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After signing a potential payment written in a foreign language that he could not read, a man went and stood in a covered room, waiting for somebody he last met a week ago. That person came to the man with their face partly covered, and circled him, staring. The man handed the person an object. Then, moving away, he stepped on a piece of glass and heard a shout. What was shouted?
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Mazel tov!' (described is a traditional jewish wedding)
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challenging
"Welcome to my mansion." The door slams behind as you enter a large meeting hall. You turn back and pull at the handles, but your host replies, "These are one-way doors." He takes you by the hand and proceeds to show you down the chamber and into a larger room. Everything is covered in white and scarlet drapes. You hear eerie music playing from a pipe organ. Your host asks, "Do you like it?" Hoping to escape, you say, "I-- I think I just need a little fresh air." Your host agrees, and leads you out a backdoor. As soon as he let's you go, you run as fast and far away into the woods as you can. Branches and wind whip at your face. It feels like forever, but when you finally find a clearing, you realize you've returned to the mansion. "That did not take you long. Come, welcome back." You feel a force push you back inside, maybe ghosts or armored knights. You again find yourself in the large meeting hall, but it looks a little different. As your host walks you down the chamber and into another room, he notices your confusion and smiles, explaining, "These are not the same halls. Earlier you came in from the right wing of my mansion. This is the left wing." After you hear the last note played from the organ's leturgical piece, your host leads you out a front door. "You may truly leave this time; the tour has ended. But you'll be back," He laughs. "In fact, you have already been here on numerous occasions. You have just forgotten." What is this place!?
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A heart
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easy
Upon two legs I walk all day, but human i am not. Chased by giants I am but prey, bound to the earth I shall lay. Make a wish upon my bones but beware my foul intentions are well known.
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A chicken
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easy
I am always with you yet I am not there, I am your closest friend was worst of enemies, even when alone you'll find me close, I am the one who has been with you most.
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Loneliness.
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challenging
This puzzle is a poem (of sorts) that requires a six-letter word in each line. The six letters never change except in their order: "A ... sat on his ... grey, watching the ... of parting day, and this was his lay: 'Thou ... the weak, Thou ... the strong, to Thee the ... of battles belong.' And the wind with a ... bore off his song."
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A sutler sat on his ulster grey; Watching the lustre of parting day, and this was his lay: 'Thou rulest the weak, Thou lurest the strong, to thee the result of battles belong'. And the wind with a rustle bore off his song.
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normal
What do all these words have in common? Bread; Drain; Doors; Vanilla; Maid; Manicure; Toast; Cuff; Kiss; Twist; Press; Dressing.
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French (Put the word 'french' before all of them for a new meaning.)
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challenging
A man dies and leaves his heir to his two sons. In the fathers testament, he says that they must do a race with their horses, and the one with the slowest horse will receive the inheritance. The two sons do a race, but they never finish it, as they keep holding their horses back. Therefore they go to an oracle and ask what they should do. Later on the brothers race, going at full speed. What did the oracle answer?
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The oracle told them to switch horses, and then race normally. Whoever wins, originally had the slowest horse.
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challenging
One day a man is captured and put unjustly to trial for committing depraved crimes, none of which he had actually done. The corrupt system allows this man to be executed, but in a show of a facade of mercy, the evil Queen of the land tells the denizens of the land that she will allow this man to live he can pass the Marble Trial. The rules of the trial are as follows: One: The prisoner is to blindly pick from the jar one of two types of marbles, of which there is only one of each. Two: The black one, if chosen, represents death and thus he will be executed. Three: The white one, if chosen, will let him go free. Normally in the Marble Trial, there are different quantities of marbles depending on the severity of the crimes, but for this event, the Queen announces that there will be only 2. one Black and one White. Or at least, the Queen merely announced that to the public. In a private chat leading up to the Marbel Trial, the Queen actually revealed to the man that she never actually intends for the man to survive, and that the Marbel Trial's Jar is rigged to contain 2 black marbles instead of the proper arrangement. The next day, the man finds himself in a huge arena filled with cheering crowds curious as to how he will fare in the trial- unaware that the trial is rigged in the first place. Without a way to speak to the audience as he will be killed on the spot if he doesn't immediately pick from the jar, how does the man survive?
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He takes the first black marble out so that his fist covers the marble, then he swallows it whole to the audience's dismay and intrigue. Then he takes out the second black marble and shows it to the crowd, confirming that his first pick was the white one.
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challenging
I have a name, but it isn't my name. My face shows signs of age. I always mean the same thing, no matter what I say. I'm born in mourning, and I last 'til the end of days. Men plant me, but I never grow. They run from me, but I never move. They look at me and see their future, rotting in the fields where I bloom. What am I?
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Tombstone
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easy
The first of this threesome is the last to arrive, the other two are twins, merely 15. Once brought together they imprison many, and display their captives for the entertainment of the money holders.
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Zoo.
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