Riddles and Brain Teasers

“Life’s funny”, said an old friend when I bumped into him the other day.
“Listen to this, I was born in March, yet I celebrate my birthday in August, and last February I married my mother”.

How is this possible?

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He was born in the month of August in a town named March, became a priest and married his widowed mother to her second husband in February (the month).

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Alive Without Breath

Alive without breath,
As cold as death,
Clad in mail never clinking,
Never thirsty, ever drinking

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A fish.

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How Can You Pass the Tree

A car is on a narrow road with a tree in the middle of it. How can the car pass the tree?

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The tree is in the middle of the road as measured by length, not in the middle of it by width. In other words, the tree is growing on the side of the road, but it is equidistant from either end of the road, and therefore in the middle.This makes it quite easy to pass the tree as you just drive on the road, unless you’re texting and you run into said tree. If this is the case, stop texting.Thanks to everyone’s input on this one!

This makes it quite easy to pass the tree as you just drive on the road, unless you’re texting and you run into said tree. If this is the case, stop texting.

Thanks to everyone’s input on this one!

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One Two Six Sequence

What is the next number in this series?

1, 2, 6, 42, 1806, ___

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To get the next number, multiply the previous number in the series by itself plus one:n × (n + 1).For example, to get 6, multiply 2 × (2 + 1)
To get 42 multiply 6 × (6 + 1)Thus, 1806 × 1807 = 3263442

To get the next number, multiply the previous number in the series by itself plus one:

n × (n + 1).

For example, to get 6, multiply 2 × (2 + 1)
To get 42 multiply 6 × (6 + 1)

Thus, 1806 × 1807 = 3263442

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You Hold My Tail

You hold my tail while I fish for you. What am I?

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A fishing net.

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Word Pairs to Create a New Word

One letter can be used to replace the first letter of each word pair below to create two new English words. The new letters can then be combined to spell a word. What is that word?

MAIL ____ PINK
CART ____ SAID
GRID ____ RIMLESS
LINK ____ BOUND
ROWED ____ RIPPLE

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SMART

SAIL – SINK
MART – MAID
ARID – AIMLESS
RINK – ROUND
TOWED – TIPPLE

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