Why 1729 is a magic number? Answer Logically.

You can find some missing letters in the picture. By placing two particular letters in the spaces, you can form a nine lettered word beginning from one of the corners and going clockwise direction to the middle. Can you find out the letters and the word?

The following question it puts forth you:

25 - 55 + (85 + 65) = ?

Then, you are told that even though you might think it's wrong, the correct answer is actually 5!

Whats your reaction to it? How can this be true?

Can you name some countries which do not have the alphabet 'A' in them?

A man is found dead with a knife in his back When the investigation is done. A chair lays beside him and the forensic team finds moisture around the body.

If he committed suicide, how did he do it?

Can you decipher the below rebus?

PBLUESAISNUERSES

I have Rs.50 and I spend it in the way as below.

Trying to tease Birbal, Akbar gave him one gold coin and ask him to buy
* something for him to eat
* something for him to drink.
* something to feed the cows
* something to plant in the garden
and most important you need to buy only one thing.

What must Birbal buy to silence Akbar?

How can you write nineteen in a manner that if we take out one, it becomes twenty?

Solve the alphametic puzzle by replacing the alphabet with the number.

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