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Died on the Fourth of July

Section: Brain Teasers Category: Deduction

Difficulty: Medium

During a trivia night, the following question appeared:

“Among the first five US presidents, Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe, there were 3 who died on the fourth of July. Can you guess which ones?”

After nobody answered the question, the following hint was given:

“These three presidents were consecutive ones.”

Then, all contestants immediately managed to answer the question. Can you?

SOLUTION

Because of the way the question was worded, it was clear that the fifth president, James Monroe, was one of them. Otherwise, the trivia question would have been “among the first four US presidents” instead of “among the first five”. Since the three presidents that died on fourth of July were consecutive ones, they were Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe.

Unknown Author February 16, 2023

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Do Not Add E

Section: Brain Teasers Category: Insight

Difficulty: Medium

Add a single letter at the end to create a meaningful word. You CANNOT add the letter E.

S E Q U E N C _

SOLUTION

You should add the letter F above the underscore to create the letter E and get the word SEQEUNCE.

Unknown Author February 7, 2023

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1 2 3 4 5 ?

Section: Brain Teasers Category: Insight

Difficulty: Medium

Can you guess what the question mark should be replaced with? The answer is not 6.

1	3	5
2	4	?

SOLUTION

The missing symbol is R, as in a car’s gears.

Unknown Author February 4, 2023

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Hidden Objects Birds

Section: Casual Puzzles Category: Hidden Objects

Difficulty: Medium

Can you find the bird with the party hat?

SOLUTION

The solution is shown below.

Jose Valor February 1, 2023

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Rabbits, Owls, and Bears

Section: Brain Teasers Category: Insight

Difficulty: Medium

If:

RABBIT → FROG
OWL → WOLF
BEAR → SHEEP
MOOSE → COW

then BUCK → ?

SOLUTION

The answer is CHICKEN.

RABBIT sounds like the noise a FROG makes, OWL sounds like the noise a WOLF makes, BEAR sounds like the noise a SHEEP makes, and MOOSE sounds like the noise a COW makes. Since BUCK sounds like the noise a CHICKEN makes, that’s the answer.

Unknown Author January 25, 2023

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Get the Car

Section: Brain Teasers Category: Deduction

Difficulty: Medium

If you make a CORRECT statement, you will get either a lollipop or a chewing gum. If you make a FALSE statement, you will get either a chocolate or a car. What statement should you make in order to get the car?

SOLUTION

You should say “I will receive a chocolate”. This statement cannot be correct, since if it was, you would get a lollipop or a chewing gum, not a chocolate. Therefore, you will get the car.

Raymond Smullyan January 22, 2023

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Pun Riddles

Section: Casual Puzzles Category: Riddle

Difficulty: Medium

Why do people go to the corner of the room when they are cold?
Why was everyone afraid of Albert Einstein’s brother, Frank?
What subject does a witch teach at school?
What room can’t a skeleton enter?
What rock group has only four members and none of them sing?
What has two butts and kills people?
How many tickles does it take to make a squid laugh?
What do you call a squad of babies?
What is a geologist’s favorite music genre?
What’s blue and not very heavy?

SOLUTION

Because it is 90 degrees there.
Because he was Frank-Einstein, a monster.
Spell-ing.
The living room.
Mount Rushmore.
An assassin.
Ten-tickles.
An infantry.
Rock.
Light blue.

Unknown Author January 19, 2023

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Us-Them Maze

Section: Casual Puzzles Category: Maze

Difficulty: Medium

Can you pass through this maze?

SOLUTION

The solution is shown below.

Jacob Smith January 10, 2023

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Elemental Puzzles

Section: Brain Teasers Category: Deduction

Difficulty: Medium

Below each of the following Venn diagrams there are seven tiles consisting of two letters. Place each tile in a different region so that the four tiles in each circle can be rearranged to solve the corresponding clue.