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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The host of a game show offers the guest a choice of three doors. Behind one is an expensive car, but behind the other two are goats.
After you have chosen one door, he reveals one of the other two doors behind which is a goat (he wouldn't reveal a car).

Now he gives you the chance to switch to the other unrevealed door or stay at your initial choice. You will then get what is behind that door.

You cannot hear the goats from behind the doors, or in any way know which door has the prize.

Should you stay, or switch, or doesn't it matter?

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Can you identify which sport/s is played by which person?

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What number when divided in half becomes zero?

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If you say my name, I will no longer exist. What am I?

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How many sides does a circle have?

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By moving just one matchstick, you need to make the below statement true. Can you do it?

Tricky Equation

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Complete the series by replacing "?" with the correct number.

ST ND RD TH '?'

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A guy in his thirties is found dead in a forest. The shocking thing about the body is that he is wearing his swimming trunks snorkel and a facemask.

For your information, the nearest lake is some 10 miles away and the sea is hundreds of miles away.

How did he die then?

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What has no start, end, or centre?

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Can you spot the man between the coffee bean in the picture below ?

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