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John gave half of the apples he had plus one more to Jacob. He gave half of the remaining ones plus one more to James. Now, John was left with just one apple.

Can you find out how many did he have in the beginning?

Christina has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother. How many children does Christina have?

Once upon a time, there was a castle on a square island. The entire island was surrounded by a 14m wide trench. The Romans had wanted to invade the castle and had brought a few wooden planks along with them to facilitate themselves in crossing the moat. The planks were however found to be only 13m long.

The Romans still managed to cross the trench. How did they do it?

If you drop me I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back. What am I?

Solve The below Equation:

ALFA + BETA + GAMA = DELTA

I organized a small get together at my home.
In the party , i have a barrel with some whiskey in it.

Suddenly Guest 1 say 'I bet this barrel of whiskey is more than half full'.
'No, it's less than half full' Guest 2 replied.

I don't have any measuring instrument and without removing whiskey from it , how can i determine which of the guest is right ?

Count the squares in the matchstick puzzle below?

What has lots of eyes, but can’t see?

How can you leave a room with two legs and return with six legs?