You have one of me and I’m easy to touch,
Yet you’re told to watch me, or get your friends’.
You can throw me out but not away,
What am I?
Your back. You have one and it’s easy to touch but hard to look it. A common phrase is to “watch your back” and it’s common to “have your friend’s back.” When apologizing, you often want to take back what you said. You can throw out your back, but you can’t throw it away. And back pain causes people pain every day.
Your back. You have one and it’s easy to touch but hard to look it. A common phrase is to “watch your back” and it’s common to “have your friend’s back.” When apologizing, you often want to take back what you said. You can throw out your back, but you can’t throw it away. And back pain causes people pain every day.
I am a ship that can be made to ride the greatest waves. I am not built by objects, but built by minds. What am I?
Friendship.
A green glass door admits only certain objects. Apples and balls are allowed, but pears and bats aren’t. What determines whether an item can enter?
All words with a repeated letter are allowed. Gree n glass doo r, app le and ball .
All words with a repeated letter are allowed. Gree n glass doo r, app le and ball .
What is the sum of the numbers in the following list which are consecutive?
15 5 10 28
24 7 18 26
11 21 17 13
22 9 1 20
The consecutive numbers are: 9, 10, 11; 17, 18; and 20, 21, 22.
The sum of those numbers is 128.
The consecutive numbers are: 9, 10, 11; 17, 18; and 20, 21, 22.
The sum of those numbers is 128.
1. Sunday
What phrase does this represent?
Days are numbered. Commonly used to say someone or something is going to end soon.
Days are numbered. Commonly used to say someone or something is going to end soon.
I occur twice in eternity,
What am I?
The letter ‘t’.
If you choose an answer to this question at random, what is the chance that you will be correct?
a) 25%
This is becomes a self-referential paradox. Both A and D would be correct if there were four unique answers, but since A and D are the same answer, the chance that you would choose a correct answer is 50%, which makes B correct. But if there’s only one correct answer, the odds of choosing the correct one at random goes back to 25%. And around and round you go.
There’s a lot of discussion at Richard Wiseman’s blog and more at Lifehacker , where I first saw this.
This is becomes a self-referential paradox. Both A and D would be correct if there were four unique answers, but since A and D are the same answer, the chance that you would choose a correct answer is 50%, which makes B correct. But if there’s only one correct answer, the odds of choosing the correct one at random goes back to 25%. And around and round you go.
There’s a lot of discussion at Richard Wiseman’s blog and more at Lifehacker , where I first saw this.
What does this represent?
WATER
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SWIM
Swim underwater.
A box without hinges, key or lid,
What is it?
An egg.
(From J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit)
An egg.
(From J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit)
I’m full of lines and my job is to lie, yet I’m revered by many. What am I?
An actor. They memorize lines and lie about who they are, yet well-known actors are mobbed by fans whenever they’re seen in public.
An actor. They memorize lines and lie about who they are, yet well-known actors are mobbed by fans whenever they’re seen in public.