Sergeant Hill is a numerophiliac; he loves numbers. He wants to figure out how many times his digital watch shows the same number in all places (not including seconds). He starts noting this at just after midnight. How many instances like this occur in a 24-hour period? Answer3 timesSergeant Hill is in the military; his […]
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 centre field? AnswerOne. If he combines all of his haystacks, they will all become one big stack.
Which “letter” has been removed from these words? be_dc_rg_spul_rs_nly AnswerLove as in “love letter”beLOVEdcLOVErgLOVEspulLOVErsLOVEnly
Two planes take off at the same exact moment. They are flying across the Atlantic. One leaves New York and is flying to Paris at 500 miles per hour. The other leaves Paris and is flying to New York at only 450 miles per hour. Which one will be closer to Paris when they meet?
Follow the directions below:Read all of the directions before you start.Pick any number between one and ten.Multiply it by zero.Multiply it by fiveMultiply it by twoAdd seventy-fiveAdd twenty-fiveSubtract one hundredAdd .75Subtract .25Multiply it by zeroAdd twoTake the number that you started with and add it to the number you have now.Take the number of the
If a red house is made from red bricks and a yellow house is made from yellow bricks, what is a green house made from? AnswerGreenhouses are always made of glass.
A man calls Drew White who sells Houses.He starts to tell this newly wed couple about a great yellow house. It’s an old, kind of prairie one-storey, with great views of the countryside. It has well water and everything else.The only problem with this house is that everything is yellow. The walls are yellow, the
A man was at a bar and was very drunk. He had drunk a lot of pints which contained beer. He stood up and shouted to everybody, “Listen…. hiccup I, me over here will not drink any more beer ever again.” Everyone who heard this promise laughed at him and said, “You won’t keep your
One mother gave 25 books to her daughter and another mother gave her daughter 8 books. However, between both daughters, they only increased their collection by 25 books. How can this be? AnswerThere are only three people:a grandmother, a mother and a daughter.The grandmother gave the mother 25 books and the mother gave the daughter
Tissue is reorganizing his sock drawer. He owns 107 white socks, 17 red socks and 3 black socks. He is in pitch black darkness. What are the chances he’ll draw 2 pairs of black socks? AnswerZero. He only has 3 black socks; therefore, he cannot draw 2 pairs of black socks.
Little John, Robin Hood and Friar Tuck were hiding from the Sheriff’s men in Sherwood forest.They had been hiding up a tree for days and were down to one last apple left to eat. Being a kind and holy man, Friar Tuck said that Robin and Little John could share it between them. Robin promptly
A boat has a ladder hanging off the side that has six rungs. Each rung is one foot apart. The bottom rung is one foot from the water. The tide rises at 12 inches every 15 minutes. High tide peaks in one hour. When the tide is at its highest, how many rungs are under
The taxidermist, the butcher, the butcher’s daughter, and the taxidermist’s wife went for a stroll in the park. Because it was very early in the morning and no one else could be seen, they thought they were the only ones in the park. Suddenly, several shots were fired, and they all lay dead. But, in
Your sock drawer contains ten pairs of blue socks and ten pairs of red socks. If you’re only allowed to take one sock at a time from the drawer, what’s the minimum number of socks you need to take out before you’re guaranteed a pair? AnswerTwo. You only have to take out two socks. I
Few people believe the following, but I will assure you it is 100% true. I am the great-great-grandson of a cousin to none other than Doctor John Dolittle; the original “Dr. Dolittle”. Although being a distant relative yet I have acquired the same gift as my great-great-grandpa’s cousin: I can talk to animals.I converse with