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The Snake in the Box

What gets bigger the more you take away?

A hole

The Valley Problem

What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?

Your name

The Tall Boy

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

Footsteps

The Egg Timer

What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?

A map

The Mystical Object

What has roots that nobody sees, is taller than trees, up, up it goes, and yet never grows?

A mountain

The Prisoner Dilemma

You’re in a prison with 2 doors. One leads to freedom, the other to execution. There are 2 guards, one by each door. One guard always tells the truth, the other always lies. You don’t know which is which. You can ask one question to one guard to determine the door to freedom. What do you ask?

'If I asked the other guard which door leads to freedom, what would he say?' Then choose the opposite door.

The Paradoxical Container

What can be broken, but is never held?

A promise

The Clothing Riddle

What gets wet while drying?

A towel

The Matching Problem

I am taken from a mine, and shut in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?

Pencil lead

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