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Solved: 1-20 as of 6:09 P.M. -6 Central Time (US & Canada) On Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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Solved: 1-20 as of 6:09 P.M. -6 Central Time (US & Canada) On Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Solved:
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6-10
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21-25
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There are four friends walking home and they stayed out longer than usual. Their flashlight is their only source of light and without it they cannot see. They come to a bridge that can only support two at a time. Their flashlight is quickly running out of power. They only have 17 minutes left. Moving in pairs, how can they get all four over in 17 minutes when one is a sprinter and can cross in 1 minute, one is a soccer player and can cross in 2 minutes, one is a regular Joe and can cross in 5 minutes, and the last guy has a broken leg and can cross in 10 minutes.
SOLVED
2.
A man is murdered with 53 bicycles in front of him. Why?
SOLVED
3.
The police found a man hanging in his house. There is no furniture and only a puddle of water underneath him. How did he hang himself?
SOLVED
4.
A rope broke, a bell rang, a man died.
SOLVED
5.
A man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the password that was required. He waited by the door and listened. A club member knocked on the door and the doorman said, "twelve." The member replied, "six " and was let in. A second member came to the door and the doorman said, "six." The member replied, "three" and was let in. The man thought he had heard enough and walked up to the door. The doorman said ,"ten" and the man replied, "five." But he was not let in.
Why was he not let in?
Why was he not let in?
SOLVED
SOLVED
6-10
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1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221
Find the sequence and the next 3 numbers.
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221
Find the sequence and the next 3 numbers.
SOLVED
7.
The following words share a common feature, what is it?
CALMNESS
CANOPY
DEFT
FIRST
SIGHING
STUN
CALMNESS
CANOPY
DEFT
FIRST
SIGHING
STUN
SOLVED
8.
A hospital director recently confirmed that many of the people admitted to his hospital were not ill at all. They were perfectly healthy, yet they were given hospital care and treatment. Why?
SOLVED
9.
A butcher I know is six feet, two inches tall, wears a size 12 shoe and has a 17 inch neck. What does he weigh?
SOLVED
10
This is a lot like #3.
Bob and Sue are dead on the floor beside a table, surrounded by broken glass and water. The window in the room is open. How did Bob and Sue die?
Bob and Sue are dead on the floor beside a table, surrounded by broken glass and water. The window in the room is open. How did Bob and Sue die?
SOLVED
SOLVED
11-15
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Scientist find two people buried in the ice in Antarctica. After thawing them and studying them, they conclude that these two people are Adam and Eve. How do they know that?
SOLVED
12.
When is four half of five?
SOLVED
13.
Two people are driving in a car. A father and his son. They have an accident, a bad car crash and the father DIES and the son is badly injured. The son is rushed to emergency for operation. The surgeon walks in to the room and sees the kid and says I cant do this, I cannot operate on my own son. Who is the surgeon?
SOLVED
14.
What kind of cheese is made backwards?
SOLVED
15.
What has four legs in the morning,
Two legs in the afternoon,
And three legs in the evening?
Two legs in the afternoon,
And three legs in the evening?
SOLVED
SOLVED
16-20
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There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?
SOLVED
17.
Can you name 3 consecutive days without using Monday, Thursday or Sunday?
SOLVED
18.
What is greater than God, more evil than the Devil, poor men have it, rich men don't want it, and if you eat it you'll die?
SOLVED
19.
They call me a man, but I'll never have a wife.
I was given a body, but not given life.
They made me a mouth, but didn't give me breath.
Water gives me life and sun brings me death.
What am I?
I was given a body, but not given life.
They made me a mouth, but didn't give me breath.
Water gives me life and sun brings me death.
What am I?
SOLVED
20.
The following number is the only one of its kind.
8,549,176,320
Can you figure out what is so special about it?
8,549,176,320
Can you figure out what is so special about it?
SOLVED
SOLVED
21-25
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What is the easiest way to throw a ball, and have it stop, and completely reverse direction after traveling a short distance?
SOLVED
22.
I am the shortest complete sentence in the English language. What am I?
SOLVED
23.
What has roots that nobody sees, and is taller than trees. Up, up it goes, and yet it never grows. What is it?
24.
I have four wings, but cannot fly, I never laugh and never cry; On the same spot I'm always found, toiling away with little sound. What am I?
SOLVED
25.
What's the difference between a penniless man and a feather bed?
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