| My great-grandmother was exceptional from first to last. She was the first baby born in the state in 1851. She was almost the first centenarian in the family, but she died in 1950, one day before her 100th birthday.
The cause of her death was not unusual; thousands of people died of the same cause that year and also in previous years. Her death was exceptional because she was the last person ever to die from that cause in the United States. What was the cause of death? |
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| George, Helen, and Steve are drinking coffee. Bert, Karen, and Dave are drinking soda. Using logic, is Elizabeth drinking coffee or soda? |
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| What does each word in each group have in common?
Group A Group B Group C |
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| The angry chief of police did roar, “Who robbed the bank out of you four?” When Al was asked, he said right then, “The thief was Ben! The thief was Ben!” Ben said to the policin’ man, “The thief was Dan! The thief was Dan!” When Carl was questioned, he exclaimed, “I’m not the one who should be blamed!” When Dan was questioned, he replied, “When Ben said it was me, he lied!” If three of four suspects speak true, |
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