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Is a married person looking at an unmarried person?
I remember answering this one incorrectly and when the answer was explained to me I was annoyed with myself. Here is your chance, with the original word phrasing:
Jack is looking at Anne, but Anne is looking at George. Jack is married, but George…
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Three logicians walk out of the bar
It is known that when logicians get drunk they may claim not to know the answer to a question when they should know it very well.
After a night of heavy drinking at the bar, three logicians decide that it's time leave. Before they walk out of the…
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A Weapon or a Toy?
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #5: On-and-onogrami
Hello, fellow puzzlers!
Here's a nonogram I made for you.
But it's not just a nonogram. There is a hidden object in it! Can you find it?
Click for a larger…
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Word Riddle - you love me or you hate me
With two I’m affirmative
With three I’m respectful
With four I’m more respectful
With all five I’m either loved or hated
But when I’m loved, I kill; and when I’m hated, I may save lives.
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The answer to this riddle is a number
I made this up myself a while back, just thought I'd share:
The key to this riddle is only for you
Below are instructions, above this the clue
First strike the one near the head of a year
Then remove he who begins a cheer
Next take away the…
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I see my dog run
My dog chooses not to go after the highest bets.
What is my dog's name?
Bonus: What is my name?
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Are there eighteen or twenty bars in my castle?
Two friends, Mark and Rose, are very famous logicians; they are so clever that they can deduce any logic connection possible in a matter of minutes even from the most vague situation.
Unfortunately, one day, the two friends are abducted by the Evil…
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Oh dang, I have to change my whole answer!
One day, you enter your math classroom. On the board, there are the words POP QUIZ.
Dang it! Was it about fractions? you knew you were bad with fractions.
You look down.
$\begin{array}{|cc|} \hline \text{You can only use your brain, and paper.
}…
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Caught splinging at work
Én, to, tre, shabam,
go ahead an sprim that man!
Kvin, ses, sep, setresk,
saw him spling off on his desk!
Nove, dez, onze, spling,
not setresk is such a thing!
Treize, quatorze, quinze, sprim,
I might have to shabam him!
What kind of…
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My friend sent me a photo of his keyboard, but there's something I can't figure out about it
Two months ago, my friend bought a new Chromebook. He told me yesterday that while he is happy with the computer overall, he's not that impressed by the quality of the keyboard. My friend is an aspiring writer, and he spends hours a day writing…
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Miniature Puzzle
This is my first post on here, and I doubt it'll be my last
I figured that I probably should do a little puzzle because it's my first submission, but unfortunately, I'm way too literal
Everything you need to solve the puzzle is contained within the…
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Can the Policeman catch the Thief?
The town of Squareshire has six streets: four sides of a square and the lines joining the midpoints of opposite sides.
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A policeman is chasing a thief along these streets. If they are ever on the same street, then the policeman can shoot…
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Crack the lock code
Does any one know how to crack this? I got this as a challenge.
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Unsolved Mysteries: Kryptos
This is the second in a series of Unsolved Mysteries posts. These posts explore current unsolved real-world puzzles. Since these have been unsolved for years, it's uncertain whether anyone on on Puzzling.SE will be able to find a solution, but we…
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