The Chompem Cannibals of Drybone Island have the annoying habit of eating one another. In fact, Grandpa Chompem went missing only last week, and it was thought he’d lost his way home until his bits and pieces were found on the beach. One evening, the Chompems threw a dinner party, one of those bring-a-friend get-togethers. […]
The other day, I took an online survey in which there were two choices: “True” and “False”. I made my selection and was surprised to see the results:33% of people had selected “True”68% of people had selected “False”.My biggest surprise was that most people didn’t agree with me. The answer was obviously “True”. How could
In a singles tennis tournament, 111 players participated. They used a new ball for each new match. When a player lost one match, he was eliminated from the tournament. How many balls did they need? AnswerThere was only one winner, so the remaining 110 players were defeated in 110 matches. Therefore, they used 110 balls.
Some students are standing in a square. Counting from any of the eight directions, Victor is the fifth. How many students are there?HintIt is not 100.AnswerSince Victor is the fifth counting from any direction, there are 5+5-1=9 students on each row and each column, and there are 9*9=81 students.The students stand like this: V is
If seven people meet one another and each shakes hands only once with each of the others, how many handshakes will there have been? Answer21.
Takashi took part in a marathon race.At half-time, he is 6th last. After that, he is overtaken by three more contestants, but then he struggled and overtook 10 in a row, getting himself the bronze prize (3rd place).How many contestants were there in total? Answer15.
Gus and Joe are raising pigs. Gus said that they would have an equal number if Joe would give him two pigs. But if Gus gave Joe two of his, Joe would have twice as many as Gus. How many pigs did they each have? AnswerGus had 10Joe had 14
A 1-6 number cube is sitting on a table. Lenore counts 17 dots on all the sides she can see.Which face of the number cube is resting on the table?HintCount the total number of dots on a 1-6 number cube. AnswerThe side resting on the table is the one with 4 dots.21 total dots –
Mad Ade’s great great grand-dad was a Cowboy in the wild west.He was known either by the Indian name “Dances with Alcohol” or his nickname “Mad Cow McBrownpants”. One day, he saw his face on a poster nailed to a tree. As he approached, he saw “Wanted, Dead or Alive”. Under his picture, it read:
Too many people knew the code to Joe’s menu and he was losing a fortune in free pizza. Now he has a new code (based on the value of letters). Can you crack it, discover the price of pancakes, and win a free hamburger?MENUApple pie … $13.60Ice cream … $15.90Chocolate cake … $24.90Pancakes … $?
In Shmithalithaophogous the currency is marbles. A yellow one is equal to about 87 American dollars. A green one is twice that. A red one is a third of a green one. A blue one is 4x a red one. A purple one is 10% of a blue marble.What would be the simplest combination to
There once was a man who liked to pick apples from his big old apple tree. On the first day he picked 1 apple, on the second he picked 2 apples, on the third he picked 4 apples. On the fourth he picked 8 apples. If this pattern continues, then how many days will it
The Snapsville Town Council decided to have some fun with numbering the houses in Snaps Street which was in a new residential development in the town. For reasons known only to the Council, they elected not to use house numbers that were the multiples of 3 or 4. If the last house on Snaps Street
A butler is promised $100 and a cloak as his wages for a year. After 7 months he leaves this job, and receives the cloak and $20 as his payment. How much is the cloak worth? Answer$92
Mad Ade’s office is on the 3rd floor of the “Multinational Kebab and Lard Insurance Company” building. Though there is a lift yet, he likes using the big circular staircase. He goes up the stairs 2 at a time (to get more exercise) but is annoyed that there is always just 1 stair left over