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A group of four men—made up of two brotheers A prisoner is given a chance to win his
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plus their father and grandfather—is walking freedom: In his cell are two doors—behind one
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to a train station in the darrk and come to an old is a hungry lion and behind the other is the exit
narrow bridge that leads to the station. TThe to the prison. In front of each door stands a
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bridge can support onlyy two people at aa time, and guard—one guard always speaks the truth, the
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they have only one flashlight between them, so other only lies. The prisoner is allowed to ask
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after one pair has crossed, one of thhe men needs one of the guards only one question. So what
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to bring the flashlight back for the next pair. The question should he ask to gain his freedom?
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four men take diffeerent times to cross the bridge.
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cross the bridge to the station on time?
Who passed the package?
Rob has just won a game of pass the package.
It started with nine children sitting in a circle. A
package was given to the first player, who then
passed it to the left to player number two and they
continued in this way until the package reached
the seventh player. This person then unwrapped a
layer of paper and was eliminated from the game.
The person to their left then became player
number one and the game continued until there
was only one person left to claim the prize. If
Rob won the game, who started it?

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