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Q1) How many letters are in the alphabet?
A) There are 11 letters in "THE ALPHABET"
Did you say 26? :)
Q2) What row of numbers comes next?
This is a tough one!
1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221
A) The next row is
1113213211
Starting with the second line, every line describes the line before it. In writing, it is:
One One
Two Ones
One Two One One
etc.
etc.
Q3) A man walks up to you and says - "everything I say to you is a lie."
Is he telling you the truth or is he lying?
A) Neither. It's a paradox and no acceptable answer exists. Don't think about this one too long... it'll hurt your brain.
Q4) What state is surrounded by the most water?
A) Hawaii. All of it is surrounded by water. Most people, amazingly enough, get this one wrong. They either say Maine, Florida, Alaska, or California.
Q5) A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys.
How can this be possible?
A) ALL the children are boys, so 1/2 half are boys and so is the other half.
Q6) A farmer and his hired help were carrying grain to the barn. The farmer carried one sack of grain and the hired help carried two sacks. Who carried the heavier load and why?
A) The farmer's load was heavier. His hired help only carried two sacks, while the farmer carries one sack, but his sack is a sack of grain. The hired help only carried 2 sacks - both empty.
Q7) In the NBA, how many men are on the basketball court for each team?
A) Five. If you said ten, don't feel bad as most people do. "Each team" is the key here.
Q8) A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50."
The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less.
In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?
A) The man did exactly as he said he would and wrote "your exact weight" on the paper.
Q9) If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?
A) You would be in 2nd. You thought first place, huh? Well, you passed the guy in second place, not first.
Q10) George, Helen, and Steve are drinking coffee.
Bert, Karen, and Dave are drinking soda.
Using logic, is Elizabeth drinking coffee or soda?
A) Elizabeth is drinking coffee. The letter E appears twice in her name, as it does in the names of the others that are drinking coffee.
Q11) He starts and ends 2 common English words. One painfull in love, One painfull in everyday matter. Do you know what 2 words it must be?
A) Heartache and Headache.
Q12) I cannot be felt, seen or touched;
Yet I can be found in everybody;
My existence is always in debate;
Yet I have my own style of music.
What Am I?
A) I'm a Soul. Style of music: soul music.
Q13) What kind of cheese is made backwards?
A) EDAM cheese (made backwards is edam)
Q14) There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?
A) The base word is Startling - starting - staring - string - sting - sing - sin - in - I
