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I love this kind of thing.. although I'm not very good at it...
1. What row of numbers comes next in this series?
1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221
11132211
2. A man was to be sentenced, and the judge told him, "You may make a statement. If it is true, I'll sentence you to four years in prison. If it is false, I'll sentence you to six years in prison." After the man made his statement, the judge decided to let him go free. What did the man say?
Your mother was a hampster, let me go free.
3. You have a barrel of oil, and you need to measure out just one gallon. How do you do this if you only have a three-gallon container and a five-gallon container?
Fill the 5g container, pour 3/5 of it into the 3g. Empty the 3g container, now only 2g remains in the 5g. Pour this into the 3g. Fill the 5g. Pour 1g into the 3g, leaving 4g in the 5g container. Empty the 3g container. Fill the 3g with the 5g container, leaving only 1g behind in the 5g container.
4. If your sock drawer has 6 black socks, 4 brown socks, 8 white socks, and 2 tan socks, how many socks would you have to pull out in the dark to be sure you had a matching pair?
17. Not going to bother explaining my math here.
5. What is broken every time it's spoken?
broken english
6. How did Mark legally marry three women in Michigan, without divorcing any of them, becoming legally separated, or any of them dying?
Poligamy
7. Mom and Dad have four daughters, and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the family?
7
8. What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?
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9. If I say "Everything I tell you is a lie," am I telling you the truth or a lie?
Impossible
10. What work can a painter never quite finish?
Self-portrait
11. Why wasn't Bertha put in jail after killing dozens of people?
Bertha died
12. Why wasn't John able to take a photo of his mother with curlers?
she died during labor with john...or, photography did not exist during her time, or curlers for that matter
13. If there are three cups of sugar and you take one away, how many do you have?
one
14. What has a mouth but can't chew?
venus fly trap, or a fish?
15. How many letters are in the alphabet?
26. if the answer is 11, the question is gramatically incorrect.
16. What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
cloth
17. What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
the back left wheel of a car
18. Food can help me survive, but water will kill me. What am I?
fire
19. Take away the whole and some still remains. What is it?
donut.. i know, whole is not spelt as 'hole' but it's all i could think of.
20. What stinks when living and smells good when dead?
skunk on the bar bee
21. When is it bad luck to meet a white cat?
labour day
22. If it has a quart capacity, how many pennies can you put into a empty piggy bank?
zero
Here's a couple I have:
1) Name two different words that start with the letter 'F' and end with 'UCK.'
2) A snail is trying to get out from the bottom of a 10 foot well. The snail can travel 3 feet/day, but then slides down 2 feet at night. How many days does it take for the snail to escape?
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