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    • You drive a bus from Mexico city to Mexican Valley. At the first bus stop, 22 people get in. At the second bus stop, 9 more people get in, and 14 passengers step off. At the third bus stop, 3 passengers step off and 5 people get in. After one hour, the bus arrives in Mexican Valley.

      What is the name of the driver?

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    • A school bus travels from Los Vegas to Lo Angels. There are four children in the bus. Each child has four backpacks with him. There are four dogs sitting in each backpack. Every dog has four puppies with her. All these dogs have four legs, with four toes at each leg.

      What is the total number of toes in the bus?

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    • Jacob & John have two children. The probability that the first child is a girl is 50%. The probability that the second child is a girl is also 50%. Jacob & John tell you that they have a daughter.

      What is the probability that their other child is also a girl?

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    • Of all the numbers whose literal representations in capital letters consists only of straight-line segments (for example, FIVE), only one number has a value equal to the number of segments used to write it.

      Which number has this property?

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    • On Sunday evening Jacob walked into his study room. He wanted to put a piece of jewellery, which he took out of the safe an hour before, back into the safe. He noticed that the safe had been cracked open and he called the police immediately.
      When the police interrogated the staff on their activities during the hour in which the safe had been cracked, they gave the following alibis:

      @ the cook was preparing lunch;
      @ the gardener was pruning the hedge;
      @ the butler was fetching the mail;
      @ the maid was making the beds.

      After the police heard all the alibis, the culprit was caught immediately.

      Who was the culprit?

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    • Consider a grid of size 4 by 4 (i.e. sixteen squares), where all squares should get a colour. The coloured grid should meet the following conditions:

      4 squares should be coloured blue,
      3 squares should be coloured red,
      3 squares should be coloured white,
      3 squares should be coloured green,
      3 squares should be coloured yellow, and
      no colour may appear more than once in any horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line.

      How can the grid be coloured?

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    • Jacob ans Jenny have six children: Donald, Rebecca, Michael, Faye, Solomon, and Lara. Jenny is pregnant of her seventh child, a girl. Jacob and Jenny have chosen a name for her that fits with the other names.

      What will be the name of the seventh child: Jessica, Karen, Abby or Tilly?

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    • Two Egyptian camel drivers were fighting for the hand of the daughter of the sheikh of Arab. The sheikh, who liked neither of these men to become the future husband of his daughter, came up with a clever plan: a race would determine who of the two men would be allowed to marry his daughter. Therefore, the sheikh organised a camel race. Both camel drivers had to travel from Cairo to Abbudzjabbu, and the one whose camel would arrive last in Abbudzjabbu, would be allowed to marry the sheikh’s daughter.
      The two camel drivers, realising that this could become a rather lengthy expedition, finally decided to consult the Wise Man of their village. Arrived there, they explained him the situation, upon which the Wise Man raised his cane and spoke four wise words. Relieved, the two camel drivers left his tent: they were ready for the contest!

      Which four wise words did the Wise Man speak?

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    • Army General, accused of high disloyalty, is sentenced to death by the court-martial. He is allowed to make a final statement, after which he will be shot if the statement is false or will be hung if the statement is true. General makes his final statement and is released.

      What could he have said?

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    • The equation shown below is not correct:

      5 + 5 + 5 = 550

      Can you make the equation correct by placing just one stroke?

      (A hint : Putting a stroke through the equal sign is an inventive solution, but not the one we are looking for!)

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