I was caught in a storm at night in a rowboat, which capsized and sank. I swam to a small deserted island near by where I found a paraffin lamp and some matches. There was only a little paraffin in the lamp, not enough to reach the wick and enable me to light it. How […]

It was a long and dirty 20 years for the tunnel workers. Every day they got on the elevator and went numerous metres down into the earth to give their best performance. They were excellent workers too. The foreman of Palsha Mining Company was so proud of his employees that he decided he wanted to

A scientist was approached by a man who offered to sell him a flask of universal solvent, a liquid that he swore would dissolve any substance it touched. The scientist knew he was lying. How did he know? AnswerThe liquid hadn’t dissolved the flask.

Welcome back to Space Adventures! Viewers, this is a Science fiction show like none other. Each week, we will air a new episode. Each week, there will be an event during the show that defies all known Science; and each week, we will award a prize to the first 25 viewers to call in and

You are served a hot cup of coffee and room-temperature cream at a restaurant. You want to wait a few minutes before you drink the coffee, and you want it to be as hot as possible when you drink it. Should you pour the cream in the coffee:a) Immediatelyb) Just before you drink itc) It

A man in Alaska was watching a dog sled race and, since it was so cold outside, he decided to get some coffee. Upon returning to the race, he accidentally bumped into a woman and spilled the coffee towards her face. However, not a drop hit her or the ground. What happened to the coffee?

You are lost in the desert. You are out of water. You can see a spring on the horizon. You run over and touch the cool water. Your mom has told you never to drink water straight out of the ground. All you have is two clean plastic cups, and no way to make a

Skid Mark felt like doing a hard challenge one day. Question Mark was very happy to give him a challenge. He took a banana, a sheet of white paper, a red ball and a few random things. He put them all in a room where only red light could be seen. He found the ball

Hanging over a pulley there is a rope, with a weight at one end. At the other end hangs a monkey of an equal weight. What happens if the monkey starts to ascend the rope? Assume that the mass of the rope and pulley are negligible, and the pulley is frictionless. AnswerThe monkey is pulling

Two frogs fell into a container of liquid. The height of the container was six feet, so the frogs couldn’t possibly get out. After a few minutes, one frog sank to the bottom and died. The other frog swam around in circles until eventually, the liquid became hard and the frog could jump out. What

Suppose you have an open-topped box that is 5cm x 5cm x 5cm (capacity: 125 cubic centimetres) Inside the box is a steel ball bearing that is 25 cubic centimetres in size. Next to the box is a two-litre pail filled with mercury. How many cubic centimetres of mercury would you have to pour into

In a small metal fabricating shop, two men were welding aluminium brackets when both men felt dizzy and collapsed before they could get out of the shop. A foreman bringing his truck in to be fixed at that moment opened a bay door and drove in. Seeing the men on the floor, he jumped out

John was drinking a bottle of Diet Coke, and he had a Mentos mint in his mouth. He accidentally back-washed and the mint went into the bottle. He screamed, dropped the bottle, and stepped back about ten feet.Why did he do this? AnswerWhen he loses the Mentos into the soda, the gelatin and gum arabic

I was drinking champagne at a party, when someone came over and spilled a raisin into my almost full 20-ounce glass. It was shaped like a regular glass, though much larger. Two friends, who always quarrelled, came up. The first one said that the raisin would sink, while the second said that the raisin would

In Madadia, a rather strange and misguided assassin, from his hidden position, uses a high-powered rifle to shoot someone in the foot from 50 feet away. The bullet travels at 1,300 feet per second. Both the person being shot at and the assassin are at sea level. What will be the first evidence to the