1.A man is lying dead in a field. Next to him there is an unopened package. There aren’t anyanimals in the field. How did he die?

Ans: The man had jumped out of a plane and his parachute had failed to open.

2.Five pieces of coal, a carrot and a scarf are lying on the lawn. Nobody put them on thelawn but there is a perfectly logical reason why they are there. What is it?

Ans: A snowman.

3.A woman had two sons who were born on the same hour of the same day of the sameyear. But they were not twins. How could this be possible?

Ans: Triplets

4.Name an ancient invention still in use in most parts of the world today that allows people to see through walls.

Ans: The window.

5.A five letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it. What is the word?

Ans: Short

6.If a red house is made of red bricks, and a blue house is made of blue bricks, what is a green house made of?

Ans: Glass

7.A cowboy rode into town on Friday, spent one night there, and left on Friday. How do you account for this?

Ans: His horse was named Friday.

8.If the day after the day before yesterday was Tuesday, and theday before the day after tomorrow is Thursday, what day is today?

Ans: Wednesday

9. If in a race you overtake the last person, what position are you in?

Ans: you cannot overtake the LAST person.

10. The word CANDY can be spelled using just 2 letters. Can you figure out how?

Ans: C and Y

11. A man was walking downstairs in a building when the lights went out. Suddenly he realised that his wife had just died. How?

Ans: His wife was on a life support machine.

12. A man called to a waiter in a restaurant, "There's a fly in my tea!" The waiter replied, "I will bring you a fresh cup." After a few moments, the man called out, "This is the same cup of tea!" How did he know?

Ans: The man had already put sugar into the tea.

13. A black man dressed all in black, wearing a black mask, stands at a crossroads in a totally black-painted town. All of the streetlights in town are broken. There is no moon. A black-painted car without headlights drives straight toward him, but turns in time and doesn't hit him.

Ans: It's broad daylight

14. There are six eggs in the basket. Six people each take one egg, how can it be that one egg is left in the basket?

Ans: One person has both egg and the basket.

15. A police officer saw a truck driver clearly going the wrong way down a one-way street, but did not try to stop him?

Ans: The truck driver was walking on the one-way street.