Logic Riddles

Question: A man walks into a completely dark room. There is a box on a table at the other end of the room and immediately the man knows one of the contents of the box. He cannot smell, see, or hear it.

How does he immediately know what is inside?

Question: You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in?

Question: when you were born you were given 2 bottle. 1 has something bitter but one has something sweet

Question: Mary Jane is stranded on a deserted island in the middle of a huge and deep lake. She cannot swim and all she has is two strings that are each one foot long. All of the boats that she would be able to use are docked at the shore 4 miles away from her. 2 hours later, she is on the shore of the lake. How did she get across the lake?

Question: You work at a factory that produces dumbbell weights for lifting. One of the 10 machines has been producing weights that are always 1 pound less than the rest of the machines. You have a large scale used to weigh the weights for quality control. How could you find the defective machine by using the scale only once? You are allowed to make as many weights with the machines as you please.