What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?
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Riddles and Lateral Thinking
Puzzles, brain teasers, and riddles involving creative, out-of-the-box, or lateral thinking
Chain Links Puzzle
You have 5 short chains of 3 links each, that you would like to connect into one long 15-link chain. To connect links, you need to cut open a link, join it with another link, and then close it.
What is the fewest number of links you need to cut to accomplish this?
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I am a solitary word.
If I lose my first letter, I remain the same.
If I lose my first letter again, I still remain the same.
What am I?
View SolutionSword is Mightier than the Bow
Shot two arrows at its center and missed both times,
swung a sword once at its center and hit twice.
What is it?
Missing Dollar Riddle
The missing dollar riddle is a classic brain teaser that can trip up even savvy puzzle solvers:
Three friends split the cost of a hotel room. They are charged $30, so each of them pays $10.
Later the hotel manager realized the room only cost $25 instead of $30. The manager brings $5 to reimburse the friends.
The manager finds it hard to split $5 three ways, so he gives the friends $1 each, and keeps $2 for himself.
But wait – each friend paid $9, for a total of $27, and the manager pocketed $2. That’s 27 + 2 = 29, whereas they originally handed over $30. Where did the missing dollar go?
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