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Unknown weight of four identical objects
Four identical looking objects weigh 3oz, 5oz, 8oz and 11oz. You do not know which objects weigh what and they are too close in weight to tell by holding them. Using a balance scale, how can you determine the weight of each object in only four…
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Liar and the Truth teller with 6 inhabitants
There are two types of people on an island: truth tellers and liars. Truth tellers always tell the truth, while liars always lie. A foreigner meets six of the inhabitants, and asks each of them the following question: "How many of you are truth…
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We interrupt your scheduled series for a pretzel rebus
What does this rebus, drawn with pretzels, say? (This is what happens when I get bored with pretzels on the table... ;P)
Note: The 'scheduled series' mentioned is this. It still needs to be solved! Finally solved by @randal'thor! :D
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Mysterious Murder Mystery 2
"Take her away!" commands the police officer, as two other officers handcuff the blonde woman. "Good work, Detective! I can see why you were named the number one detective. Keep up the great work!". You stand there trying to be mature about it, but…
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Chess at the 2020 Olympic Games
For the 2020 Olympic Games, the World Chess Federation asked the Olympic committee to include chess as official sport. The committee agreed under one condition:
The Chess Federation must design a chess-colored black and white logo, consisting of…
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Mensa Romania IQ test question - triangles and circles
Can somebody tell me what is the answer to this puzzle? And why?
Thanks!
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I use many languages, but speak only one. What am I?
I am not blind
I am not dull
I use many languages
but speak only one.
What am I?
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A great wife — but not very logical
There was this husband and wife. They were married this day. On this day, the wife shot the husband, held him under water and then hung him up.
Then they went out on a honeymoon. Wonderful relationship. But how is this logical? Explain.
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A rhopalic sentence of at-least 5 words, beginning with as long word as possible
Rhopalic sentences are sentences which have words whose length is one more than the previous word. eg:
I do not hunt birds.
I do not know where family doctors acquired illegibly perplexing handwriting; nevertheless, extraordinary pharmaceutical…
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How to choose at least half of everything
Some number of gold, silver, and copper coins are scattered in $N$ chests. You may look into each chest and count each type of coin in them, and then select $M$ of the chests. Your goal is to have at least 50% of all the gold coins, at least 50% of…
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Queen of all Riddles
I am the leader of merchants,
I am the only one of my kind,
Yet the smallest of eight.
Look up and you'll find me,
Or down in the earth.
I'll tell you when it's hot or cold.
I was once used to heal,
But now consume too much and you'll…
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Breaking up is fun to do
A quick one for language fortnight.
A few days ago, my girlfriend broke up with me. We were never really right for one another, and I knew it was coming, but of course it still stung a bit. And true to her style, she did it via a series of poorly…
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Sculptures in a park
Edit: all the unhelpful clues, including bad hinting and misleading ASCII art, were removed and other, (hopefully) more sensible ones were added.
You just moved to a new city, and your childhood friend, who happens to live nearby, has invited you…
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A Chess Puzzle With a Twist
You enter a chess club and see pieces arranged on a board like this:
Someone tells you that 2 players were playing a game (according to standard chess rules). At the end white announced a mate in 4, which caused the black player to angry leave the…
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