Difficult puzzles, brain teasers and conundrums

Puzzles, riddles, brain teasers, conundrums, logic questions in pictures. All the logic questions here are more difficult than the average in other sections of the site. You will most likely need more time to complete them than usual. But you can look at the answers and explanations for all these logic riddles, brain teasers and conundrums. To check your answer, click on the «Answer» button located below the task. After this, the correct answer and explanations will appear. Below you can select other questions on this topic. Typically each topic has 20 questions or more. At the same time, the complexity of logical problems gradually increases. First there will be easy questions, then medium, then difficult. Try to complete tasks as quickly as possible.
Question - 5
This is a brain teaser. There are nine square cells, inside of which there are two arrows with different directions. You need to understand the pattern of the arrows and choose the correct option, which should replace the question mark.
Correct answer = 2.
Here the small arrow looks at the previous object, the large arrow looks at the next object. The sequence follows a line in such a way that all objects gradually intersect without repetition. There are 9 objects in total. Below, using a connecting line, the sequence of intersections of objects is shown.
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