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The Five Riddles

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 >                                THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST FIVE RIDDLES I HAVE SEEN...
>                                THE ANSWERS ARE AT THE BOTTOM.
>                                RIDDLE FIVE IS AMAZING.
>                                IT SHARPENS THOSE GENES IN YOUR BRAIN
>                                AND STALLS ALZHEIMER'S FOR YEARS ….
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>                                1. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three
>                                rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of
>                                assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't
>                                eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
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>                                five minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But five minutes later they both go out
>                                together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
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>                                3. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you
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>                                4. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words
>                                Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?
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>                                5. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to just how quickly you
>                                can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and
>                                plain that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing
>                                is wrong with it! It is highly unusual though. Study it and think about
>                                it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching!
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>                                THE ANSWERS TO ALL FIVE THE RIDDLES ARE BELOW:
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>                                1. The third room. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead.
>                                That one was easy, right?
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>                                2. The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband,
>                                developed it, and hung it up to dry (shot; held under water; and hung).
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>                                4. Sure you can name three consecutive days, yesterday, today, and
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>                                5. The letter "e" which is the most common letter used in the English
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>                                I’ll be getting Alzheimer’s any time now.
>                                How did you do? 
            
                 
             
 
            




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