A doctor in Paris has a brother in Toronto who is a lawyer.
The lawyer does not have a brother who is a doctor in Paris.
Question: How is this possible?
Find the letters :
1 -Which is the next letter in the sequence: D - R - M - F - S - L ...?
2- Which is the next letter in the sequence: O - T - T - F - F - S - S -.....?
3 - Which is the next letter in the sequence: J - F - M - A - M - J - ...?
S - si (music scale)
E - eight (one,two,three...)
J - July (Jan, Feb..) ...
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200
Two fathers and two sons go hunting.
Each shoot one rabbit.
Question : How many rabbits were shot ?
What is 3 = grand-father + his son + his grand-son ...
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I X = 6
Question : What curve can make this problem equal ?
A person can carry sufficient food and water to travel four days in the desert.
The planned trip will last six days.
Alone, no one can succeed.
Question : How many persons will it take to lead the first person to her destination and to allow the others to return to the starting point?
John has sons.
His eldest son is four years older than his second son.
The second son is four years older than the youngest son.
The youngest son is exactly half the age of the eldest.
Question: What are the sons' ages?
Roland, Marc et Pierrette are three children in the same family.
Pierrette is three times Marc's age.
In two years, she will be twice the age Roland will have at that time.
Roland is a year older than Marc.
Question: How old are the children?
A man was walking when it started to rain
He did not have an umbrella and was not wearing a hat.
His clothes were soaked but not his hair.
Question : How is this possible?
Two fathers and two sons each shoot a duck.
No one has shot the same duck.
Only three ducks have been shot.
Question : How is this possible ?
What is Grand-father + his son + his grand-son...
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400
Three playing cards are placed, face down, on a table.
Hints : 1) A jack is to the left of a queen.
2) To the left of a spade is a diamond.
3) A king is left of a heart.
4) A spade is right of a king.
Question: Can you identify the cards.
What is King of diamonds, Jack or hearts, Queen of spades ...
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Two barrels contain each the same amount of water.
The water temperature in one barrel is 49° F while the other is at 29°F.
Two golf balls of same dimension and weight are dropped simultaneously into the barrels.
The golf balls are dropped from the same height.
Question: Which ball will touch bottom first?
A woman has a match.
She enters her house and would like to be warm.
There are a gas stove and an oil stove in the house.
Question: What shall she light first ?
John, his wife and their daughter wish to cross a riv
The row boat can only hold 100 kilos.
John weighs 80 kilos.
His wife and daughter weigh 40 kilos each.
Question: How do all three cross the river?
Mom and daughter cross first.
Daughter gets out of boat, mom returns.
Mom gets out of boat, dad crosses.
Dad gets out and daughter goes back to get mom. ...
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500
Two friends, Denis and Léo wish to communicate by mail.
The mailman is dishonest. He steals.
Each of the two friends has his own lock and key.
They put their mail in a secure box.
Question: How can Denis send a letter to Léo without the mailman opening the box?
Denis sends a locked box with his letter to Leo.
Leo adds his lock to the box and returns it to Denis.
Denis gets the box, removes his lock and returns it to Leo.
Leo can now open box safely that has his lock on it. ...
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500
2 - 5 - 11 - 23 - ...?
Question: What is the next number?
A mother had two children who were quarelling.
She decided to punish them.
She stood them on a single sheet of newspaper without them being able to touch one another.
Question: How did she do this?
A large paper was placed under a door : one on each side of the door. ...
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