You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy.

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I have ten or more daughters. I have less than ten daughters. I have at least one daughter. If only one of these statements is true, how many daughters do I have?

What instrument can make any sound and be heard but not touched or seen?

The answer I give is yes, but what I mean is no. What was the question?

What is in the center of gravity?

One hundred green-eyed logicians have been imprisoned on an island by a mad dictator. Their only hope for freedom lies in the answer to one famously difficult logic puzzle. Can you solve it? Alex Gendler walks us through this green-eyed riddle.

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You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy.

Answer: A candle

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I have ten or more daughters. I have less than ten daughters. I have at least one daughter. If only one of these statements is true, how many daughters do I have?

Answer: If I have any daughters, there will always be two statements which are true. Therefore, I have no daughters.

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If I have any daughters, there will always be two statements which are true. Therefore, I have no daughters.

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What instrument can make any sound and be heard but not touched or seen?

Answer: voice

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The answer I give is yes, but what I mean is no. What was the question?

Answer: Do you mind?

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What is in the center of gravity?

Answer: The letter v.

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The letter v.

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One hundred green-eyed logicians have been imprisoned on an island by a mad dictator. Their only hope for freedom lies in the answer to one famously difficult logic puzzle. Can you solve it? Alex Gendler walks us through this green-eyed riddle.

Answer: The answer to the riddle is in the solution

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