Climb the Top of the Pole

An ape is trying to climb on a pole that is 60 feet high. Due to the slippery surface, the ape climbs 3 feet in a minute only to slip back 2 feet.

How much time do you think the monkey will take to reach the top of the pole?




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One day Jenifer meets the Lion and the Tiger in the Forest of Forgetfulness. She knows that the Lion lies on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, and tells the truth on the other days of the week. The Tiger, on the other hand, lies on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, but tells the truth on the other days of the week. Now they make the following statements to Jenifer:

Lion: Yesterday was one of my lying days.

Tiger: Yesterday was one of my lying days too.

What day is it?

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Replace the letters of words with a number so that the below equation holds true

BASE +
BALL
---------
GAMES
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Your job is to measure 45 minutes if you have only two cords and matches to light the cords.

1. The two cords are twisted from various materials, so their different segments can burn at different rates.
2. Each cord burns from end to end in exactly one hour.

Describe your way of measuring the 45 minutes.

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That attorney is my brother, testified the accountant.

But the attorney testified he didn't have a brother.

Who is lying?

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What can go up a chimney down, but can’t go down a chimney up?

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This is a classy optical illusion puzzle. What more you can find except bricks in the image below?

Brick Optical Illusion

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Let's play a word game. Following are some meaningless words that can be completed by adding random letters on either side of the word.

For example, the word "rdo" can be formed into "pardon".

Using the same technique, can you complete the given words?
ecalc
airb
rinci
tibac
uidel
gorit
igna
eyho

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They do not possess flesh or feathers or scales or bone
But still, they are blessed with fingers and thumbs of their own.

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Make eight squares by moving only two matchsticks.
Note- Square can be of different sizes.

Make the Square

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Can you count the number of triangles in the picture below?

Count the Triangle

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