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I Run Cold and Hot

I run cold and hot,
I look blue but am red.

What am I?

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Blood. People can be referred to as hot blooded, and certain animals are cold-blooded. Your veins look blue, but the blood is actually red.

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An Attorney for a Brother

The defendant testified, “The attorney is my brother,” but the attorney took the stand and denied having a brother under oath. Who is lying?

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Neither one of them lied. The defendant was the attorney’s sister.

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Apples for Leather

Apples for leather,
leather for silk,
silk for tobacco,
all to get milk.

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Bartering.

By Sef Daystrom

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Fish Seal Word Ladder

Get from the word FISH to SEAL by changing one letter at a time and forming another English word in each step.

1. FISH
2. _ _ _ _
3. _ _ _ _
4. _ _ _ _
5. _ _ _ _
6. SEAL

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1. FISH
2. FIST
3. FEST
4. FEAT
5. SEAT
6. SEAL

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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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The Right Combination of Letters and Values

The letters A through H can be assigned the following values to make all the equations true. Find the right combination of letter values.

Values: 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21

C + F = G
A + C = F
B + G = D
B + E = H
D + F = H

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A = 1
B = 7
C = 4
D = 16
E = 14
F = 5
G = 9
H = 21

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2, 3, 6

What number comes next in this series?

2 3 6 7 1 9 4 5 ___

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8. The numbers are in reverse alphabetical order.

Two, three, six, seven, one, nine, four, five, eight.

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The Cost of Household Hardware

A man went to the hardware store to buy items for his house.

1 would cost $.25
12 would cost $.50
122 would cost $.75

When he left the store he had spent $.75, what did he buy?

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House numbers.

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ROFORKAD

What does this rebus represent?

ROFORKAD

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A fork in the road.

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The Pattern of Numbers

These series follow a pattern.
2 4 8
1 17 476
65 20987 3571890

This series does not follow the pattern
18 79 45

What is the pattern?

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The numbers must be in ascending order. This can be a fun one to have people work out in person, as they test out three-number series and you can tell them whether or not they satisfy the pattern.Thanks to Patrick for sending this in and thanks to this video from Veritasium for inspiring Patrick.

The numbers must be in ascending order. This can be a fun one to have people work out in person, as they test out three-number series and you can tell them whether or not they satisfy the pattern.

Thanks to Patrick for sending this in and thanks to this video from Veritasium for inspiring Patrick.

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