Riddles are difficult with a trick. Logic puzzles for elementary grades
101 trick questions.
Target: development of logical connectionsCan be used on classroom hours, for fun competitions, competitions and contests, at the celebration of Laughter.
Designed for younger children school age and older.
1. What does Boris have in front, and what does Gleb have in the back? (letter "b")
2. A grandmother was carrying a hundred eggs to the market, one (and the bottom) fell. How many eggs are left in the basket? (none because the bottom fell)
3. When is a person in a room without a head? (when sticking it out the window)
4. How do day and night end? (soft sign)
5. What clock show exact time only twice a day? (who stopped)
6. Which is lighter: a kilogram of cotton wool or a kilogram of iron? (same)
7. Why do you go to bed when you want to sleep? (by gender)
8. What should be done to keep four guys in one boot? (remove one boot from each)
8. The crow sits, and the dog sits on the tail. Could it be? (the dog sits on its own tail)
9. When is the easiest time for a black cat to get into the house? (when the door is open)
10. In what month does chatty Masha speak the least? (in February, it is the shortest)
11. Two birches grow. Each birch has four cones. How many cones are there? (cones do not grow on a birch)
12. What happens to a blue scarf if you put it in water for five minutes? (get wet)
13. How to write the word "mousetrap" with five letters? (cat)
14. When a horse is bought, what is it like? (wet)
15. A person has one, a crow has two, a bear has none. What is this? (letter "o")
16. A flock of birds flew to the grove. They sat down two by two on a tree - one remained; sat down one at a time - one did not get. How many trees are there in a grove, and how many birds are in a flock? (three trees, four birds)
17. A woman went to Moscow, three old men met her, each old man had a sack, and in each sack a cat. How many went to Moscow? (one woman)
18. There are four hollows on four birches, four branches on each hollow, four apples on each branch. How many apples are there? (apples do not grow on a birch)
19. Forty wolves ran, how many necks and tails do they have? (Tails do not grow near the neck)
20. What fabric cannot be used to sew shirts? (From the railway)
21. What three numbers, when added or multiplied, give the same result? (1, 2 and 3)
22. When are hands pronouns? (You-we-you)
23. What female name consists of two letters that are repeated twice? (Anna, Alla)
24. In what forests is there no game? (In construction)
25. Which car wheel does not rotate while driving? (Spare)
26. What mathematicians, drummers and even hunters cannot do without? (No fraction)
27. What belongs to you, but others use it more than you? (Name)
28. When does the car move all the time at the speed of the train? (When he is on the platform of a moving train)
29. One egg is boiled for 4 minutes, how many minutes does it take to boil 6 eggs? (4 minutes)
30: Which flower is masculine and feminine? (Ivan da Marya)
31. Name five days without naming the numbers and names of the days. (The day before yesterday, yesterday, today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow)
32. What bird, having lost one letter, becomes the largest river in Europe? (Oriole)
33. Which city is named after a large bird? (Eagle)
34. What is the name of the first woman in the world who mastered an aircraft? (Baba Yaga)
35. From the name of which city can you make a filling for sweet pies? (Raisin)
36. In what year do people eat more than usual? (In leap year)
37. What geometric body can water boil? (Cubed).
38. What is the most terrible river? (River Tigris).
39. Which month is the shortest? (May - three letters).
40. Where is the end of the world? (Where the shadow begins).
41. Can an ostrich call itself a bird? (No, because he can't speak).
42. What is under a person's feet when he walks over a bridge? (Shoe sole).
43. What can you easily lift from the ground, but not throw far? (Pooh)
44. How many peas can go into one glass? (Not a single one - everything must be put down).
45. What kind of comb will not comb your head? (Petushin).
46. How can you carry water in a sieve? (Frozen)
47. When is the forest a snack? (When he's cheese)
48. How to pluck a branch so as not to frighten a bird? (Wait for the bird to fly away)
49. What stones are not in the sea? (Dry)
50. What freezes in the room in winter, but not on the street? (Window glass)
51. What opera consists of three alliances? (Ah, and, yes - Aida)
52. Whoever does not have it does not want to have it, and whoever has it cannot give it away. (bald)
53. What disease on earth has no one been ill with? (Nautical)
54. The son of my father, but not my brother. Who is this? (I myself)
55. What question cannot be answered in the affirmative? (Are you sleeping?)
56. What stands between the window and the door? (Letter "and").
57. What can be cooked but not eaten? (Lessons).
58. How can you put two liters of milk in liter jar? (It is necessary to cook condensed milk from milk).
59. If five cats catch five mice in five minutes, how long does it take for one cat to catch one mouse? (Five minutes).
60. How many months in a year have 28 days? (All months).
61. What do they drop when they need it and pick it up when they don't need it? (Anchor).
62. The dog was tied to a ten-meter rope, and walked three hundred meters. How did she do it? (The rope was not tied to anything).
63. What can travel around the world, staying in the same corner? (Postage Stamp).
64. Is it possible to light a match underwater? (You can, if you pour water into a glass, and keep the match below the glass).
65. How can a thrown egg fly three meters and not break? (You need to throw an egg four meters, then the first three meters it will fly by whole).
66. What will happen to the green cliff if it falls into the Red Sea? (It will get wet).
67. Two people were playing checkers. Each played five games and won five times. Is it possible? (Both people played with other people).
68. What can be bigger than an elephant and weightless at the same time? (Shadow of an elephant).
69. Which hand is better to stir the tea? (Tea is best stirred with a spoon).
70. What question cannot be answered "no"? (You are alive?).
71. What has two arms, two wings, two tails, three heads, three bodies, and eight legs? (Rider holding a chicken).
72. What do all people on earth do at the same time? (Get older).
73. What gets bigger when put upside down. (Number 6).
74. How to jump from a ten-meter ladder and not hurt yourself? (Jump from the bottom step).
75. What has no length, depth, width, height, but can be measured? (Time, temperature).
76. Why does a duck swim? (From the shore)
77. What can be cooked but not eaten? (Lessons)
78. When a car is moving, which wheel does not spin? (Spare)
79. Why does the dog run? (On the ground)
80. What is the tongue in the mouth for? (Behind the teeth)
81. When a horse is bought, what does it look like? (wet)
82. Why does a cow lie down? (Because he can't sit down)
83. When is the easiest time for a black cat to get into the house? (When the door is open)
84. Which month is the shortest? (May - it has only three letters)
85. What is the most terrible river? (River Tigris)
86. Can an ostrich call itself a bird? (No, because he can't speak)
87. What stands between the window and the door? (Letter "and")
88. What will happen to the green ball if it falls into the Yellow Sea? (He gets wet)
89. How many peas can fit into one glass? (Not at all. They can't walk!)
90. What will happen if a black scarf is lowered into the Red Sea? (get wet)
91. Which hand is better to stir tea? (Tea is better to stir with a spoon)
92. What tree does a crow sit on when it rains? (on wet)
93. What dishes can not be eaten? (From empty)
94. What can be seen with closed eyes? (Dream)
95. What do we eat for? (At the table)
96. Why do you go to bed when you want to sleep? (By gender)
97. When are hands pronouns? (When they are you-we-you)
98. How to write "dry grass" in four letters? (hay)
99. 90 apples grew on a birch. blew strong wind, and 10 apples fell. (Apples do not grow on a birch).
100. Under what tree does a hare sit when it rains? (Under wet).
101. Name five days without giving numbers (eg 1, 2, 3, ..) and names of days (eg Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday ...). (The day before yesterday, yesterday, today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow) .
Addition:
How many eggs can you eat on an empty stomach? (One, the rest are not on an empty stomach.)
What tree does a crow land on when it rains? (To wet.)
How many minutes does it take to boil a hard-boiled egg - two - three - five? (Not at all, it's already cooked. Hard boiled.)
Which clock shows the correct time only twice a day? (Which are standing.)
Where is the water standing? (In glass.)
What happens to a red silk scarf if it is lowered to the bottom of the sea for 5 minutes? (It will be wet.)
What disease on land does no one get sick with? (Nautical.)
When are hands pronouns? (When they are you-we-you.)
What is under a person's feet when he walks across the bridge? (Soles of boots.)
Why do they often go and never go? (On the stairs.)
How far into the forest can a hare run? (Until the middle of the forest, then he already runs out of the forest.)
What happens to a crow after three years? (She is in her 4th year.)
Under which tree does the hare hide when it rains? (Under wet.)
What needs to be done to saw off the branch on which the crow sits without disturbing it? (Wait until she flies away.)
Seven brothers have a sister. How many sisters are there? (One.)
The crow flies, and the dog sits on the tail. Could it be? (Maybe because the dog sits on the ground on its tail.)
If a cat climbs a tree and wants to get down from it along a smooth trunk, how will it go down: head down or tail first? (Tail forward, otherwise it will not hold.)
Who is above us upside down? (Fly.)
What does half an apple look like? (For the second half.)
Is it possible to bring hearths in a sieve? (You can when it freezes.)
Three ostriches flew. The hunter killed one. How many ostriches are left? (Ostriches don't fly.)
What bird is made up of a letter and a river? ("Oriole.)
What lies between the city and the countryside? (Conjunction "and".)
What can you see with your eyes closed? (Dream.)
When is the easiest time for a black cat to get into a house? (When the door is open.)
My father's son, not my brother. Who is this? (I myself.)
Seven candles burned in the room. A man passed by, put out two candles. How much is left? (Two, the rest burned down.)
These tasks can be given to children on the way to school, while traveling, or arrange a competition for children's holiday. It is rare that someone will be able to immediately answer the question, so you should gradually give small hints, this will make solving more exciting and interesting.
We hope that you will not just put your child at the computer so that he immediately looks up all the answers. Do not forget that no car can replace a son or daughter parental love and attention.
1. What word is always misspelled? (The task is a joke.)
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2. How many months in a year have 28 days?
All months
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3. With what speed should the dog move (within the limits possible for it) in order not to hear the sound of a frying pan tied to its tail?
From zero. The dog needs to stand still
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4. The dog was tied to a ten-meter rope, and walked two hundred meters in a straight line. How did she do it?
Her rope was not tied to anything.
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5. How to jump off a ten-meter ladder and not hurt yourself?
Need to jump from the bottom step
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6. What can you see with your eyes closed?
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7. What does not burn in fire and does not sink in water?
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8. Who do the Australians call the sea wasp?
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9. What should you do when you see a green man?
Cross the street (this is a picture on a green traffic light)
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10. Moscow used to be called white stone. And what city was called black?
Chernihiv
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11. Residents medieval Europe sometimes wooden chocks were tied to the soles. For what purpose did they do it?
For protection against dirt, as there was no sewerage and slop was poured directly into the street
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12. In what process did water replace the sun, after 600 years sand replaced it, and after another 1100 years mechanism replaced them all?
In the process of measuring time - hours
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13. In the old days, barns were built on the outskirts, away from dwellings. For what purpose?
To prevent the fire from destroying food supplies
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14. Under Peter I on the coat of arms Russian Empire an eagle was depicted holding maps of the four seas in its paws. List them.
White, Caspian, Azov, Baltic
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15. The name of which Germanic tribe gave the name to an entire European country?
The Germanic tribe of the Franks gave the name to France
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16. Why don't polar bears eat penguins in the wild?
Polar bears live at the North Pole, and penguins live at the South.
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17. Unwilling to admit that the Red Army could defeat them, the Germans argued that the Great Patriotic war General Frost, General Mud and General Mouse won. With regard to frost and dirt, everything is clear. And what's with the mouse?
Mice gnawed through the electrical wiring of German tanks
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18. Name five days without naming numbers (1, 2, 3, ..) and names of days (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday ...)
The day before yesterday, yesterday, today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow
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19. Thirty-two warriors have one commander.
Teeth and tongue
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20. Twelve brothers
They roam one after another
They don't bypass each other.
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21. How to say correctly: “I don’t see a white yolk” or “I don’t see a white yolk”?
The yolk is usually yellow
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22. Is it possible to light an ordinary match under water so that it burns out to the end?
Yes, in a submarine
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23. When is the best time for a black cat to sneak into the house?
When the door is open
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24. There were two fathers and two sons, they found three oranges. They began to divide - everyone got one. How could it be?
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25. What dishes can not eat anything?
From empty
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26. Small, gray, like an elephant. Who is this?
Baby elephant
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27. Which hand is better to stir tea?
The one with the spoon
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28. They knock, they knock - they don’t tell you to be bored.
They go, they go, and everything is right there.
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29. Very fast two knights
They carry me through the snow - Through the meadow to the birch,
Pull two strips.
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30. When is a person in a room without a head?
When he sticks it out of the room (for example, out the window).
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31. What question cannot be answered with “yes”?
Are you sleeping?
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32. What question cannot be answered with “no”?
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33. When can the net draw water?
When the water freezes and turns to ice.
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34. Bold as ...,
insidious as ...,
cowardly like...,
cunning as...
wicked like...,
hungry like...,
hardworking like...,
faithful as...,
stubborn like...,
clueless like...,
quiet like...
free like….
Lion, snake, hare, fox, dog, wolf, ant, dog, donkey, ram, mouse, bird
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35. How do day and night end?
soft sign
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36. Magpie flies, and the dog sits on the tail. Could it be?
Yes, the dog sits on its own tail, a magpie flies nearby
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37. What should be done to keep five guys in one boot?
Each of them take off a boot
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38. How much is 2+2*2?
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39. In what month does chatty Svetochka speak the least?
February is the shortest month
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40. What belongs to you, but others use it more than you?
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41. How to find last year's snow?
Go outside right after the start of the new year.
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42. What word always sounds wrong?
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43. A man has one, a cow has two, a hawk has none. What is this?
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44. A man is sitting, but you cannot sit in his place, even if he gets up and leaves. Where is he sitting?
On your knees
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45. What stones are not in the sea?
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46. What sign should be put between 4 and 5 so that the result is more than 4 and less than 5?
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47. Can a rooster call itself a bird?
No, because he can't speak.
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48. What disease on earth has no one been ill with?
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49. Is it possible to predict the score of any match before it starts?
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50. What can be cooked but not eaten?
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51. What number will decrease by a third if it is turned over?
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52. At a square table, one corner was sawn off in a straight line. How many corners does the table have now?
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53. What knot cannot be untied?
Railway
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54. What is the cow in front and the bull behind?
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55. What is the most terrible river?
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56. What has no length, depth, width, height, but can be measured?
temperature, time
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57. What do all people on earth do at the same time?
Are getting older
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58. Two people were playing checkers. Each played five games and won five times. Is it possible?
Both people played different parts with other people.
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59. How can a thrown egg fly three meters and not break?
You need to throw an egg more than three meters, then the first three meters it will fly by.
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60. A man was driving a big truck. The headlights on the car were not on. There was also no moon. The woman began to cross the road in front of the car. How did the driver manage to see her?
It was a bright sunny day.
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61. Where is the end of the world?
Where the shadow ends
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62. Man learned from spiders to build suspension bridges, from cats he adopted the diaphragm in the camera and reflective road signs. And what invention came about thanks to snakes?
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63. What can you easily pick up from the ground, but not throw far?
Poplar fluff.
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64. What kind of comb will not comb your head?
Petushin.
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65. What do they drop when they need it and pick it up when they don't need it?
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66. What can travel around the world, staying in the same corner?
Postage Stamp.
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67. You are sitting in an airplane, a horse is in front of you, a car is behind you. Where are you at?
On the carousel
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68. What notes can measure the distance?
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69. What won't fit in the biggest pot?
Her cover.
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70. Russian riddle. A wooden river, a wooden boat, and a wooden smoke streaming over the boat. What is this?
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71. A satellite makes one revolution around the Earth in 1 hour 40 minutes, and the other in 100 minutes. How can this be?
One hour and forty minutes equals one hundred minutes.
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72. Name at least three animals that Moses took into his ark?
Prophet Moses did not take animals into the ark, righteous Noah did it.
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73. In one hand the boy carried one kilogram of iron, and in the other the same amount of fluff. What was harder to carry?
Equally.
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74. In 1711, a new unit of 9 people appeared in each regiment of the Russian army. What is this division?
Regimental Band.
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Plane crashes.
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76. The famous story about little boy, which, having received new year gift, asked my mother: “Please remove the lid. I want to iron a gift." What is this gift?
Turtle
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77. What animals always sleep with their eyes open?
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78. It is known that at one time silkworm eggs were exported from China under pain of death. And what animal was taken out of Afghanistan in 1888 with the same risk?
Afghan Hound.
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79. What insects are domesticated by man?
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80. A problem invented by the learned monk and mathematician from Ireland Alcuin (735-804).
The peasant needs to be transported across the river wolf, goat and cabbage. But the boat is such that only a peasant can fit in it, and with him either one wolf, or one goat, or one cabbage. But if you leave the wolf with the goat, then the wolf will eat the goat, and if you leave the goat with the cabbage, then the goat will eat the cabbage. How did the peasant transport his cargo?
Solution 1.: It is clear that we have to start with a goat. The peasant, having transported the goat, returns and takes the wolf, which he transports to the other shore, where he leaves him, but he takes and carries the goat back to the first shore. Here he leaves her and transports the cabbage to the wolf. Then, returning, he carries a goat, and the crossing ends happily. Solution 2: First, the farmer again transports a goat. But the second one can take the cabbage, take it to the other side, leave it there and return the goat to the first bank. Then transport the wolf to the other side, return for the goat and again take it to the other side.
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81. In the old days in Rus' married women They wore a kokoshnik headdress, the name of which comes from the word "kokosh", meaning animal. Which?
Chicken (remember what she says when she rushes?).
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82. Why can't a porcupine drown?
He has hollow needles.
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83. Name the fifth largest country after Russia, China, Canada and the USA.
Brazil.
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84. A man went to the market and bought a horse there for 50 rubles. But soon he noticed that the horses had risen in price, and sold it for 60 rubles. Then he realized that he had nothing to ride on, and bought the same horse for 70 rubles. Then he thought about how not to get a scolding from his wife for such an expensive purchase, and sold it for 80 rubles. What did he gain as a result of the manipulations?
Answer: -50+60-70+80=20
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85. The only bird that has auricles?
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86. Two approached the river at the same time. The boat on which you can cross can only support one person. And yet, without outside help, everyone crossed on this boat to the other side. How did they do it?
They sailed from different shores.
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87. In Chinese, the combination of three hieroglyphs "tree" means the word "forest". And what does the combination of two hieroglyphs "tree" mean?
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88. Residents of Kansas are very fond of Russian nuts. What is it if it is known that we can meet them in any market?
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89. The Romans made a revolutionary innovation in the design of the fork - all subsequent models became only variations of the solution found. And what was the fork before this innovation?
Single tooth.
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90. Chinese martial artists said that fighting is for fools, for smart people it is victory. And what, in their opinion, is for the wise?
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91. Name the language that is native to the largest number of people.
Chinese.
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92. In Ancient Rus' they were called broken numbers. What are they currently called?
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93. A brick weighs two kilograms and half a brick. How many kilograms does a brick weigh?
Place a brick on one scale. On the other we put a 2-kilogram weight and half a brick. Now let's break the whole brick in half and remove half a brick from each scale pan. We get: on the left half a brick, on the right - a 2-kilogram weight. That is, half a brick weighs two kilograms. And two half-bricks, that is, a whole brick, weighs four kilograms.
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94. For some reason, these people, returning to their homeland, brought with them branches of exotic plants, for which they received their nickname. What are these people?
Pilgrims, they brought palm leaves.
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95. In terms of production, bananas rank first in the world, followed by citrus fruits. What fruits are on the third?
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96. In US state Arizona began to guard the desert from thieves. They steal that without which the desert is threatened by desolation and devastation. What are the thieves taking out of the desert?
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97. Name the plant that has the largest fruits.
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98. Neither fish nor meat - what was this Russian proverb originally about?
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99. In Spain they are called Portuguese, in Prussia they are called Russians. What are they called in Russia?
Cockroaches.
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100. Who do the Malays catch with a locked boombox cage with a live pig inside?
Pythons, after eating a pig, they could no longer get out of the cage.
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101. A hedgehog has 4 g, a dog has 100 g, a horse has 500 g, an elephant has 4-5 kg, and a person has 1.4 kg. What?
The mass of the brain.
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102. In 1825, the streets of Philadelphia were cleared of garbage by domestic animals. What?
Pigs.
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103. What dish was invented in the 17th century by Marco Aroni?
Pasta.
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104. What does any astronaut lose in flight?
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105. As you know, all native Russian female (full) names end either in A or in Z: Anna, Maria, Olga, etc. However, there is one female name that does not end in either A or Z. Name it.
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106. The Gallic priests found a trouble-free way to quickly mobilize soldiers in case of war. For this, they sacrificed only one person. What?
The last one to arrive.
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107. Once in the city of Nice they held a competition for the most enduring smoker. One of the participants set a record by smoking 60 cigarettes in a row. However, he did not receive the prize. Why?
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108. A person has twelve pairs of ribs. And who has more than three hundred ribs?
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109. In the mouth - a pipe, in the hand - a tambourine, under the arm - a mug. This is how buffoons were portrayed in Rus'. As for the pipe and tambourine, everything is clear, but what is a mug?
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110. Everyone knows that "one cannot take dirty linen out of public." But what was supposed to be done with him if he couldn’t stand it?
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111. In what place did Russian men put on hats and mittens, regardless of the season?
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112. How is stickleback fish similar to birds?
She builds nests, laying eggs there.
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113. What is the tallest grass?
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114. Name a crop that burns 90% and 10% is thrown away.
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115. The Greeks used it to protect certain parts of their body. It was made from sandalwood bark. Name it.
Sandals.
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116. The first greenhouses appeared in France. Why do you think?
For growing oranges (orange - orange).
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117. The owner of the largest horn is the white rhinoceros (up to 158 cm). What animal has the softest horns?
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118. This is what football referees used before they used the whistle.
Bell.
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119. What is considered dirty when it is white and clean when it is green?
Blackboard.
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120. In practice, when moving along a curve, this ball makes 5,000 revolutions per minute, and when moving in a straight line, more than 20,000 revolutions per minute. Where is this ball located?
In a ballpoint pen.
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121. The great Hippocrates was asked: “Is it true that genius is a disease?” “Absolutely,” said Hippocrates, “but very rare.” What other feature of this disease was noted with regret by Hippocrates?
Non-contagious.
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122. What was the name of the city in England, where in 1873 the Indian game, popular to this day, was first demonstrated?
Badminton.
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123. Where, judging by the name, did the ancient Slavs attach a case for hunting edged weapons?
On the foot. These are scabbards.
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124. Three painters had a brother Ivan, and Ivan had no brothers. How could it be?
Ivan had three sisters.
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125. The Russian princes had various nicknames that came from the names of cities (Vladimir, Chernigov, Galitsky), from bright personal qualities (Udaloy, Wise, Kalita). What was the nickname given to Prince Vsevolod, who had twelve children?
Vsevolod the Big Nest.
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126. In 1240 in Kievan Rus The first census was taken. Who did it and for what purpose?
Genghis Khan (to collect tribute from the population).
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127. It was the year 988 ... A large crowd of residents of ancient Kyiv for some reason moved to the Dnieper. What was the name of the road that the townspeople walked along?
988 - the year of the baptism of Rus'. The street is called Khreshchatyk.
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128. Russia consisted of Great Russia (Russia proper), Little Russia (Ukraine), White Rus' (Belarus). And what was the name of Manchuria, which was part of this state?
Zheltorossia.
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129. The Italian flag is red-white-green. Which cutaway berry helped the Italians choose these colors?
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130. Socrates did this "in order to sharpen the mind." So did Seneca. Horace was cured of a serious illness in this way. Suvorov was a big fan of this. A.S. Pushkin and L.N. Tolstoy also liked to do this. What were they doing?
They walked barefoot.
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131. How was a philosopher called before in Russia?
Lubomud.
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132. What flower was considered a symbol of royalty?
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133. If the Turks wanted to say "protect the village", they said "kara avyl". How are we talking now?
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134. The ancient Romans wore a tunic. And what did they wear when the cold came?
Several tunics worn one over the other.
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135. What is the Tatar word for “shoes”?
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136. We mainly use only the beginning of this proverb, and its end: "... just choked on his tail"?
Ate the dog.
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137. Say "Ole, close your eyes" in Danish.
Ole Lukoye.
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138. Barbarians were easily recognized by this piece of clothing.
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139. What literary character were 300 year old calluses?
Old man Hottabych.
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140. These three brothers can be called architects.
Three piglets.
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141. As you know, grandfather Mazay saved many hares from the flood. Name the person who saved eighteen doves and a sparrow during a fire.
Uncle Styopa.
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142. With what words does a proverb begin if its ending sounds like this: “... and cows lay eggs”?
They say that chickens are milked ...
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143. With what words does a proverb begin if its ending sounds like this: “... there will be Great Lent”?
Every day is not Sunday…
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144. How does the proverb begin: "... a large stump, but a hollow one"?
Small spool but precious.
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145. Everyone knows the expression "Keep as the apple of your eye." What is the "apple of the eye"?
Eye pupil.
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146. This word literally means "what will happen after the morning." What is this word?
Tomorrow - tomorrow.
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147. He really wanted to become a real boy and eventually became one. Who is he?
Pinocchio.
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148. What fairy tale hero from birth spoke three languages?
Dragon.
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149. In Rus', it was eaten everywhere, the Romans called it a stinking plant, and Pythagoras called it the king of spices. Name it.
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150. Before the advent of the potato, it served as the main food of the poor in Europe. And we know it better short work with six characters.
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151. What kind of plant is this, which embodies both a native and an adoptive relative?
Coltsfoot.
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152. Among all garden weeds, according to traditional medicine, it is very useful, especially if you cook a salad with it ...
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153. Russian riddle: "The girl is beautiful, and her heart is stone." What is this?
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154. Which peaceful ships do not have captains, but commanders?
Space.
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155. Name the most popular view transport in logging in hard-to-reach areas of Asia.
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156. Once upon a time, an officer named Siverst-Mering served in the Russian army, who, like Baron Munchausen, became famous for his indefatigable imagination. What phraseologism was born in connection with his name?
Lying like a gray gelding.
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157. He has four, but if they are all cut off, then he will have as many as eight. What is it about?
About the corners of a quadrilateral.
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158. Catherine II bought works of art all over the world in order to place them in a “secluded refuge”. What do we call it now?
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159. Julius Caesar ordered his soldiers to decorate their shields and weapons with jewels. For what?
To be a pity to quit.
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160. How is running different from walking? Before answering this question, remember that running can be slower than other walking, and that sometimes even running in place.
Running differs from walking not in the speed of movement. When walking, our body is always in contact with the ground at some point of the feet. When running, there are moments when our body is completely separated from the ground, not touching it at any point.
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161. All victims of accidents in the city were sent to the hospital in Kukuev. Most of all there were drivers and passengers injured in the accident. To reduce their number, the city authorities have made the use of seat belts mandatory. Drivers and passengers began to wear these belts, but the number of accidents remained unchanged, and the number of people injured in them who were admitted to the hospital even increased. Why?
The use of seat belts has reduced the number of deaths in road accidents. Many people who would have died without a seat belt (and ended up in morgues) survived but were injured and needed treatment. Therefore, the number of people admitted to the hospital has increased.
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162. There are two guards on the road. One looks in one direction of the road, and the other in the opposite direction, but at the same time they see each other. How can this be? Options with reflections, etc. - excluded.
Although sentries look in opposite directions, they do not stand back to back, but face each other.
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163. If it is raining at 12 o'clock at night, can we expect it to be sunny in 72 hours?
No, because in 72 hours it will be midnight again.
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164. There is a round deep lake with a diameter of 200 meters and two trees, one of which grows on the shore near the water, the other - in the center of the lake on a small island. A person who cannot swim needs to cross to the island with a rope, the length of which is a little more than 200 meters. How can he do it?
Having tied the rope with one end to a tree growing on the shore, it is necessary to go around the lake with a rope stretched over the water and tie the other end of the rope to the same tree. As a result, a double rope will be stretched between the trees for crossing to the island.
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165. A person lives on the 17th floor. He takes the elevator to his floor only in rainy weather or when one of his neighbors is in the elevator with him. If the weather is good and he is alone in the elevator, then he goes to the 9th floor, and then he goes up the stairs to the 17th floor ... Why?
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166. One person was asked:
How old are you?
“Absolutely,” he replied.
- I am older than some of my relatives almost six hundred times. How can this be?
For example, if a person is 50 years old, and his grandson or granddaughter is 1 month old.
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167. People who came to one village were often surprised by the local fool. When offered a choice between a shiny 10-ruble coin and a crumpled 100-ruble bill, he always chose the coin, even though it costs ten times less than the bill. Why did he never choose the bill?
He was not stupid at all: he understood that as long as he chose a ten-ruble coin, people would offer him money to choose from, and if he chose a hundred-ruble bill, the offers of money would stop and he would receive nothing.
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168. The day before yesterday, Petya was 17 years old. IN next year he will be 20 years old. How can this be?
If the current day is January 1, and Petya's birthday is December 31. The day before yesterday (December 30) he was 17 years old, yesterday (December 31) he turned 18 years old, this year he will be 19 years old, and next 20.
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169. One king wanted to remove his prime minister, but did not want to offend him too much. He called the prime minister to him, put two sheets of paper in his briefcase and said: “On one sheet I wrote “Go away”, and on the second - “Stay”. The leaf you pull out will decide your fate." The Prime Minister guessed that on both sheets of paper was written "Go away." How, however, did he manage to keep his place under these conditions?
The Prime Minister pulled out a piece of paper and, without looking at it, rolled it into a ball - and swallowed it. Since on the remaining sheet was -Go away-, the king had to admit that on the swallowed sheet was -Stay-.
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170. One gentleman, showing his friend a portrait painted for him by one artist, said: "I have neither sisters nor brothers, but the father of this man was my father's son."
The portrait shows the son of this gentleman.
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171. There are 8 benches in the park. Three have been painted. How many benches are there in the park?
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172. The thermometer shows plus 15 degrees. How many degrees will two such thermometers show?
15 degrees.
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173. A long loaf was cut into three parts. How many incisions were made?
Two cuts.
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174. What is lighter than 1 kg of cotton or 1 kg of iron?
Equally.
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175. The truck was going to the village. On the way he met 4 cars. How many cars were going to the village?
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176. Twice born, once dies. Who is this?
Chick.
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177. What can't you pick up from the floor by the tail?
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178. What always increases and never decreases?
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179. The more you take from it, the more it becomes. What is this?
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180. The 9-storey building has an elevator. On the first floor there are 2 people, on the second 4 people, on the third 8 people, on the fourth 16, on the fifth 32 and so on. Which button in the elevator of this house is pressed more often than others?
First floor button
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181. What goes uphill, then downhill, but remains in place?
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182. 7 sparrows were sitting on a tree, one of them was eaten by a cat. How many sparrows are left on the tree?
Not a single one: the surviving sparrows scattered.
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183. Guests came to you, and in the refrigerator there is a bottle of lemonade, a bag of apple juice and a bottle of mineral water. What will you open first?
Fridge.
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184. What Russian city flies?
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185. What is not eaten raw, but cooked - thrown away?
Bay leaf.
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186. What two words in Russian are written with three letters "e" in a row?
Long-necked and snake-eater.
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187. When the Europeans brought her to Tahiti, the islanders, who had never seen anything like it before, christened her a pig with teeth on its head. What do we call her?
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188. In Thailand, there are schools for monkeys. What do they teach?
Collect coconuts.
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189. How, according to scientists, does a crocodile get rid of excess salts in the body?
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190. One of the Japanese airlines paints huge eyes on the nose of their planes. For what?
Scare away the birds.
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191. Why do birds choose a cold day for departure in autumn, and arrive on a warm one in spring?
Choose a tailwind.
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192. According to the writer O'Henry, she is the only animal into which nails are driven. Who is this?
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193. From the skin of this particular animal, files were first made, which were used to polish wood and even marble.
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194. What animal takes second place after a person in terms of the number of images on pedestals?
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195. The absence of what organ does not allow sharks to stop even for a moment, otherwise they will simply drown?
Swim bladder.
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196. Who has teeth in his stomach?
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197. Until the XVI century. in nature, its varieties existed only in white and yellow. However, Dutch breeders, admirers of the Duke of Orange, brought out the currently known variety of patriotic color. What are we talking about?
About carrots.
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198. Judging by the name of this country, it should consist mainly of plains and steppes. Nevertheless, most of the plains no longer belong to it, and at present about half of its territory is occupied by mountains, hills and forests. What country is it?
Poland (from the word field).
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199. The territory of Finland is 8% covered with lakes. Although it is called the country of a thousand lakes (and their number is much larger), the primacy belongs to another. Which?
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200. What metal is less common in nature than platinum or uranium, but until recently it was in almost every home?
Mercury in a thermometer.
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201. In which US state is there one woman for every 50 men?
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202. There is something so fragile that even by saying its name, you will break it. What is this?
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203. In 1086 the sister of Vladimir Monomakh opened a school at one of the Kyiv monasteries. How did this school differ from all those that existed in Rus' before that?
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204. Where was the potato first discovered?
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205. How to write "nineteen", and then, removing the one, get
"twenty"?
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206. Feed him and he will come to life. Get him drunk and he'll die. What it is?
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207. What has 5 fingers, but is not a living being.
Glove.
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208. I am nothing, but I have a name. Sometimes I'm big, sometimes
small and cannot exist alone. Who am I?
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209. What is most like half an orange?
For the second half.
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210. What part of a bookcase consists of half a consonant letter?
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211. How many ends do three sticks have? Four and a half? two and a quarter?
Three have 6, four and a half have 10, two and a quarter have 6.
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212. How many eggs can you eat on an empty stomach?
One (the rest will no longer be on an empty stomach).
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213. What word begins with three letters "G" and ends with three letters "I"?
Trigonometry.
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214. What is the arithmetic mean between a bicycle and a motorcycle.
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215. Small, gray, like an elephant?
Baby elephant.
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216. Atthere are two dombras,harpsthere are five of them, the guitar has six. How many do the piano have?
Seven (octaves).
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217. What baby is born with a mustache?
For example, a kitten.
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218. When can a person race at the speed of a racing car?
When he is in it.
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219. What do elephants have and no other animals have?
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220. To whom do all people take off their hats?
in front of the hairdresser.
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221. How to write a mousetrap with five letters?
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222. Son of my father, but not my brother?
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223. What kind of fabric cannot be used to sew a shirt?
From the railway.
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224. What city is in compote?
Izyum (City in Ukraine, in the Kharkov region).
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225. There were 20 light bulbs in the lamp, 5 of them burned out. How many light bulbs are left?
Twenty light bulbs (15 working and 5 burned out).
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226. Dad on a fishing trip caught 3 fish in 10 minutes. How long will it take him to catch 10 more fish?
The problem does not have a clear answer.
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227. There were 9 buns on a tray. 9 girls took a bun. But there was only one bun left on the tray. How did it happen?
The last girl took the bun along with the tray.
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228. Vasya is 5 years old. Anna is 9 years old. What is the age difference between them in three years?
Four years (the difference does not change with age).
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229. From the forest, Misha brought 2 white mushrooms, 3 aspen mushrooms, 4 fly agaric and 5 russula to his grandmother for mushroom soup. How many mushrooms will grandma need for soup?
10 mushrooms, fly agaric - inedible mushroom.
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230. Airplane, steamer, balloon, helicopter. What word is missing here?
Steamboat (does not fly).
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231. Two people entered the entrance at the same time. One has an apartment on the 3rd floor, the other has an apartment on the 9th. How many times will the first one reach faster than the second?
4 times, because the 1st needs to overcome 2 gaps between floors, and the 2nd - 8.
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232. What object, made by man before the 20th century, can move faster than sound?
The tip of the whip. We hear a characteristic click (pop) precisely because the tip overcomes the sound barrier.
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233. Car wheel rolls to the right; its rim rotates clockwise. In which direction does the air move inside the rubber tire of the wheel - towards the rotation of the wheel or in the same direction?
The air inside the tire moves from the place of compression in both directions - forward and backward.
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234. What is first in Russia and second in France?
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235. A camel can withstand a load of 10 pounds for an hour. How long will he bear the burden of 1,000 poods?
None. The camel can't bear that weight.
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236. Why are riddles dangerous for the head?
Because people break their heads over it.
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237. What can snow and lilac bushes have in common?
Color. Lilac flowers are also white.
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238. What does a watchman do when a sparrow sits on his head?
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239. Where are cities without houses, rivers without water, and forests without trees?
On a geographical map
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240. Which side of the world has one hundred and one letters in its name?
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241. Who speaks all languages?
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242. They go with a load, they stop without a load.
Clock with weights.
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243. Who has a mustache longer than legs?
Cancer, cockroach.
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244. What was "tomorrow" and will be "yesterday"?
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245. Six legs, two heads, and one tail. What is this?
Rider on a horse.
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246. Which clock shows the correct time only twice a day?
that have stopped.
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247. Somehow the guys gathered at a picnic, only 6 people. They look, and instead of 6 apples they took 5. How to divide the apples equally among everyone so that no one is offended? You can't cut or break them.
You need to cook compote from apples.
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248. If Erica lives in Washington DC and Tina lives in Buenos Aires, where does Ty live?
In Pekin. The names of people are part of the names of the country in whose capital each of them lives.
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249. In 1849, a man went to California, where the "gold rush" was raging. He hoped to get rich by selling tents to gold miners. However, the weather was fine, and the gold miners slept right under open sky. Nobody bought tents. Nevertheless, the seller got rich, and his products are sold to this day. How did he do it and what was his name?
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250. The spy sat down in the bushes and assesses the situation at the checkpoint. An officer comes up, sentry to him: "Password."
Officer: "26".
Sentry: Feedback.
Officer: "13".
Sentry: "Come in."
The second one fits: "Password!" - "22".
"Review" - "11".
"Come on."
Well, the spy thought he figured out the password system, he runs to the sentry.
Sentry: "Password".
Spy: "100".
Sentry: Feedback.
Spy: "50".
In general, they caught a spy. What would be the correct answer?
The correct answer is 3. This is the number of letters in the word one hundred.
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251. For each of the following words, think of a word that has the same semantic meaning and begins with the letter K:
Wealth, Seal, Universe, Lattice, Hearth, Comfort, Crown, Duke, Castle, Hammer.
1. Capital. 2. Brand. 3. Space. 4. Cell. 5. Fireplace. 6. Comfort. 7. Crown. 8. Prince. 9. Fortress. 10. Sledgehammer.
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252. The doctor prescribed three tablets to the patient and ordered them to be taken every half an hour. How long will it take to take the pills?
At first glance, it may seem that a person will drink the last pill in an hour and a half, because this is exactly three times for half an hour. In fact, he will drink the last pill not in an hour and a half, but in an hour. The person immediately drinks the first pill. Half an hour passes. He takes the second pill. Another half hour passes. He takes his third pill. Therefore, the person will drink the last pill an hour after the start of treatment.
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253. What insect applauds the whole world?
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254. Is she red? - No, black. Why is she white? Because green. What is this?
Black currant.
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255. How can you put two liters of milk in a liter jar?
Cook condensed milk from it.
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256. Comic task. A hunter is riding in a bus, he sees a hare running. He fired. Where did he get to?
To the police (Shooting in vehicles is prohibited).
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257. Who is the master of all trades?
Glover.
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258. How to throw a tennis ball so that after flying a short distance it stops and starts moving in the opposite direction? In this case, the ball must not hit an obstacle, it must not be hit with anything or tied to anything.
Throw it up.
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259. The ratio of the age of one boy to the age of another boy was the same a few years ago as it is now. What is this attitude?
One to one, that is, boys of the same age.
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260. What largest number can be written in four units?
Eleven to the eleventh power.
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261. In the dense Murom forest, ten sources of dead water gush out of the ground, they are numbered from No. 1 to No. 10.
From the first nine sources, everyone can take dead water, but source No. 10 is located in Koshchei's cave, into which no one except Koshchei himself can get.
The taste and color of dead water is no different from ordinary water, however, if a person drinks from any source, he will die. Only one thing can save him: if he drinks poison from a source whose number is greater. For example, if he drinks from the seventh source, then he must definitely drink poison No. 8, No. 9 or No. 10. If he drinks not the seventh poison, but the ninth, only poison No. 10 can help him. And if he immediately drinks the tenth poison, then nothing will help him.
Ivan the Fool challenged Koshchei to a duel. The terms of the duel were as follows: each brings a mug of liquid with him and gives it to his opponent to drink. Koschei was delighted: “I will give poison number 10, and Ivan the Fool will not be able to escape! And I myself will drink the poison that Ivanushka the Fool will bring me, I will drink it with my tenth and be saved!
On the appointed day, both opponents met at the agreed place. They honestly exchanged mugs and drank what was in them. It turned out that Koschei died, but Ivan the Fool remained alive! How did it happen?
Ivanushka gave Kashchei plain water, and it turned out that Kashchei drank poison from the 10th spring. Before the duel, Ivanushka himself drank poison from any one source and it turned out that he washed down the poison with Kashcheev 10, and as a result, this poison was neutralized ..
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262. Mentally divide by two the following number: one sextillion seven
Half a sixtillion three and a half
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263. How to divide five apples among five people in such a way that one apple remains in the basket? (Joke task)
One of the five people must pick up their apple along with the basket. The effect of this not very serious task is based on the ambiguity of the expression "the apple is left in the basket." After all, it can be understood both in the sense that no one got it, and in the fact that it simply did not leave the place of its original stay, and these are completely different things. Highlighted in yellow, add as a note to the same task, we have it.
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264. How can the number 66 be increased by one and a half times without performing any arithmetic operations on it?
The number 66 just needs to be turned upside down. It will turn out 99, and this is 66, increased by one and a half times.
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265. One lily leaf grows in a pond. Every day the number of leaves doubles. On what day will the pond be half covered with lily leaves if it is known that it will be completely covered with them in 100 days?
The pond will be half covered with lily leaves on the 99th day. According to the condition, the number of leaves doubles every day, and if on the 99th day the pond is half covered with leaves, then the next day the second half of the pond will be covered with lily leaves, i.e. the pond will be completely covered with them in 100 days.
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266. Is it possible to fly to the moon by plane? (It must be taken into account that the aircraft are equipped with jet engines, as well as space rockets, and run on the same fuel as them.)
The plane in flight "holds" on the air, so it is impossible to fly by plane to the Moon, because there is no air in outer space.
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267. A girl dropped her ring into a cup containing instant coffee. Why is the ring dry?
The cup has not been filled with water yet.
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268. The missionary was captured by the savages, who put him in prison and said: “From here there are only two ways out - one to freedom, the other to death; two warriors will help you get out - one always tells the truth, the other always lies, but it is not known which of them is a liar and which is a truth lover; you can ask any of them only one question.” What question should be asked to get out to freedom?
It is necessary to turn to any of the warriors with the following question: “If I ask you, does this exit lead to freedom, then you will answer me “yes”?” With such a formulation of the question, the warrior who lies all the time will be forced to tell the truth. Suppose you, pointing him to the exit to freedom, say: “If I ask you, does this exit lead to freedom, will you answer me “yes”?” In this case, it will be true if he answers “no”, but he needs to lie, and therefore he is forced to say “yes”.
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269. If three days ago there was a day preceding Monday, what day will be the day after tomorrow?
Sunday was before Monday. If three days ago it was Sunday, then today is Wednesday. If today is Wednesday, then the day after tomorrow will be Friday.
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270. The girl was riding in a taxi. She talked so much along the way that the driver got nervous. He told her that he was very sorry, but he could not hear a word because his hearing aid did not work - he was deaf as a cork. The girl fell silent, but when they reached the place, she realized that the driver had played a joke on her. How did she guess?
If the taxi driver is deaf, how did he understand where to take the girl? And one more thing: how did he then understand that she was saying anything at all?
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271. You are in the cabin of an ocean liner at anchor. At midnight, the water was 4 m below the porthole and rose half a meter per hour. If this speed doubles every hour, how long will it take the water to reach the porthole?
The water will never reach the porthole because the liner rises with the water.
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272. A train leaves Moscow for Vladivostok every day. Also every day a train leaves Vladivostok for Moscow. The move takes 10 days. If you left Vladivostok for Moscow, how many trains going in the opposite direction will you meet during the trip?
At first glance, it may seem that during the trip we will meet ten trains. But this is not so: we will meet not only those ten trains that left Moscow after our departure, but also those that were already on the way by the time of our departure. This means that we will meet not ten, but twenty trains.
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273. There is an easy and cheap way to travel, which, surprisingly, no one uses. As you know, the Earth rotates around its axis, and quite quickly (in just 24 hours, each point of the earth's equator travels approximately 40,000 km - a path, equal to the length equator). So, instead of going somewhere by train, or flying by plane, or sailing on a ship, it is enough for us to rise high above the ground on hot-air balloon or an airship and stay there motionless for some time. During this time, the Earth will turn to us with another part of its surface and it will only be necessary to descend to the right place. Is this reasoning correct? If not, what is wrong with it?
This way of travel is, of course, unsuitable. The atmosphere, attracted by the Earth, rotates with it. And even if the atmosphere were motionless, then, having risen into it from the rotating Earth, we would continue the earth's movement by inertia for some time. In addition, if the atmosphere were motionless, and the Earth would continue to rotate in it (and fast enough: see the condition of the problem), then in this case the greatest hurricane would not stop raging on Earth, which would make impossible not only any travel but also human life itself.
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274. Is it possible to boil water on an open flame in a paper box?
The question of the problem, at first glance, seems very strange, because if you hold paper over a fire, it will definitely catch fire. But the fact is that the boiling point of water is much lower than the ignition temperature of paper. Since the heat from the flame is taken away by the boiling water, the paper cannot reach the required temperature and therefore does not ignite. It is only necessary that the paper is thick enough, otherwise the water will simply tear it and pour out onto the flame. A cardboard box is quite suitable for boiling water. The same explanation underlies such a phenomenon as a fireproof piece of paper tightly wound around a metal rod (or steel nail) and brought into the flame of a candle. The rod will take the heat of the fire, preventing the paper from heating up to the desired temperature and catching fire.
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275. In one class, the students were divided into two groups. Some had to always tell only the truth, while others - only a lie. All students in the class wrote an essay on free theme, which should have ended with the phrase: "Everything written here is true" or "Everything written here is a lie." There were 17 truth-tellers and 18 liars in the class. How many essays turned out with a statement about the veracity of what was written?
All the truth-seekers rightly claimed that everything they wrote was true, but all the liars falsely claimed that everything they wrote was true. Thus, all 35 essays contained a statement about the veracity of what was written.
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276. How many great-great-grandparents and great-great-grandmothers did you have in total?
Each person has 2 parents, 2 grandmothers and 2 grandfathers, 4 great-grandparents and 4 great-grandparents, 8 great-great-grandparents and 8 great-great-grandparents.
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277. Dialogue in a household goods store:
How much does one cost?
- 20 rubles, - the seller answered.
How much is 12?
- 40 rubles.
Okay give me 120.
- Please, 60 rubles from you.
What did the visitor buy?
Room for an apartment.
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278. A bottle with a cork costs 1 p. 10 k. A bottle is more expensive than a cork by 1 p. How much is the bottle and how much is the cork?
At first glance, it may seem that a bottle costs 1 ruble, and a cork 10 kopecks, but then a bottle is 90 kopecks more expensive than a cork, and not 1 ruble, as by convention. In fact, a bottle costs 1 r. 05 k., and the cork costs 5 k.
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279. Katya lives on the fourth floor, and Olya lives on the second. Rising to the fourth floor, Katya overcomes 60 steps. How many steps does Olya need to climb to get to the second floor?
At first glance, it may seem that Olya walks 30 steps - half as many as Katya, since she lives two times lower than her. Actually it is not. When Katya goes up to the fourth floor, she overcomes 3 flights of stairs between floors. This means that there are 20 steps between two floors: 60: 3 = 20. Olya climbs from the first floor to the second, therefore, she overcomes 20 steps.
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280. How to pour out exactly half of a mug, ladle, pan and any other dish of regular cylindrical shape, filled to the brim with water, without using any measuring instruments?
Any dish of the correct cylindrical shape, when viewed from the side, is a rectangle. As you know, the diagonal of a rectangle divides it into two equal parts. Similarly, a cylinder is bisected by an ellipse. It is necessary to drain water from a cylindrical dish filled with water until the surface of the water on one side reaches the corner of the dish, where its bottom meets the wall, and on the other side, the edge of the dish through which it is poured. In this case, exactly half of the water will remain in the dishes:
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281. Three hens lay three eggs in three days. How many eggs will 12 hens lay in 12 days?
You can immediately answer that 12 hens will lay 12 eggs in 12 days. However, it is not. If three hens lay three eggs in three days, then one hen lays one egg in the same three days. Therefore, in 12 days she will lay: 12: 3 = 4 eggs. If there are 12 hens, then in 12 days they will lay: 12 4 = 48 eggs.
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282. Name two numbers in which the number of digits is equal to the number of letters that make up the name of each of these numbers.
One hundred (100) and one million (1000000)
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283. "I guarantee," said the salesman in the pet store, "that this parrot will repeat every word it hears." A delighted buyer bought a miracle bird, but when he came home, he found that the parrot was as mute as a fish. However, the seller did not lie. How is this possible? (The task is a joke.)
The parrot can indeed repeat every word it hears, but it is deaf and does not hear a single word.
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284. There is a candle and a kerosene lamp in the room. What will you light first when you enter this room in the evening?
Of course, a match, because without it you cannot light a candle or a kerosene lamp. The question of the task is ambiguous, because it can be understood either as a choice between a candle and a kerosene lamp, or as a sequence in lighting something (first a match, then - from it - everything else).
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285. Half of half of a number is equal to half. What is this number?
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286. Over time, man will definitely visit Mars. Sasha Ivanov is a man. Consequently, Sasha Ivanov will eventually visit Mars. Is this reasoning correct? If not, what is wrong with it?
The reasoning is wrong. It is not necessary that Sasha Ivanov eventually visit Mars. The external correctness of this reasoning is created due to the use of one word ("man") in it in two different senses: in the broad (abstract representative of humanity) and in the narrow (concrete, given, this particular person).
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287. It is often said that one must be born a composer, or an artist, or a writer, or a scientist. Is this true? Is it really necessary to be born as a composer (artist, writer, scientist)? (The task is a joke.)
Of course, a composer, as well as an artist, writer or scientist, must be born, because if a person is not born, then he will not be able to compose music, draw pictures, write novels or make scientific discoveries. This joke problem is based on the ambiguity of the question: "Do you really have to be born?" This question can be understood literally: is it necessary to be born in order to engage in any type of activity; and this question can be understood in figuratively: whether the talent of a composer (artist, writer, scientist) is innate, given by nature, or is it acquired during life by hard work.
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288. In order to see, it is not at all necessary to have eyes. We see without the right eye. We also see without the left. And since we have no other eyes besides the left and right eyes, it turns out that neither eye is necessary for vision. Is this statement correct? If not, what is wrong with it?
The reasoning is, of course, wrong. Its external correctness is based on the almost imperceptible exclusion of one more option, which in this reasoning also had to be considered. This is an option when not a single eye sees. It was he who was omitted: “Without the right eye we see, without the left too, which means that the eyes are not necessary for vision.” The correct statement should be: “Without the right eye, we see, without the left we also see, but without two together we cannot see, which means that we see either with one eye, or the other, or two together, but we cannot see without eyes, which, thus necessary for vision."
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289. The parrot has lived less than 100 years and can only answer yes and no questions. How many questions does he need to ask to find out his age?
At first glance, it may seem that a parrot can be asked up to 99 questions. In fact, you can get by with a much smaller number of questions. Let's ask him like this: "Are you over 50 years old?" If he answers "yes", then his age is from 51 to 99 years; if he answers “no”, then he is from 1 year to 50 years old. The number of options for his age after the first question is halved. The next similar question: “Are you more (you can ask - less) 25 years old?”, “Are you more (less than) 75 years old?” (depending on the answer to the first question) reduces the number of options by four times, etc. As a result, the parrot needs to be asked only 7 questions.
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290. One man who fell into captivity tells the following: “My dungeon was in the upper part of the castle. After many days of effort, I managed to break one of the bars in the narrow window. It was possible to crawl through the resulting hole, but the distance to the ground was too great to simply jump down. In the corner of the dungeon, I found a rope forgotten by someone. However, it turned out to be too short to be able to go down it. Then I remembered how one wise man lengthened a blanket that was too short for him, cutting off part of it from below and sewing it on top. So I hurried to split the rope in half and re-tie the two resulting parts. Then it became long enough, and I safely went down it. How did the narrator manage to do this?
The narrator divided the rope not across, as it most likely might seem, but along it, making two ropes of the same length out of it. When he tied the two pieces together, the rope became twice as long as it was at first.
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291. Make a question out of five consecutive letters of the Russian alphabet. Hint: it might not be just one word.
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292. Before you is an electronic clock. How many times a day will they show the time so that all cells on the dial (hours, minutes, seconds) will be filled with the same digit?
Three times: 00.00.00; 11/11/11; 22.22.22
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293. A man tossed and turned in bed for a long time at night and could not fall asleep in any way ...
Then he picked up the phone, dialed someone's number, after listening to a few long beeps, hung up and fell asleep peacefully. Q: Why couldn't he sleep before?
The truck ran out of fuel getting to the center of the bridge.
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298. I was invited to a party. There I saw a man with a very rare watch. How do I know this watch was stolen?
Because this watch was mine.
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299. 8 + 7 = 13 or 7 + 8 = 13?
8 + 7 = 15 not 13
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300. Frau and Herr Meyers have 4 daughters. Each daughter has one brother. How many children do the Myers have in total?
5. Four daughters and one son.
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With a catch that gained popularity among a huge number different people not only because of the opportunity to use them in the educational process, but also because of the entertainment component.
Such riddles contribute to the expansion of the horizons of both children and adults, and they are of interest to those who want to replenish their knowledge. They are light and simple. Let's start.
1. A man stands on one side of the river, his dog on the other. He calls the dog, and he immediately runs to the owner, without getting wet, without using either the boat or the bridge. How did she do it?
2. What is unusual about the number - 8, 549, 176, 320?
3. A 12 round bout is scheduled between two boxers. After 6 rounds, one boxer is knocked to the floor, but none of the men is considered a loser. How is this possible?
4. In 1990, a person turned 15 years old, in 1995 the same person turned 10. How is this possible?
5. You are standing in the corridor. Before you are three doors to three rooms and three switches. You do not see what is happening in the rooms, and you can only get into them through the door. You can enter each room once and only when all the switches are off. How to understand which switch belongs to which room?
6. Johnny's mother had three children. The first child was named April, the second was named May. What was the name of the third child?
7. Before the discovery of Mount Everest, what was the highest peak in the world?
8. What word is always misspelled?
9. Billy was born on December 25, but his birthday always falls in the summer. How is this possible?
10. A truck driver is moving in the opposite direction on a one-way street. Why aren't the cops stopping him?
11. How can you quit a raw egg on a concrete floor without breaking it?
12. How can a person go eight days without sleep?
13. The doctor gave you three tablets and told you to take one every half an hour. How long will it take you to take all the pills?
14. You entered a dark room with one match. The room has an oil lamp, a newspaper and wooden blocks. What will you light first?
15. Is a man legally entitled to marry his widow's sister?
16. Some months have 30 days, some have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?
17. What goes up and down but stays in one place?
18. What can you never eat for breakfast?
19. What always increases and never decreases?
20. Imagine that you are in a sinking boat surrounded by sharks. How can you survive?
21. How many times can you subtract 10 from 100?
22. Seven sisters arrived at the dacha, and each of them went about her own business. The first sister cooks food, the second one works in the garden, the third one plays chess, the fourth one reads a book, the fifth one does a crossword puzzle, the sixth one does laundry. And what does the seventh sister do?
23. What goes both uphill and downhill, but at the same time remains in place?
24. Which table has no legs?
Difficult riddles with answers
25. How many years are there in a year?
26. What kind of cork can not stop up any bottle?
27. No one eats it raw, but when cooked, they throw it away. What is this?
28. The girl wanted to buy a chocolate bar, but she lacked 10 rubles. The boy also wanted to buy a chocolate bar, but he lacked 1 ruble. The children decided to buy one chocolate bar for two, but they still lacked 1 ruble. How much does a chocolate bar cost?
29. A cowboy, a yogi and a gentleman are sitting at the table. How many feet are on the floor?
30. Nero, George Washington, Napoleon, Sherlock Holmes, William Shakespeare, Ludwig van Beethoven, Leonardo da Vinci. Who is missing from this list?
Riddles with a trick
31. Which island calls itself a piece of linen?
32. Is she red?
No, black.
Why is she white?
Because green.
33. You are sitting in an airplane, a car is in front of you, a horse is behind you. Where are you at?
34. How long does it take to boil a hard boiled egg in water?
35. What unites the numbers 69 and 88?
Logic riddles
36. Whom does God never see, the king rarely sees, but the common man sees every day?
37. Who walks while sitting?
38. What is the longest month of the year?
39. How can you jump off a 10-meter ladder and not crash? And not even get hurt?
40. When this item is needed, it is abandoned, and when it is not needed, it is taken with them. What are we talking about?
Riddles with answers
41. Any person receives it for free twice in his life, but if he needs it for the third time, then he will have to pay for it. What is this?
42. The name of which state will you get if you put a small horse between two identical pronouns?
43. The capital of a European state in which blood flows?
44. The combined age of father and son is 77 years. The age of the son is the age of the father in reverse. How old are they?
45. If it is white, then it is dirty, and if it is black, then it has been cleansed. What are we talking about?
Difficult riddles
46. Can a person be in a room without his head and still be alive?
47. In what case will you not be able to take the place of a seated person, even if he gets up?
48. What product can be boiled in at least 10 kg of salt, and it still will not become salty?
49. Who can easily light a match underwater?
50. A plant that knows everything?
51. What will you do if you see a green man?
52. How many stripes does a zebra have?
53. When does a person look like a tree?
54. What can travel around the world, staying in the same corner?
55. Where is the end of the world?
Ready for answers?
Answers to riddles
1. The river is frozen
2. This number contains all digits from 0 to 9.
3. Both boxers are female.
4. He was born in 2005 BC.
5. Turn on the right switch and do not turn it off for three minutes. After two minutes, turn on the middle switch and keep it on for one minute. When the minute has passed, turn off both switches and enter the rooms. One bulb will be hot (switch 1), one will be warm (switch 2), and the cold bulb will refer to the switch you didn't touch.
6. Johnny.
7. Everest, it just hasn't been discovered yet.
8. The word "wrong."
9. Billy was born in the southern hemisphere.
10. He is walking along the sidewalk.
11. An egg won't break a concrete floor!
12. Sleep at night.
13. You will need one hour. Take one tablet now, the second in half an hour, and the third in another half hour.
14. Match.
15. No, he is dead.
16. Each month has 28 or more days.
17. Staircase.
19. Age.
20. Stop imagining.
22. The seventh sister plays chess with the third.
23. Road.
24. At the diet.
25. There is one summer in a year.
26. Traffic jam.
27. Bay leaf.
28. The price of a chocolate bar is 10 rubles. The girl had no money at all.
29. One foot on the floor. The cowboy puts his feet on the table, the gentleman crosses his legs, and the yogi meditates.
30. Sherlock Holmes because he is a fictional character.
32. Blackcurrant.
33. Carousel.
34. This does not need to be done, the egg is already boiled.
35. Upside down, they look the same.
36. Like yourself.
37. Chess player.
39. Jump off the lowest step.
42. Japan.
44.07 and 70; 25 and 52; 16 and 61.
45. School board.
46. Yes. Stick your head out the window or door.
47. When sitting on your lap.
49. Sailor on a submarine.
51. Cross the road.
52. Two, black and white.
53. When he had just woken up (pine, from sleep).
55. Where the shadow begins.
No matter how many correct answers you get, this is not an IQ test. It is important to force your brain to think outside of the ordinary. Below we will give you some tips that will help tune your brain to the right wave and prevent it from aging.
brain exercises
Let a crossword, puzzle, sudoku, or any other similar thing that interests you always be in a conspicuous place. Every morning spend a few minutes on them, activate the brain.
Constantly attend exhibitions or conferences on topics unfamiliar to you. Think about how you can apply what you've learned to your industry.
/ 10 logic puzzles to determine professional suitability for the role of an investigator.
#1 riddle
The guy meets the girl, they love each other. On Saturday evening they should see each other, the girl is preparing for the meeting. An hour before the appointed time, an SMS arrives: “Sorry, dear, we won’t be able to see each other. I’m with my parents, guests have come to them, they’ll be late, I’ll have to stay there for the night. We’ll meet tomorrow, I kiss you, I love you.” The girl understands that the guy is lying to her . How did she understand?
#2 riddle
There is a guard at the entrance to the bank vault. A spy lurked nearby. One employee of the bank approaches the guard, the guard says to him: "Six." The employee in the answer: "Five." The guard missed. The next one comes up - guard: "Five", clerk: "Four". The guard missed. The spy took a risk, the guard came up: "Four", the spy: "Three". A guard yelling: "Wrong, got caught, you bastard!" twisted the spy. Question: why wrong and what is the correct answer.
#3 riddle
Several firms were engaged in the sale of goods, using specially prepared catalogs for this purpose. Since the goods of the firms were almost the same, then the contingent of customers they had was the same, as well as their number. Soon one of the firms changed its catalog. At first glance, it seemed that he only lost from these changes and became less in demand. However, after the change, sales from this firm went better than those of competitors. What change did they make and how did it work?
No. 4th riddle
Going on a 30-day vacation, the doctor gave the patient 30 tablets medicinal product"A" and 30 tablets of remedy "B". You need to take these medicines every day for 30 days and strictly one tablet of each remedy per day, otherwise death is inevitable. Tablets outwardly are absolutely identical, weight, density, etc. are also completely the same. Once the patient took out 1 tablet from one package, and dropped 2 from the other, and all 3 tablets were mixed up. How to follow the doctor's instructions?
#5th riddle
It is shaped like the moon, but like the weather it is different. It has a sunset, like the sun and a dawn. Another important sign confuses us: - It is able to "contain" any object in itself.
#6th riddle
The person who buys this does not use it himself. The person who produces it does not produce it for himself. The person who uses it does not know about it. What is it?
No. 7th riddle
There are three switches in the room, each connected to one lamp. Find a way to define a switch-light bulb pair. If the light bulbs are in another room and you can enter it only once.
#8th riddle
The woman lives on the 12th floor of the building. Every morning, going to work, she calls the elevator to the 12th floor and descends in it to the first floor. But in the evening, returning from work, she takes the elevator only to the 7th floor, and then, to get to her apartment, she overcomes another 5 floors on foot. Why?
#9th riddle
Yuri and Tatyana have been friends since childhood. Yura has equal brothers and sisters. Tatyana has three times as many sisters as Yuri, and only as many as the children of Yura's parents. How many sisters does Tatyana have and brothers and sisters does Yuri have?
#10th riddle
Vasya, Petya and Kolya live next door in a house on Elovaya Street in apartments 15, 17 and 19. Each of them has a special door - one is painted red, another blue, and the third dark green. Petya's door is blue. He works as a mechanic and is friends with Vasya, who lives in apartment 15. Neither Vasya nor Petya get along with Kolya. In apartment 17 - a red door. Determine where each of them lives and what color his door is.
No. 1 Answer:
If he really is with his parents, he should have written "stay here for the night"
No. 2 Answer:
In the word "six" - five letters, in the word "five" - four, in the word "four" - six.
The answer is six.
No. 3 Answer:
They began to produce their catalog smaller than the catalogs of other companies, which is why this catalog always had to be placed at the top of the pile.
#4 Answer:
It is necessary to get one more tablet from the first package - a total of 4. Cut everything in half. On one day, take 4 left halves, on the other - 4 right ones. The main thing to remember is where the half of which pill is.
or
Add another tablet, grind to powder, mix, and divide into two parts
#5 Answer:
EYE
P.S. If you look into the eye of a person looking at the moon, you will see the moon there.
#6 Answer:
This is a coffin.
No. 7 Answer:
You need to turn on two switches. Turn off one after a while. Enter the room. One bulb will be burning from the switch on, the second hot - from the on and off, the third - cold, from the untouched switch.
#8 Answer:
This woman is very small: she can only reach the button for the 7th floor in the elevator car.
#9 Answer:
Yuri has 1 brother and 1 sister. Tatyana has 3 sisters
#10 Answer:
Vasya lives in room 15 behind a dark green door. Kolya lives in room 17, behind the red door. Petya lives in room 19, behind the blue door
A riddle is a metaphorical expression in which one object is expressed by means of another, which has some, even remote, similarity with it; on the basis of the latter, a person must guess the intended object.
In ancient times, a riddle was a test of wisdom, now - folk fun. Riddles are found among all peoples, no matter what stage of development they are at. A proverb and a riddle differ in that the riddle must be guessed, and the proverb is a lesson. Material from Wikipedia. We bring to your attention 15 of the most difficult riddles in the world. Along with this, we also give answers to immediately determine whether you are able to solve them.
The answer is hidden and located on a separate page of the site by.
- Two people approach the river. Near the shore is a boat that can only support one. Both men crossed to the opposite bank. How did they do it?
They were on different sides.
- Vasily, Peter, Semyon and their wives Natalya, Irina, Anna have been together for 151 years. Every husband is 5 years older than his wife. Vasily is 1 year older than Irina. Natalya and Vasily together are 48 years old, Semyon and Natalya are together 52 years old. Who is married to whom, and how old is who?
Vasily (26) - Anna (21); Peter (27) - Natalia (22); Semyon (30) - Irina (25).
- Do not write anything or use a calculator. Take 1000. Add 40. Add another thousand. Add 30. Another 1000. Plus 20. Plus 1000. And plus 10. What happened?
5000? Wrong. The correct answer is 4100. Try to recalculate on a calculator.
- Jackdaws flew, sat on sticks. They sit down one by one - the jackdaw is superfluous, they sit two by two - the stick is superfluous. How many sticks were there and how many jackdaws were there?
Three sticks and four jackdaws.
- Mr. Mark was found murdered in his office. The cause was a bullet wound to the head. Detective Robin, inspecting the scene of the murder, found a cassette recorder on the table. And when he turned it on, he heard the voice of Mr. Mark. He said, “This is Mark. Jones just called me and said that in ten minutes he would be here to shoot me. It's useless to run. I know this tape will help the police arrest Jones. I hear his footsteps on the stairs. Here the door opens... The assistant detective offered to arrest Jones on suspicion of murder. But the detective did not follow his assistant's advice. As it turned out, he was right. Jones wasn't the killer, as was said on the tape. Question: why did the detective have suspicions?
The cassette in the voice recorder was being revised at the start. Moreover, Jones would have taken the cassette.
- Third-graders Alyosha and Misha go from school and talk:
“When the day after tomorrow becomes yesterday,” one of them said, “today will be as far from Sunday as the day that was today when the day before yesterday was tomorrow.” What day of the week did they speak?On Sunday.
- A hare and a cat together weigh 10 kg. Dog with a hare - 20 kg. Dog with a cat - 24 kg. How much in this case will weigh all the animals together: a hare, a cat and a dog?
27 kg. (solution .)
- There was a stone on the seashore. A word of 8 letters was written on the stone. When the rich read this word, they wept, the poor rejoiced, and the lovers parted. What was that word?
Temporarily.
- There is a prison, next to the hospital. Around them are rails, and on the rails a train moves around at high speed. One boy needs to go to his grandfather in prison, and one girl to her grandmother in the hospital. How can they do it if the train doesn't stop?
The boy needs to throw the girl under the train, then he will go to jail, and the girl to the hospital.
- Which Russian word can be written from right to left, turned upside down, mirrored, and it still remains unchanged and does not lose its meaning?
It.
- From which bird do you need to pluck feathers to get morning, afternoon, evening, night at once?
Day.
- Teresa's daughter is my daughter's mother. Who am I to Teresa?
1. Grandmother.
2. Mother.
3. Daughter.
4. Granddaughter.
5. I am Teresa.Write your choice in the comments.
