Why do humans have two eyes?
Why do many animals have stripes? And should poetry be difficult to understand?
These are the types of questions students hoping to study at Oxford University can expect to face at interview.
The institution has published a sample of the brain-teasers posed by tutors in an attempt to give an insight into its selection process.
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