Logical and entertaining tasks (300 tasks). Who has a mustache longer than legs? Born twice, dies once. Who is this
A monkey with a parrot came up with a boa constrictor tail exercise, and the young generation just needs to exercise their mind and ingenuity. We have found some fascinating and funny riddles that will not let young people get bored. Take your time to look at the answer, check yourself!
It will be too much!
An eighth grade student who was tasked to write a description essay expressed himself as follows: "I have twenty-five fingers on one hand, the same number on the other, and five on each leg." How is this possible?
Answer: The boy missed an important punctuation mark - the colon after the word "twenty."
Putting on a sense of humor
What is the name of the very first semiconductor in the world?
Answer: Ivan Susanin
Guilty!
The husband promised his wife to return from work at ten. He arrived home at ten o'clock and three minutes. His wife was angry. Why do you think?
Answer: The man claimed that he would arrive home at 10 pm, but came at 10 o'clock and 3 minutes in the morning.
By the way, about the weather
If it rains at 11 pm, can we hope that the sun will shine in 72 hours?
Answer: No, because at this time it will again be 23.00 and dark.
A bit of geography and mathematics
How can a visitor find Gorky Square?
Answer: It is necessary to multiply the length of Gorky by the width of Gorky.
Did you get the wrong award?
One diver won the world championship, and his coach took the prize and the medal. Why do you think?
Answer: diver is a breed of dog, Newfoundland. He won the exhibition, and the prizes were taken by the owner.
Unexpected decision
A traffic police officer wants to fine you for a violation. How to get out of an unpleasant situation without offering a bribe to the servant of the law?
Answer: buy a pen from him, then he will not be able to draw up a protocol.
Gift for all
They gave it to you, now it is yours. You did not share this with anyone, did not pass it on to anyone, but all your friends, acquaintances and relatives use it all the time. What is it?
Answer: Your name.
It is logical!
The pencil case contains a ruler and a simple pencil. On the album sheet, you need to draw two parallel straight lines. Where do you start?
Answer: take the album.
Let's remember the fractions
What sign should be placed between 2 and 3 so that the result is less than three, but more than two?
Answer: the usual comma is 2.3.
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What can it be: they throw him when he is needed, and raise him when he is not needed?
Answers: ball or anchor.
How to divide?
A wealthy peasant bequeathed 17 rams to his children, and he had three sons: Alexei, Matvey and Prokhor. He ordered this: to Alexei, half of the herd leaves, Matvey - a third of the herd, the youngest Prokhor - a ninth. How can brothers divide the inheritance without violating the will of the testator?
Answer: this is not difficult. Let the guys ask relatives or neighbors for another ram, then Ivan will get nine rams, Matvey - six and Prokhor two rams. It turns out that 9 + 6 + 2 = 17. Return the ram "in the remainder" to those from whom it was "borrowed".
Let's multiply the snow?
Every winter, Pyotr Petrovich's garden gets twice as much snow as Dmitry Vasilyevich's. Why?
Answer: because Pyotr Petrovich's plot is twice as large as Dmitry Vasilyevich's allotment.
We answer without hesitation!
Answer: there is no such date in the calendar!
Philosophical challenge
How does it all end?
Answer: the letter ё.
That also happens!
Where are cities without houses, rivers without water, forests without trees?
Answer: on the map.
These tasks can be set to children on the way to school, on a trip, or by organizing a competition at a children's party. Few people will be able to immediately answer the question, so you should gradually give small hints, this will make the solution more fun and interesting.
We hope that you will not just put your child at the computer so that he can see all the answers at once. Do not forget that no car can replace a son or daughter's parental love and attention.
1. What word is always spelled wrong? (A joke task.)
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2. How many months in a year have 28 days?
All months
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3. At what speed should the dog move (within the limits possible for it) so as not to hear the ringing 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 10-meter ladder and not hurt yourself?
You 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. Whom do Australians call sea wasp?
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9. What should you do when you see a green man?
Cross the street (this is a drawing on a green traffic light)
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10. Moscow used to be called white stone. And which city was called black?
Chernihiv
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11. Inhabitants of medieval Europe sometimes tied wooden chocks to the soles. For what purpose did they do it?
For protection from dirt, because there was no sewage system and the slop was poured directly onto the street
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12. In what process did water replace the sun, after 600 years it was replaced by sand, and after 1100 years all of them were replaced by a mechanism?
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, an eagle was depicted on the coat of arms of the Russian Empire, 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 the whole European country?
The Germanic tribe of 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, while penguins live at the South Pole.
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17. Not wanting to admit that the Red Army could defeat them, the Germans argued that General Moroz, General Dirt and General Mouse won the Great Patriotic War. With regard to frost and dirt, everything is clear. But what does the mouse have to do with it?
Mice gnawed at 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,
Do not bypass each other.
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21. What is the correct way to say: “I don’t see the white yolk” or “I don’t see the 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 get into the house?
When the door is open
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24. Two fathers and two sons walked, they found three oranges. They began to divide - all got one by one. How could this be?
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25. What kind of dishes can you not eat anything from?
From empty
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26. A small, grayish one looks like an elephant. Who is this?
Baby elephant
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27. Which hand is better for stirring tea?
The one in which the spoon
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28. They knock, knock - they don't tell you to get bored.
They walk, they walk, 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,
Draw two strips.
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30. When is a person in a room without a head?
When he pokes her out of the room (for example, out the window).
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31. What question cannot be answered “yes”?
Do you sleep?
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32. What question cannot be answered “no”?
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33. When can the net draw out water?
When the water freezes and turns to ice.
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34. Bold as ...,
insidious as ...,
cowardly like ...
cunning as ...,
evil as ...,
hungry like ...
hardworking like ...
true as ...,
stubborn as ...
stupid like ...
quiet as ...,
free as….
Lion, snake, hare, fox, dog, wolf, ant, dog, donkey, ram, mouse, bird
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35. How do day and night end?
By the soft sign
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36. The magpie flies, and the dog sits on its tail. Could it be?
Yes, the dog sits on its own tail, next to the magpie flies
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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 the chatty Svetochka speaks least of all?
February is the shortest month
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40. What belongs to you, but others use it more than you do?
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41. How to find last year's snow?
Go outside immediately 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's 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 there in the sea?
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46. What sign should be placed between 4 and 5 in order for the result to be more than 4 and less than 5?
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47. Can a rooster call itself a bird?
No, because he cannot speak.
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48. What disease on earth has no one sick?
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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. One corner was sawed off at a square table in a straight line. How many corners does the table have now?
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53. Which knot cannot be untied?
Railway
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54. What is the front of the cow and the back of the bull?
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55. What is the worst 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 are all people on earth doing 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 games 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 intact.
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60. The man was driving a large truck. The headlights on the car were not on. There was no moon either. 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 to build suspension bridges from spiders, from cats he adopted a diaphragm in a camera and reflective road signs. What invention came from snakes?
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63. What can you easily pick up from the ground, but you can't throw it far?
Poplar fluff.
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64. What kind of comb can you comb your head with?
Petushin.
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65. What do they give up when they need it, and raise it up when there is no need for it?
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66. What can travel the world, staying in the same corner?
Postage Stamp.
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67. You are sitting in an airplane, there is a horse in front of you, a car behind you. Where are you at?
On the carousel
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68. What notes can be used to measure the distance?
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69. What won't fit in the biggest pot?
Its cover.
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70. Russian riddle. A wooden river, a wooden boat, and a wooden smoke is streaming over the boat. What's this?
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71. A satellite makes one revolution around the Earth in 1 hour 40 minutes, and another 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. The boy carried one kilogram of iron in one hand, and the same amount of fluff in the other. What was harder to carry?
The same.
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74. In 1711, in each regiment of the Russian army, a new division of 9 people appeared. What is this unit?
Regimental Orchestra.
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Plane crashes.
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76. There is a story about a little boy who, having received a New Year's gift, asked his mother: “Please take off the lid. I want to stroke a present. " 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 in due time silkworm eggs were exported from China on 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 humans?
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80. A problem invented by the learned monk and mathematician from Ireland Alcuin (735-804).
The peasant needs to transport a wolf, a goat and a cabbage across the river. 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, 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: Clearly you have to start with the goat. The peasant, having transported the goat, returns and takes the wolf, which he transports to the other side, where he leaves it, but he takes the goat and carries it back to the first bank. Here he leaves her and transports the cabbage to the wolf. Followed then, returning, he transports a goat, and the crossing ends safely. Solution 2: First, the peasant again transports the goat. But the second 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 Russia, married women wore a headdress kokoshnik, the name of which came from the word "kokosh", meaning an 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. What is the fifth largest country in terms of area after Russia, China, Canada and the United States?
Brazil.
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84. A man went to the market and bought a horse there for 50 rubles. But he soon noticed that the price of horses had risen and sold it for 60 rubles. Then he realized that he had nothing to ride, and bought the same horse for 70 rubles. Then he wondered how not to get a scolding from his wife for such an expensive purchase, and sold it for 80 rubles. What did he earn as a result of the manipulation?
Answer: -50 + 60 - 70 + 80 = 20
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85. The only bird that has auricles?
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86. Two at the same time approached the river. A boat that can be crossed can only hold one person. And yet, without assistance, everyone crossed the 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 characters for "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 find them in any market?
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89. The Romans introduced a revolutionary innovation to the fork design - all subsequent models were just variations of the solution found. And what was the fork before this innovation?
One-toothed.
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90. Chinese martial artists used to say that a fight is for fools, for smart ones it is a victory. And what, in their opinion, is for the wise?
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91. What is the native language for the largest number of people.
Chinese.
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92. In Ancient Rus they were called broken numbers. What are they called nowadays?
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93. A brick weighs two kilograms and a floor of a brick. How many kilograms does a brick weigh?
We put a brick on one pan. On the other, we put a 2-kilogram weight and a half-brick. Now break the brown brick in half and remove half a brick from each 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 kind of people are they?
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 are the fruits in third?
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96. In the American state of Arizona, they began to protect the desert from thieves. They steal that without which the desert is threatened with desolation and devastation. What do the thieves take out of the desert?
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97. Name the plant with 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 the Portuguese, in Prussia - the hares. And what are they called in Russia?
Cockroaches.
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100. Whom do the Malays catch with the help of a locked bamboo cage with a live pig inside?
Pythons, after eating the pig, they could no longer get out of the cage.
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101. A hedgehog has 4 g, a dog - 100 g, a horse - 500 g, an elephant - 4-5 kg, a man - 1.4 kg. What?
Brain mass.
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102. In 1825, the streets of Philadelphia were cleared of litter by pets. Which ones?
Pigs.
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103. What dish did Marco Aroni invent in the 17th century?
Pasta.
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104. What does any cosmonaut lose in flight?
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105. As you know, all native Russian female (full) names end either in A or 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. Gallic priests found a reliable way to quickly mobilize soldiers in case of war. For this, they sacrificed only one person. Which one?
The last to come.
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107. Once in the city of Nice, a competition was held for the most hardy 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 edges?
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109. In the mouth - a pipe, in the hand - a tambourine, under the arm - mug. This is how buffoons were portrayed in Russia. As for the pipe and tambourine, everything is clear, but what is a mug?
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110. Everyone knows that "you cannot wash dirty linen in public." And what, after all, was supposed to be done with him if he couldn't bear it?
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111. Where did the Russian men wear 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. Which grass is the tallest?
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114. Name an agricultural crop that burns 90% and throws away 10%.
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115. The Greeks used this to protect certain parts of their body. It was crafted from sandalwood bark. Name it.
Sandals.
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116. The first greenhouses appeared in France. What do you think for what?
For growing oranges (orange - orange).
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117. The owner of the largest horn is a white rhinoceros (up to 158 cm). Which animal has the softest horns?
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118. This is what football referees used before the whistle was used.
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 5000 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?" "Certainly," Hippocrates replied, "but very rare." What other property of this disease was noted with regret by Hippocrates?
Not 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, the ancient Slavs fastened the cover for hunting edged weapons?
On the foot. This is the scabbard.
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124. Three painters had a brother Ivan, but Ivan had no brothers. How could this be?
Ivan had three sisters.
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125. The Russian princes had various nicknames that came from the names of cities (Vladimirsky, Chernigovsky, Galitsky), from bright personal qualities (Udaloi, Wise, Kalita). What nickname did Prince Vsevolod receive, who had twelve children?
Vsevolod the Big Nest.
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126. In 1240, a population census was carried out for the first time in Kievan Rus. Who did it and for what purpose?
Genghis Khan (to collect tribute from the population).
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127. It was 988 ... A large crowd of inhabitants of ancient Kiev was moving towards the Dnieper for some reason. What was the name of the road along which the townspeople walked?
988 is 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 Russia (Belarus). And what was the name of Manchuria, which was part of this state?
Yellow Russia.
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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 thought." Seneca did the same. Horace was thus cured of a serious illness. Suvorov was a big fan of this. Both A.S. Pushkin and L.N. Tolstoy loved to do this. What did they do?
We walked barefoot.
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131. What was the name of a philosopher in Russia earlier?
Wise.
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132. What flower was considered a symbol of royal power?
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133. If the Turks wanted to say “guard the village”, they said “kara avyl”. How do we speak now?
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134. Ancient Romans wore a tunic. And what did they wear when the cold came?
Several tunics, one on top of the other.
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135. How will “shoes” be in Tatar?
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136. We, basically, use only the beginning of this proverb, and its end: "... just choked on his tail"?
I ate the dog.
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137. Say in Danish “Ole, close your eyes”.
Ole Lukkoye.
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138. Barbarians were easily recognized by this garment.
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139. Which literary character had 300-year-old calluses?
Old Man Hottabych.
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140. These three brothers can be called architects.
Three pigs.
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141. As you know, grandfather Mazai saved many birds with one stone. Name the person who saved eighteen pigeons and a sparrow during a fire.
Uncle Styopa.
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142. 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. 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: "... the stump is great, but the duplist"?
Small spool but precious.
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145. Everyone knows the expression "Take care of it like the apple of your eye." And what is the "apple of an eye"?
Eye pupil.
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146. This word literally means "what will happen after the morning." What is this word?
In the morning - 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 fairytale hero from birth spoke three languages?
Dragon.
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149. In Russia 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 was the main food for the poor in Europe. And we know this better from a short work with six characters.
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151. What kind of plant is this that personifies both a relative 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 prepare a salad with it ...
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153. Russian riddle: "The girl is red, and the heart is stone." What's this?
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154. Which peaceful ships have not captains, but commanders?
Space.
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155. What is the most popular type of transport for logging in hard-to-reach regions of Asia?
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156. Once in the Russian army there was an officer by the name of Sieverst-Mehring, who became famous, like Baron Munchausen, for his irrepressible imagination. What phraseological unit was born in connection with his name?
Lies like a gray gelding.
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157. He has four, but if you cut them all off, then he will have as many as eight. What is it about?
On the corners of a quadrangle.
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158. Catherine II bought works of art all over the world 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. What for?
That it was a pity to quit.
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160. What is the difference between running and walking? Before answering this question, remember that running can be slower than walking, and that there is even running in place.
Running differs from walking not in speed of movement. When walking, our body always touches the ground with some point of the legs. While 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 road accidents. To reduce their numbers, the city has made it mandatory to wear seat belts. Drivers and passengers began to wear these belts, but the number of accidents remained unchanged, and the number of injured people who were admitted to the hospital even increased. Why?
Wearing seat belts has reduced the number of fatalities 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 sentries at the roadside. One looks to one side of the road, and the other to the opposite, but at the same time they see each other. How can this be? Options with reflections, etc. - excluded.
Although the sentries are looking in opposite directions, they are not standing back to back, but facing each other.
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163. If it rains at 12 o'clock in the morning, can you expect to see sunny weather in 72 hours?
No, as it will be midnight again in 72 hours.
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164. There is a round deep lake 200 meters in diameter 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 does not know how to swim needs to get over to the island using a rope, the length of which is slightly 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 to cross to the island.
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165. A man lives on the 17th floor. He takes the elevator to his floor only in rainy weather or when one of the neighbors is taking the elevator with him. If the weather is fine and he is alone in the elevator, then he goes to the 9th floor, and then to the 17th floor he walks up the stairs ... Why?
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166. One person was asked:
How old are you?
“Decent,” he replied.
- I am almost six hundred times older than some of my relatives. 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 at the local fool. When he was offered a choice between a shiny 10-ruble coin and a crumpled hundred-ruble bill, he always chose a coin, although it costs ten times less than a bill. Why did he never choose the bill?
He was not at all stupid: he understood that while he was choosing 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 not receive anything.
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168. The day before yesterday Petya was 17 years old. He will turn 20 next year. 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, this year he will turn 19, and next year 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 his place, put two sheets of paper in his portfolio with him and said: “On one sheet I wrote 'Go away', and on the second - 'Stay.' The sheet that you pull out will decide your fate. " The Prime Minister guessed that both sheets of paper read "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 a ball out of it - and swallowed it. Since the remaining sheet read -Go away-, the king had to admit that the swallowed sheet read -Stay-.
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170. One gentleman, showing his friend a portrait painted by his order by one artist, said: "I have no sisters or brothers, but the father of this man was the son of my father."
The portrait shows the gentleman's son.
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171. There are 8 benches in the park. Three 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. The 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 wool or 1 kg of iron?
The same.
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175. The truck was driving to the village. On the way, he met 4 cars. How many cars were driving to the village?
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176. Twice will be born, once dies. Who is this?
Chick.
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177. What can't you pick up by the tail from the floor?
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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's this?
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180. The 9-storey building has an elevator. 2 people live on the first floor, 4 people on the second, 8 people on the third, 16 on the fourth, 32 on the fifth, and so on. What's the most pressing button in the elevator in this house?
Ground floor button.
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181. Something goes uphill, then downhill, but remains in place?
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182. Seven sparrows were sitting on a tree, one of them was eaten by a cat. How many sparrows are left on the tree?
None: the surviving sparrows scattered.
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183. Guests have come to you, and in the fridge there is a bottle of lemonade, a bag of apple juice and a bottle of mineral water. What will you discover first?
Refrigerator.
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184. What Russian city flies?
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185. What is not eaten raw, but boiled - 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 it?
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188. There are monkey schools in Thailand. 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 its planes. What for?
Scare birds away.
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191. Why do birds choose a cold day for departure in autumn, and arrive in spring on a warm one?
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 ranks second 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?
Swimming bladder.
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196. Who has teeth in the stomach?
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197. Until the XVI century. only white and yellow varieties of it existed in nature. However, Dutch breeders, admirers of the Duke of Orange, have developed a currently known patriotic color variety. What are we talking about?
About carrots.
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198. As the name of this country suggests, 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 there are much more of them), the primacy belongs to another. Which?
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200. What metal is found in nature less often than platinum or uranium, but until recently it was in almost every home?
Mercury in a thermometer.
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201. In which state of the United States there is one woman for every 50 men?
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202. There is something so fragile that even saying its name, you break it. What's this?
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203. In 1086, the sister of Vladimir Monomakh opened a school at one of the Kiev monasteries. How did this school differ from all those that existed in Russia before?
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204. Where were potatoes first discovered?
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205. How to write "nineteen", and then, removing one, get
"twenty"?
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206. Feed him and he will come to life. Get him drunk and he dies. What it is?
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207. That has 5 fingers, but at the same time 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 does half of an orange look like the most?
For the second half.
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210. What part of the 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, does it look like an elephant?
Baby elephant.
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216.there are two dombras,harpsthere are five of them, the guitar has six. How many of them does a piano have?
Seven (octaves).
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217. What kind of baby is born with a mustache?
For example, a kitten.
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218. When can a person rush with the speed of a racing car?
When he is in it.
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219. What do elephants have and what other animals do?
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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 in five letters?
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222. My father's son, and not my brother?
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223. What kind of fabric can not be used to sew a shirt?
From the railway.
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224. What city is in the compote?
Raisin (A city in Ukraine, in the Kharkiv region).
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225. There were 20 bulbs in the lamp, 5 of them burned out. How many bulbs are left?
Twenty bulbs (15 working and 5 burned out).
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226. Dad caught 3 fish in 10 minutes while fishing. How long will it take for him to catch 10 more fish?
The problem has no clear answer.
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227. There were 9 rolls on the tray. 9 girls took a bun each. But there was only one bun left on the tray. How did this happen?
The last girl took the bun along with the tray.
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228. Vasya is 5 years old. And Anya is 9 years old. What is the age difference between them in three years?
Four years (the age difference does not change).
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229. From the forest, Misha brought 2 porcini mushrooms, 3 boletus boletus, 4 amanita and 5 russula for mushroom soup to his grandmother. How many mushrooms will grandmother need for soup?
10 mushrooms, fly agaric is an inedible mushroom.
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230. Plane, steamer, balloon, helicopter. What word is superfluous here?
Steamer (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 get there faster than the second one?
4 times, because the 1st needs to overcome 2 gaps between the 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. A car wheel is rolling to the right; its rim turns 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 compression point in both directions - back and forth.
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234. What is in first place in Russia, and in second in France?
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235. A camel withstands a load of 10 poods for an hour. How long will it last for a load of 1000 poods?
None. The camel cannot bear that weight.
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236. Why are riddles dangerous for the head?
Because people are puzzled over him.
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237. What can snow and a lilac bush have in common?
Color. Lilac flowers are also white.
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238. What does the 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 geographic map
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240. In the name of which side of the world there are one hundred and one letters?
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241. Who speaks all languages?
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242. They walk with a load, 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's this?
Horse rider.
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246. What clock shows the correct time only twice a day?
That stopped.
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247. Once the guys gathered for a picnic, only 6 people. They looked, and instead of 6 apples they took 5. How to divide apples equally among all, so that no one was offended? They cannot be cut or broken.
It is necessary to cook compote from apples.
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248. If Erika lives in Washington, and Tina lives in Bueno Aires, then where does Tai live?
In Pekin. The names of the people are part of the names of the country in the capital of which 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 diggers. However, the weather was fine, and the prospectors slept in the open air. Nobody bought tents. Nevertheless, the seller became 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 in the bushes and assesses the situation at the checkpoint. An officer approaches, a sentry to him: "Password".
Officer: "26".
Sentry: "Review".
Officer: "13".
Sentry: "Come in."
The second one fits: "Password!" - "22".
"Review" - "11".
"Come in."
Well, the spy thinks he figured out the password system, runs to the sentry.
Sentry: "Password".
Spy: "100".
Sentry: "Review".
Spy: "50"
In general, they caught a spy. Which answer would be correct?
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, come up with a word that has the same meaning and begins with the letter K:
Wealth, Print, 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 him to take them every half hour. How long will it take to take the pills?
At first glance, it may seem that a person will take the last pill in an hour and a half, because this is exactly three times for half an hour. In fact, he will take 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 the third pill. Therefore, the person will take the last pill one hour after the start of treatment.
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253. What insect does the whole world applaud?
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254. Is she red? - No, black. Why is she white? Because it's green. What's 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. A comic task. A hunter is riding on a bus, he sees a hare running. He fired. Where did he go?
To the police (Shooting in vehicles is prohibited).
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257. Who is the jack of all trades?
Glover.
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258. How to throw a tennis ball so that, having flown 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 something or tied to something.
Throw it up.
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259. The ratio of the age of one boy to the age of another boy a few years ago was the same as it is now. What is this attitude?
One to one, that is, boys of the same age.
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260. What is the largest number that 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 from under the ground, they are numbered from No. 1 to No. 10.
From the first nine springs, everyone can take dead water, but spring number 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 with poison from a source whose number is greater. For example, if he drinks from the seventh spring, 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.
Ivanushka the Fool challenged Koshchei to a duel. The conditions of the duel were as follows: each brings a mug of liquid with him and gives it to his opponent to drink. Koschey was delighted: “I will give poison number 10, and Ivan the fool will not be able to save himself! And I myself will drink the poison that Ivanushka the fool will bring me, I will drink it down with my tenth and I will 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 Koschey had died, but Ivan the Fool remained alive! How did it come about?
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 drank the poison with Kashcheev 10, and as a result, this poison was neutralized ..
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262. Divide the following number in your mind by two: one sexbillion seven
Paul Sixtillard three and a half
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263. How to divide five apples between five people so that one apple remains in the basket? (Joke task)
One in 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 lying 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 to be 99, and this is 66, increased by one and a half times.
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265. One lily leaf grows in the pond. The number of leaves doubles every day. On what day will the pond be half-covered with lily leaves if it is known that it will be completely covered with them after 100 days?
The pond will be half covered with lily leaves on day 99. 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. they will completely cover the pond in 100 days.
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266. Is it possible to fly to the Moon by plane? (Keep in mind that airplanes are powered by jet engines, like space rockets, and run on the same fuel as they are.)
The plane in flight "keeps" in the air, so it is impossible to fly to the moon by plane, because there is no air in open space.
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267. The girl dropped her ring into a cup containing instant coffee. Why did the ring stay dry?
The water has not yet been poured into the cup.
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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 destruction; Two warriors will help you get out - one always speaks the truth, the other always lies, but it is not known which of them is a liar and who is a lover of truth; you can only ask any of them one question. " What question must be asked to get out?
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 this formulation of the question, the warrior who lies all the time will be forced to speak the truth. Let's say you, showing him the way out to freedom, say: "If I ask you if this way out leads to freedom, then you will answer me yes?" It will be true in this case if he answers “no”, but he has to lie and therefore he is forced to say “yes”.
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269. If three days ago there was a day before Monday, what day will be the day after tomorrow?
Before Monday was Sunday. If three days ago was Sunday, today is Wednesday. If today is Wednesday, then the day after tomorrow will be Friday.
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270. The girl was in a taxi. On the way, she chatted so much that the chauffeur became nervous. He told her that he was very sorry, but did 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 was playing a trick on her. How did she guess?
If the taxi driver is deaf, how did he know 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 anchored ocean liner. At midnight the water was 4 meters below the window and rose half a meter per hour. If this speed doubles every hour, how long does it take for the water to reach the window?
The water never reaches 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 your 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 a simple 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 on the Earth's equator travels approximately 40,000 km - a path equal to the length of the equator). So, instead of going somewhere by train or flying by plane, or sailing by ship, we just need to rise high above the ground in a balloon or airship and be motionless there for some time. During this time, the Earth will turn towards 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 mistake was made in it?
This way of traveling is, of course, unsuitable. The atmosphere, gravitated by the Earth, rotates with it. And even if the atmosphere were motionless, then, having risen into it from the rotating Earth, we would have continued the Earth's motion by inertia for some time. In addition, if the atmosphere were stationary, and the Earth continued to rotate in it (and fast enough: see the condition of the problem), then in this case the most grandiose hurricane would not stop raging on the 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 the paper over the fire, it will surely catch fire. But the point is that the boiling point of water is much lower than the ignition temperature of paper. Since the heat of the flame is absorbed by the boiling water, the paper cannot reach the desired 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 fine for boiling water. The same explanation underlies the phenomenon of a fireproof piece of paper tightly wound around a metal rod (or steel nail) and embedded in a candle flame. The heat of the fire will be taken up by the rod, preventing the piece of paper from heating up to the desired temperature and catching fire.
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275. In one class the pupils were divided into two groups. Some had to always tell only the truth, while others - only the truth. All students in the class wrote an essay on a free topic, which had to end with the phrase: "Everything written here is true" or "Everything written here is a lie." There were 17 lovers of truth and 18 liars in the class. How many essays came out with a statement about the veracity of what was written?
All truth-seekers rightly asserted that everything they wrote was true, but all liars also 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-grandfathers and great-great-grandmothers did you have in total?
Each person has 2 parents, 2 grandmothers and 2 grandfathers, 4 great-grandmothers and 4 great-grandfathers, 8 great-great-grandmothers and 8 great-grandfathers.
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277. Dialogue in a hardware store:
How much does one cost?
- 20 rubles, - the seller answered.
How much is 12?
- 40 rubles.
Ok give me 120.
- Please, from you 60 rubles.
What did the visitor buy?
Number for the apartment.
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278. A bottle with a cork costs 1 rub. 10 k. A bottle is 1 r. More expensive than a cork. How much does a bottle cost and how much does a cork cost?
At first glance, it may seem that a bottle costs 1 r., And a cork 10 k., But then a bottle is more expensive than a cork by 90 k., And not 1 r., As by condition. 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 have to go through to get to the second floor?
At first glance, it may seem that Olya goes through 30 steps - two times less than Katya, since she lives two times below her. In fact, this is not the case. When Katya ascends to the fourth floor, she overcomes 3 flights of stairs between floors. This means that there are 20 steps between the two floors: 60: 3 = 20. Olya rises from the first floor to the second, therefore, she overcomes 20 steps.
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280. How to pour exactly half of a mug, ladle, saucepan and any other dish of regular cylindrical shape, filled to the brim with water, without using any measuring instruments?
Any dish of regular cylindrical shape, when viewed from the side, is a rectangle. As you know, the diagonal of a rectangle divides it into two equal parts. Likewise, a cylinder is bisected by an ellipse. From a cylindrical dish filled with water, water must be poured 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 chickens lay in 12 days?
You can immediately answer that 12 chickens will lay 12 eggs in 12 days. However, it is not. If three hens lay three eggs in three days, then one hen in the same three days lays one egg. Therefore, in 12 days it will lay: 12: 3 = 4 eggs. If there are 12 chickens, 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 (1,000,000)
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283. "I guarantee, - said the seller in the pet store, - that this parrot will repeat any word he heard." The delighted buyer bought the 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? (A joke task.)
The parrot can indeed repeat every word he hears, but he 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, since without it you cannot light a candle or a kerosene lamp. The question of the problem 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 everything else from it).
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285. Half of half of the number is equal to half. What number is it?
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286. Over time, a person will definitely visit Mars. Sasha Ivanov is a person. Consequently, Sasha Ivanov will eventually visit Mars. Is this reasoning correct? If not, what mistake was made in it?
The reasoning is wrong. It is not necessary that Sasha Ivanov will eventually visit Mars. The external correctness of this reasoning is created due to the use of one word in it ("person") in two different senses: in the broad (abstract representative of humanity) and in the narrow (specific, given, this particular person).
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287. It is often said that a composer, or an artist, or a writer, or a scientist must be born. Is this true? Is it really necessary to be born a composer (artist, writer, scientist)? (A joke task.)
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, paint pictures, write novels or make scientific discoveries. This comic task is based on the ambiguity of the question: "Is it really necessary to be born?" This question can be understood literally: is it necessary to be born in order to engage in any kind of activity; and also this question can be understood in a figurative sense: is the talent of a composer (artist, writer, scientist) 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. Without the right eye, we see. Without the left one, too, we see. And since we have no other eyes apart from the left and right eyes, it turns out that neither eye is necessary for vision. Is this statement true? If not, what mistake was made in 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 neither eye can see. It was he who was missed: "Without the right eye, we see, without the left, too, which means that eyes are not necessary for sight." The correct statement should be as follows: “Without the right eye we see, without the left we also see, but without two we do not see together, which means that we see either with one eye, or with the other, or with two together, but we cannot see without eyes, which, thus essential for sight. "
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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 much fewer 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 old; if he answers “no”, then he is from 1 to 50 years old. The number of options for his age after the first question is halved. The next similar question: "Are you over (you may ask - under) 25 years old?", "Are you over (under) 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 person 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 twigs in a narrow window. It was possible to crawl into 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 go down. Then I remembered how one wise man lengthened a blanket that was too short for him, cutting off a part of it from the bottom and sewing it on top. So I hastened to split the rope in half and tie the two pieces together again. Then it became long enough, and I safely went down along it. " How did the narrator manage to do this?
The narrator divided the rope not across, as it most likely might seem, but along the length, making two ropes of the same length out of it. When he tied the two pieces together, the rope was twice as long as it was at first.
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291. Make a question of five consecutive letters of the Russian alphabet. Hint: it may 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 the cells on the dial (hours, minutes, seconds) are filled with the same number?
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 ...
Then he picked up the phone, dialed someone's number, listened to several long beeps - hung up and fell asleep calmly. Question: why could he not fall asleep before?
The truck used up fuel as it got 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 and not 13
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300. Frau and Herr Myers 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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High school students are often distracted, so they use riddles for children 10 years old to develop perseverance and attentiveness.
Riddles are the oldest art of our ancestors to convey wise thoughts and develop ingenuity. The folk method has not lost its relevance now. It is suitable for both preschoolers and teenagers of 14 years old. Solving various puzzles increases their intellectual development, teaches them to reason and not be afraid to prove their opinion.
What are the riddles?
If the child in kindergarten was not taught a love of riddles, start learning them with simple examples, even for 13-14 year olds. Describe allegorically an object, animal, bird, or natural phenomenon. Let him think and tell the answer. Sometimes it can be difficult to quickly identify the correct answers. Then simplify the task and describe the question in more detail. The child will definitely guess.
Children under 12 love rhymed riddles. These are small quatrains in which the last word must be correctly named. Grade 5 students enjoy taking part in quizzes.
- The teacher collects 2 teams of students.
- In turn, one representative from each team comes out, and the teacher reads the riddle.
- The winner is the one who is the first to say the correct answer.
- Points are awarded for the winnings and a small prize is awarded to the winning team.
When the guys get used to naming the answer, quickly rhyming the last word, complicate the task. Think of children's trick riddles in which the rhyming word at the end of the quatrain is wrong. It is good to use such techniques in comic contests, skits. This is a fun activity that can easily captivate the entire class team and quietly develop the attention of 12 year old schoolchildren, teach them to focus their thoughts.
You can use riddle-poems based on artistic images and knowledge of 12-13 year old children about the world around them.
Children's riddles are interesting not only to guess, but also to come up with. This process allows the child to highlight important features in things and phenomena and develops non-standard thinking. If you start to train logic as early as possible and continue at the age of 12, then at the age of 14, schoolchildren will have no problems with algebra and geometry. They will get used to looking for original solutions and looking for the very essence.
High school students will be interested in complex puzzles, over the answers to which you need to thoroughly smash your head. They are different:
- mathematical;
- based on life situations;
- on the development of erudition and deduction;
- on the development of logic with a trick.
Teens with developed logical thinking sometimes click riddles that not every adult can handle.
The best riddles
We have a girl named Sveta.
She has two secrets.
The first is all soft wool.
He lay in a prominent place.
But then the second secret
Very small, barely light,
I played a little with him -
I unrolled everything around the house.
Sveta saw it
And she wound it back.
What are the secrets
Have our Sveta got it?
(Tangle, kitten)
She is not whiny in the world,
But, crying, it gives light to people.
She is thin, she is small
But her deeds are great!
And without her everything would be around
The tailors would be like no hands.
Klim told us, almost crying:
- I have a dacha in the village.
But for the whole season on her
I didn’t pick vegetables.
- How many times, - Sveta asked, -
Have you been at the dacha over the summer?
Klim answered her, blinking:
- Once. Harvesting.
And now, just right,
I will ask, friends, from you,
Why is Klim empty -
No potatoes, no cabbage?
(Because vegetables in the country
do not grow by themselves)
The granddaughter of grandfather Luka taught:
- They come from sand
And from iron, from hair.
What is it? Here is the question!
Outside the village, in the forest, for a long time
It has eaten into the tree.
And since then it happens
A gaping void inside.
And it happens that it is full
The owl's head is visible.
Not a magician, but moreover
He owns magic.
And suddenly broken vase
He will make the whole at once.
He has a huge body
It has six KAMAZ cargoes
He quickly rushes with loads,
He is in a hurry to the right place.
And while he, mind you, -
So so so! - sings on the way.
(Railway carriage)
These shoes are good
But we don't rush her
And not to grind in a month -
You can only dump.
(Felt boots)
Children have a great interest in him.
A lot of miracles happen there.
So, for example, mongrels have football in honor
And they can even keep score.
Hockey players can be heard crying Did the goalkeeper let them pass ...?
(not a ball, but a puck)
He's a big naughty comedian
He has a house on the roof.
A braggart and a good-for-nothing,
And his name is ...
(not Dunno, but Carlson)
The grandmother was carrying a hundred eggs to the market, and the bottom dropped how many eggs remained in the basket.
(Not a single one, after all, the bottom fell ..)
Not a rider, but with spurs,
Not an alarm clock, but wakes everyone up.
She is beautiful and sweet
And her name comes from the word "ash".
(Cinderella)
One eye, one horn, but not a rhino?
(A cow peeps around the corner)
Five boys
Five closets.
The boys went their separate ways
Into the dark closets.
Every boy
Into your closet.
(Fingers and gloves)
The nose is round, with a patch,
It is convenient for them to dig in the ground,
Small crochet tail,
Instead of shoes - hooves.
Three of them - and to what
Brothers are similar.
Guess without a clue,
Who are the heroes of this tale?
(Three pigs)
Father had a strange boy
Unusual - wooden.
But dad loved his son.
What a weird
Wooden man
On land and under water
Looking for a golden key?
Everywhere he sticks his nose long.
Who is this? .. (Pinocchio).
Autumn rain walked around the city,
The rain has lost its rain.
The mirror lies on the asphalt
The wind will blow - it will tremble. (Puddle)
I have worn them for many years
I don’t know the account.
If it weren't for him,
Wouldn't say anything.
There is water all around, but drinking is a problem. (Sea).
Thirty-two are threshing
one turns.
(Teeth and tongue)
There are many teeth, but he does not eat anything.
(Hairbrush)
People always have
The ships always have.
Little boy in a gray Armenian
He sneaks around the yards, picks up crumbs,
It roams at night - steals cannabis.
(Sparrow)
He knocks all the time, hollows trees.
But they are not crippled, but only healed.
Black, nimble,
Screams "krak" - the worms are the enemy.
In the morning goes to four,
In the afternoon for two, and in the evening for three.
(Child, adult, old man)
He appeared in a yellow fur coat:
Goodbye two shells!
(Chick)
A beauty walks, easily touches the ground,
Goes to the field, to the river,
And on a snowball, and a flower.
On the wall, in a conspicuous place,
Gathers the news together
And then its tenants
Will fly to all ends.
(Mailbox)
She has her whole soul wide open,
And even though there are buttons - not a shirt,
Not a turkey, but inflates
And not a bird, but flooded.
(Harmonic)
Today everyone is rejoicing!
In the hands of the kids
They dance for joy
Air ...
If I see dust, I grumble, wrap it up and swallow it.
(A vacuum cleaner)
Cracked from the very morning: “Por-r-ra! Por-r-ra! "
What is the time? What a hassle with her,
When it bursts ...
Variegated fidget, long-tailed bird,
The bird is talkative, the most talkative.
White-sided traitor, and her name is ...
They say in Moscow, but we hear it.
Carpenter with a sharp chisel
Builds a house with one window.
I will sit under my armpit and indicate what to do:
Or I'll put you to bed, or I'll let you go for a walk.
(Thermometer)
Angry touchy
Lives in the wilderness of the forest.
There are a lot of needles
And the thread is not one.
Blue house at the gate.
Guess who lives in it.
The door is narrow under the roof -
Not for squirrels, not for mice,
Not for a temporary tenant,
Talkative starling.
News flies through this door,
They spend half an hour together.
News does not stay for a long time -
They fly in all directions!
(Mailbox)
Ponytail with patterns, boots with spurs,
Little white feathers, red comb.
Who is that on the peg?
(Peter the cockerel)
There are no clouds on the horizon
But an umbrella opened in the sky.
In a few minutes
Got down …
(Parachute)
Difficult options
- The hostess needs to bake 6 pies. How can she cope in 15 minutes, if only 4 pies are placed in the pan, and the pie must be baked on each side for 5 minutes?
(Answer: 1) put 4 pies; 2) turn over 2 pies, remove 2, put 2 new ones; 3) 2 ready-made we remove, 2 we turn over and we turn over 2 we removed earlier.) - Vova and Sasha played in a dirty and dark attic. Vova's face was completely smeared with soot, and Sashino miraculously remained clean. Going down, the guys looked at each other in the light of day, but for some reason it was not Vova who went to wash, but Sasha. (Answer: Sasha looked at Vova's face, and since it was dirty, he thought that he too got dirty, and therefore went to wash. And Vova, who looked at Sasha's clean face, did not even think that he himself it can be grimy ..)
- What sign should you put between the digits 8 and 9 so that the answer is less than 9 but more than 8? (Answer: you need to put a comma).
- Katya really wanted to buy chocolate, but to buy it, she had to add 11 kopecks. And Dima wanted chocolate, but he lacked 2 kopecks. They decided to buy at least one chocolate bar, but they still lacked 2 kopecks. How much does chocolate cost? (Answer: a chocolate bar costs 11 kopecks, Katya has no money at all).
- A prisoner was kept in an empty cell. He sat alone, every day they brought him dry bread, how did the bones appear in the cell? (Answer: bones from fish, bread was brought with fish soup).
- One boy was walking in the park and saw a high school student. The high school student offered to argue: “If I write your exact height in a notebook, then you will give me 1000 rubles, and if I am mistaken, then I will. I promise that I will not ask you any questions, and I will not measure you either. " The boy agreed. The high school student wrote something in a notebook, showed it to the boy, the boy looked and gave the high school student 1,000 rubles. How did the high school student manage to win the argument? (Answer: the high school student wrote "your exact height" in the notebook).
- There were five apples on the plate for five children. Each child took an apple. However, one apple remained on the plate. How is this possible? (Answer: The last child took the apple along with the plate)
- Today is not Sunday and tomorrow is not Wednesday. Yesterday was not Friday and the day before yesterday was not Monday. Tomorrow is not Sunday, and yesterday was not Sunday. The day after tomorrow is not Saturday or Sunday. Yesterday was neither Monday nor Wednesday. The day before yesterday was not Wednesday, and tomorrow is not Tuesday. Yes, and today is not Wednesday. What day of the week is today when you consider that one statement on the list is false? (Answer: Today is SUNDAY)
Children at the age of 14 love riddles related to calculating different numbers, weighing and finding a mathematical sequence. To solve them, a piece of paper and a pen are often used to draw a condition. This makes it easier to find the answer. Such tasks are difficult at first glance, but it is worth thinking a little, concentrating, and the correct answer will be found.
Children's riddles based on life situations make you think outside the box. Sometimes you need to listen to a condition several times and imagine a picture in your head before finding an answer.
Riddles for erudition are the most interesting. To solve them, 14-year-olds should be well versed in:
- in history;
- in literature;
- in the cinema.
Some answers can be found using only logic, but more often knowledge is also needed. For instance:
- Ask the students to answer why the 22nd and 24th presidents of America had common parents if the rulers were not brothers?
- The answer is simple, for those who know history. Cleveland Grover was elected to the post 2 times. Since this is one and the same person, he cannot be his brother.
If 12-14 year olds want to play detectives, offer them entertaining riddles for the development of deduction. There are many examples of such answer puzzles on the Internet.
- They are like short stories that always have a convoluted story.
- It must be unraveled and by logical reasoning to find the culprit, the lost thing, or to answer the question correctly.
- Assignments are often supported by pictures that show the correct answer.
- You need to carefully study, think and solve a complex rebus.
Children's logic riddles with a trick should be funny. Tell 14-year-olds a common question that requires a non-standard answer. Classes train the mind, memory, teach to find original solutions. Funny riddles can be used to entertain class students during breaks, after school or at a party.
When playing riddles with 14 year olds, do not forget to get answers in case the guys do not cope with the task at hand. Help students to train logical thinking. This will enable them to make the right decisions in adulthood, raise their intellectual level and allow them to spend their free time in an interesting way.
Difficult riddles for children 11-12 years old with answers will help your children develop logic. In order to answer the riddle, the kid creates images in his imagination, looks for the same features, establishes logical connections. Sometimes tasks are incomprehensible to a child if the answer is not obvious, but cleverly disguised. But this is a plus for parents who need to explain to the baby what the essence of the task is, why we get such an answer to it.
In order to solve puzzles, the baby must have abstract, logical, figurative and non-standard thinking. If you unobtrusively make them to your baby, then these qualities will develop in the child over time.
The riddle is useful in that it focuses the attention of the crumbs on its essence. It happens that rhymes contrast signs (in such riddles, the particle "not" is often found). Psychologists have proven that babies who are regularly asked tasks by their parents are more attentive and focused. They pick up any information, know how to analyze it, monitor changes in the world around them. Problems for younger students teach them that words have multiple meanings and objects can be used in different ways.
The more the baby learns from the riddles, the more he is interested in phenomena that are new to him, nature, and the people around him. Such tasks replenish the baby's vocabulary, actively expand his speech. If parents tell rhymes with intonation, then the child will also speak with an emotional connotation. Carry out activities in the form of a game - this will give the baby pleasure and a desire to learn new things.
A child interested in a problem will concentrate all efforts to give an answer to it. Thus, the baby develops assertiveness, purposefulness, the ability to find a way out of a dead end situation.
Along with this, they search and read:
Video: Simple riddles for kids
How to get the most out of riddles
In order to develop a kid's interest in riddles, select them based on the age of the wise guy. For very little ones, easy tasks are suitable, the answer to which will be obvious to you. The answer should be objects or phenomena that are known to the baby, are used by him in everyday life.
Examples of such riddles:
If the guys learn to solve riddles for children of 9 years old, they will start asking you. Moreover, these can be rhymes of their own composition. Encourage the teenager in this endeavor, pretend that it is difficult for you to give an answer to his problem, since it is very cleverly thought out. Play riddles as you stroll down the street. You can give the crumb a task: to come up with such a rhyme about the object around us. You can go "from the opposite" - instruct the kid to come up with a riddle about a specifically named subject.
Video: Funny rhymes-riddles
Riddles for 10-year-olds
Riddles for children under 9 years old with answers should be of medium difficulty. At the same time, the encrypted objects must be known to the young smart guy. At this age, children really like riddles, the answer of which will rhyme with the beginning. Such rhymes involve not only the ability to find an answer, but also come up with a rhyme to the question asked. For children 12-13 years old, you can offer riddles in the form of a story with an intricate plot. Children's riddles with answers can be as follows:
Riddles for children under 13
As the baby develops, the tasks should become more difficult. Riddles for children 11-12 years old with answers already have a different topic, and their form is also changing. Now the answers are not always obvious to children; in order to solve the riddle, it is necessary to turn on logical thinking. You can ask riddles that suggest several answers (for example, not a bird, but flies). Use any task - rhymed, mathematical, trick, comparative. Each type of children's riddles with answers for 10 years trains children's imagination and thinking. Children 12-13 years old will also like complex and funny riddles.