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You have 12 cookies. You eat all but 4. How many cookies are left?
4
A rooster lays an egg on top of a sloping roof. Which side does it roll down?
Neither. Roosters don’t lay eggs.
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
What letter comes next?
J, F, M, A, M, J, ___
J
There are two keys on a table: a gold key and a silver key. The lock is silver and only matching keys work. Which key do you try?
Silver
A plane crashes exactly on the border between Canada and the United States. Where do they bury the survivors?
Nowhere, you don't bury survivors.
You enter a completely dark room with one match. There is a candle, a fireplace, and a lamp. What do you light first?
The match.
If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many apples do you have?
2, because you took them
What English word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short (add er -> shorter)
The keypad says:
2 → 4
3 → 6
4 → 8
5 → ?
What number do you enter?
10
A woman has four daughters. Each daughter has exactly one brother. How many children does she have?
5. The four daughters share one brother.
During a race, you pass the person in second place. What place are you in now?
Second place
What can you catch but never throw?
A cold
What five-letter word becomes one letter shorter when you remove its first two letters?
Stone
→ one
A note says:
“Your code is the number of sides on a triangle, followed by the number of sides on a square.”
What is the two-digit code?
34
You have two coins that add up to 30 cents. One of them is not a nickel. What are the coins?
A quarter and a nickel.
One of them isn’t a nickel, but the other one is.
A farmer has 20 sheep. All but 7 run away. How many sheep are left?
7.
A doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take one every 30 minutes. How long until you have taken all 3?
1 Hour
What comes next?
O, T, T, F, F, S, S, ___
E
One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight.
Four buttons appear in this order:
RED – BLUE – GREEN – YELLOW
The note says:
“Press the colour of grass, then the colour of the sky.”
What do you press?
Green, then Blue
Three doctors say, “Robert is our brother.” Robert says, “I have no brothers.” How can both statements be true?
The three doctors are Robert’s sisters.
A man looks at a photograph and says, “I have no brothers or sisters, but that person’s father is my father’s son.” Who is in the photograph?
His son
Two people are born at exactly the same time, on exactly the same day, to the same parents, but they aren’t twins. How?
They're part of triplets (or another multiple birth)
What comes next?
M, T, W, T, F, S, S, ___
M
A three-digit lock has these clues:
The first digit is half of 8.
The second digit is 3 less than the first.
The third digit is the first two digits added together.
What is the code?
415
There are three closed doors. Behind one is a prize. You know:
Where is the prize?
Door 2.
If it were Door 3, both statements would be true. If it were Door 1, both would be false. Therefore it must be Door 2.
A woman shoots her husband, holds him underwater for five minutes, and then hangs him. Later, they sit down and have dinner together. How is this possible?
She took his photograph, developed it in liquid, and hung the photo to dry.
You have two ropes. Each takes exactly 60 minutes to burn, but neither burns at a consistent speed. How can you measure exactly 45 minutes?
Light Rope 1 at both ends and Rope 2 at one end. Rope 1 finishes after 30 minutes. Then light the other end of Rope 2. It will finish 15 minutes later, making 45 minutes total.
What comes next?
1 = O
2 = T
3 = T
4 = F
5 = F
6 = S
7 = S
8 = ___
E
You reach two doors:
Door A: “Exactly one of these doors leads outside.”
Door B: “Door A leads outside.”
You are told exactly one sign is telling the truth.
Which door leads outside?
Door B