1. The word "incorrectly." {Almost cracked your brain, didn't
you?}
2. 1:45. The man gave away a total of 25 cents. He divided it
between two people. Therefore, he gave a quarter to two.
3. None, the boat rises with the tide. Duh.
4. White. If all the walls face south, the house is at the North
pole, and the bear, therefore, is a polar bear.
5. Three. Well, it seems that it could almost be either, but if
you follow the mathematical orders of operation, division is
performed before addition. So... half of two is one. Then add
two, and the answer is three.
6. Sloppy is a (gold)fish. The wind blew the shutters in, which
knocked his goldfish-bowl off the table, and it broke, killing
him. {Poor Sloppy.}
7. None. No matter how big a hole is, it's still a hole: the
absence of dirt. (And those of you who said 36 cubic feet are
wrong for another reason, too. You would have needed the length
measurement too. So you don't even know how much air is in the
hole.)
8. Both questions, same answer: the ball in the bucket of 45
degree F water hits the bottom of the bucket last. Did you think
that the water in the 30 degree F bucket is frozen? Think again.
The question said nothing about that bucket having anything in
it. Therefore, there is no water (or ice) to slow the ball
down...
9. The time and month/date/year American style calendar are
12:34, 5/6/78.
10. An umbrella.
11. One. If he combines all of his haystacks, they all become one
big stack.
12. The temperature.
glasses to keep the drinks cold. The first guy drank his so fast
that the ice didn't have enough time to melt. However, the second
guy sipped his alcoholic beverage slowly allowing the ice time to
melt and release the poison into his drink.
