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| 31. If you peel off my skin I won't cry but you will. What am I? 32. There was an accident on the border between Canada and the U.S. Where would they bury the survivors? 33. Which is correct? "The yolk of an egg are white" or "The yolk of an egg is white" 34. Mr. and Mrs. Mustard have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the Mustard family? 35. What doesn't get any wetter, no matter how much rain falls on it? 36. How many months in a year have twenty-eight days? 37. What has 6 faces but does not wear makeup. It has 21 eyes but cannot see. What is it? 38. What belongs to you but others use it more than you do? 39. I'm not an airplane but I fly through the sky. I'm not a river but I'm full of water. What am I? 40. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs? 41. What is very light but we cannot lift it? 42. Two men play five games of checkers. Each man wins 5 games. There are no ties. 43. Explain this.Two convicts are locked in a cell. There is an unbarred window high up in the cell. No matter if they stand on the bed or one on top of the other they can't reach the window to escape. They then decide to tunnel out. However, they give up with the tunneling because it will take too long. Finally one of the convicts figures out how to escape from the cell. What is his plan? 44. Think fast: There's an electric train traveling south. The wind is from the north-west. In which direction would the smoke from the train be blowing? 45. Good at math? Try this one.... 1=3 2=3 3=5 4=4 5=4 6=3 7=5 8=5 9=4 10=3 So what does 11=? 12=? 46. Which is heavier: a pound of gold or a pound of feathers? 47. Johnny's mother had four children. The first was April, the second was May, and the third was June. What was the name of her fourth child? 48. People climb me, cut me, & burn me -- they show me no respect! My rings are not of gold but do tell my age. What am I? 49. Often held but never touched, always wet but never rusts, often bites but seldom bit, to use me well you must have wit. What am I? 50. I saw a man in white, he looked quite a sight. He was not old, but he stood in the cold. And when he felt the sun he started to run. Who could he be? 51. Sergi and Sally where sitting in their family room one night. While Sergi was watching T.V his wife Sally was reading. All of a sudden the power went out and Sergi decided to go to bed, but Sally kept on reading. With no use of artificial light, Sally kept on reading. How? 52. What 3 numbers give the same result when they are added together and when they are multiplied together? a + b + c = a x b x c ???? 53. Poke your fingers in my eyes and I will open wide my jaws. Linen, cloth or paper, I am greedy and devour them all. Who am I? 54. Three men were fishing. The boat flipped over and the three men fell into the water. Two of the men got their hair wet. Why didn't the third man's hair get wet? 55. A man was found murdered on Sunday morning. His wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and got these alibis: The Wife said she was sleeping. The Cook was cooking breakfast. The Gardener was picking vegetables. The Maid was getting the mail. The Butler was cleaning the closet. The police instantly arrested the murdered. Who did it and how did they know? |
| Answers are at the bottom of the page |
| 31. an onion 32. you wouldn't bury survivors 33. Neither- yolk is yellow 34. 9, each sister has the same brother 35. Water 36. 12- Every month has 28 days 37. a die 38. your name 39. a cloud 40. a penny |
| 41. a bubble 42. They weren't playing each other 43. His plan is to dig the tunnel and pile up the dirt to climb up to the window to escape. 44. Electric trains don't have smoke. 45. 11= 6, 12 = 6 - count the letters 46. They both weigh a pound 47. Johnny |
| 48. a tree 49. a tongue 50. a snowman 51. Sally was blind and reading braille 52. 1, 2, 3 53. scissors 54. the 3rd man was bald 55. It was the maid- there is no mail on Sundays |