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#1 - Alexander Puzzle

Alexander is stranded on an island covered in forest.

One day, when the wind is blowing from the west, lightning strikes the west end of the island and sets fire to the forest. The fire is very violent, burning everything in its path, and without intervention the fire will burn the whole island, killing the man in the process.

There are cliffs around the island, so he cannot jump off.

How can the Alexander survive the fire? (There are no buckets or any other means to put out the fire)

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Alexander picks up a piece of wood and lights it from the fire on the west end of the island.

He then quickly carries it near the east end of he island and starts a new fire. The wind will cause that fire to burn out the eastern end and he can then shelter in the burnt area.

Alexander survives the fire, but dies of starvation, with all the food in the forest burnt....lolzzz

#2 - Hard Math Riddle

Take 9 from 6, 10 from 9, 50 from 40 and leave 6.

How Come ??

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SIX - 9 (IX) = S
9 (IX) - 10 (X) = I
40 (XL) - 50 (L) = X
===>SIX

#3 - Puzzle In A Puzzle

What are the next two letters in the following series and why?
W A T N T L I T F S _ _
*Hint: Check Puzzle Title

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The letters are the first letters of the words in the question. Thus, the next two letters are A and W.

#4 - Eight 8 Add Puzzle

Can you add eight 8's together so they add up to an even one thousand ?

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888+88+8+8+8=1000

#5 - Complete The Equation

How can you make the following equation true by drawing only one straight line: 5+5+5=550 ?

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Draw a line on the first plus sign. This turns it into a 4! The equation then becomes true: 545+5=550.

#6 - Two Door Riddle

You find yourself in a strange place guarded by two guards.One of the guard always say truth while other always lies.You don't know the identity of the two.You can ask only one question to go out from there. What should you ask?

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If you ask the guard who always tells the truth, he would tell you the other guard would point you to the door of death. If you ask the guard who always lies, he would tell you the opposite door of the truth-telling guard and point you to the door of death. In either case, both guards will point to the door of death so you should choose the other one.

#7 - Trick Riddle

What is the longest word in the dictionary

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Smiles (there is a mile between the two S's)

#8 - Fun Math Puzzle

Baseball bat and ball cost $50. If the bat cost $49 more than the ball, what is the cost of each

$Fun Math Puzzle$

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bat $49.50, ball $0.50

#9 - Riddle Problem

Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month and year and yet they're not twins. How can this be ?

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The two babies are two of a set of triplets.

#10 - Tricky Maths Problem

I drive at an average speed of 30 miles per hour to the railroad station each morning and just catch my train. On a particular morning there was a lot of traffic and at the halfway point I found I had averaged only 15 miles per hour. How fast must I drive for the rest of the way to catch my train?

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The train is just about to leave the station and there is no way I will be able to catch it this time.