kth8/OpenTriviaQA · Datasets at Hugging Face

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brain-teasers	A team of two horses ran for 3 miles. How many miles did each of the horses run?	[ "1.5", "0", "3", "6" ]	3
brain-teasers	Nine passengers carried with them enough food for five days. Several other passengers joined the first group and they all shared the same food, which was now enough for three days. How many passengers joined the first group?	[ "7", "8", "6", "5" ]	6
brain-teasers	How many times does the digit 3 occur in the numbers from 1 to 50?	[ "15", "14", "10", "13" ]	15
brain-teasers	A pole is 20 m high. An ant is climbing it as follows - every day she ascends 5 m and every night she descends 4 m. In how many days will the ant be on the top of the post?	[ "16", "19", "15", "20" ]	16
brain-teasers	A butcher had to stick a total number of 50 sheep in a week. Every day he sticked an equal number of sheep and managed to fulfill the task. How many sheep did he kill per day?	[ "10", "4", "8", "7" ]	10
brain-teasers	In a basket there are three sorts of apples. How many apples do you have to take from the basket to make sure you have at least 2 apples of the same sort?	[ "5", "4", "3", "2" ]	4
brain-teasers	An old potter was selling pots. Once, a woman came and bought a pot for its sticker price. She had to pay $1 plus half its price. What was the price?	[ "2", "4", "3", "1" ]	2
brain-teasers	Four glasses and a jug weigh as mush as 17 iron balls do. The jug weighs as much as a glass and 7 balls. How many balls does the jug weigh?	[ "9", "8", "10", "5" ]	9
brain-teasers	Three cats can eat 3 mice in 1.5 hours. How long will it take 10 cats to eat 20 mice?	[ "10 hours", "6 hours", "3 hours", "1.5 hour" ]	3 hours
brain-teasers	Is there a way you can divide 7 identical pieces of bread equally among 12 people?	[ "No", "Yes" ]	Yes
brain-teasers	A lion can eat a sheep in 2 hours, a wolf - in 3 hours, and a dog - in 6 hours. How long will it take the three animals to eat a sheep if they eat together?	[ "2 hours", "8 hours", "1/2 hour", "1 hour" ]	1 hour
brain-teasers	Two men were walking towards a river. There was a boat on one of the riverbanks. However, this boat could carry only one man at a time. Nevertheless, both men managed to cross the river with the boat. This is possible.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
brain-teasers	Some of my relatives are 600 times younger than me. Can this be true?	[ "Yes", "No" ]	Yes
brain-teasers	A man is carrying three croquet balls across a bridge. The bridge has a sign that says bridge can only hold 200 pounds. The man weighs 195 pounds and the croquet balls weigh 2 pounds each. The man ends up crossing the bridge in one trip and no one else helps him. This is possible.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
brain-teasers	Which letter comes next in this series:	[ "L-C-N-I-T-?", "T", "W", "S", "Z" ]	S
brain-teasers	A squirrel finds a hollow log with 9 ears of corn in it. If he can carry out 3 ears every day, how many days will it take him to empty the log?	[ "6", "3", "9", "None of these" ]	9
brain-teasers	Suppose youre taking a multiple-choice quiz. One question has three choices - A, B, C. You do not know the answer and guess A. The instructor then announces that C is incorrect. Should you switch to B before turning in your paper?	[ "No, it would be worse", "Yes, this should help", "It depends on when the announcement was made", "It doesnt matter" ]	Yes, this should help
brain-teasers	A worm can gnaw through 1 mm of paper for a single day. On a bookshelf there are two volumes, each 4 cm thick. Each of the covers is 2 mm thick. How long will it take the warm to gnaw from the first page of the first volume to the last page of the second volume?	[ "60 days", "80 days", "14 days", "4 days" ]	4 days
brain-teasers	The train leaves in 2 minutes and the distance to the train station is 2 miles. If you drive the first mile at 30 miles/h, at what speed should you drive the second mile?	[ "It does not matter.", "90 miles/h", "120 miles/h", "60 miles/h" ]	It does not matter.
brain-teasers	A driver noticed that the dashboard showed he had driven a total number of 15951 miles. He thought that this was a strange number because no matter in what direction it was read (from left to right or from right to left) it was the same. However, in two hours, the dashboard showed a number that had that same characteristic. What was the speed of the car?	[ "110", "55", "65", "450" ]	55
brain-teasers	Three hunters, different in height, got stuck in a pit. They tried to get out of it and stepped one onto the other. However, the shortest, who was on top, could not reach the edge for just 5 cm. Can these three hunters ever get out of the pit without the help of anyone else or of any additional object?	[ "Yes", "No" ]	Yes
brain-teasers	In the Middle Ages a thief went into a church and fell asleep on a pew. He dreamed about stealing the cross of the minister and being sentenced to execution for that. However, just as he was about to be executed, he was woken by a local lady. Immediately after that the thief died. Modern scientists say it was due to a heart attack. Is everything okay with the story?	[ "No", "Yes" ]	No
brain-teasers	One of these pairs of numbers has this strange characteristic - when you subtract one of them from the other you get a number equal to what you will get if you divide one by the other. Can you spot it?	[ "25/4 and 5/4", "24/6 and 24/8", "3 and 2/12", "30/6 and 36/6" ]	25/4 and 5/4
brain-teasers	The local limo company have recently expanded their inventory and no longer have enough room for all of their limos. Fifteen of the limos have to be stored outside. If they decide to increase their garage space by 50%, this will give them enough room for all of their current limos, plus enough room to store another fifteen in the future. How many limos does the company currently own?	[ "60", "80", "85", "75" ]	75
brain-teasers	A horse is tied to a five meter rope in front of an old saloon. Six meters directly behind the horse is a bale of hay. Without breaking his rope, the horse is able to eat the hay whenever he chooses. Assuming the horse is perfectly normal, is this possible?	[ "No", "Yes" ]	Yes
brain-teasers	A famous playboy explained to a beautiful woman his system for playing roulette: In each round, I always bet half of the money I have at the time on red. Yesterday, I counted and I had won as many rounds as I had lost. Over the course of the night, did the gambler win, lose or break even?	[ "lose", "break even", "win", "None of these" ]	lose
brain-teasers	A horse travels a certain distance each day. Strangely enough, two of its legs travel 30 miles each day and the other two legs travel nearly 31 miles. Can this be true?	[ "Yes", "No" ]	Yes
brain-teasers	A total of 15 delegates from Africa, Asia, America, and Europe meet at an international conference.	[ "ch continent sends a different number of delegates, and each is represented by at least 1 delegate.", "erica and Asia send a total of 6 delegates.", "ia and Europe send a total of 7 delegates.", "ich continent has sent 4 delegates?", "America", "Africa", "Asia", "Europe" ]	Asia
brain-teasers	One kid has a toy car with a strange remote control- it has only one button on it. When the car is switched on, it starts moving forward and doesnt stop until its switched off. When the boy presses the button, the car makes a 60 degree turn clockwise. Considering that this is a very lazy boy, try calculating the smallest number of times he has to press the button so that the car travels back to him.	[ "4", "5", "7", "3" ]	5
brain-teasers	Here is something like a warm-up before you get to the next one. Three friends, Peter, Nick and Tom were competing in a race. After they finished, a person ,who was late for the race, asked them who was the winner. Tom said I didnt finish first and Peter didnt finish second. Then Nick said Tom didnt finish second either. Who was the winner?	[ "Peter", "Nick", "Its impossible", "Tom" ]	Peter
brain-teasers	One watermelon weighs 10kg (22 lbs) plus the half of its own weight. How much does it weigh?	[ "10kg (22 lbs)", "25kg (55 lbs)", "5kg (11 lbs)", "20kg (44 lbs)" ]	20kg (44 lbs)
brain-teasers	Try thinking out a random 3-digit number and writing it twice on a piece of paper, forming a 6-digit number (for example the number is 123, than you will have to put down 123123 on the paper). Now divide this 6-digit number by 7. There will be no remainder, I guarantee. Now divide the result by 11. No remainder again, I guarantee. Now divide the new result by 13. What happened?	[ "The result is your original number", "The result is zero", "There is remainder", "The result is twice your original number" ]	The result is your original number
brain-teasers	Two dice are randomly thrown. What is the possibility that the number, formed by the two digits that come form the dice, is a prime?	[ "5:12", "5:18", "19:36", "35:36" ]	5:12
brain-teasers	4, 7, 12, 19, 28, 39, ??	[ "11", "67", "78", "52" ]	52
brain-teasers	A man buys a horse for $60. After a while he sells it for 70$. Some time passes and the man regrets his decision and goes to buy the horse again. But now he has to pay $80 for it and he does. After a while he regrets to have bought the horse back and sells it for $90. Now in total, how much loss/profit did the man make from the three transactions?	[ "$10", "- $20", "$20", "0" ]	$10
brain-teasers	Somewhere, there is a very interesting village. And whats so interesting about it? Well, in this village there is a barber, a very special barber. He cuts the hair of everybody in the village that doesnt cut his own hair. Who then cuts the barbers hair?	[ "The barber of another village", "Noone", "Himself", "Such village cannot exist, it is a paradox" ]	Such village cannot exist, it is a paradox
brain-teasers	Two men were playing for title of championship of the world for the checkers tournament. They each played five games and they each won three. There were no ties, is this possible?	[ "No", "Yes" ]	Yes
brain-teasers	Take two apples from three apples and what do you have?	[ "no apples", "two apples", "three apples", "one apple" ]	two apples
brain-teasers	A famous, well respected archaeologist went on a dig in Jerusalem. He found a coin dated 56 B.C. He was so excited, he rushed to the museum so it could be put on display. But the museum wouldnt accept the coin because they said it could not possibly be authentic. They said that the coin had to be a fake.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
brain-teasers	In what country can your spouse be jailed along with you if you are caught drinking and driving?	[ "Pakistan", "Germany", "India", "Malaysia" ]	Malaysia
brain-teasers	Approximately how much money does the taxpayer spend on a prisoner serving a life sentence in California?	[ "750,000", "500,000", "100,000", "1,550,000" ]	1,550,000
brain-teasers	What creature is responsible for the most human deaths?	[ "The brown recluse spider", "The hippo", "The great white shark", "The mosquito" ]	The mosquito
brain-teasers	What is the largest county in the US?	[ "Bernalillo, NM", "Maricopa, AZ", "Dade, FL", "San Bernadino, CA" ]	San Bernadino, CA
brain-teasers	Is it possible to test positive on a breathalyzer after drinking only a glass of milk?	[ "Yes", "No" ]	Yes
brain-teasers	I have four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon and three legs in the evening. What am I?	[ "A tortoise", "A sloth", "A human", "A raven" ]	A human
brain-teasers	Why do Chinese people eat more rice than Japanese people?	[ "Because Chinese rice ripens more quickly than Japanese rice", "Because Chinese people are more than Japanese people", "Because Japanese people export rice for other countries and the Chinese dont", "Because Chinese rice is more delicious than Japanese rice" ]	Because Chinese people are more than Japanese people
brain-teasers	This is the smartest letter.	[ "A", "Y", "C", "W" ]	Y
brain-teasers	Which is the month that allows women to talk the least?	[ "February", "December", "August", "March" ]	February
brain-teasers	What is the number of men born last year in USA?	[ "None", "2 013 841", "6 914 381", "1 502 106" ]	None
brain-teasers	This is what you can see once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years.	[ "The sun", "An eclipse", "A Solstice", "The letter M" ]	The letter M
brain-teasers	With a red beard, gray mustache and black sideburns, the man had a distinct HIRSUTE quality. What does hirsute mean?	[ "hairy, shaggy, covered in hair", "mysterious, always in disguise", "eccentric", "multicolored" ]	hairy, shaggy, covered in hair
brain-teasers	Stacy was extremely annoyed by Jills PECCADILLO. Jill constantly ate food with her mouth open. What does the word peccadillo mean?	[ "chewing loudly", "vegetarian", "disgusting manners", "a petty fault" ]	a petty fault
brain-teasers	DERIDE means to laugh at someone with contempt.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
brain-teasers	Jerry was worried he would mumble and slur his words, so he had to go slowly and try to ENUNCIATE each word. Words might get lost if you dont enunciate. What does enunciate mean?	[ "shout and project", "mask drunkenness", "pronounce articulately", "mime and gesticulate" ]	pronounce articulately
brain-teasers	Annas brother took his AVUNCULAR duties very seriously. He taught her children how to read, write and speak German. What does avuncular mean?	[ "Adjective of a mentor", "Qualities of a Germanic monk", "Adjective of a father", "Adjective of an uncle" ]	Adjective of an uncle
brain-teasers	When Jack and Jill went to see The Notebook, Jill was surprised at Jacks obvious display of his LACHRYMOSITY. What was Jack doing?	[ "talking loudly", "crying", "laughing", "sleeping" ]	crying
brain-teasers	A CHORTLE is an tool used to cut pastry dough.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
brain-teasers	The rancid meat attracted flies and maggots and wafting from it was a FETID odor. What is the meaning of fetid?	[ "stinking", "chemical", "sweet", "food" ]	stinking
brain-teasers	The king required FEALTY from all his vassals. What does the word fealty mean?	[ "allegiance", "food", "payment, rent", "livestock" ]	allegiance
brain-teasers	The siblings were complete opposites. Tom was pedantic and read all the time and Lucy was LUDIC. She was always getting mud on her clothes. What is the meaning of ludic?	[ "outdoor-loving", "playful", "clumsy", "illiterate" ]	playful
brain-teasers	The vegetable rhubarb is delicious but its leaves are poisonous. What did rhubarb originally mean?	[ "edible poison", "beware", "root of the barbarian", "poisoned ruby" ]	root of the barbarian
brain-teasers	What modern slang term once meant a carnival worker who performed disgusting tasks such as biting off the heads of live chickens?	[ "Nerd", "Geek", "Dork", "Freak" ]	Geek
brain-teasers	What is heavier a pound of bricks or a pound of feathers?	[ "There is no way to tell", "The feathers", "Their weight is equal", "The bricks" ]	Their weight is equal
brain-teasers	A farmer had 20 sheep. All but 8 died. How many are still alive?	[ "0", "12", "15", "8" ]	8
brain-teasers	In a house with a maid, a mail receiver, and a chef, the owner was murdered on a Sunday morning. The police questioned all the 3 people (the chef, the mail receiver, and the maid). The chef said; I was making her breakfast. The mail receiver said; I was getting the mail., and finally the maid said; I was cleaning her living room. The police arrested one of them right after the interview. Who got arrested?	[ "The maid", "The mail receiver", "The chef", "She committed suicide" ]	The mail receiver
brain-teasers	There is a branch with 10 birds on it. I shot 2 of them and then 1 more. How many birds are left on the branch?	[ "0", "2", "8", "7" ]	0
brain-teasers	If you have in your suitcase 6 white socks, 4 red socks, 8 green socks, and 2 brown socks, how many socks would you have to pull out (without looking at them) to be sure you have a matching pair?	[ "6", "8", "4", "5" ]	5
brain-teasers	Joe had 29 pairs of socks. How many socks did he have?	[ "60", "58", "56", "29" ]	58
brain-teasers	One camera could take 350 pictures and Bob bought 3 cameras of the same type. How many pictures could he take?	[ "700", "none", "1050", "350" ]	1050
brain-teasers	One iPod can hold 950 songs and 3 movies. How many iPods of this model would one person have to buy to have 27 movies and 8550 songs?	[ "8", "10", "7", "9" ]	9
brain-teasers	In an office building, there are 350 windows and half as many doors. How many doors are there in 3 office buildings?	[ "525", "500", "550", "575" ]	525
brain-teasers	A monster had double the amount of eyes he had ears, triple the amount of ears he had legs, and had six legs. How many eyes did he have?	[ "34", "26", "36", "41" ]	36
brain-teasers	If I had $654,987, how much change is that?	[ "66,345,200 cents", "65,783,500 cents", "65,498,700 cents", "65,577,200 cents" ]	65,498,700 cents
brain-teasers	In a rectangular room there are 10 chairs. It is possible to arrange the chairs in such a way so that an equal number of chairs is set against each wall of the room.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
brain-teasers	Five years ago the sum of the age of a sister and a brother was 8. What will be the same sum in 5 years?	[ "It will not change.", "18", "13", "28" ]	28
brain-teasers	In a room, there can be two mothers and two daughters, three women in total.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
brain-teasers	A woman once said about a man, I am not his wife but this mans mother is the mother-in-law of my mother. What were the man and the woman?	[ "A daughter and a grandfather", "A brother and a sister", "A daughter and a father", "A mother and a son" ]	A daughter and a father
brain-teasers	A cowboy was looking after 100 animals (oxen, cows and calves). For his job he was paid $100 (for every ox he received $10, for every cow $5 and for every calf $0.5). How many were the oxen, the cows and the calves?	[ "9 oxen, 1 cow, 10 calves", "10 oxen, 10 cows, 10 calves", "1 ox, 9 cows, 90 calves", "3 oxen, 50 cows, 47 calves" ]	1 ox, 9 cows, 90 calves
brain-teasers	A farmer had 9 cows. The first one produced 1 gallon of milk, the second one 2 gallons and so on. The ninth cow produced 9 gallons of milk. The farmer had three sons and he wanted to divide the cows in such a way that each of his sons received an equal number of cows and the cows of each produced an equal amount of milk. Is that possible?	[ "Yes", "No" ]	Yes
brain-teasers	In a lake there were lilies. The strange thing about them was that they doubled their number once per day. If on the 15th day half of the lake was covered with lilies, on which day will the whole lake be covered with them?	[ "22", "16", "7", "30" ]	16
brain-teasers	A peasant buys a pregnant sheep, which gave birth to a lamb. At the age of 3, the lamb gives birth to another lamb. After that it starts bearing a lamb per year. How many sheep will the peasant have 9 years after the birth of the first lamb if all the lambs are female and none of them ever dies?	[ "54", "78", "60", "97" ]	60
brain-teasers	A farmer had a yard, whose shape was a square, and in the four corners of this square there were apple trees. Some years later the farmer decided to make his yard twice as big and preserve the square shape. However, after the enlargement the four apple trees were still by the fence.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
brain-teasers	Marsha dug her FUNEREAL attire out of the closet. It consisted of a black dress and a black overcoat. What does funereal mean?	[ "monotoned", "frumpy", "oversized", "having to do with a funeral" ]	having to do with a funeral
brain-teasers	The newly blooming lavender was a HARBINGER of spring. It was beautiful and fragrant. What does harbinger mean?	[ "an ode", "rebirth", "pleasant to the senses", "a sign of things to come" ]	a sign of things to come
brain-teasers	Her passion for art bordered on pathological MONOMANIA. Shes a sculptor, studies medieval art in night classes, frequents galleries and is often caught doodling in a notebook. What does monomania mean?	[ "excessively busy", "excessive concentration one one subject", "extremely wealthy", "patronising culture" ]	excessive concentration one one subject
brain-teasers	It wasnt accidental it was pure KISMET that Joey fell in love with Laura. What does kismet mean?	[ "fate, destiny", "contrived, forced", "planned", "a happy accident" ]	fate, destiny
brain-teasers	Because Ben travels to many countries for business, he has written a POLYGLOT lexicon for himself. It contains quick references on phrases he might need in any given situation. What does polyglot mean?	[ "containing many maps", "containing many words", "containing many languages", "pertaining to business ventures" ]	containing many languages
brain-teasers	A QUAGMIRE is a difficult or precarious situation.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
brain-teasers	The fortune teller persuaded Anna that she needed a PHILTER to gain the attention of her beau. She only needed to apply the elixir and think of him. What does PHILTER mean?	[ "love potion", "medicinal cream", "makeup", "alcoholic beverage" ]	love potion
brain-teasers	Matt and Julie asked their son How was your day at school? and they always received the same BRUSQUE answer-fine. Brusque means habitual, constant, the same.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
brain-teasers	Jack grabbed Janets hand and they began to GAMBOL in the sunshine. They felt like children, not a care in the world. What does gambol mean?	[ "to wager money on an outcome", "to sing a duet", "to have sex", "to frolic and leap playfully" ]	to frolic and leap playfully
brain-teasers	To ESCHEW something means to be attracted to it.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
brain-teasers	After a long walk, two sons and two fathers find three apples. Each of them has an apple and they all go their way. How is that possible?	[ "they were a boy, his father and his grandfather", "the sons were cousins", "one of them had a hidden apple", "the sons were twins" ]	they were a boy, his father and his grandfather
brain-teasers	The name of what is coded in the following: 86,smopuim?	[ "it does not mean anything", "the name of a software product", "a NASA aircraft", "a secret CIA project" ]	the name of a software product
brain-teasers	Five girls are sitting next to each other on a train. Ann and Betty are as close to each other as Ann and Kate are. Dana and Ann are sitting as close to each other as Dana and Kate are. Between which two of her friends is the fifth girl, Jane, sitting?	[ "between Dana and Betty", "between Ann and Betty", "between Betty and Kate", "between Kate and Dana" ]	between Ann and Betty
brain-teasers	What number multiplied by 10 equals the square of the same number, times 5?	[ "4", "5", "2", "10" ]	2
brain-teasers	Bob has a book of 100 pages and in 10 seconds he can count out 10 pages. What is the shortest time in which Bob can define where the 60th page is?	[ "40 seconds", "59 seconds", "15 seconds", "60 seconds" ]	40 seconds
brain-teasers	Two people get to a river and find a boat capable of accommodating only one person. Using this boat, both of them manage to cross the river. If they crossed without any of the them swiming the river which of the following is true?	[ "The river was wider than longer.", "This is impossible.", "They were on different banks of the river.", "There was a bridge on the river." ]	They were on different banks of the river.
brain-teasers	Which term refers to a king or prince in India?	[ "raja", "haraj", "majah", "namaste" ]	raja
brain-teasers	Complete the Latin term for an unacceptable person: persona non _____.	[ "dedicata", "accepta", "grata", "ingrata" ]	grata

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A team of two horses ran for 3 miles. How many miles did each of the horses run?

[ "1.5", "0", "3", "6" ]

3

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Nine passengers carried with them enough food for five days. Several other passengers joined the first group and they all shared the same food, which was now enough for three days. How many passengers joined the first group?

[ "7", "8", "6", "5" ]

6

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How many times does the digit 3 occur in the numbers from 1 to 50?

[ "15", "14", "10", "13" ]

15

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A pole is 20 m high. An ant is climbing it as follows - every day she ascends 5 m and every night she descends 4 m. In how many days will the ant be on the top of the post?

[ "16", "19", "15", "20" ]

16

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A butcher had to stick a total number of 50 sheep in a week. Every day he sticked an equal number of sheep and managed to fulfill the task. How many sheep did he kill per day?

[ "10", "4", "8", "7" ]

10

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In a basket there are three sorts of apples. How many apples do you have to take from the basket to make sure you have at least 2 apples of the same sort?

[ "5", "4", "3", "2" ]

4

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An old potter was selling pots. Once, a woman came and bought a pot for its sticker price. She had to pay $1 plus half its price. What was the price?

[ "2", "4", "3", "1" ]

2

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Four glasses and a jug weigh as mush as 17 iron balls do. The jug weighs as much as a glass and 7 balls. How many balls does the jug weigh?

[ "9", "8", "10", "5" ]

9

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Three cats can eat 3 mice in 1.5 hours. How long will it take 10 cats to eat 20 mice?

[ "10 hours", "6 hours", "3 hours", "1.5 hour" ]

3 hours

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Is there a way you can divide 7 identical pieces of bread equally among 12 people?

[ "No", "Yes" ]

Yes

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A lion can eat a sheep in 2 hours, a wolf - in 3 hours, and a dog - in 6 hours. How long will it take the three animals to eat a sheep if they eat together?

[ "2 hours", "8 hours", "1/2 hour", "1 hour" ]

1 hour

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Two men were walking towards a river. There was a boat on one of the riverbanks. However, this boat could carry only one man at a time. Nevertheless, both men managed to cross the river with the boat. This is possible.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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Some of my relatives are 600 times younger than me. Can this be true?

[ "Yes", "No" ]

Yes

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A man is carrying three croquet balls across a bridge. The bridge has a sign that says bridge can only hold 200 pounds. The man weighs 195 pounds and the croquet balls weigh 2 pounds each. The man ends up crossing the bridge in one trip and no one else helps him. This is possible.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

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Which letter comes next in this series:

[ "L-C-N-I-T-?", "T", "W", "S", "Z" ]

S

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A squirrel finds a hollow log with 9 ears of corn in it. If he can carry out 3 ears every day, how many days will it take him to empty the log?

[ "6", "3", "9", "None of these" ]

9

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Suppose youre taking a multiple-choice quiz. One question has three choices - A, B, C. You do not know the answer and guess A. The instructor then announces that C is incorrect. Should you switch to B before turning in your paper?

[ "No, it would be worse", "Yes, this should help", "It depends on when the announcement was made", "It doesnt matter" ]

Yes, this should help

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A worm can gnaw through 1 mm of paper for a single day. On a bookshelf there are two volumes, each 4 cm thick. Each of the covers is 2 mm thick. How long will it take the warm to gnaw from the first page of the first volume to the last page of the second volume?

[ "60 days", "80 days", "14 days", "4 days" ]

4 days

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The train leaves in 2 minutes and the distance to the train station is 2 miles. If you drive the first mile at 30 miles/h, at what speed should you drive the second mile?

[ "It does not matter.", "90 miles/h", "120 miles/h", "60 miles/h" ]

It does not matter.

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A driver noticed that the dashboard showed he had driven a total number of 15951 miles. He thought that this was a strange number because no matter in what direction it was read (from left to right or from right to left) it was the same. However, in two hours, the dashboard showed a number that had that same characteristic. What was the speed of the car?

[ "110", "55", "65", "450" ]

55

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Three hunters, different in height, got stuck in a pit. They tried to get out of it and stepped one onto the other. However, the shortest, who was on top, could not reach the edge for just 5 cm. Can these three hunters ever get out of the pit without the help of anyone else or of any additional object?

[ "Yes", "No" ]

Yes

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In the Middle Ages a thief went into a church and fell asleep on a pew. He dreamed about stealing the cross of the minister and being sentenced to execution for that. However, just as he was about to be executed, he was woken by a local lady. Immediately after that the thief died. Modern scientists say it was due to a heart attack. Is everything okay with the story?

[ "No", "Yes" ]

No

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One of these pairs of numbers has this strange characteristic - when you subtract one of them from the other you get a number equal to what you will get if you divide one by the other. Can you spot it?

[ "25/4 and 5/4", "24/6 and 24/8", "3 and 2/12", "30/6 and 36/6" ]

25/4 and 5/4

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The local limo company have recently expanded their inventory and no longer have enough room for all of their limos. Fifteen of the limos have to be stored outside. If they decide to increase their garage space by 50%, this will give them enough room for all of their current limos, plus enough room to store another fifteen in the future. How many limos does the company currently own?

[ "60", "80", "85", "75" ]

75

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A horse is tied to a five meter rope in front of an old saloon. Six meters directly behind the horse is a bale of hay. Without breaking his rope, the horse is able to eat the hay whenever he chooses. Assuming the horse is perfectly normal, is this possible?

[ "No", "Yes" ]

Yes

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A famous playboy explained to a beautiful woman his system for playing roulette: In each round, I always bet half of the money I have at the time on red. Yesterday, I counted and I had won as many rounds as I had lost. Over the course of the night, did the gambler win, lose or break even?

[ "lose", "break even", "win", "None of these" ]

lose

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A horse travels a certain distance each day. Strangely enough, two of its legs travel 30 miles each day and the other two legs travel nearly 31 miles. Can this be true?

[ "Yes", "No" ]

Yes

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A total of 15 delegates from Africa, Asia, America, and Europe meet at an international conference.

[ "ch continent sends a different number of delegates, and each is represented by at least 1 delegate.", "erica and Asia send a total of 6 delegates.", "ia and Europe send a total of 7 delegates.", "ich continent has sent 4 delegates?", "America", "Africa", "Asia", "Europe" ]

Asia

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One kid has a toy car with a strange remote control- it has only one button on it. When the car is switched on, it starts moving forward and doesnt stop until its switched off. When the boy presses the button, the car makes a 60 degree turn clockwise. Considering that this is a very lazy boy, try calculating the smallest number of times he has to press the button so that the car travels back to him.

[ "4", "5", "7", "3" ]

5

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Here is something like a warm-up before you get to the next one. Three friends, Peter, Nick and Tom were competing in a race. After they finished, a person ,who was late for the race, asked them who was the winner. Tom said I didnt finish first and Peter didnt finish second. Then Nick said Tom didnt finish second either. Who was the winner?

[ "Peter", "Nick", "Its impossible", "Tom" ]

Peter

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One watermelon weighs 10kg (22 lbs) plus the half of its own weight. How much does it weigh?

[ "10kg (22 lbs)", "25kg (55 lbs)", "5kg (11 lbs)", "20kg (44 lbs)" ]

20kg (44 lbs)

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Try thinking out a random 3-digit number and writing it twice on a piece of paper, forming a 6-digit number (for example the number is 123, than you will have to put down 123123 on the paper). Now divide this 6-digit number by 7. There will be no remainder, I guarantee. Now divide the result by 11. No remainder again, I guarantee. Now divide the new result by 13. What happened?

[ "The result is your original number", "The result is zero", "There is remainder", "The result is twice your original number" ]

The result is your original number

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Two dice are randomly thrown. What is the possibility that the number, formed by the two digits that come form the dice, is a prime?

[ "5:12", "5:18", "19:36", "35:36" ]

5:12

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4, 7, 12, 19, 28, 39, ??

[ "11", "67", "78", "52" ]

52

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A man buys a horse for $60. After a while he sells it for 70$. Some time passes and the man regrets his decision and goes to buy the horse again. But now he has to pay $80 for it and he does. After a while he regrets to have bought the horse back and sells it for $90. Now in total, how much loss/profit did the man make from the three transactions?

[ "$10", "- $20", "$20", "0" ]

$10

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Somewhere, there is a very interesting village. And whats so interesting about it? Well, in this village there is a barber, a very special barber. He cuts the hair of everybody in the village that doesnt cut his own hair. Who then cuts the barbers hair?

[ "The barber of another village", "Noone", "Himself", "Such village cannot exist, it is a paradox" ]

Such village cannot exist, it is a paradox

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Two men were playing for title of championship of the world for the checkers tournament. They each played five games and they each won three. There were no ties, is this possible?

[ "No", "Yes" ]

Yes

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Take two apples from three apples and what do you have?

[ "no apples", "two apples", "three apples", "one apple" ]

two apples

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A famous, well respected archaeologist went on a dig in Jerusalem. He found a coin dated 56 B.C. He was so excited, he rushed to the museum so it could be put on display. But the museum wouldnt accept the coin because they said it could not possibly be authentic. They said that the coin had to be a fake.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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In what country can your spouse be jailed along with you if you are caught drinking and driving?

[ "Pakistan", "Germany", "India", "Malaysia" ]

Malaysia

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Approximately how much money does the taxpayer spend on a prisoner serving a life sentence in California?

[ "750,000", "500,000", "100,000", "1,550,000" ]

1,550,000

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What creature is responsible for the most human deaths?

[ "The brown recluse spider", "The hippo", "The great white shark", "The mosquito" ]

The mosquito

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What is the largest county in the US?

[ "Bernalillo, NM", "Maricopa, AZ", "Dade, FL", "San Bernadino, CA" ]

San Bernadino, CA

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Is it possible to test positive on a breathalyzer after drinking only a glass of milk?

[ "Yes", "No" ]

Yes

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I have four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon and three legs in the evening. What am I?

[ "A tortoise", "A sloth", "A human", "A raven" ]

A human

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Why do Chinese people eat more rice than Japanese people?

[ "Because Chinese rice ripens more quickly than Japanese rice", "Because Chinese people are more than Japanese people", "Because Japanese people export rice for other countries and the Chinese dont", "Because Chinese rice is more delicious than Japanese rice" ]

Because Chinese people are more than Japanese people

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This is the smartest letter.

[ "A", "Y", "C", "W" ]

Y

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Which is the month that allows women to talk the least?

[ "February", "December", "August", "March" ]

February

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What is the number of men born last year in USA?

[ "None", "2 013 841", "6 914 381", "1 502 106" ]

None

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This is what you can see once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years.

[ "The sun", "An eclipse", "A Solstice", "The letter M" ]

The letter M

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With a red beard, gray mustache and black sideburns, the man had a distinct HIRSUTE quality. What does hirsute mean?

[ "hairy, shaggy, covered in hair", "mysterious, always in disguise", "eccentric", "multicolored" ]

hairy, shaggy, covered in hair

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Stacy was extremely annoyed by Jills PECCADILLO. Jill constantly ate food with her mouth open. What does the word peccadillo mean?

[ "chewing loudly", "vegetarian", "disgusting manners", "a petty fault" ]

a petty fault

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DERIDE means to laugh at someone with contempt.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

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Jerry was worried he would mumble and slur his words, so he had to go slowly and try to ENUNCIATE each word. Words might get lost if you dont enunciate. What does enunciate mean?

[ "shout and project", "mask drunkenness", "pronounce articulately", "mime and gesticulate" ]

pronounce articulately

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Annas brother took his AVUNCULAR duties very seriously. He taught her children how to read, write and speak German. What does avuncular mean?

[ "Adjective of a mentor", "Qualities of a Germanic monk", "Adjective of a father", "Adjective of an uncle" ]

Adjective of an uncle

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When Jack and Jill went to see The Notebook, Jill was surprised at Jacks obvious display of his LACHRYMOSITY. What was Jack doing?

[ "talking loudly", "crying", "laughing", "sleeping" ]

crying

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A CHORTLE is an tool used to cut pastry dough.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

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The rancid meat attracted flies and maggots and wafting from it was a FETID odor. What is the meaning of fetid?

[ "stinking", "chemical", "sweet", "food" ]

stinking

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The king required FEALTY from all his vassals. What does the word fealty mean?

[ "allegiance", "food", "payment, rent", "livestock" ]

allegiance

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The siblings were complete opposites. Tom was pedantic and read all the time and Lucy was LUDIC. She was always getting mud on her clothes. What is the meaning of ludic?

[ "outdoor-loving", "playful", "clumsy", "illiterate" ]

playful

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The vegetable rhubarb is delicious but its leaves are poisonous. What did rhubarb originally mean?

[ "edible poison", "beware", "root of the barbarian", "poisoned ruby" ]

root of the barbarian

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What modern slang term once meant a carnival worker who performed disgusting tasks such as biting off the heads of live chickens?

[ "Nerd", "Geek", "Dork", "Freak" ]

Geek

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What is heavier a pound of bricks or a pound of feathers?

[ "There is no way to tell", "The feathers", "Their weight is equal", "The bricks" ]

Their weight is equal

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A farmer had 20 sheep. All but 8 died. How many are still alive?

[ "0", "12", "15", "8" ]

8

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In a house with a maid, a mail receiver, and a chef, the owner was murdered on a Sunday morning. The police questioned all the 3 people (the chef, the mail receiver, and the maid). The chef said; I was making her breakfast. The mail receiver said; I was getting the mail., and finally the maid said; I was cleaning her living room. The police arrested one of them right after the interview. Who got arrested?

[ "The maid", "The mail receiver", "The chef", "She committed suicide" ]

The mail receiver

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There is a branch with 10 birds on it. I shot 2 of them and then 1 more. How many birds are left on the branch?

[ "0", "2", "8", "7" ]

0

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If you have in your suitcase 6 white socks, 4 red socks, 8 green socks, and 2 brown socks, how many socks would you have to pull out (without looking at them) to be sure you have a matching pair?

[ "6", "8", "4", "5" ]

5

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Joe had 29 pairs of socks. How many socks did he have?

[ "60", "58", "56", "29" ]

58

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One camera could take 350 pictures and Bob bought 3 cameras of the same type. How many pictures could he take?

[ "700", "none", "1050", "350" ]

1050

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One iPod can hold 950 songs and 3 movies. How many iPods of this model would one person have to buy to have 27 movies and 8550 songs?

[ "8", "10", "7", "9" ]

9

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In an office building, there are 350 windows and half as many doors. How many doors are there in 3 office buildings?

[ "525", "500", "550", "575" ]

525

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A monster had double the amount of eyes he had ears, triple the amount of ears he had legs, and had six legs. How many eyes did he have?

[ "34", "26", "36", "41" ]

36

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If I had $654,987, how much change is that?

[ "66,345,200 cents", "65,783,500 cents", "65,498,700 cents", "65,577,200 cents" ]

65,498,700 cents

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In a rectangular room there are 10 chairs. It is possible to arrange the chairs in such a way so that an equal number of chairs is set against each wall of the room.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

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Five years ago the sum of the age of a sister and a brother was 8. What will be the same sum in 5 years?

[ "It will not change.", "18", "13", "28" ]

28

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In a room, there can be two mothers and two daughters, three women in total.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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A woman once said about a man, I am not his wife but this mans mother is the mother-in-law of my mother. What were the man and the woman?

[ "A daughter and a grandfather", "A brother and a sister", "A daughter and a father", "A mother and a son" ]

A daughter and a father

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A cowboy was looking after 100 animals (oxen, cows and calves). For his job he was paid $100 (for every ox he received $10, for every cow $5 and for every calf $0.5). How many were the oxen, the cows and the calves?

[ "9 oxen, 1 cow, 10 calves", "10 oxen, 10 cows, 10 calves", "1 ox, 9 cows, 90 calves", "3 oxen, 50 cows, 47 calves" ]

1 ox, 9 cows, 90 calves

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A farmer had 9 cows. The first one produced 1 gallon of milk, the second one 2 gallons and so on. The ninth cow produced 9 gallons of milk. The farmer had three sons and he wanted to divide the cows in such a way that each of his sons received an equal number of cows and the cows of each produced an equal amount of milk. Is that possible?

[ "Yes", "No" ]

Yes

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In a lake there were lilies. The strange thing about them was that they doubled their number once per day. If on the 15th day half of the lake was covered with lilies, on which day will the whole lake be covered with them?

[ "22", "16", "7", "30" ]

16

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A peasant buys a pregnant sheep, which gave birth to a lamb. At the age of 3, the lamb gives birth to another lamb. After that it starts bearing a lamb per year. How many sheep will the peasant have 9 years after the birth of the first lamb if all the lambs are female and none of them ever dies?

[ "54", "78", "60", "97" ]

60

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A farmer had a yard, whose shape was a square, and in the four corners of this square there were apple trees. Some years later the farmer decided to make his yard twice as big and preserve the square shape. However, after the enlargement the four apple trees were still by the fence.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

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Marsha dug her FUNEREAL attire out of the closet. It consisted of a black dress and a black overcoat. What does funereal mean?

[ "monotoned", "frumpy", "oversized", "having to do with a funeral" ]

having to do with a funeral

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The newly blooming lavender was a HARBINGER of spring. It was beautiful and fragrant. What does harbinger mean?

[ "an ode", "rebirth", "pleasant to the senses", "a sign of things to come" ]

a sign of things to come

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Her passion for art bordered on pathological MONOMANIA. Shes a sculptor, studies medieval art in night classes, frequents galleries and is often caught doodling in a notebook. What does monomania mean?

[ "excessively busy", "excessive concentration one one subject", "extremely wealthy", "patronising culture" ]

excessive concentration one one subject

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It wasnt accidental it was pure KISMET that Joey fell in love with Laura. What does kismet mean?

[ "fate, destiny", "contrived, forced", "planned", "a happy accident" ]

fate, destiny

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Because Ben travels to many countries for business, he has written a POLYGLOT lexicon for himself. It contains quick references on phrases he might need in any given situation. What does polyglot mean?

[ "containing many maps", "containing many words", "containing many languages", "pertaining to business ventures" ]

containing many languages

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A QUAGMIRE is a difficult or precarious situation.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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The fortune teller persuaded Anna that she needed a PHILTER to gain the attention of her beau. She only needed to apply the elixir and think of him. What does PHILTER mean?

[ "love potion", "medicinal cream", "makeup", "alcoholic beverage" ]

love potion

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Matt and Julie asked their son How was your day at school? and they always received the same BRUSQUE answer-fine. Brusque means habitual, constant, the same.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

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Jack grabbed Janets hand and they began to GAMBOL in the sunshine. They felt like children, not a care in the world. What does gambol mean?

[ "to wager money on an outcome", "to sing a duet", "to have sex", "to frolic and leap playfully" ]

to frolic and leap playfully

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To ESCHEW something means to be attracted to it.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

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After a long walk, two sons and two fathers find three apples. Each of them has an apple and they all go their way. How is that possible?

[ "they were a boy, his father and his grandfather", "the sons were cousins", "one of them had a hidden apple", "the sons were twins" ]

they were a boy, his father and his grandfather

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The name of what is coded in the following: 86,smopuim?

[ "it does not mean anything", "the name of a software product", "a NASA aircraft", "a secret CIA project" ]

the name of a software product

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Five girls are sitting next to each other on a train. Ann and Betty are as close to each other as Ann and Kate are. Dana and Ann are sitting as close to each other as Dana and Kate are. Between which two of her friends is the fifth girl, Jane, sitting?

[ "between Dana and Betty", "between Ann and Betty", "between Betty and Kate", "between Kate and Dana" ]

between Ann and Betty

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What number multiplied by 10 equals the square of the same number, times 5?

[ "4", "5", "2", "10" ]

2

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Bob has a book of 100 pages and in 10 seconds he can count out 10 pages. What is the shortest time in which Bob can define where the 60th page is?

[ "40 seconds", "59 seconds", "15 seconds", "60 seconds" ]

40 seconds

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Two people get to a river and find a boat capable of accommodating only one person. Using this boat, both of them manage to cross the river. If they crossed without any of the them swiming the river which of the following is true?

[ "The river was wider than longer.", "This is impossible.", "They were on different banks of the river.", "There was a bridge on the river." ]

They were on different banks of the river.

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Which term refers to a king or prince in India?

[ "raja", "haraj", "majah", "namaste" ]

raja

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Complete the Latin term for an unacceptable person: persona non _____.

[ "dedicata", "accepta", "grata", "ingrata" ]

grata