A certain family party consisted of 1 grandfather, 1 grandmother, 2 fathers, 2 mothers, 4 children, 3 grandchildren, 1 brother, 2 sisters, 2 sons, 2 daughters, 1 father-in-law, 1 mother-in-law and 1 daughter-in-law. A total of 23 people, you might think. But, no; there were only 7 people present. Can you show how this might be?
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Teresa’s Daughter
If Teresa’s daughter is my daughter’s mother, who am I to Teresa?
(a) Grandmother
(b) Mother
(c) Daughter
(d) Granddaughter
(e) I am Teresa
Five to Nine
Correct Time
My watch had stopped at 10 o’clock. In two minutes time it will be twice as many minutes short of 11 as it was past 10 o’clock 25 minutes ago. What was the correct time?
Riddle Answer12 Marbles
A box contains 12 marbles of three different colours: green, yellow and blue — 4 each. If you were to close your eyes and pick them at random, how many marbles must you take out to be sure that there are at least two of one colour among the marbles picked out?
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