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You are playing a game of Bridge. Which probability is greater – that you and your partner do not have any spades, or that you and your partner have all the spades in the game?
You and your partner do not have any spades if and only if your opponents have all the spades. Therefore the probabilities are equal.
A person enters a pet shop and sees a beautiful parrot. The seller guarantees him that the bird repeats everything it hears, so the person buys it. However, when he goes back home and tests the bird, it turns out that it doesn’t say a word. The buyer goes to the shop to complain to the seller, but the seller argues he has not lied. How is this possible?
The parrot is deaf.
Researchers have discovered
Older students have bigger feet and perform better at spelling bee contests.
James sent this beautiful photo to a contest, hoping he will win first prize. The contest organizers
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There are stars over the moon, which is impossible.
There are four days which start with the letter “T” – Tuesday, Thursday, and which two others?
“Today” and “tomorrow”.
Can you help square find his way back to his friends? On the way, look out for:
The solution is shown below.
When you have me, you want to share me.
When you share me, you no longer have me.
The answer is SECRET.
Huey has 3 donuts, Dewey has 5 donuts. Louie comes along and the three of them split the donuts equally. In exchange, Louie offers 8 candies to Huey and Dewey. What is the fair way to split the candies?
Huey must take 1 chocolate, and Dewey must take 7. This is because each of them ate 8/3 donuts, and therefore Huey gave away 1/3 of a donut, whereas Dewey gave away 7/3 of a donut.
You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What do you eat?
The answer is CORN.
What two animals do these sums spell?
PANTS + TRAP – STRAP + HERD + APPLE – DAPPLE = PANTHER
HIP + POP + EAR – PEAR + POTATO + EMU – TOE + SCOT – COT = HIPPOPOTAMUS
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