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It’s ancient China and there are two emperors. As there can only be one emperor, they are about to go to war. They have all their armies and ships ready to fight. However, instead of fighting, they agree to decide the outcome with a philosophical battle where they will each have their best philosopher answer the question: What is the ultimate truth? The philosophers will privately present their answer to panel of judges, who will decide the winner. The first emperor tells his best philosopher the situation, and that he has three months to prepare his presentation. That philosopher doesn’t know the ultimate truth, but works as hard as he can on the problem for three months. Three months later, he still doesn’t know, but it's time to present, so he does his best. He introduces his idea and all the relevant background for three hours, and then finally says, “the ultimate truth is that something is.” He then goes out of the room, while the other philosopher gives his presentation. Three hours later, the first emperor goes to his philosopher, says, “we lost” and offers him a drink, which the philosopher knows is poison because he failed. The question is, what did the other philosopher say?

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"My favorite treasure", said the king unbidden; Many I have, each of them hidden--; One with a chest, without a key; One with a wall, small though it be; One in a garden with what grows on vines; One in the forest with trees that are pine; Others types there are, but these clues are enough. Can you tell me the treasure, or is it too tough?

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What do you answer every day but never ask?

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I have eyes that do not see. I have feet, but I can’t walk. I have a heart that does not beat. I have hands, but I can’t feel. What am I?

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A man in a car sees 3 doors, a bronze door, a silver door and a golden door. What door does the man open first?

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When it is there it is here when it is here it is gone. What is it?

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Light as porcelain, Harder than rock. Within a crazy dictator's stock. Round or long, small but strong, We number a hundred and three, times two. Want to find it? You're part of it, Darling, don't fear, for it's in you.

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What's the next number in this series? 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 100.

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If I drink, I die. If I eat, I am fine. What am I?

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What is weightless; can be seen with the naked eye; and, if you put it in a barrel, the barrel will be lighter (weigh less)?

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I share a father with Polyphemus, And I am a cyclops too. But when it comes to sinking ships, I’m the better of the two.

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If a rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg, what kind of chicks would hatch?

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What has an eye but can not see, a tongue but can not taste, and a soul but can not live?

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I smell rotten and yet people put me in desserts and say I taste sweet. What am I?

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A tool stolen but still must be made, used to explore, protect, and create. What am I?