1. Johnnys mother had three children. The first child was named
April. The second child was named May. What was the third childs
name? 2. A clerk at a butcher shop stands five feet ten inches tall
and wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh? 3. Before Mt.
Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
4. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three
feet by four feet?
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5. What word in the English language is always spelled
incorrectly? 6. Billie was born on December 28th, yet her birthday
always falls in the summer. How is this possible? 7. In England you
cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not? 8. If
you were running a race and you passed the person in 2nd place,
what place would you be in now?
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9. Which is correct to say, The yolk of the egg is white or The
yolk of the egg are white? 10. How many apples can you fit into an
empty box? 11. Why is it illegal to bury a man living in London?
12. Mr and Mrs. Smith have seven daughters. If each daughter has a
brother, how many children do Mr and Mrs. Smith have
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You have 12 black socks and 12 white socks mixed up in a
drawer. You're up very early and it's too dark to tell them apart.
What's the smallest number of socks you need to take out (blindly)
to be sure of having a matching pair?
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A completely black dog was strolling down Main street during a
total blackout affecting the entire town. Not a single streetlight
had been on for hours. As the dog crosses the centre of the road a
car with 2 broken headlights speeds towards it, but manages to
swerve out of the way just in time. How could the driver see the
dog to swerve in time? Why do Chinese men eat more rice than
Japanese men do?
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How can you throw a ball as hard as you can and have it come
back to you, even if it doesn't bounce off anything? There is
nothing attached to it, and no one else catches or throws it back
to you.
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Three fat ladies stood under an umbrella but none of them got
wet. Why didnt any of them get wet?
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If you took 5 chocolates from a box which contained 21
chocolates, how many chocolates would you have?
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My best friend got in a lift on the first floor. 5 other people
got on. At the second floor, 2 people got off and 3 people got on.
At the fourth floor 2 people got on and none got off. At the sixth
floor 5 people got off. As the lift reached the tenth floor
something went wrong. The cable broke and it fell to the ground
killing everyone. My best friend just told me about it. How could
he?
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Six drinking glasses stand in a row, with the first three full
of juice and the next three empty. By moving only one glass can you
arrange them so empty and full glasses alternate
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What question can a person ask all day long, getting a
different answer each time, and yet all the answers were correct. A
father and a son got into a car accident. The father went home to
rest. The son was taken to the hospital for minor surgery. The
doctor came in and said: "I shouldn't do any surgery on this boy
because he's my son." How can that be?
