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A girl lives in a house with her parents. There is a cellar door in the house, and her parents warn her to never, ever, open it because she's not ready to see what's behind it. What is on the other ...
100 people find themselves at the gates of hell. The devil tells them that they'll have a chance to go to heaven instead, but first they'll have to play a game. The devil is going to line them all up ...
You have two lengths of rope. Each rope has the property that if you light it on fire at one end, it will take exactly 60 minutes to burn to the other end. Note that the ropes will not burn at a ...
You are on a gameshow and the host shows you three doors. Behind one door is a suitcase with $1 million in it, and behind the other two doors are sacks of coal. The host tells you to choose a door, ...
You are standing in a pitch-dark room. A friend walks up and hands you a normal deck of 52 cards. He tells you that 13 of the 52 cards are face-up, the rest are face-down. These face-up cards are ...
You are walking down a path when you come to two doors. Opening one of the doors will lead you to a life of prosperity and happiness, while opening the other door will lead to a life of misery and ...
Ten pirates find a buried treasure of 100 pieces of gold. The pirates have a strict ranking in their group: Pirate 1 is the lead pirate, Pirate 2 is second-in-command, Pirate 3 is the third most ...
The King calls in three wise men and tells them to all close their eyes. While their eyes are closed, he goes around and puts a hat on each of them. "I put a blue or white hat on each of you," the ...
Look at the two images. They are composed of the exact same pieces (as shown by the colors), and yet somehow the second one is missing an entire piece in the middle. How is this possible?
You and your wife organize a dinner party. You invite four other husband-wife couples. You and your wife don't necessarily know everyone you invited. Once everyone is at the party, the people who ...
You meet a magician and his assistant, who decide to show you a trick. The assistant leaves the room, and the magician hands you an ordinary deck of 52 cards. He has you choose any 5 cards from the ...