Five women each purchase a household item for use in a different room. 1. Mrs. Simpson does not keep her item in the bedroom. 2. Amy has a television; Mrs. Griggs has a hi-fi. 3. Kylie does not keep her item in the bedroom. 4. Clara does not have a telephone. 5. Mrs. Williams does not keep her item in the kitchen. 6. Kylie keeps hers in the conservatory. 7. Michelle has a bookcase; Mrs. Dingle has a computer. 8. Michelle does not keep her in the living room. 9. Mrs. Pringle keeps hers in the study; Roxanne keeps hers in the kitchen. Can you work out the full name of each woman, her item and where she keeps it?
Hint: Five women each purchase a household item for use in a different room…
✨ Kylie Dingle - Conservatory - Computer Amy Williams - Bedroom - Television Clara Griggs - Living Room - Hi-Fi Roxanne Simpson - Kitchen - Telephone Michelle Pringle - Study - Bookcase
L2 · logic
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Four children, Rob, Danny, Martha and Bent, had a race across the yard
Four children, Rob, Danny, Martha and Bent, had a race across the yard. Danny was as many places behind Martha as Bent was ahead of Rob. Martha was not first and Rob was not second. Who was first, second, third and fourth?
Hint: Four children…
✨ First - Bent Second - Martha Third - Rob Fourth - Danny
Harry went out to dinner with his friends Larry, Barry, and Gary. Harry sat across from Gary. At Gary’s right, opposite Barry, sat Larry. When the waiter came for their orders, Larry and Barry ordered steak. Gary chose fish, and Harry (who likes to be difficult) ordered like this: “Unless the man at the left of the man opposite the man who ordered fish is not having what the man across from the man at the right of the man at my left is having, then I’ll have what the man across from the man at the right of the man opposite me ordered. Otherwise, bring me the fettucine alfredo.”Assuming “right”and “left”is from the viewpoint of the diners, what did Harry order?
Hint: Harry went out to dinner with his friends Larry…
✨ What he essentially said to the waiter was: “If Larry ordered the same thing as Gary, I'll have steak.”Since Larry ordered steak and Gary ordered fish, Harry does not get steak
L3 · logic
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How high would you have to count before you would use the letter A in the English language spelling
I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me, yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk, yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness.
Hint: I am the beginning of sorrow…
✨ The letter S
L3 · brain teaser
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I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven
I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air. Who am I?
I come in darkness, but fill the mind with light. I bring enlightenment to some, while gripping others in the hand of fear. With me it can be a journey of inexplicable joy and sorrow. What I will show you will often be unreachable. Journey with me and what you see may haunt you. Journey with me and you may never want to return home. Journey with me and you will never know when it will end. What am I?
I give you a group of three. One is sitting down, and will never get up. The second eats as much as is given to him, yet is always hungry. The third goes away and never returns.
Hint: I give you a group of three…
✨ Stove, fire, and smoke
L3 · brain teaser
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I have a heart that never beats, I have a home but I never sleep
I have a heart that never beats, I have a home but I never sleep. I can take a mans house and build anothers, And I love to play games with my many brothers. I am a king among fools. Who am I?
Hint: I have a heart that never beats…
✨ The King of Hearts in a deck of cards
L3 · brain teaser
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I have four wings, but cannot fly, I never laugh and never cry; On the same spot I'm always found, t
I herald the darkness which descends on all creatures; You will know my approach by moans and wracked features. I visit the hippo, hyena, and horse, But never go near snails and spiders, of course. I would circle the glove, leaping one to the other, Should all the world’s people ever clasp hands together. What am I?
Hint: I herald the darkness which descends on all creatures; You will know my approach…
I’m a riddle in nine syllables, An elephant, a ponderous house, A melon strolling on two tendrils O red fruit, Ivory, fine timber! The loaf’s big with it’s yeasty rising Money’s new minted in this fat purse. I’m a means, a stage, a cow in calf. I’ve eaten a bag of green apples Boarded the train there’s no getting off.
Hint: I’m a riddle in nine syllables…
✨ Only women get this way Pregnancy (this is also a famous poem)
L2 · logic
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I'm not really more than holes tied to more holes; I'm strong as good steel, though not as stiff as
I make you weak at the worst of all times. I keep you safe, I keep you fine. I make your hands sweat, and your heart grow cold, I visit the weak, but seldom the bold. Who am I?
I make you weak at the worst of all times. I keep you safe, I keep you fine. I make your hands sweat, and your heart grow cold, I visit the weak, but seldom the bold. What am I?
Hint: I make you weak at the worst of all times…
✨ Your fears
L3 · brain teaser
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I make you weak at the worst of times but in the ned i keep you safe, You will sweat in my presience
I make you weak at the worst of times but in the ned i keep you safe, You will sweat in my presience even as you grow cold, i dwell with the weak and easily the brave but with out me who could tell the difference. Who am I?
Hint: I make you weak at the worst of times but in the ned i keep you safe…