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  2. Chinese riddles - Wikipedia

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    The posing and solving of riddles has long been an important part of the Chinese Lantern Festival; "the date of the origin of the lantern riddle is not definite, but according to Japanese writers it probably first became popular during the Northern Sung dynasty (960–1126), and became associated with the Feast of Lanterns during the 17th century".

  3. Lantern Festival - Wikipedia

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    Participants will guess the blocked side by solving the riddles, which is called "breaking/solving lantern riddles". The theme of riddles can be drawn from classics, biographies, poetry, the various philosophers' well-known stories and novels, proverbs, (the names of) all kinds of birds, animals, and insects, as well as flowers, grasses ...

  4. 58 Halloween riddles and answers that are positively ... - AOL

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    These Halloween riddles and spooky jokes are guaranteed to scare up all the laughs along with testing kids' and adults' knowledge with clever brainteasers. 58 Halloween riddles and answers that ...

  5. Qinhuai Lantern Fair - Wikipedia

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    By the Tang dynasty, lantern fairs during the Lantern Festival became a regular practice. This time saw an increase in the scale of the festival as well as the number of days from one day on the Lantern Festival to three days between fourteenth and sixteenth of the first month of the lunar calendar. Curfew restrictions were relaxed on these days.

  6. 125 Christmas riddles and brainteasers to fill your holiday ...

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    What's more unbelievable than a talking reindeer? Answer: A spelling bee.. What do snowmen eat for dinner? Answer: Chili.. How does a penguin build its house? Answer: Igloo's it together.

  7. The Viral 'I Have 6 Eggs' Riddle Is Trickier Than You Might ...

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    The "I Have 6 Eggs" riddle has gone viral across social media, puzzling many with its deceptively easy setup. Despite its basic premise of just counting some eggs, this riddle has proven a bit ...

  8. Question mark - Wikipedia

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    In linear logic, the question mark denotes one of the exponential modalities that control weakening and contraction. When placed above the relational symbol in an equation or inequality, a question-mark annotation means that the stated relation is "questioned". This can be used to ask whether the relation might be true or to point out the ...

  9. Bridge and torch problem - Wikipedia

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    The two solutions with the vertical axis denoting time, s the start, f the finish and T the torch The bridge and torch problem (also known as The Midnight Train [1] and Dangerous crossing [2]) is a logic puzzle that deals with four people, a bridge and a torch.