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Riddle: A clock chimes 5 times in 4 seconds. How many times will it chime in 10 seconds?

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Answer: 11 times. It chimes at zero and then once every second for 10 seconds

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Riddle: While exploring the wilds of Canada, Wild Man Dave was captured by hostile wood fairies. Brad, the powerful chief of the fairies told him he could make one final statement which would determine how he would die. If the statement he made was false, he would be boiled in water. If the statement were true, he would be fried in oil. Wild Man Dave found neither of this options too his liking, so he made a statement that got him out of this seemingly impossible situation. What is the one statement he could have made?

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Answer: Wild Man Dave said: “You will boil me in water.”The fairies were faced with a dilemma. If they boil him in water, that would make his statement true, which means he should have been fried in oil. They can only fry him in oil if he makes a true statement, but if they do, it would make his final statement false. The fairies had no way our of their situation so they were forced to set Wild Man Dave free

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Riddle: You are walking down a road and you encounter a fork in the road and you do not know the correct way to go. There are two men standing at the junction and both know the correct road. One man always lies, and the other man always tells the truth, but you do not know who is the liar and who is the one who tells the truth. You can only ask each man one question, but it must be the same question for both. What is the question that would allow you to get the information necessary to choose the correct path?

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Answer: You ask, “Which way would your companion say is the correct path?“. The liar would lie tell you that the truthful man would say to go down the wrong path. The truthful man would tell the truth and say that the liar would tell you to go down the wrong path. They both point to the wrong path, so then the alternate is the proper path

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Riddle: A dad and son are in a car accident. The dad dies instantly and the son gets sent to hospital. The doctors have to operate on him, but one of the doctors turns around and says, “I can't operate on him... he's my son.” Who is the doctor?

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Answer: His mother.

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Riddle: A house full, a yard full, a chimney full, no one can get a spoonful.

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Answer: Smoke

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Riddle: A huge mythical animal said to resemble a whale.

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Answer: Leviathan.

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