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1. Two card-players, Peter and Paul, have 100 dollars in the pot. They have agreed that the first player to win 5 games shall win the pot. Each player has an equal chance of winning each play. After Peter has won 4 times and Paul has won 3 times, the game is interrupted, and they have to stop playing and share the money. What's the most fair amount of money that Peter should get?
2. Some years ago I was introduced to someone I hadn't met before. The host showed me a photo of a young man. He said: 'He's the only son of the only brother of the only aunt of my father's only niece'. Who was that young man?
3. Some parrots were sitting on two telephone-lines. One of the parrots on the first line said to those on the second: 'If one of you come over to us, we will be twice as many as you.' A parrot on the second line replied: 'If one of you come over to us, there will be the same amount on both lines'. How many parrots sat on the first line?
4. Three children, Peter, Jane and Eric, share a bag of peanuts. There were 770 peanuts in the bag. For every 4 peanuts Peter took, Jane took 3, and for every 6 peanuts Peter took, Eric took 7. How many peanuts did Peter get?
5. Yesterday I met an old friend that I hadn't seen for many years. He told me that he had 3 children, and when I asked how old they were, he said that the sum of their ages is 13, and if you multiply their ages, the result is the same as your own age. I knew my own age, of course, but I still could not tell how old his children were, so he had to give me another hint. He then told me that the oldest one was visiting his grandparents right now. How old was this child?
6. Three men are taken prisoners by cannibals, and they are tied to 3 poles standing on a line, so that the first man sees none of the others, the second man sees only the first man, and the third man sees the first and the second man. They are then shown 5 hats, 3 black and 2 white. After being blindfolded, the men get one hat each. The rest of the hats are hidden. The blindfolds then go off, and they are told that if one of the men can say the colour of his own hat correctly, then they all will be free, but they are not allowed to talk to each other. After some minutes the first man then says the colour of his hat. What's the colour of the first man's hat?
7. Write a 10-digit number. The first digit tells how many zeroes there are in the number. The second digit tells how many ones that are in the number. The third digit tells how many twos there are in the number, and so on. The last number tells how many nines there are in the number. What is this number?
8. Ann and Ben have the total weight of 120 kilograms. Ben and Charlie have the total weight of 130 kilograms. Ann and Charlie have the total weight of 150 kilograms. What's the weight of Charlie? Write only the number.
9. AB * C = DE * F = GHI. The letters represent all the numbers 1-9. What is the number GHI? There are two solutions.
10. Maud has 4 children. They are John, Amanda, Sybil and Albert. John has 3 children. They are Gary, Anna and Joe. Amanda has no children. Sybil has 2 children. They are Sam and Joan. Gary has no children. Anna has no children. Joe has 4 children. Sam has no children. Joan has 3 children. There's a certain logic regarding how many children these persons have. How many children does Albert have?
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