You frown when you reach the statue and it asks you a riddle.
'A man had twelve toothpicks in front of him. He took one away. Now he had nine in front of him. How is this possible?'
After a moment of thinking, you reply uncertainly. "They were arranged in such a way that the remaining 11 toothpicks formed the number 9?" The statue lets you pass.
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The Common Room is round and filled with blue hangings and fat armchairs, has a domed ceiling painted with stars and features a replica statue of Rowena wearing her diadem.
'A man had twelve toothpicks in front of him. He took one away. Now he had nine in front of him. How is this possible?'
After a moment of thinking, you reply uncertainly. "They were arranged in such a way that the remaining 11 toothpicks formed the number 9?" The statue lets you pass.
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The Common Room is round and filled with blue hangings and fat armchairs, has a domed ceiling painted with stars and features a replica statue of Rowena wearing her diadem.

