| 04/03/2003 |
What is once in a minute, twice in a moment, but
never in a second?
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| 01/27/2003 |
In the middle of a pool floats a water-lily.
Every day, the water-lily doubles in size. After 20 days, the lily
covers the entire pool. After how many days was the pool half
covered?
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| 08/06/2002 |
There is a ship floating at anchor at low tide
with a ladder over the side. The ladder has 10 rungs, each 1m apart.
If at low tide 5 rungs are below the surface of the water, and the
water rises at 1.5m per hour, then how many rungs of the ladder will
be visable 2 1/2 hours later?
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| 05/08/2002 |
You are running in a road race with 9 other
racers. If you overtake the person who is in last place in the race,
what position will you be in?
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| 05/08/2002 |
You are running in a road race. If you
overtake the person who is #2 in the race, what position will you be
in?
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| 05/08/2002 |
Solve the following math problem without pencil
and paper or a calculator: Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another
1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another
1000. Now add 10. What is the total?
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| 01/03/2002 |
Some months have 31 days; how many have 30?
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| 01/03/2002 |
Divide 30 by 1/2 and add 10. What is the answer?
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| 01/03/2002 |
How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
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| 06/21/2001 |
A frog is at the botton of a well which is
almost 10 feet tall and decides to climb out. During the day it
climbs 3 feet up the side of the well. During the night when it
sleeps, however, it slides down 2 feet. How many days will it take
for it to climb out of the well?
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| 06/05/2001 |
A person you know (call him Joe) is staring at
a picture on the wall and says: "Brothers and sisters I have none, but
that man's father, is my father's son". Who is the picture of?
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If you have 37 cows standing in a field and
all but 16 lie down, how many are left standing?
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How many birthdays does the average male have?
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How many times does the number/digit 7 appear in the
whole/integer numbers between 1 and 100?
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How many outs are there in a (North American) baseball
inning?
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Here's one of my favorite Christian religious
questions. Whose "conception" is described as the "Immaculate
Conception"?
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Jed lived alone in a remote house. Since Jed never
left his house it was necessary to have his supplies delivered every
two weeks. One dark and stormy night, Jed lost control of his senses,
turned off all the lights, and went to sleep. The next morning it was
discovered that Jed's actions resulted in the deaths of several
people. Why?
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There is a cabin in the woods -- the doors are
blocked and the windows are closed. Everyone is dead inside but not
from exposure, starvation, dehydration, suicide, fire, asphyxiation,
or animals. Why?
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Investigators break into an apartment and find
the remains of 3 dead bodies on the floor in a pool of water. The
only living occupant of the apartment was a cat in the corner. What
one word explains the secret to this riddle.
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A bomber takes off from the airport carrying a bomb.
The bombay doors open and the pilot presses the release button and
everything works fine but the bomb does not leave its cradle. Why?
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Hogan and Snead are professional golfers and long-time
rivals. One day during a game, they had each scored 30 when Hogan hit
a bad shot. Snead immediately added 10 to his own score. Snead then
hit a good shot and won the game. Why?
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A woman pushing her car stopped outside a hotel
and immediately went bankrupt. Explain.
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My full brother and I were born in the same hour of
the same day of the same year to the same biological mother and have
the same biological father, but we are not twins. Why?
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Gray's Quicky Brain Teasers and Riddles