TRicky Questions:
1) If it takes twenty minutes to hard-boil one goose egg, how long will
it take to hard-boil four goose eggs?
2) Is there a 4th of July in England? Yes or no?
3) Some months have 31 days. How many have 28?
4)Can a man in California marry his widow's sister?
5) Take the number 30, divide it by 1/2, and then add 10.
.........What do you get?
6) A doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half
an hour.... How long will the pills last?
7) A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 of them die.
How many sheep are left?
8. How many animals of each species did Moses bring with him on the ark?
9) A butcher in the market is 5'10" tall. What does he weigh?
10) How many 2 cent stamps are there in a dozen?
11) What was the President's name in 1960?
ANsweRS:
1) If it takes twenty minutes to hard-boil one goose egg, how long will it take to hard-boil four goose eggs? e
20 minutes, 4 eggs can be boiled at the same time.
2) Is there a 4th of July in England? Yes or No?
....Yes. It comes right after the 3rd.
3) Some months have 31 days. How many have 28?
.....Twelve (12). All of them have at least 28 days.
4) Can a man in California marry his widow's sister?
....No. He must be dead if it is his widow.
5) Take the number 30, divide it by 1/2, and then add 10.
What do you get?
..... Seventy (70). Thirty (30) divided by 1/2 is 6.
6) A doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half
an hour. How long will the pills last?
......One hour. If you take the first pill at 1:00, the second at
1:30, and the third at 2:00, the pills have run out and only one hour
has passed.
7) A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 of them die. How many sheep are
left?
..... Nine (9). Like I said, all BUT nine die.
8. How many animals of each species did Moses have on the ark?
...... None. I didn't know that Moses had an ark.
9) A butcher in the market is 5' 10 tall. What does he weigh?
..... Meat ... that is self-explanatory.
10) How many 2 cent stamps are there in a dozen?
...Twelve (12). How many eggs are in a dozen? TWELVE ... it's dozen.
11) What was the President's name in 1960?
... Bill Clinton. As far as I know, he hasn't changed his name.
