Jenny works in a greengrocer's. She only wieghed 6 pounds when she was born, but now, aged 18, she is 5 foot 10 inches tall and her measurements are 38-24-36. What does she weigh?

• Fruit and Vegetables!

When my watch broke down, I decided to rely on my alarm clock, but it gains a minute everyday, so I still didn't know the right time. Was I wrong to swap the stopped watch for the fast clock?

• No - the watch will tell you the correct time twice a day but you can't tell when, whereas the alarm clock will gain a minute everyday but at least you can work out by how much it is wrong.

Why are so many famous artists Dutch?

• Because they were born in Holland.

How many famous men & women have been born in New Orleans?

• None - they were babies when they were born.

An electric train is travelling north from Newcastle to Edinborough, a journey of around 100 miles, at a speed of 75 miles an hour. The wind is blowing from the east at 40 miles an hour. In what direction will the smoke from the train be blown?

• There will be no smoke becuase it's an electric train!

Two of the nearest stars to earth are Sirius, 8.7 light-years away, and Wolf, 7.7 light years away. Sirius is moving towards us at 8km per second and Wolf is moving away at 13km per second. When Wolf has travelled one light-year, what will be the nearest star to the earth?

• The sun.

Mt.Everest was first climbed in 1953, although its location and height had been recorded long before that in 1841. What was the highest mountain in the world before then?

• It was still Mt.Everest.

If you buy five pounds of apples, averaging three to the pound, how many apples can you put in to an empty paper bag, which will only carry two and third pounds without bursting?

• Only one, after the first apple, the bag is no longer empty.