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The more you take, the more you leave behind

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

✨ Footprints
L2 · what am i
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The Pope has it but he does not use it

The Pope has it but he does not use it. Your father has it but your mother uses it. Nuns do not need it. Your lady friend’s husband has it and she uses it. What is it?

Hint: The Pope has it but he does not use it…

✨ A Last Name
L3 · brain teaser
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The priest in my hometown told us that on a particular day he would walk on water for 30 minutes

The priest in my hometown told us that on a particular day he would walk on water for 30 minutes. The lake was not dry and we all observed the priest actually walking on water. How?

Hint: The priest in my hometown told us that on a particular day he would walk on wate…

✨ It was winter and the lake was frozen
L2 · logic
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The rungs of a 10 foot ladder attached to a ship are 1 foot apart

The rungs of a 10 foot ladder attached to a ship are 1 foot apart. If the water is rising at the rate of one foot an hour, how long will it take until the water covers over the ladder?

Hint: The rungs of a 10 foot ladder attached to a ship are 1 foot apart…

✨ It will never cover the ladder because as the water rises, so will the floating ship
L2 · logic
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The strangest creature you'll ever find: Two eyes in front and many many more behind

The strangest creature you’ll ever find: Two eyes in front and many many more behind.

Hint: The strangest creature you’ll ever find: Two eyes in front and many many more be…

✨ A Peacock
L1 · animal
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The sun bakes them, the hand breaks them, the foot treads on them, and the mouth tastes them

The sun bakes them, the hand breaks them, the foot treads on them, and the mouth tastes them. What are they?

Hint: The sun bakes them…

✨ Grapes
L1 · what am i
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The two dice in each pair are identical

The two dice in each pair are identical. As usual, the numbers on opposite sides add up to seven. On each pair, what is the total of the two hidden sides that face each other? CLUE:Dice A has a 5 and 3

Hint: The two dice in each pair are identical…

✨ Dice A.) 5 + 3 = 8 Dice B.) 4 + 4 = 8
L2 · math
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There are 20 people in an empty, square room

There are 20 people in an empty, square room. Each person has full sight of the entire room and everyone in it. If you are not allowed to move in any way (other than your eyes). Where can you place an apple so that all but one person can see it?

Hint: There are 20 people in an empty…

✨ Place the apple on one person's head
L3 · brain teaser
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There are four brothers in this world that were all born together

There are four brothers in this world that were all born together. The first runs and never wearies. The second eats and is never full. The third drinks and is always thirsty. The fourth sings a song that is never good.

Hint: There are four brothers in this world that were all born together…

✨ Water, Fire, Earth, and Wind
L2 · what am i
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There are four girls, and four apples in a basket

There are four girls, and four apples in a basket. Every girl takes an apple, Yet one apple remains in the basket. How is this possible?

Hint: There are four girls…

✨ One girl took the basket. She took the last apple while it was in the basket
L2 · logic
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There are two bodies on the floor

There are two bodies on the floor. They are surrounded by water and broken glass. How did they die?

Hint: There are two bodies on the floor…

✨ The water came from a bowl and something was in it The fish bowl got knocked over. The bodies were goldfish
L2 · logic
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There is a bus full of people travelling over San Francisco and no one gets off the bus throughout t

There is a bus full of people travelling over San Francisco and no one gets off the bus throughout the journey. But when it gets to the other side there is not a single person left. How is this possible?

Hint: There is a bus full of people travelling over San Francisco and no one gets off …

✨ They are all married
L3 · brain teaser
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There is a certain family with both girl and boy children

There is a certain family with both girl and boy children. Each of the boys has the same number of brothers as he has sisters. Each of the girls has twice as many brothers as she has sisters. How many boys and girls are there in this family?

Hint: There is a certain family with both girl and boy children…

✨ Four boys and three girls
L2 · math
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There is a clothing store in Bartlesville

There is a clothing store in Bartlesville. The owner has devised his own method of pricing items. A vest costs $20, socks cost $25, a tie costs $15 and a blouse costs $30. Using the method, how much would a pair of underwear cost?

Hint: There is a clothing store in Bartlesville…

✨ $45. The pricing method consists of charging $5 for each letter required to spell the item
L3 · brain teaser
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There is a frog, dead in the middle of an island

There is a frog, dead in the middle of an island. If he swims north, the distance to the mainland is 2 meters. If he swims south, the distance to the mainland is 3 meters. If he swims east or west, the distance is 4 meters. Which way does he swim?

Hint: There is a frog…

✨ He can't swim, he is dead
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there is a man he leaves home and runs around three blocks, when he comes back home their are two ma

there is a man he leaves home and runs around three blocks, when he comes back home their are two masked men, who are they?

Hint: there is a man he leaves home and runs around three blocks…

✨ The catcher and the umpire
L3 · brain teaser
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There is a pink single story house and everything in it is pink

There is a pink single story house and everything in it is pink. The doors are pink, the windows are pink and the TV is pink. What color are the stairs…

Hint: There is a pink single story house and everything in it is pink…

✨ There are no stairs in a single story house
L1 · what am i
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There is a word in the English language in which the first two letters signify a male, the first thr

There is a word in the English language in which the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four signify a great man, and the whole word, a great woman. What is the word?

Hint: There is a word in the English language in which the first two letters signify a…

✨ Heroine
L3 · brain teaser
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There is an ancient invention still used in some parts of the world today that allows people to see

There is an ancient invention still used in some parts of the world today that allows people to see through walls. What is it?

Hint: There is an ancient invention still used in some parts of the world today that a…

✨ A window
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There lived a man in a house and everytime he went to bed he turned on the light

There lived a man in a house and everytime he went to bed he turned on the light. One night, the man forgot to turn on the light. The next day he read the paper and killed himself. Why?

Hint: There lived a man in a house and everytime he went to bed he turned on the light…

✨ The man lived in a lighthouse. He forgot to turn on the light and a ship crashed. The next morning he read in the paper that the ship crashed and killed himself because he felt guilty
L3 · logic
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