Lose Me Once
Lose me once ill come back stronger, lose me twice ill leave forever. What am I?
SOLUTION
The answer is TOOTH.
Shape Encoding
Based on the logic of the first four pairs of words and shapes, figure out what the fifth word is.
SOLUTION
The first letter is P if the shapes are circles and B if the shapes are squares.
The second letter is A if the shapes are green and E if the shapes are red.
The third letter is N if the number of shapes is 2 and R if the number of shapes is 3.
The fourth letter is T if the shapes are arranged vertically and S if the shapes are arranged horizontally.
Therefore, the last word should be BENT.
Easy Money
The horse got $18, the the bee got $27, the duck got $9, and the spider got $36. How much did the snake get?
SOLUTION
Every animal got $4.50 for every leg it has. Therefore, the snake got nothing.
Isometric Puzzles
There is a 3D body embedded inside a 3×3 cube. For each of the six puzzles below, recreate the body based on the views from the top, the front, and the right.
SOLUTION
The solutions are shown below.
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Gerrymandering
The city has 49 districts that vote for blue, yellow, or purple as shown in the grid. Seven electoral regions are drawn up to elect a city council. Each region consists of seven districts and each region will elect one councilor. Can you gerrymander the map so that blue will win the majority?
SOLUTION
The solution is shown below.
Throw It Out When You Want to Use It
What do you throw out when you want to use it but take in when you don’t want to use it?
SOLUTION
The answer is ANCHOR.
US Presidents
The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States of America had the same parents but were not brothers. How can this be possible?
SOLUTION
They were the same person, Grover Cleveland.
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Family Issues
Her father went to prison, her mother mortgaged all her properties and her brother sold his house, but she couldn’t be happier. Why?
SOLUTION
Because they were playing Monopoly.
Birthday Twins
Darma and Greg are twins, Greg being the older one by just few moments. However, several times in their lives, Darma celebrated her Birthday two days before Greg did. How is this possible?
SOLUTION
Darma and Greg were being delivered on a plane/ship which was passing the 180th meridian. This way Greg got born on 1st of March and Darma got born on 28th of February. Therefore, during leap years, Darma will celebrate her Birthday 2 days before Greg.
Before Mount Everest
Before Mount Everest was discovered, which was the highest mountain in the world?
SOLUTION
It was still Mount Everest (even though not yet discovered).