Riddles, one at a time
Turn the Crank
The big gear turns clockwise. Which lantern goes UP?
LANTERN C
Each mesh and the crossed belt flip the spin.
Turn, Flip, Turn
Which card do you get?
Mark one corner of the card and follow it through each step.
A
Turn, flip top-bottom, turn: the same as one top-bottom flip. A.
Shaded Part: The Pinwheel
What fraction of the square is gold?
Find the dark area instead: one middle square plus four thin slivers.
2/3
The dark part is 1 middle square + 4 halves = 3 of 9 squares, so gold is 6/9 = 2/3.
The Lake Word
Only one word looks the same in the lake. Which one?
Which letters look the same when flipped top to bottom?
CHOICE
Every letter of CHOICE is the same top and bottom, so the water cannot change it.
Mirror Clock: The Long Wait
4 hours 11 minutes
16:61, 17:71, 18:81 and 19:91 are not real times. The next is 20:02, 4 h 11 min after 15:51.
Fold the Net
Symbols keep their direction. Which cube folds from this net?
B
Folded up, star, ring and half-square sit just like B.