1. Some months have 30 days, some have 31; how many months have 28
days?
2. A man gave one son 10 cents and another son was given 15
cents. What time is it?
3. If you had only one match and entered a
room in which there was a kerosene lamp, an oil heater, and a wood burning
stove, which would you light first?
4. There is a house with four
walls. Each wall faces south. There is a window in each wall. A bear walks
by one of the windows. What color is the bear?
5. Is half of two
plus two equal to two or three?
6. Do they have a 4th
of July in England?
7. How many animals of each species did Moses
take aboard the Ark with him?
8. How far can a dog run into the
woods?
9. What is the significance of the following: The year is
1978, thirty-four minutes past noon on May 6th.
10. Is it legal in
California for a man to marry his widow's sister?
11. If a farmer has 5
haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, how many
haystacks would he have if he combined them all in the center
field?
12. What is it that goes up and goes down but does not
move?
13. I have in my hand only 2 U.S. coins which total 55 cents
in value. One is not a nickel. What are the coins?
14. A farmer has
17 sheep. All but 9 died. How many did he have left?
15. Divide 30
by 1/2 and add ten. What is the answer?
1. All 12 have 28 days
2. 1:45. The
man gave away a total of 25 cents. He divided it between two people.
Therefore, he gave a quarter to two.
3. Light the match first.
4. White. If all the walls face south, the house is at the
Northpole, and the bear, therefore, is a polar bear.
5. Three.
Well, it seems that it could almost be either, but if you follow the
mathematical orders of operation, division isperformed before addition.
So... half of two is one. Then add two, and the answer is
three.
6. Yes, and a 5th, a
6th, ...
7. I thought Noah brought 2 of each animal, not Moses
8. Halfway, then he would be running out of the woods.
9.
The time/month/date/year of an American style calendar are 12:34,
5/6/78.
10. No. You can't marry someone if you're dead!
11.
One. If he combines all of his haystacks, they all become one big
stack.
12. The temperature.
13. A half-dollar and a nickel.
(Only one was not a nickel)
14. 9 sheep
15. 70
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