Answer these questions if you want. I only want to see if anybody is good at thinking on their feet, and has that little thing called Gumption and Keen Sense of Observation. It\'s somewhat of a detective test, but any layman can answer this... If nobody gets all the answers within a month, I\'ll post them here.:cool:

Questions:

Some months have 30 days, some months have 31 days. How many months
have 28 days?

If a doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take one pill every half
hour, how long would it be before all the pills had been taken?

I went to bed at eight o\'clock in the evening and wound up my clock
and set the alarm to sound at nine o\'clock in the morning. How many hours sleep would I get before being awakened by the alarm?

Divide 30 by half and add ten. What do you get?

A farmer had 17 sheep. All but seven died. How many live sheep were
left?

If you had only one match and entered a COLD and DARK room, where there
was an oil heater, an oil lamp and a candle, which would you light first?

A man builds a house with four sides of rectangular construction, each
side having a southern exposure. A big bear comes along. What colour is the
bear?

Take 2 apples from 3 apples. What do you have?

How many animals of each species did Moses take with him in the Ark?

If you drove a bus with 43 people on board from Shibuya and stopped at
Hanajuku to pick up 7 more people and drop off 5 passengers and at Asahi to drop off 8 passengers and pick up 4 more and eventually arrive at Shinjuku 20 hours later, what\'s the name of the driver?


[Edited on 7/26/2002 by Yumi K.]

[Edited on 7/29/2002 by Yumi K.]

one

one hour and thirty minutes

12 hours

ten

oil heater

black

1 apple

two of each

umm...tenguman

All of \'em
8 hours, \'cuz i\'d forget to take \'em
13 hours
25
7
The Match
White
2 Apples
That was Noah
Mr Weird Guy

12.

1 hour and thirty minutes

13

25

7

The match

white

2

Moses didn\'t go on the ark

Shin_Zero

OoooOOOoo. I love these, yes indeed I do.

1. All 12
2. Instantly, he gave you the pills (?)
3. 13 hours
4. 25
5. Heh, this one is old the match
6. White
7. 2 apples
8. It was Noah
9. Rush152

I\'m impressed! All the people who answered got most of them correct. If this topic grows stale, I\'ll shorten the deadline and give the solution after a week.:cool:

Maybe a week is too long...

Answers with Justifications

- All of them. Every month has at least 28 days.

- 1 hour. If you take a pill at 1 o\'clock, then another at 1.30 and the
last at 2 o\'clock, they will be taken in 1 hour.

- 1 hour. It is a wind up alarm clock which cannot discriminate between a.m. and p.m.

- 70. Dividing by half is the same as multiplying by 2.

- 7 live sheep.

- The match.

- White. If all walls face south, the house must be on the North Pole.

- 2 apples. I have 3 apples, you take 2, what do you have?

- None. It was Noah, not Moses.

- You are the driver.

Round 2: This seems a bit tougher, but it depends on you and how you think of it\'s ease/difficulty.

Here goes...

1. The maker doesn\'t want it; the buyer doesn\'t use it; and the user doesn\'t see it. What is it?

2. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?

3. Clara Clatter was born on December 27th, yet her birthday is always
in the summer. How is this possible?

4. What is one thing that all wise men, regardless of their religion or
politics, agreed is between heaven and earth?

5. In what year did Christmas and New Year\'s fall in the same year?

6. A woman from New York married ten different men from that city, yet
she did not break any laws. None of these men died and she never
divorced. How was this possible?

7. Why are 1990 American dollar bills worth more than 1989 American
dollar bills?

8. How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?

9. How could you rearrange the letters in the words \"new door\" to make
one word? Note: There is only one correct answer.

10. Which is correct to say, \"The yolk of the egg are white\" or \"The
yolk of the egg is white\"?

11. In Okmulgee, Oklahoma, you cannot take a picture of a man with a
wooden leg. Why not?

Good luck!:cool:

I might as well give it a go.

1.) Coffin
2.) Mt. Everest
3.) Born in the Southern Hemisphere
4.) ???
5.) all years
6.) Polygamy/Multiple Marriages
7.) Aren\'t they worth the same?
8.) Once. 25 is no longer 25 if 5 is taken away.
9.) One Word
10.) Neither. The yolk isn\'t white!
11.) ???

1- coffin
2-There wasn\'t
3- She\'s in the southern hemisphere
4- life/death
5- all of them since 1 AD
6- ???
7- ???
8- As many times as you want
9- \"one word\"
10- Isn\'t the yolk yellow?
11- ???

1. Coffin
2. Mt. Everest
3. Born in Southern Hemisphere
4. the sky
5. Every year
6. She\'s a Mormin
7. 1990 dollars is worth more because 1,990 is one more than 1,989.
8. Once. Once you take away five, you have a different number
9. One word
10. Neither is correct, egg yolks aren\'t white.
11. because he won\'t let you

Giving it a shot... ^ ^\'

1 - Coffin
2 - Should be Mt. Everest... although I remember the Himalayan mountains were higher... oO;
3 - Lives in Southern Hemisphere
4 - Air
5 - Every year
6 - She never filed divorce, the men divorced her? ^^\'
7 -
8 - Once
9 - One word
10 - Yolk isn\'t white
11 - It could be an actual picture of a man on display...

Wow.... got a lot more than last time... I\'ll make the deadline shorter since I know now how these kinds of topics have a ridiculously short life span...
I\'ll give the answers...Tomorrow or the day after that...

Not to worry. If I find/think up more, I\'ll still post them for everyone\'s enjoyment... or at least for the ones who took the time to answer...:cool:

I\'ll give it a shot...:cool:

1. a coffin (I\'m assuming)
2. Mount Everest, just hadn\'t been discovered yet...
3. Lives in the southern hemisphere
4. \"and\"
5. Same year every year. New Year\'s Day arrives early in the year and Christmas arrives late in the same year.
6. The guys did the paperwork...
7. 1990 dollar bills are worth one dollar more than 1989 dollar bills.
8. Only once.
9. \"one word\"
10. Neither.
11. Have to take a picture of a man with a camera, not with a wooden leg.

[Edited on 8/12/2002 by Keiji]

[Edited on 8/12/2002 by Keiji]

Long overdue, but here are the answers:

1. a coffin
2. Mount Everest, it just hadn\'t been discovered!
3. Clara lives in the southern hemisphere.
4. The word \"and\".
5. They fall in the same year every year, New Year\'s Day just arrives
very early in the year and Christmas arrives very late in the same
year.
6. The lady was a Justice of the Peace.
7. One thousand nine hundred and ninety dollar bills are worth one
dollar more than one thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine dollar
bills.
8. Only once, then you are subtracting it from 20.
9. \"one word\"
10. Neither, the yolk of the egg is yellow.
11. You have to take a picture of a man with a camera, not with a
wooden leg.

To tell you the truth,

MASAKA... I missed one!!! But those were real toughies, Yumi-chan!! Hope to see more...:D

Okay!!! For those still interested, Here\'s Round Three!! Ganbatte ne...

1. There is one word in the English language that is always pronounced incorrectly. What is it?

2. A man gave one son 10 cents and another son was given 15 cents. What time is it?

3. A boat has a ladder that has six rungs, each rung is one foot apart. The bottom rung is one foot from the water. The tide rises at 12 inches every 15 minutes. High tide peaks in one hour. When the tide is at it\'s highest, how many rungs are under water?

4. Is half of two plus two equal to two or three?

5. There is a room. The shutters are blowing in. There is broken glass on the floor. There is water on the floor. You find Sloppy dead on the floor. Who is Sloppy? How did Sloppy die?

6. How much dirt would be in a hole 6 feet deep and 6 feet wide that has been dug with a square edged shovel?

7. If I were in Hawaii and dropped a bowling ball in a bucket of water which is 45 degrees F, and dropped another ball of the same weight, mass,and size in a bucket at 30 degrees F, both of them at the same time, which ball would hit the bottom of the bucket first? Same question, but the location is in Canada?

8. What is the significance of the following: The year is 1978, thirty-four minutes past noon on May 6th.

9. What can go up a chimney down, but can\'t go down a chimney up? (hint... chim chimminy)

10. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in the center field?

11. What is it that goes up and goes down but does not move?


[Edited on 9/4/2002 by Yumi K.]

Me First!

1.\"incorrectly\"
2. Allowance time!
3. 4
4. 3
5.Sloppy\'s the dead guy on the floor. He died in a room with curtain flung up, water on the floor and broken glass.
6. None - It\'s a hole
7. 45 degress both places. 30 would be ice.
8. You mean 12:34 5/6 \'78?
9. Santa
10. 1
11 . Me in my computer chair

Can\'t believe I missed this one~...- -;

1. Incorrectly
2. ....
3. 3 is actually underwater, one is floating on the water... - -?
4. 3
5. Sloppy is a fish, the wind blew the fish tank over, it broke on the floor and water spilled out, and the fish died...^^\'
6. none
7. 45 degree F hits first, because 32 degree F is 0 degree C, I think
8. the 12345678 thing?
9. .....
10. 1 big stack ^^;
11. the sun!

1. Incorrectly

2. Time to pay the sons fairly.

3. 4

4. Half of something is the same as something÷2. (2÷2)+2=3 but (2+2)÷2=2 so the answer is both. It just depends where you put the brackets.

5. Sloppy is a snowman and he melted.

6. None.

7. ~

8. It was 12:34 5-6-78 Basically 12345678.

9. a chimney sweep.

10. 1

11. The sun

Oh and CAN WE PLEASE HAVE ANOTHER ONE? iI LIKE THESE.
[Edited on 14/12/2002 by Airman]

[Edited on 14/12/2002 by Airman]

[Edited on 21/1/2003 by AirMan]

1. incorrectly

2. lunch time

3. 3 with 1 on the surface

4. 3

5. Sloppy is a fish. The wind blows the fish-bowl over with water in it. The water spills on the floor. Sloppy dies of suffocation and lack of water

6. none. It is a hole. There is nothing in it apart from air.

7. The ball in the 45°F Bucket would hit the bottom first because 30°F is LESSSS than the freezing point of water so the ICEEEE would get in the way. SSSSSSSSSSS. The same for in Canada.

8. The numerical Date and digital time would be 12:34 5/6 78. So basically it would be 12345678.

9. A chimney sweep.

10. 1

11. The sun.

I WANT MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WANT MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WEANT MORE... *Starts a protest saying \'I WANT MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!\'

me!: What do we want?
the rest: MORE
me!: When do we want it?
the rest: NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

[Edited on 21/12/02 by me!]

Hey! It\'s been ages since These questions were done. Can we have the answere, now please?;)

:rofl: