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The better the skater, the more worn I get. Without me, a board is just a plank of wood. I keep your feet glued when tricks go wild. What am I?

The better the skater, the more worn I get. Without me, a board is just a plank of wood. I keep your feet glued when tricks go wild. What am I?

✨ Grip tape
L2 · skate
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The higher I climb, the hotter I engage, I can not escape my crystal cage

The higher I climb, the hotter I engage, I can not escape my crystal cage. What am I?

Hint: The higher I climb…

✨ Mercury in a thermometer
L2 · what am i
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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 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 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 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 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 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 once was an evil wizard

There once was an evil wizard. He took 3 woman from their homes and turned them into rose bushes that looked exactly alike. He put them in his garden. One of the woman had a husband and children and begged the wizard to let her see them. He agreed. At night, he brought the woman to her house. In the morning he came and took her home. One day the husband decided to go rescue her. So he snuck into the wizard’s garden. He looked and looked at the 3 identical rose bushes trying to figure out which could be his wife. Suddenly, he knew the answer and he took his wife home. How did he know which rose bush was his wife?

Hint: There once was an evil wizard…

✨ The wizard brought the rosebush to her home at night and returned her to the garden in the morning. Therefore, she was the only plant without dew
L2 · logic
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There was a yellow eye on a blue face, and a red eye on a green face

There was a yellow eye on a blue face, and a red eye on a green face. The yellow eye said to the red eye “we are both the same, only i’m higher, and you are lower“. What are they?

Hint: There was a yellow eye on a blue face…

✨ The sun in the sky, and a rose on the grass
L2 · what am i
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This is as light as a feather, Yet no man can hold it for long

This is as light as a feather, Yet no man can hold it for long. What is it?

✨ Your Breath
L3 · brain teaser
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Three mountain climbers paid a lot of money to be the first to scale a mountain

Three mountain climbers paid a lot of money to be the first to scale a mountain. After several days of climbing they finally reached the pinnacle, and to their dismay, found a cabin and three frozen bodies. Since the mountain climbers were the first to ever climb the summit, how could this be possible?

Hint: Three mountain climbers paid a lot of money to be the first to scale a mountain…

✨ They found a cabin of an airplane that had crashed there with 3 bodies in it
L3 · logic
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Three playing cards in a row

Three playing cards in a row. Can you name them with these clues? There is a two to the right of a king. A diamond will be found to the left of a spade. An ace is to the left of a heart. A heart is to the left of a spade. Now, identify all three cards.

Hint: Three playing cards in a row…

✨ Ace of Diamonds, King of Hearts, Two of Spades
L2 · logic
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Three robbers robbed a store

Three robbers robbed a store. Once they came out they were totally changed, but they still continued robbing. Why?

Hint: Three robbers robbed a store…

✨ They robbed a clothing store; they changed clothes, not their ways
L3 · joke
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Two fathers and two sons went fishing one day

Two fathers and two sons went fishing one day. They were there the whole day and only caught 3 fish. One father said, that is enough for all of us, we will have one each. How can this be possible?

Hint: Two fathers and two sons went fishing one day…

✨ There was the father, his son, and his son's son. This equals 2 fathers and 2 sons!
L2 · logic
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Two girls have the same parents and were born at the same hour of the same day of the same month, bu

Two girls have the same parents and were born at the same hour of the same day of the same month, but they are not twins. How can this be possible?

Hint: Two girls have the same parents and were born at the same hour of the same day o…

✨ They were not born in the same year
L2 · brain teaser
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Two men were playing tennis

Two men were playing tennis. They played five sets and each man won three sets. How can this be possible?

Hint: Two men were playing tennis…

✨ Team up The two men were partners playing doubles
L2 · logic
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Two mothers and two daughters go shopping

Two mothers and two daughters go shopping. They have $21, which they split equally between them. How can this be possible?

Hint: Two mothers and two daughters go shopping…

✨ There are only three people. One of the mothers is a daughter also, because there is a grandmother, a mother and a daughter! They each get $7 exactly
L2 · logic
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Until I am measured, I am not known

Until I am measured, I am not known. Yet how you miss me, When I have flown. What am I?

Hint: Until I am measured…

✨ Time
L2 · what am i
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