What kind of cup doesn’t hold water?

Answer: cupcake

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A logician with some time to kill in a small town decided to get a haircut. The town had only two barbers, each with his own shop. The logician glanced into one shop and saw that it was extremely untidy. The barber needed a shave, his clothes were unkempt, his hair was badly cut. The other shop was extremely neat. The barber was freshly shaved and spotlessly dressed, his hair neatly trimmed. Why did the logician return to the first shop for his haircut?

Answer: Each barber must have cut the other's hair. The logician picked the barber who had given his rival the better haircut.

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Each barber must have cut the other’s hair. The logician picked the barber who had given his rival the better haircut.

This sparkling globe can float on water. It is light as a feather, but ten giants can’t pick it up.

Answer: bubble

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Some cogs are tigs. All tigs are bons. Some bons are pabs. Some pabs are tigs. Therefore, cogs are definitely pabs.— TRUE or FALSE?

Answer: False. Some cogs may be pabs, but not definitely all of them.

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False. Some cogs may be pabs, but not definitely all of them.

Apple In Bottle Riddle answer

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How was a full-sized apple placed inside a thin-necked glass bottle without breaking the bottle or cutting the fruit?

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Twelve flags stand equidistant along the track at the stadium. The runners start at the first flag. A runner reaches the eighth flag 8 seconds after he starts. If he runs at an even speed, how many seconds does he need altogether to reach the twelfth flag?

Answer: Not 12 seconds. There are 7 segments from the first flag tot the eighth, and 11 from the first to the twelfth. He runs each segment in 8/7 seconds; therefore, 11 segments take 88/7= 12 4/7 seconds.

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Not 12 seconds. There are 7 segments from the first flag tot the eighth, and 11 from the first to the twelfth. He runs each segment in 8/7 seconds; therefore, 11 segments take 88/7= 12 4/7 seconds.