Which domino should replace the question marks?

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Three of the images below are perfectly normal… and three have been reversed. Can you tell which is which?

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These six colors have been placed in a particular order. Can you figure out which of the three colors — white, gray, or black — should go into the blank to continue the sequence?

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Which of the puzzle pieces below didn’t come from the 2008 you see here?

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Which domino should replace the question marks?

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The online smiley face…

:-)

…was sent for the first time 25 years ago this week. (It was created by a computer scientist named Scott Fahlman.) Since then, all kinds of emoticons have been invented. Can you match up each emoticon with its meaning?

1. P-(

2. <:0)

3. @@@@ :-)

4. ~:0

5. O-\-<]:

6. ~(_8^(|)

7. C=:-)

8. 0=)

9. ==):-)=

10. ——>-<o

a. angel
b. baby
c. bungee jumper
d. chef
e. clown
f. Abraham Lincoln
g. Homer Simpson
h. Marge Simpson
i. skateboarder
j. pirate

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Which domino should replace the question marks?

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AUSTRIA   BELIZE   BRAZIL   CAMEROON   FRANCE  
HAITI   IRAN   RWANDA   SINGAPORE

1. Which country becomes a new word when you place the word RAG somewhere inside it?
2. Which country becomes the name of a different country when you place two letters consecutively inside it?
3. Which country is a girl’s name inside an insect?
4. Which country becomes the name of an animal when you change the first letter and spell the whole thing backwards?
5. Which country becomes a place where you might see a pool table if you change the first and last letters and divide it into two words?
6. Which country becomes a magician’s prop when you drop the first and last letters?
7. Which country becomes something you can wear when you drop the same letter as many times as it appears?
8. Which country can be broken up into three shorter, consecutive words?
9. Which country can become a complete sentence if you insert spaces and punctuation?

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