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1. Johnnys mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third childs name?
2. A clerk at a butcher shop stands five feet ten inches tall and wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?
3. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
4. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet?
5. What word in the English language is always spelled incorrectly?
6. Billie was born on December 28th, yet her birthday always falls in the summer. How is this possible?
7. In British Columbia you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?
8. If you were running a race and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?
9. Which is correct to say, The yolk of the egg is white or The yolk of the egg are white?
10. A farmer has five haystacks in one field and four haystacks in another. How many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in one field?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/work-in-progress/2012/05/15/10-brainteasers-to-test-your-mental-sharpness/
I got 3-6, 8 & 10 correct and felt like an idiot for not figuring out the others.
OffWithTheirHeads
(10,337 posts)sakabatou
(42,152 posts)hamsterjill
(15,220 posts)I didn't get that one.
pink-o
(4,056 posts)And you don't REALLY need a camera. You can use your phone.
Gotta update 'em for the 21st century.
lame54
(35,290 posts)petronius
(26,602 posts)Iggo
(47,552 posts)Just had to put my mind in Trick Question Mode.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,693 posts)1. Johnnys mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third childs name? Johnny
2. A clerk at a butcher shop stands five feet ten inches tall and wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh? Meat
3. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world? Mt. Everest
4. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet? None
5. What word in the English language is always spelled incorrectly? Incorrectly
6. Billie was born on December 28th, yet her birthday always falls in the summer. How is this possible? She lives in the southern hemisphere.
7. In British Columbia you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not? You need a camera.
8. If you were running a race and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now? 2nd place
9. Which is correct to say, The yolk of the egg is white or The yolk of the egg are white? Neither, it's yellow.
10. A farmer has five haystacks in one field and four haystacks in another. How many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in one field? One.
Callmecrazy
(3,065 posts)It's all in the wording of the questions.
Incitatus
(5,317 posts)I had to read some a few times.
UrbScotty
(23,980 posts)trof
(54,256 posts)Boom Sound 416
(4,185 posts)lastlib
(23,233 posts)...by a weird coincidence, exactly on the U.S.-Canadian border. There are many fatalities. Under international law, where would you bury the survivors?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,693 posts)Yavin4
(35,438 posts)They sucked.
ConcernedCanuk
(13,509 posts).
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Even had a 45 of the song Eye of the Tiger - on my jukebox (yep, a real jukebox) decades ago.
But then I like Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, The Beatles, ELO, The Moody Blues, Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson, Gordon Lightfoot, Dean Martin, Engelbert Humperdinck, Johnny Cash, The Carpenters, The Monkees, Fleetwood Mac and dozens of others . .
I'm sort of a music slut - not loyal to any one venue.
If I like the tune, I like the tune
That simple.
CC
ps: got 'em all correct except the "incorrectly" one - silly me . . . . should have thought for 5 seconds on that one.
ConcernedCanuk
(13,509 posts).
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CC
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)a Green Bay cemetery?
There were 1,458 bodies recovered from the wreckage.
MissMillie
(38,557 posts)and yeah, once I saw the answers I felt silly.
Kingofalldems
(38,458 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,656 posts)They just don't have fireworks.
Yavin4
(35,438 posts)What do I win?
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)Yavin4! Congratulations on winning these fabulous prizes:
A year's supply of press-on nails
and bragging rights on DU
a la izquierda
(11,795 posts)Dash87
(3,220 posts)You grab 7 blue marbles and 5 green marbles and throw them to the side. How many marbles are left in the bowl?
5 red marbles
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)I only got 1, 3, 5, 8 and 9 right.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,835 posts)pintobean
(18,101 posts)Probably because I fell for a few of them when I was a kid. The butcher shop question took a little more thought than the rest, though.
Vashta Nerada
(3,922 posts)But I saw these many years ago.
Still Blue in PDX
(1,999 posts)Love your username!
Vashta Nerada
(3,922 posts)Still Blue in PDX
(1,999 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)As a child my dad bought me a bunch of riddle books...