By: Dillon Myers
A man is looking at a photograph of someone. His friend asks who it is. The man replies, “Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who was in the photograph?
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“In 1990, a person is 15 years old. In 1995, that same person is 10 years old. How can this be?”
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“A sundial has the fewest moving parts of any timepiece. Which has the most?”
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What makes this number unique: 8,549,176,320?
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The person who makes it has no need for it. The person who purchases it does not use it. The person who does use it does not know he or she is. What is it?
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You’re escaping a maze, and there are three doors in front of you. The door on the left leads to a pit of lava. The door in the center leads to a room filled with deadly gas. The door on the right leads to a lion that hasn’t eaten in three months. Which door do you choose?
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What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?
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How can 8 + 8 = 4?
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The water level in a reservoir is low but doubles every day. It takes 60 days to fill the reservoir. How long does it take for the reservoir to become half full?
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A farmer needs to take a fox, a chicken, and a sack of grain across a river. The only way across the river is by a small boat, which can only hold the farmer and one of the three items. Left unsupervised, the chicken will eat the grain, and the fox will eat the chicken. However, the fox won’t try to eat the grain, and neither the fox nor the chicken will wander off. How does the farmer get everything across the river?