A family photo contained:
one grandfather, one grandmother,
two fathers, two mothers,
six children, four grandchildren,
two brothers, two sisters,
three sons, three daughters,
one father-in-law, one mother-in-law, one daughter-in-law.
What is the fewest number of people that could have been in the photo?
Riddle AnswerIf a doctor gives you three pills, telling you to take one every half hour, how many minutes will pass from taking the first pill to the last pill?
Riddle AnswerAt noon and at midnight, the long and short hands of a clock are together. Between noon and midnight, how many times does the long hand pass the short hand?
Riddle AnswerTerry is half as old as Alice was when Alice was five years older than Terry is now. How old is Terry now?
Riddle AnswerA lawyer argued for $1,000,000 damages based on the following claim: His client went to an art museum, where he saw a painting of Marie Antoinette on a guillotine. He fell asleep and dreamed of the painting. At the museum’s closing time, a guard tapped him on the neck just as he dreamed of the guillotine beheading Marie Antoinette. The tap provoked immediate cardiac arrest and a fatal heart attack immediately following, because he associated the tap with the guillotine blade.
The judge dismissed the case. Why?
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