Count the Shoes

All of Jacob's shoes are red except two.
All of Jacob's shoes are green except two.
All of Jacob's shoes are yellow except two.

How many shoes does Jacob have?




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Your friend tells you the below two facts:
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2) On the right is a family with a seven-year-old boy and a newborn baby.

You ask him, "Does either of the family have a girl?"

To this, he replies, "I am not quite sure. But can you guess that? If you are right, I will give you $500."

Which family do you think is likely to have a girl?

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He lies on six days of the week, but on the seventh day, he always tells the truth.

He made the following statements on three successive days:

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Day 3: "I lie on Wednesday and Friday."

On which day does John tell the truth?

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Oedipus solved the riddle, and the Sphinx destroyed herself.

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How come the guy become millionaire ?

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Then what will be TAXI + HELL? Select from the options below:
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What number comes next in this sequence:
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Now, they want to split the cost among them fairly but due to the lack of change, they decide to round off the cost to the nearest possible dollar.

Can you find out the fairway which should be used to split the money?

What if the pizza was worth $11?

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You bought me for dinner but never eat me. What am I?

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