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How many times a day do the hands of a clock overlap?
22 times (every 65.5 minutes except at 12 o'clock when they're already aligned)
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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