Swaff is sitting at his desk, being cool, when his younger brother Geemiee walks up. Geemiee had recently been practising his (fake) magical powers, trying to turn cheese into more cheese, so he believes he can beat Swaff in anything. He sets up a little competition, the first to get 5 ounces of water to […]
You awake inside a small transparent capsule sitting on the surface of Venus. From a small speaker you hear a voice that says, “We will leave you here either for a day or a year. If you choose to stay a day, we will give you $1 million. If you choose to stay a year,
If you balanced a broom horizontally on your finger, in such a way that your finger was exactly on the centre of gravity of the broom, and marked that spot and cut the broom in two, then you would have a long and a short piece. The long would be being most of the handle
As his name would suggest, Joe was not a meek, quiet fellow. In fact, he had such difficulty keeping quiet that both his local and university library banned him. His roommate, being a music major and a sound engineer, said he could solve his problem, but Joe would need to trust him. He gave Joe
A man in a restaurant asked a waiter for a juice glass, a dinner plate, water, a match and a lemon wedge. The man poured enough water onto the plate to cover it.“If you can get the water on the plate into this glass without touching or moving this plate, I will give you $100,”
How much time would it take to go from one part of the world situated at the very left of the world map to the other part situated at the very right by using a car going at 100 kmph, considering that the original distance between the two according to the map is 150,000,000 km?
If my brother had three whole chickens for dinner and I had four, how many legs did I have at dinner? Answer10. Eight chicken legs and 2 of my own (of course, I didn’t eat my own legs).
A young traveller once travelled to every country in the world. He also said that he had never been to Pakistan, yet he claims to have a recording of where he went. How can this be? AnswerHe had NEVER NEVER been to Pakistan, which means that he had been to Pakistan(double negative).
There is a building with thirty storeys, with one elevator. On floor twenty-one, four people get on and zero gets off. On floor thirteen, six get on and two get off. On floor nine, eight people get on and four get off. How many people would get on and off on floor thirty-one? AnswerNONE. The
A magician walked into a room and claimed he could stop a light bulb from shining with his bare hands. How did he do this? AnswerHe flipped the light switch.
My password has six letters, but I pressed seven buttons (not including the enter button) and the computer still accepted my password. How is this possible? AnswerI typed my six-letter password, and then I pressed the number (not a letter) in my password to log on.Another acceptable answer would be:My password had a capital letter
When would you see the Union Jack flying over Buckingham Palace? AnswerYou won’t!The Union Flag, as it is correctly known, can be seen flying over Buckingham Palace when the monarch is not in residence.Contrary to popular belief, it is only called the Union Jack when it is being flown on the jack mast of a
You may have heard about my Sphynx cat, Marky. Marky is incredibly sweet, but he does nothing but sleep! I decided to get him a more energetic companion.My friend Polly asked me what I was going to name the cat. Now, I am a great puzzle enthusiast, and so I sent her a cryptic clue
Harry and Frank are twin brothers, yet Harry was born in the 20th century, and Frank in the 21st century. How is this possible? AnswerHarry was born at 11:55 pm on December 31, 2000, and Frank was born at 12:05 am on January 1, 2001.
A farmer knows that 20 of his hens, housed in 3 coops, will hatch 30 eggs in 18 days. How long will it take 30 hens, housed in 4 coops, to hatch the same number of eggs? AnswerYou can’t shorten the process of egg-hatching by increasing the number of chickens. Therefore, 30 hens will also