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Will you be able to solve these puzzles?

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It’s the kind of game that makes you “heat up your brains over an aperitif with friends or a Sunday brunch”. Ten logical puzzles, each more confusing than the last, which require neither calculator nor encyclopedia, just a little savvy… and a touch of mischief! So, “ready to test your mental abilities?”

  1. Eggs galore or morning puzzle

You have 6 eggs. You break 2 of them, you fry 2 of them, and you eat 2 of them.
How many eggs do you have left?

Answer: 4. Yes, you used the same eggs at every step!

  1. Train in the tunnel… visible or not?

A 200-metre train enters a 200-metre tunnel.
When it is in the middle, is it visible from the outside?

Answer: No. It is entirely in the tunnel.

  1. Three bulbs, three switches, one chance

How do you know which switch is on which bulb if you can only enter the room once?
Answer: Leave the 1st on for 5 minutes, turn it off, turn on the 2nd, and then enter. The hot but off bulb corresponds to the 1st, the hot and lit to the 2nd, the cold to the 3rd.

  1. What is the name of the third child?

The father had three sons: Pierre, Paul… and?

Answer: “The answer is in the question: it’s ‘and?’ »

  1. Bizarre footprints in the forest

You see a boot print and a bare foot print.

Who has been there?

Answer: Only one person… with one bare foot and one shod foot!

  1. What time is it?

You wake up and see that the clock is no longer moving. 5 minutes ago, it showed midnight. In 5 minutes, it will still show midnight.
Answer: “It’s not a clock, it’s an hourglass!”

  1. Born in January… In the middle of summer?

A man born on January 6 claims to have been born on a summer day.
Answer: He was born in the “southern hemisphere, where January is in summer!”

  1. How do you divide a liter without a measuring cup?

You have 1 liter of water. No measurement, no scale.
Answer: “Tilt the bottle horizontally: when the level reaches the middle, you have about 500 ml!”

  1. A photo and a family mystery

One man says, “The father of the man in the photo is my father’s son.”
Answer: The man in the photo is her son.

  1. All except 9…

A shepherd has 17 sheep. All but 9 fled.
Answer: There are 9 left. Words matter!

So, how much did you find?

“If you have reached 5 or more correct answers, congratulations: your logic is sharpened!”
And if not, don’t panic… Riddles can also be enjoyed like a good sudoku: with a smile.

What if true intelligence was to want to learn while having fun?

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