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@Leviathan, was that riddle really that hard coz I was able to solve it just by reading once. I solved similar riddles before so I guess that helped. And for your riddle, I think I solved it. Here it is:

A8, D6, G7, H4, B3, C1, E2, F5

I actually put pawns in the chessboard and pretended they were queens in order to solve this riddle. But really, it was a difficult riddle for me as I am not much of a chess player.

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@Leviathan, was that riddle really that hard coz I was able to solve it just by reading once. I solved similar riddles before so I guess that helped. And for your riddle, I think I solved it. Here it is:

A8, D6, G7, H4, B3, C1, E2, F5

I actually put pawns in the chessboard and pretended they were queens in order to solve this riddle. But really, it was a difficult riddle for me as I am not much of a chess player.

Absolutely correct. I didn't expect anything less from you. As for the technique u used to solve this one is, it's similar to mine.

Just make them all the same colour...

Nice try Lemming, but these are called Brainteasers for some reason you know. Try thinking a little more.

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Its a birds nest. Although that riddle is also slightly wrong, some birds will use mud like glue to hold the nest together.

One of one. Eight of two. One of three. Three of four. One of five. Six of six. Two of seven. Four of eight.

There is a Warrior,

Where is a sword?

Peace did he bring,

The fighting Lord.

Shed for him is my fifth tear.

Find it the title here,

Written in but a single word,

An eye is an eye, until it is heard.

Is the answer a period (the symbol like this --> . ) ? or is is tapestry? :P

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Not sure how many have heard this but I like to share it when it seems appropriate.

What is...

Greater than God

More evil than the Devil

The poor have it

The rich need it

And if you eat it you die.

Well my first guess was "love" but I couldnt see how eating love would kill you.

Same thing for money, and poor people dont have it. Well they do but not much of it.

Then eventually after pondering it longer than I wanted to lol I decided to pick "Nothing"

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Well here's another brainteaser. It's comparatively easier than the ones we have seen so far.

Four people come to an old bridge in the middle of the night. The bridge is rickety and can only support 2 people at a time. The people have one flashlight, which needs to be held by any group crossing the bridge because of how dark it is.

Each person can cross the bridge at a different rate: one person takes 1 minute, one person takes 2 minutes, one takes 5 minutes, and the one person takes 10 minutes. If two people are crossing the bridge together, it will take both of them the time that it takes the slower person to cross.

Unfortunately, there are only 17 minutes worth of batteries left in the flashlight. How can the four travellers cross the bridge before time runs out?

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Greater than God is something either means better than or simply more than. If God is one or three, it is simple to be more than. Same with devil. The poor have nothing, the rich could use a fat lot of nothing sometimes. If you literally only eat nothing for a long time you will die

to first riddle post

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@Leviathan, I played a mini game once which was somewhat like this riddle. So, it isn't actually fair for me to answer. Anyways, I am answering in a spoiler:

Let, the persons who can cross the bridge in 1, 2, 5 and 10 minutes be w, x, y and z respectively.

w and x cross(2 minutes)

w returns(1 minute)

y and z cross(10 minutes)

x returns(2 minute)

w and x cross(2 minutes)

Total = 2+1+10+2+2

= 17 minutes

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@Leviathan, I played a mini game once which was somewhat like this riddle. So, it isn't actually fair for me to answer. Anyways, I am answering in a spoiler:

Let, the persons who can cross the bridge in 1, 2, 5 and 10 minutes be w, x, y and z respectively.

w and x cross(2 minutes)

w returns(1 minute)

y and z cross(10 minutes)

x returns(2 minute)

w and x cross(2 minutes)

Total = 2+1+10+2+2

= 17 minutes

Yeah I know this one was easy. Took me about 5 minutes to solve this. By the way, are u home?

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You arrive at the end of a hallway. There are 2 doors/switches/.... . One "good" and one "bad". There are also 2 twins standing. You can not distinguish between them. But you do know, that one of them allways tells the truth and the other allways lies.

You may ask any of them exactly 1 question to decide which of the 2 possibilities you'll choose.

So: What's the question?

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You arrive at the end of a hallway. There are 2 doors/switches/.... . One "good" and one "bad". There are also 2 twins standing. You can not distinguish between them. But you do know, that one of them allways tells the truth and the other allways lies.

You may ask any of them exactly 1 question to decide which of the 2 possibilities you'll choose.

So: What's the question?

I will ask any of the twins "If I asked your twin, which door would he/she tell me" Then both the truthful and the liar twin will indicate the wrong door. So I would take the opposite door.

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Here are some riddles:

A person walks into a town,

and calls himself Horobod,

though that is not his real name.

What is his real name?

In a vase, there are some flowers.

All but three are orchids.

All but three are daisies.

All but three are roses.

All but three are tulips.

How many flowers are there?

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Palindrome Puzzles!

Mexican food feline = ???

Canine deity = ???

Zero large round fruits with sweet pulpy flesh and many seeds, zero citrus fruits with yellow skin = ???

Radiate the indefinite continued process of existence and the events of the past, present, and future regarded as a whole = ???

Off = ???

Assign a value to black, sticky goo according to a certain scale = ???

I will release the answer after five guesses.

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