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Formed Long Ago
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Formed long ago, yet made today, Employed while others sleep. What none would freely give away. Nor any wish to keep. What is it?
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The Short Cut and the Train
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Walking home one day, you take a short cut along the train tracks. The tracks cross a narrow bridge over a deep gorge. At the point you are 3/8 of the way across the bridge, you hear the train whistle somewhere behind you. You charge across the bridge, and jump off the track as the train is about to run you down. As it happens, if you had gone the other way, you would have reached safety just before being run over as well. If you can run ten miles per hour, how fast is the train moving?
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Four Letters Form
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Four letters form me quite complete, As all who breathe do show; Reversed, you'll find I am the seat Of infamy and woe. Transposed, you'll see I'm base and mean, Again of Jewish race; Transposed once more, I oft am seen To hide a lovely face. What are the five words?
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Tall When I'm Young Short When I'm Old
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I am tall when I'm young and short when I'm old. I can brighten your day, unless it's windy. What am I?
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Which English Word
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Which word in the English language becomes shorter when it is lengthened?
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Shorter Word
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What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
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What Is This?
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It could be delivered by mail, email, by hand, or even by pigeon. It is sometimes short, sometimes lengthy, and with deep, profound, or simple feelings. What is it?
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It Is Impossible For Me to Be Created
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It is impossible for me to be created, and I can never be destroyed, I can only change form. What am I?
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Tall When Young
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I'm tall when I'm young and short when I'm old. What am I?
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The Shorter the Bigger
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The shorter I am, the bigger I am. What am I?
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Celebrity Have and Havenots
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Arnold Schwarzenegger’s is really long. Michael J. Fox’s is really short. Mickey Mouse’s isn’t human. Madonna doesn’t have one. What is it?
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What Natural Phenomenon Am I?
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What is thick but thin as a puff, What is short but tall as a bluff, What brings peace and calms the sea, What dazzles the eyes of you and me?
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With thieves I consort
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With thieves, I consort, With the vilest, in short, I’m quite at ease in depravity; Yet all divines use me, And savants can’t lose me, For I am the center of gravity. Who am I?
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What Force of Nature Am I?
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The shape of my form will waver and bend By the things I’m destroying and those I will rend. My color changes from bright red to blue, The power I’m using will dictate my hue. What am I?
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What Natural Phenomenon Am I?
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I am all that you see, yet I’m nothing at all, and from you, I will flee. Formed of deception, I will twist your perception. Wherever I'm rising, I warp the horizon. What am I?
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The Chemist's Demise
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A renowned chemist is found dead in his lab. There is no clear evidence except a piece of paper lying by the body. The paper is blank other than the name of five elements scrawled across it hastily: Nickel Carbon Oxygen Lanthanum Sulfur The guard reported that three people visited the chemist that day – his sister, Laura; his colleague, Nicolas; and his wife, Tessa. The criminal was arrested immediately. Who was it?
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What Food Am I?
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I am a plant you use in food, and my name consists of 5 letters. Remove the first letter of my name, and you'll get a form of energy. Get rid of two, and you'll get something necessary for life. Scramble together the last 3 letters, and you can drink it. What am I?
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The Tenth Floor
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A man who lives on the tenth floor takes the elevator down to the first floor every morning and goes to work. In the evening, when he comes back, on a rainy day, or if there are other people in the elevator, he goes to his floor directly. Otherwise, he goes to the seventh floor and walks up three flights of stairs to his apartment. Why?
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Very Uncomfortable State
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My first is a very uncomfortable state, In cold weather, it mostly abounds. My second's an instrument formed of hard steel, That will cause the stout foe to stagger and reel, And when used, is a symptom of hate. My whole is an author of greatest renown, Whose fame to the last day of time will go down. Who am I?
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The Detective, the Murder and the Clue
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Old Mr. Smith was found dead in his study by young Jack. Jack recounted his dismal discovery to Detective Anderson, who happened to be around the scene. "I was walking by Mr. Smith's house when I thought I would just pop in for a visit. I noticed his study light was on and I decided to peek in from the outside to see if he was in there. There was frost on the window, so I had to wipe it away to see inside. That is when I saw his body. So I kicked in the front door to confirm my suspicions of foul play. I called the police immediately afterward." With a clue from Detective Anderson, the police officers immediately arrested Jack for the murder of Mr. Smith. How could the detective tell Jack was lying?
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