, Darren, if I ask Alex about Charlie, what will he say?"

"He will say that Charlie is an Oldton."

"Very well. Ok, Mr. Stranger, Now answer my question: Is Darren a Newton or an Oldton? If you answer correctly, I shall let you go scot-free. Lest, you will have to explain the secret of this device to me and prepare for a gruesome death. Muahahahaha!!"

Help Professor Patrick solve this riddle and return safely to the present time. Provide a detailed solution along with your answer.

PUZZLE FOR SMART PEOPLE

Figure out what these words have in common.

Banana

Dresser

Grammar

Potato

Revive

Uneven

Assess



Have you already given up?

Give it another try.


Look at each word carefully.

(You'll kick yourself when you discover the answer.)

This is Cool! ( Just type in your answers as comments..i will put up the answer to this one on 4th march)

Puzzle of the day

Manish was on his way to an interview. On the way, he encountered his long lost cousin, Vijay, whom he hadn't met in more than a decade. They started catching up on lost time. Manish learned that Vijay had 3 sons. When he asked about their ages, Vijay replied, "You're going for an interview, right? Consider this a trial question. Figure out their ages from this: The product of the ages of my three sons is 36." To this, Manish grumbled that he needed more information. Vijay, then, pointed to a sign board across the street that displayed the address of the area and said that the sum of the ages of his three children was equal to the last two digits of the pin code of that area. Yet, Manish demanded more information. Finally, Vijay said, "My eldest son wore a black shirt today. This is all I can tell you." What were the ages of the three children? Provide a detailed explanation for your answer.

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Puzzle(Boiling an Egg)

You have a piece of string which when set on fire from one end takes 120 minutes to burn completely. It has a property that the time taken to burn a distance D from one end is the same as the time taken to burn a distance D from the other end. The rate of burning is not uniform – different parts of the string will take different amounts of time to burn.

You need to boil an egg for exactly 15 minutes using the string as a timer. How will you do it?