Gauracandra 1 Report post Posted July 10, 2001 1. Do they have a 4th of July in England? 2. How many birthdays does the average man have? 3. Some months have 31 days; how many have 28? 4. A woman gives a beggar 50 cents; the woman is the beggar’s sister, but the beggar is not the woman’s brother. How come? 5. Why can’t a man living in the USA be buried in Canada? 6. How many outs are there in an inning? 7. Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow’s sister? Why? 8. Two men play five games of checkers. Each man wins the same number of games. There are no ties. Explain this. 9. Divine 30 by ½ and add 10. What is the answer? 10. A man builds a house rectangular in shape. All sides have southern exposure. A big bear walks by, what color is the bear? Why? 11. If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have? 12. I have two US coins totaling 55 cents. One is not a nickel. What are the coins? 13. If you have only one match and you walked into a room where there was an oil burner, a kerosene lamp, and a wood burning stove, which one would you light first? 14. A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 die. How many are left? 15. How many animals of each sex did Moses take on the ark? 16. How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen? 17. What was the President’s name in 1950? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gauracandra 1 Report post Posted July 10, 2001 The answers. 1. Do they have a 4th of July in England? Yes. 2. How many birthdays does the average man have? One 3. Some months have 31 days; how many have 28? 12 months (Every month has 28 days) 4. A woman gives a beggar 50 cents; the woman is the beggar’s sister, but the beggar is not the woman’s brother. How come? The beggar is a woman. 5. Why can’t a man living in the USA be buried in Canada? Because he is living. 6. How many outs are there in an inning? 6 (3 outs per team, 2 teams) 7. Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow’s sister? Why? No, because he is dead if its his widow. 8. Two men play five games of checkers. Each man wins the same number of games. There are no ties. Explain this. They aren’t playing each other. 9. Divine 30 by ½ and add 10. What is the answer? 70 (30 divided by ½ is the same as 30 times 2/1=60+10=70) 10. A man builds a house rectangular in shape. All sides have southern exposure. A big bear walks by, what color is the bear? Why? White. The house is located at the north pole, thus all sides face south. A white polar bear walks by. 11. If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have? This one was controversial at work, but you TAKE 2 away so you have 2 of them. 12. I have two US coins totaling 55 cents. One is not a nickel. What are the coins? The coins are a 50 cent piece, and a nickel. One is not a nickel -it’s a 50 cent piece, while the other is a nickel. 13. If you have only one match and you walked into a room where there was an oil burner, a kerosene lamp, and a wood burning stove, which one would you light first? The match. 14. A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 die. How many are left? 9 15. How many animals of each sex did Moses take on the ark? None. It was Noah who took the animals on the ark (not Moses) 16. How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen? 12 17. What was the President’s name in 1950? George W. Bush Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
animesh 0 Report post Posted July 11, 2001 17. What was the President’s name in 1950? George W. Bush The question does not mention country. Then why did you assume USA? Now fair. Partiality. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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