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Puzzle 1 


Take a normal piece of paper, exactly 0.1 mm thick.

Fold it in half, and then in half again, and again, and again.

Do this a total of 50 times.

How thick would the final paper be (if this could be done)?

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Puzzle 2 


What is the minimum number of queens required on a chessboard such that all squares are attacked?

Queen On C3

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Puzzle 3 


Place all of the digits from 1 to 9 into the circles so that the sum of the numbers in each straight line is the same.

Puzzle Copyright © Cihan Altay

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Puzzle 4 


What word most logically goes in the brackets:
EASY [HEAD] HARD
OOZE [----] FACT

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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