Adding to the below post on questions to tickle the creative mind :
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A popular thief was caught stealing. Because of his popularity, the judge give him a strange punishment. He order him to sentenced to death but he can choose his own way to die.
What way of death did the thief choose ?
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Sherlock breaks into a crime scene. The victim is the owner who is slumped dead on a chair and have a bullet hole in his head. A gun lies on the floor and a cassette recorder is found on the table. On pressing the play button, Sherlock hears the message 'I have committed sins in my life and now I offer my soul to the great lord....following a gunshot.
Sherlock smiles Of-course its a murder. Why did he think so?
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Two prisoners in an isolated prison are locked in a cell. There is open window approx 25 feet above the ground of the cell. They are never able to reach there. Then they plan to escape by a tunnel and they start digging out. After digging for more than 20 days, they comes with the different plan and they escaped.
What was the plan ?
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You are driving down the road in your car on a wild, stormy night, when you pass by a bus stop and you see three people waiting for the bus
An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.
An old friend who once saved your life.
The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.
Knowing that there can only be one passenger in your car, whom would you choose?
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A prisoner is sentenced to death. The Emperor offers him a chance to live by playing a simple game. He gives him 50 black marbles, 50 white marbles and 2 empty bowls. He then says, 'Divide these 100 marbles into these 2 bowls and divide them any way you like as long as you use all the marbles. Then I will blindfold you and mix the bowls around. You then can choose one bowl and remove ONE marble. If the marble is WHITE you will live, but if the marble is BLACK... you will die.'
How does the prisoner divide the marbles up so that he has the greatest probability of choosing a WHITE marble?
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And finally, what do these words have in common?
Banana
Dresser
Grammar
Potato
Revive
Uneven
Voodoo
This simple question was posed to students attending either Harvard or Yale.
50% students got it wrong. Eighty percent of the students from other Universities also got it wrong.
Q: A bat and a ball together cost $1.10. The bat cost $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?