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They all gave the same one word answer - What answer did they give?
They all said
Note:
The question at the time of posting was (emphasis mine):
Three men travel for almost a day across an unknown distance to a meeting point. One travelled by car, another by horse ...
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They all gave the same one word answer - What answer did they give?
They all said
Horseback:
Car:
Boat:
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The Evicted Tenant
I'm thinking your neighbors are
and the package is
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The Package
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How did the hit man miss?
I'm not sure Vic has any idea this hit man had it out to get him, so let us build a scenario where Vic is oblivious:
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Guy who understands if a diamond is genuine by just looking at it
Assuming that, other than real/fakeness, the diamonds are all indistinguishable from each other:
With this approach,
Incidentally,
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That's What SHE Said!
She just bought
EDIT : 2nd answer for fun (solely based on the fact that there is a "situation" tag. Be prepared for a really convoluted answer)
jenny was buying
because the situation is the ...
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They all gave the same one word answer - What answer did they give?
They all said:
Valid if not 100% useful.
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Speak without using the letter "b"
You could count upwards from 1, because none of the numbers less than a billion contains the letter "b".
However, this might be repeating words if "101" is considered to contain "one". (The version I'...
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"I claim this corner of the world for Britain!" - What game are Alex and Brooke playing?
You are playing:
First move:
Second move:
Third move:
Fourth move:
Final move:
Clever observation from Braegh:
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A great wife — but not very logical
They were married this day. On this day, the wife shot the husband, held him under water and then hung him up.
Then they went out on a honeymoon. Wonderful relationship. But how is this logical? ...
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A house facing North and South, but not other directions
You could argue that the following house works:
Though:
Note:
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No Shirt, No Shoes, Service
The description of "5/8 of the way into [your] meal" could imply that you are:
This particular establishment:
This means that among the clientele would be:
The shoe-less customer could therefore be:...
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A man is born in 1955
The answer is simply:
I have heard this one before but I don't remember where, maybe the movie you mentioned.
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I’ve officially counted to infinity!
I find it hard to believe she managed this in only 10 minutes, but all she needs to do is count to 1,461,559,270,678...
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The case of the pranking snowplow
You mention this was circa 1990 because
You mention the
You use the
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