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Puzzles 10

1. Which month has twenty-nine days in a leap year? 2. In five years’ time, I will be three times as old as I was three years ago. How old am I now? 3. The mother, father, son, daughter, uncle, … Continue reading

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Puzzles 9

1. A woman recently widowed, following the death of her husband, was explaining to a police officer that her husband was watching a programme on the evening of his death about the Beast of Bodmin Moor. Afterwards, she explained, he … Continue reading

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Puzzles 8

1. A fish weighs three quarters of a fish plus three quarters of a pound. How many pounds does the fish weigh? 2. A man is trying to take a fox, a rabbit and a bag of carrots to the … Continue reading

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Puzzles 7

1. A man is awake night after night without getting a wink of sleep, and yet he doesn’t feel tired. How can this be? 2. Billy has just bought a new car. On his way home from work he is … Continue reading

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Puzzles 6

1. George says goodbye to his dad who is about to doze off in his armchair. He then runs out the door to be in time to catch his bus into town. When he gets on the bus, the bus … Continue reading

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Puzzles 5

1. Why do some people dial 999 with their index finger and some with their middle finger? 2. One bath tub contains water at 20 degrees Celsius, the other at 20 degrees Fahrenheit. In which bath tub does Billy give … Continue reading

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Puzzles 4

1. Two men go to their local tennis club and play three tennis matches. Both win and lose an equal number of matches. How is this possible, given that you cannot have a draw in a tennis match? 2. Tom … Continue reading

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Puzzles 3

1. Two eight-year olds, Alex and Tim, were building sandcastles on the beach. Once they had had enough, they lay down on their backs for an hour on the sand and had a sleep. When they awoke, they both got … Continue reading

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Puzzles 2

1. An English-owned jet carrying one hundred and twenty French tourists home from a holiday resort in the Alps crash-lands on the border between Switzerland and Germany. Legally speaking, where should the survivors be buried? 2. A man walks into a bar and … Continue reading

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Puzzles 1

1. At a woodwork class, the teacher passes around a box in which there are ten screwdrivers, one for each person in the class, including the teacher. Everybody takes a screwdriver, and yet there is still one left in the … Continue reading

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