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Last weekend I was given my pocket money, which is meant to last me all week.
On Monday, I spent a quarter of my money on clothes.
On Tuesday, I spent one third of my remaining money on a CD.
On Wednesday I spent half of my remaining money on sweets.
Finally on Thursday I spent my last £2.50 on a comic.
How much pocket money did I receive?
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As a test of intelligence, Puzzlefry academy sits two candidates in closed room.
The invigilator has three stickers, two white and one black.
Upon each of their foreheads he places a sticker at random, so that neither candidate can see their own sticker.
The candidate who identifies their own sticker first will be allowed entry into Puzzlefry academy.
After a few minutes, one of the candidates figured he had a white sticker. How?
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What number comes next in the below sequence:
7 8 5 5 3 4 4 ==?==
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It burns no coal, no oil, no nuclear fuels and has no need for electricity.
It uses no man made explosions.
Yet, it is more hotter than all ovens, fires and furnaces.
What is it?
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What is significant about this paragraph:
I once found two tiny ferrets, bruised with dirt over them. I decided to help the poor mites by rinsing them off using some tinctured liquid. They soon seemed brighter. Within two weeks I set them free, into the wild. They seemed very delighted with this. I enjoyed it very much.
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If, Even numbers are Red and odd numbers are Black…
…what colour is Black + Black?
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Which is bigger in quantity and how much: days in a year or bones in an adult human body ?
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Customer services at Puzzlefry headquarters received the following letter yesterday.
Our top puzzle solvers were able to determine the meaning and help Mr Nikhil.
Can you work it out what his problem was?Da S,
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As can s, hs ls a mssng fm hs dcmn.
ld b v gafl f cld cc hs blm fhh.Man hanks.
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