Interesting logical puzzles. Logic puzzles are the most difficult! Take a holistic approach

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For the mind to remain sharp, it needs training. And for this, cunning puzzles will always come to the rescue. We have prepared for you 10 Soviet puzzles of varying complexity: some very simple, some harder, and some will have to seriously break your brain. All tasks will be in pictures and require your attention and logic. These puzzles hail directly from the USSR, but still have not lost their relevance and pickiness. Set aside everything: now your brain will have a full charge.

1. Let's start with a warm-up, it's easy. So take a look at the picture

The guys went into the forest to go skating and skiing. A hare jumped out to meet them, scaredly crouched and rushed on. The guys were chasing him, but they lost sight of him. But the hare didn’t run away anywhere, he is still in the picture. Will you find?

Yes, here he is! Between a boy and a girl

2. Now more complicated. Meeting outside

2 friends met on the street:
- Hello, Styopa. Where are you going?
“I'm going to house number 23,” Styopa says. - Where are you going, Petya?
- And I - to my friend Vanyusha. He lives in house number 7, - Petya answers.
Now tell me: which of them is called Styopa, and which is Petey.

Styopa is a boy in a cap. Why? Pay attention to the house number - 19. If you go from the first house on the street, then the houses with odd numbers will be on the left side, the boy in the cap moves towards the houses with large numbers, 23 more than 19, which means it is Styopa.

3. Whose Murzik?

There are three girlfriends in the picture: Ira, Tanya and Galya. With them is the cat Murzik. But whose is it? Who is the mistress of Murzik?

Murzik belongs to Gale - a girl with one bow. She gave the second to Murzik.

4. Names of children

There are five guys in the picture. One of them is called Kolya, and he is standing on the edge. If Nyura stood next to Volodya, then Petya would be next to his namesake. Who is where?

So, in order: Kolya, Volodya, Petya, Nyura, Petya.

5. The riddle about watering cans

The boys went with watering cans to water the garden. Which one will bring more water?

Despite the fact that one of the boys has more watering can, their noses are at the same level, above which the water in the watering can not rise (remember the physics and the law on communicating vessels). So they will bring the same amount of water.

6. Where is the train going?

In the figure you see a section of the Moscow-Smolensk railway. Here, the direction of the road coincides with the direction of the arrow shown above, the ends of the arrows show west and east. Everything happens in early April. Where does the train go: from Moscow to Smolensk or vice versa?

The snow has not melted yet, it lies on the northern slope, which means the train moves from east to west. It turns out that from Moscow to Smolensk.

7. Now look for errors and inaccuracies in the picture.

The artist painted the street, but here's the misfortune: he made mistakes in Figure 5. Can you find it?

The trolleybus lacks one bar.
The traffic light has 2 lights, and there should be 3.
The house number is also incorrect - there are no zero houses.
Cars go in the wrong direction, as with the left. And we have a right-handed one.
Well, the date - September 31, can not be.

8. Travel mystery, probably the most popular on the Internet

Look at this picture and answer the questions:

How many people currently live in this camp?
When did they arrive (today or a few days ago)?
What did the tourists come to?
Is the camp far from the nearest village?
Where does the wind blow: from the south or from the north?
What time of day is shown?
Where did Shura go?
Who was on duty (name) yesterday?
What number is displayed (day, month)?

4 people. 4 cutlery, 4 names on the watch list.
A few days ago, a web had already appeared between the tent and the tree.
On the boat. See the oars near the tree?
Near. In the lower left corner is a chicken, which means that some village is nearby.
The wind is blowing from the south. We determine by the flag on the tent and fir branches, where they are denser, there is south.
Morning. Where we have already understood the south, which means that we will also find the rest of the world. Shadows from objects fall to the west, which means that the sun is in the east. And this is morning.
Shura catches butterflies with a butterfly net.
Kolya. He delves into a backpack with the letter “K”, Vasya photographs something (a tripod is visible in a backpack with the letter “B”), Shura catches butterflies, which means that today Petya is on duty. And yesterday, Kolya (we look at the duty schedule).
8 August. 8 - because Petya is on duty; August - because the watermelon lies.

9. The riddle about the boy and dad in the apartment

What season in the picture?
What month?
Does the apartment have running water?
Who else lives in the apartment, except for the son and father?
What does dad do?

Winter. The boy in felt boots, the stove is heated (open vent)
December. The last sheet of the calendar is open.
The boy uses a washstand, which means there is no running water.
There are dolls in the figure, which means that there is a girl in the apartment, most likely, of preschool age.
A doctor. Gavel on the table and a phonendoscope in your pocket.

10. Ferry (but this is already difficult)

The picture is late autumn or early spring?
Cranes fly north or south?
What time of day is everything happening?
Is this river navigable?
In what direction does it flow (north, south, west, east)?
Near the shore, where is the boat, is the river deep?
Is there a bridge nearby?
Is the railway far?

Early spring. In the field is sowing. Autumn sowing occurs when there are leaves on the trees, but in the figure the trees are bare. So this is early spring.
In spring, cranes fly from south to north.
Early in the morning, people rush to work, shadows fall to the northwest.
On the river there are beacons (devices similar to buoys), which means that the river is navigable.
Looking at the shadows of objects and how the water goes around the beacon, we conclude that the river flows from north to south.
The boy is fishing on the shore, his float is far enough from the hook, which means that the river is deep.
If the crossing is so well established, then there is no bridge.
There is a railwayman at the crossing, which means not far.

And the bonus is very simple. What is the purpose of this poster?

So Kolya went out into the yard, obviously! And if not obvious, read the letters!

It is a rich house and a poor one. They are burning. What house will the police put out?

Police do not extinguish fires, firefighters extinguish fires

How can a person not sleep for 8 days?

To sleep at night

You go into the dark kitchen. It has a candle, a kerosene lamp and a gas stove. What will you light first?

A girl is sitting, and you cannot sit in her place, even if she gets up and leaves. Where is she sitting?

She is sitting on your lap

You are standing in front of three switches. Behind an opaque wall, three lights are off. You need to manipulate the switches, go into the room and determine which lamp each switch belongs to.

First you need to turn on two switches. After some time, turn off one of them. Go into the room. One light will be hot from the on switch, the second is warm from the off, the third is cold, from the untouched switch

Among the nine coins, it is known that there is one counterfeit one, in which the weight is less than the rest of the coins. How to determine a counterfeit coin using a cup scale in two weighings?

1st weighing: 3 and 3 coins. A fake coin in the pile that weighs less. If they are equal, then the fake is in the third pile. 2nd weighing: From a pile with the least weight, any 2 coins are compared. If they are equal, then the fake is the remaining coin

Two people approach the river. There is a boat near the shore that can withstand only one. Both people crossed to the opposite shore. How?

They were on different shores.

Two fathers, two sons found three oranges and divided them. Each got a whole orange. How can this be?

The dog was tied to a ten-meter rope, and walked 300 meters. How did she do it?

The rope was not attached to anything

How can an abandoned egg fly three meters and not break?

You need to throw the egg four meters, then the first three meters it will fly whole

A man drove a big truck. The lights on the car were not lit. There was no moon either. The woman began to cross the road in front of the car. How did the driver see her?

It was a bright sunny day

If five cats catch five mice in five minutes, how long does it take for one cat to catch one mouse?

Five minutes

Is it possible to light a match under water?

You can, if water is poured into a container, for example, in a glass, and a match is kept below the glass

The boat is swinging on the water. A staircase has been thrown aboard. Before the tide, water covered only the lower rung. After how much time will the water cover the third step below, if during high tide water arrives at 20 cm per hour, and the distance between the steps is 30 cm?

Never since the boat rises with the water

How to divide five apples between five girls so that each receives an apple and one of the apples remains in the basket?

Give one girl an apple with a basket

One and a half pike perch cost one and a half rubles. How much are 13 zander?

Merchants and potters.In one city, all people were traders or potters. Merchants always told lies, and potters - the truth. When all the people gathered in the square, each of those gathered said to the others: “You are all traders!” How many potters were in this city?

The potter was alone, because:

If there were no potters, then the traders would have to tell the truth that all the other traders, and this contradicts the condition of the problem.
If there were more than one potters, then each potter would have to lie that the rest were traders.

On the table are two coins, in total they give 3 rubles. One of them is not 1 ruble. What kind of coins are these?

1 and 2 rubles

A satellite makes one revolution around the Earth in 1 hour 40 minutes, and another - in 100 minutes. How can it be?

100 minutes - this is 1 hour 40 minutes

As you know, all Russian female names end with either the letter “a” or the letter “I”: Anna, Maria, Irina, Natalya, Olga, etc. However, there is one single female name that ends in another letter. Name him.

What does not have length, depth, width, height, but can be measured?

Time temperature

If it rains at 12 o’clock in the night, can we expect that in 72 hours there will be sunny weather?

No, because after 72 hours it will be night

Seven brothers have a sister. How many sisters are there?

One yacht goes from Nice to San Remo, the other from San Remo to Nice. They left the harbors at the same time. The first hour the yachts traveled at the same speed (60 km / h), but then the first yacht increased speed to 80 km / h. Which of the yachts will be closer to Nice at the time of their meeting?

At the time of their meeting, they will be at the same distance from Nice

A woman was walking to Moscow, and towards the front were three men. Each one has a bag, each cat has a bag. How many creatures were sent to Moscow?

Only a woman went to Moscow, the rest went the other way

10 birds sat on a tree. A hunter came and shot one bird. How many birds are left on the tree?

Not one - the rest of the birds flew away

The train goes from east to west, and the wind blows from north to south. Which way is the smoke coming from the chimney?

You participate in a marathon and overtake a runner who ran second. What position are you taking now?

Second. If you answered that you are now the first, then this is wrong: you have overtaken the second runner and took his place, so you are now in second position

You participate in a marathon and overtake the runner who ran last. What position are you taking now?

If you answered that the penultimate one, you were again mistaken :). Think about how you can overtake the last runner? If you run after him, then he is not the last. The correct answer is impossible, you cannot overtake the last runner

On the table were three cucumbers and four apples. The child took one apple from the table. How many fruits are left on the table?

3 fruits, and cucumbers are vegetables

The product first went up by 10%, and then fell by 10%. What is its cost now relative to the original?

99%: after a rise in price, 10% added to 100% - it turned out 110%; 10% from 110% \u003d 11%; then we subtract 11% from 110% and get 99%

How many times does the number 4 occur in integers from 1 to 50?

15 times: 4, 14, 24, 34, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 - twice, 45, 46. 47, 48, 49

You traveled by car two-thirds of the way. At the beginning of the journey, the car’s gas tank was full, and now it is one-quarter full. Will there be enough gas to the end of the journey (at the same expense)?

No, since 1/4< 1/3

Father Mary has 5 daughters: Chacha, Cheche, Chichi, Chocho. What is the name of the fifth daughter?

One deaf-mute man went to the stationery store to buy a pencil sharpener. He stuck a finger in his left ear and with a fist of his other hand made a rotational movement near his right ear. The seller immediately realized what he was being asked for. Then a blind man entered the same store. How did he explain to the seller that he wanted to buy scissors?

He just said he was blind, but not dumb

A rooster flew to the border of Russia and China. He sat right on the border, absolutely in the middle. He laid an egg. It fell exactly across: the border divides it in the middle. Which country does the egg belong to?

Roosters do not lay eggs!

One morning, a soldier who had previously been on a night guard approached the centurion and said that he had a dream that night that the barbarians would attack the fortress from the north tonight. Centurion did not really believe in this dream, but nevertheless took measures. That evening, the barbarians really attacked the fortress, but thanks to the measures taken, their attack was repelled. After the battle, the centurion thanked the soldier for the warning, and then ordered him to be taken into custody. Why?

For sleeping at the post

On the hands of ten fingers. How many fingers are on ten hands?

A plane with English tourists flew from Holland to Spain. In France, he crashed. Where should the surviving (wounded) tourists be buried?

Survivors do not need to bury! :)

You drove a bus with 42 passengers from Boston to Washington. At each of the six stops, 3 people left it, and at every second - four. What was the driver’s name when the driver arrived in Washington after 10 hours?

Like you, because in the beginning it was said that you drove a bus

What can you find in minutes, seconds and days, but not in years, decades and centuries?

How many times can you subtract 3 from 25?

Once, since after the first subtraction, the digit “25” will change to “22”

Mrs. Taylor's entire bungalow is finished in pink: it has pink lights, pink walls, pink carpets and a pink ceiling. What color are the stairs in this bungalow?

There are no stairs in the bungalow

In the old castle, where the prison was located, there were 4 round towers in which prisoners were imprisoned. One of the prisoners decided to escape. And then one fine day he hid in a corner, and when a guard came in, he stunned him with a blow to the head, and he ran away, dressing in other clothes. Could this be?

No, because the towers were round and there were no corners there

The 12-story building has an elevator. Only 2 people live on the ground floor, the number of residents doubles from floor to floor. What button in the elevator of this house is pressed more often than others?

Regardless of the distribution of residents by floor - button "1"

A pair of horses ran 20 kilometers. Question: how many kilometers did each horse run individually?

20 kilometers

What can at the same time: stand and walk, hang and stand, walk and lie?

Is it possible to predict the score of a football match before it starts, and if so, how?

The score of any match before its start is always 0: 0

What can a person increase in diameter by 7 times in a few seconds?

Pupil. In the transition from bright light to darkness, the diameter can vary from 1.1 to 8 mm; everything else either almost does not increase, or increases in diameter by no more than 2-3 times

The seller in the market sells a hat that costs 10 rubles. A buyer comes up and wants to buy it, but he only has 25 rubles. The seller sends the boy with these 25 rubles. to exchange a neighbor. The boy comes running and gives 10 + 10 +5 rubles. The seller gives the hat and change 15 rubles, and 10 rubles. leaves to itself. After a while, a neighbor comes and says that 25 rubles. fake, demands to give her money. The seller returns her money. How much money deceived the seller?

The seller was deceived into a fake 25 rubles.

How many animals did Moses take to his ark?

No Moses took the animals to the ark, but Noah

At the same time 2 people entered the staircase. One has an apartment on the 3rd floor, the other on the 9th. How many times will the first person reach faster than the second? Note: they simultaneously pressed buttons in 2 elevators moving at the same speed.

The usual answer is 3 times. The correct answer is 4 times. Elevators usually travel from the 1st floor. The first will pass 3-1 \u003d 2 floors, and the second 9-1 \u003d 8 floors, i.e. 4 times more

This riddle is often offered to children. But sometimes adults can puzzle for a long time to figure out how to solve such a problem, so you can arrange a contest: invite everyone to try to solve the problem. Anyone who guesses, regardless of age, deserves a prize. Here is the task:

6589 = 4; 5893 = 3; 1236 = 1; 1234 = 0; 0000 = 4; 5794 = 1; 1111 = 0; 4444 = 0; 7268 = 3; 1679 = 2; 3697 = 2

2793 = 1; 4895 = 3

The main thing is to look at the task in a childish way, then you will understand that the answer is 3 (three circles in the digits record)

Two horsemen competed: whose horse will come to the finish line last. However, things did not go, both stood still. Then they turned to the sage for advice, and after that both galloped at full speed.

Sage advised horsemen to exchange horses

One student tells another: “Yesterday, our college basketball team won the basketball meeting with a score of 76:40. Moreover, not a single basketball player scored a single goal in this match. ”

Female teams played

A man comes into the store, buys a sausage and asks to cut it, but not across, but along. The saleswoman asks: “Are you a fireman?” - "Yes". How did she guess?

The man was in uniform

The lady did not have a driver's license. She did not stop at the level crossing, although the barrier was lowered, then, not paying attention to the “brick”, she moved down the street with one-way traffic and stopped only after passing three blocks. All this happened in front of the traffic police officer, who for some reason did not consider it necessary to intervene.

Lady walked

On one Odessa street there were three tailoring workshops. The first tailor advertised himself like this: "The best workshop in Odessa!" The second - "The best workshop in the world!" The third "outdid" both of them.

“The best workshop on this street!”

Two brothers had a drink at the bar. Suddenly, one of them began to argue with the bartender, and then grabbed a knife and, not paying attention to his brother's attempts to stop him, hit the bartender. At trial, he was convicted of murder. At the end of the trial, the judge said: “You have been found guilty of murder, but I have no choice but to let you go.” Why did the judge have to do this?

The culprit was one of the Siamese twins. The judge could not send the guilty to prison without putting the innocent there

We drove in one compartment Baba Yaga, the Serpent Gorynych, a stupid ensign and a clever ensign. There was a bottle of beer on the table. The train entered the tunnel, it became dark. When the train got out of the tunnel, the bottle was empty. Who drank beer?

A silly ensign drank beer, as the rest of the creatures are unrealistic and never occur in life!)

Guys, line up,

To solve riddles

To test knowledge

Nature and the universe.

Be careful

Be diligent.

Then you’ll understand everything,

Quickly and find the answer.

Questions and Tasks:

1. 4 birches grew, on each birch - 4 large branches, on each large branch - 4 small branches, on each small branch - 4 apples. How many apples were hanging? (Not a single apple grows on birch trees.)

3. Why does the head look back? (There are no eyes in the back.)

4. What is the shortest month of the year? (May - 3 letters.)

5. What will remain in the box if you get all the matches? (Bottom.)

6. What is thrown into a pot before cooking food in it? (Sight.)

7. Why is the cat running? (He can’t fly.)

8. Why is the hat worn? (She does not walk.)

9. What will you get to heaven? (A look.)

10. Why does the dog run? (On the ground.)

11. Why do birds fly? (Through the air.)

12. Why go to the forest? (On the ground.)

13. Why is the tongue in the mouth? (Behind the teeth.)

14. Why are we eating? (At the table.)

15. Why, when you want to sleep, do you go to bed? (On the floor.)

16. Why water in a bottle? (Behind the glass.)

17. What fabric do you sew a shirt from? (From the railway.)

18. Which chain cannot be lifted? (Mountain.)

19. What year lasts only one day? (New.)

20. What do you need for lunch? (The spoon.)

21. Why do not you sit in the place where I sit? (Because it will be busy.)

22. Can it rain for two days in a row? (No, they are separated by night.)

23. Who has a hat without a head, a leg without a boot? (At the mushroom.)

24. Why does the cow lie down? (Does not know how to sit.)

25. When the car is traveling, which wheel does it not spin? (Spare.)

26. What happens to a red silk scarf if it is lowered into water for 5 minutes? (Gets wet.)

27. Why is a dog barking? (He cannot speak.)

28. When is a watchman a flower? (When he's not-for-nothing.)

29. How to break a branch so as not to frighten away the birds? (Wait for them to fly away.)

30. Three calves, how many legs will be? (How many are not three - he will have 4 legs.)

31. How many letters “G” are needed to make a big pile of hay? (Stack.)

32. How to write “dry grass” in 4 letters? (Hay.)

33. What is the heron in front and the hare in the back? (The letter "c".)

34. What needs to be taken from a steam locomotive and from a whale for a boat to sail away? (Sail.)

35. What needs to be done to make salmon fish become an animal? (Remove the "from.")

36. What two pronouns spoil the bridge? (I-we.)

37. In which word, consisting of 8 letters, contains 4 letters "T"? (Certificate.)

38. Where do we go most? (Forward.)

39. What kind of man can we speak with only notes? (About C-do-re.)

Content

Different types of puzzles for adults will help you develop memory and ingenuity - tasks on logic, complex, funny or intricate questions, a variety of intellectual mathematical games.

Games and puzzles for adults on logic

To solve a variety of logical puzzles, a high level of education is not required, starting to solve them is a useful lesson for everyone.

Puzzles for adults

This type of task will allow you to immediately verify the correctness of the solution you found. Why are these short puzzles good? You can thematically, according to the answers, make a selection for a particular holiday or feast to entertain guests. Depending on the composition of the invitees, puzzles with puzzles, tasks that will make your friends laugh, or math tasks will work well.

With the catch

In tasks with a catch, the question itself often seems illogical at first glance, for example: what language is spoken silently? When the answer is announced, the first reaction of a person manifests itself as disagreement with him. At first glance, the question and the chosen guess are connected unusually and with double subtext. But having thought a bit, you cannot but agree that such a daring decision is correct and very logical (answer: in sign language).

Funny

Playing riddle ridiculous riddles is a pleasure. While your guests will express answers to tricky questions, the entire company will be guaranteed to be shaken by explosions of laughter.

Math

In such riddles, you need to guess the given number, or calculate the result, relying not so much on arithmetic as on quick wits. An answer that looks obvious and seems to lie on the surface is often incorrect.

Mind games

Logic Challenges for Adults are multi-way combinations for training thinking. In order to solve them correctly, you need to think through actions a few steps forward. Such tasks are relatively difficult, often they are in the form of original pictures, where you need to rearrange or finish some elements.

Logic Challenges for Adults

Often, logical tasks involve the use of improvised materials: matches, paper, pencils, etc. The solution to such tasks is multi-way, it requires building a strategy - for example, calculating how to add matches or connect the dots in a certain way.

What do day and night end with?
Soft sign
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Magpie flies, and the dog sits on its tail. Could it be?
Yes, the dog sits on its own tail, flies near forty
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What needs to be done so that five guys stay in one boot?
Each of them take off a boot
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How much will 2 + 2 * 2?
Six
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What month is the chatty little Sveta talking the least?
In February, the shortest month
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What belongs to you, but others use it more often than you?
your name
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How to find last year's snow?
Go out right after the start of the new year.
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Which word always sounds wrong?
Wrong
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A man has one, a cow has two, a hawk has none. What is it?
Letter -O-
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A man is sitting, but you cannot sit in his place, even if he stands up and leaves. Where is he sitting?
On your lap
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What stones are not in the sea?
Dry
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What sign should be placed between the 4th and 5th, so that the result is more than 4 and less than 5?
Comma
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Can a rooster call itself a bird?
No, because he can't speak.
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What disease on earth was no one sick?
Nautical
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Is it possible to predict the score of any match before it starts?
Yes, 0 - 0
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What can be prepared but not eaten?
The lessons
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What becomes a third more if put upside down?
Number 6
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A square table sawed off one corner. How many corners are there at the table now?
Five.
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Which knot cannot be untied?
Railway
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What is in front of the cow and the bull is behind?
Letter -O-
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Which river is the worst?
Tiger
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What does not have length, depth, width, height, but can be measured?
Temperature, time
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What are all people on earth doing at the same time?
Getting older
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Two people played checkers. Each played five games and won five times. Is it possible?
Both people played different games with other people.
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How can an abandoned egg fly three meters and not break?
You need to throw an egg more than three meters, then the first three meters it will fly by whole.
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A man drove a big truck. The headlights on the car were not lit. There was no moon either. The woman began to cross the road in front of the car. How did the driver see her?
It was a bright sunny day.

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Where is the end of the world?
Where the shadow ends.
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Man learned how to build suspension bridges from spiders, and from cats he adopted the diaphragm in the camera and reflective traffic signs. And what invention came about thanks to snakes?
Syringe.
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What is easy to lift from the earth, but far from throwing?
Poplar fluff.
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What comb can you comb your head?
Petushin.
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What is thrown when they need it, and raised when there is no need?
Anchor.
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What can travel the world, staying in the same corner?
Postage Stamp.
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You are sitting on a plane, in front of you is a horse, behind is a car. Where are you at?
On the carousel
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What notes can measure distance?
Mi-La-Mi.
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What will not go into the biggest pot?
Her cap.
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Russian riddle. A wooden river, a wooden boat, and a wooden haze flows over the boat. What is it?
Plane.
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A satellite makes one revolution around the Earth in 1 hour 40 minutes, and another in 100 minutes. How can this be?
One hour forty minutes equals one hundred minutes.
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Name at least three animals that Moses took to his ark?
The Prophet Moses did not take animals to the ark, righteous Noah did it.
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In one hand the boy carried one kilogram of iron, and in the other as much fluff. What was harder to carry?
Equally.
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In 1711, in each regiment of the Russian army, a new unit of 9 people appeared. What is this unit?
Regimental Orchestra.
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Seagulls come first, followed by lapwings, starlings, and pigeons. All of them are the main culprits ... What tragedies?
Air crashes.
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A story is known about a little boy who, having received a New Year's gift, asked his mother: “Please remove the cover. I want to stroke a gift. " What is this gift?
Turtle.
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Which animals always sleep with their eyes open?
Fishes.
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It is known that at one time, under pain of death, silkworm eggs were exported from China. And which animal was exported in 1888 with the same risk from Afghanistan?
Afghan hound.
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What insects are domesticated by humans?
The bees.
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The task invented by the learned monk and mathematician from Ireland Alcuin (735–804).
The peasant needs to transport the wolf, goat and cabbage across the river. But the boat is such that only a peasant can fit in it, and with it 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 cabbage, the goat will eat cabbage. How did the peasant transport his cargo?
Solution 1: It’s clear that you have to start with a goat. The peasant, having transported the goat, returns and takes the wolf, which he carries to the other side, where he leaves him, but then he takes and takes the goat back to the first bank. Here he leaves her and carries cabbage to the wolf. Then, after returning, he carries a goat, and the crossing ends safely. Solution 2: First, the peasant again carries the goat. But the second you can take the cabbage, take it to the other side, leave there and return the goat to the first side. Then transport it to the other side of the wolf, return for the goat and again take it to the other side.
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In the old days in Russia, married women wore a kokoshnik headdress, the name of which came from the word “kokosh”, meaning an animal. Which one?
Chicken (remember what she says when she rushes?).
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Why can't a porcupine drown?
He has hollow needles.
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To take a breath of air, dolphins are forced to swim up every 15-30 minutes. Why don't they choke in a dream?
They do not sleep at night.
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83. What is the fifth largest country after Russia, China, Canada and the United States.
Brazil.
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A man went to the market and bought a horse there for 50 rubles. But he soon noticed that the horses had risen in price, and sold it for 60 rubles. Then he realized that he had nothing to ride on, and bought the same horse for 70 rubles. Then he thought, how not to get scolded from his wife for such an expensive purchase, and sold it for 80 rubles. What did he earn as a result of manipulations?
Answer: -50 + 60-70 + 80 \u003d 20
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The only bird that has auricles?
Owl.
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Two simultaneously approached the river. The boat on which you can cross, can withstand only one person. And yet, without outside help, everyone crossed this boat to the other side. How did they do it?
They sailed from different banks.
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In Chinese, the combination of three characters “tree” means the word “forest”. And what does the combination of two hieroglyphs “tree” mean?
Grove.
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Residents of Kansas are very fond of Russian nuts. What is it if it is known that we can meet them in any market?
Sunflower seeds.
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The Romans introduced a revolutionary innovation in the design of the forks - all subsequent models became only variations of the solution found. And what was the plug before this innovation?
Single tooth.
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Chinese martial artists said that a fight is for fools, for smart ones - a victory. And what, in their opinion, is for the wise?
Peace.
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What is the language native to the largest number of people.
Chinese.
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In ancient Russia they were called broken numbers. What are they called now?
Fractions.
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A brick weighs two kilograms and a brick floor. How many kilograms does a brick weigh?
If a brick floor weighs two kilograms, then a whole brick weighs four kilograms.
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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 these?
Pilgrims, they brought palm leaves.
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In terms of production, bananas occupy first place in the world, and citrus fruits in second place. What are the fruits on the third?
Apples
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In the US state of Arizona, they began to guard the desert from thieves. They steal what the deserts and desolation threaten without. What do thieves take out of the desert?
Cacti
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What is the plant that has the largest fruits?
Pumpkin.
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Neither fish nor meat - what was this Russian saying about originally?
Crayfish.
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In Spain they are called Portuguese, in Prussia - Rusaks. And what are they called in Russia?
Cockroaches.
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Pythons, they, having eaten the piglet, could no longer get out of the cage.
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The hedgehog has 4 g, the dog 100 g, the horse 500 g, the elephant 4-5 kg, the human 1.4 kg. What?
The mass of the brain.
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In 1825, the streets of Philadelphia were cleaned of rubbish by pets. Which ones?
Pigs.
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What dish did Marco Aroni invent in the 17th century?
Pasta.
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What does any astronaut lose in flight?
Weight.
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As you know, all primordially Russian female (full) names end in either A or Z: Anna, Maria, Olga, etc. However, there is one feminine name that does not end with either A or I. Name it.
Love.
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Gallic priests found a reliable way to quickly mobilize warriors in case of war. To do this, they sacrificed only one person. Which one?
The last to come.
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Once in Nice, a competition was held for the most hardy smoker. One participant set a record by smoking 60 cigarettes in a row. However, he did not receive a prize. Why?
He died.
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A person has thirteen pairs of ribs. And who has more than three hundred ribs?
At the snake.
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In the mouth - a pipe, in the hand - a tambourine, under the arm - kharya. So portrayed buffoons in Russia. As for the pipe and tambourine, everything is clear, but what is mug?
Mask.
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Everyone knows that "you can’t take dirty linen out of the hut." But what was supposed to be done with him if it was impossible to bear?
Burn.
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In what place did the Russian men put on hats and mittens, regardless of the season?
In the bath.
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How does smelt fish look like birds?
She nests, laying eggs there.
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Which grass is the tallest?
Bamboo.
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Name a crop that burns 90% and is 10% thrown away.
Tobacco.
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The Greeks used this to protect certain parts of their body. It was made from sandalwood bark. Name it.
Sandals.
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The first greenhouses appeared in France. What do you think, for what?
For growing oranges (orange - orange).
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The owner of the largest horn is a white rhino (up to 158 cm). And which animal has the softest horns?
Snail.
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That is what football referees used before they started using the whistle.
Bell.
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What is considered dirty when it is white, and clean when it is green?
Blackboard.
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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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The great Hippocrates was asked: "Is it true that genius is a disease?" “Certainly,” answered Hippocrates, “but very rare.” What other property of this disease was noted with regret by Hippocrates?
Not contagious.
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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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Where, judging by the name, the ancient Slavs fastened the cover for hunting cold steel?
On the foot. This is a scabbard.
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Who are the Malays catching with a locked bamboo cage with a live piglet inside?
The pythons, those having eaten the piglet, could no longer get out of the cage.
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Three painters had a brother, Ivan, and Ivan had no brothers. How could this be?
Ivan had three sisters.
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The Russian princes had various nicknames, which came from the name of the cities (Vladimir, Chernigov, Galitsky), from bright personal qualities (Udaloy, Wise, Kalita). What is the nickname of Prince Vsevolod, who had twelve children?
Vsevolod the Big Nest.
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In 1240, a census was first conducted in Kievan Rus. Who did this for what purpose?
Genghis Khan (to collect tribute from the population).
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It was 988 ... A large crowd of inhabitants of ancient Kiev for some reason moved to the Dnieper. What was the name of the road along which the townspeople walked?
988 - the year of the baptism of Russia. The street is called Khreshchatyk.
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Russia consisted of Great Russia (Russia itself), Little Russia (Ukraine), White Russia (Belarus). And what was called Manchuria, which was part of this state?
Yellow Russia.
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The Italian flag is red-white-green. What sort of berry helped Italians choose these colors?
Watermelon.