1. A horse travels a certain distance each day. Strangely enough, 2 of its legs travelys 31 kilometers a day while the other two only travel 30 kilometers a day. How is this possible?
2. Suppose you have a 5x5x5 cm container (125 cubic cm capacity), and you have a steel ball that is 25 cubic centimeters. How many cubic centimeters of mercury would be needed to completely submerge the ball?
3. How can you rearrange the letter is "new door" to make one word? Note: there is only one correct answer.
4. There is a bridge that is 4 miles long, and can hold absolutely no more than 5 tons at a time. A truck weighing exactly 5 tons begins crossing the bridge. At the halfway point, a 30 ounce bird lands on the truck, but the bridge holds. How si this possible?
5. How can you add two to eleven and get one? (You better get this one)
6. The following arrows represent a common english word:
/\ > < \/
7. What four letters can fix this statement.
A _o_a_l_ doctor had _o _a_l_ and therefore, was _o_ a_l_ to operate.
8. How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?
9. The maker doesn't want it, the buyer doesn't use it, and the user doesn't see it. What am I talking about?
10. NASA wanted to do a test in space. They were going to bring canaries into space, but someone made a discovery and the mission was scrapped. He had discovered that if sent into space, the birds would die of dehydration. Even if they bring plenty of water, they would still die. Why?
11. What does this mean: M N X R L T 4 U
12. What letters come next? ST ND RD ...
13. A guy was in a library and found a book with VOLIX on its spine. How do you pronounce that?
14. Two men were tried for murder. One was found guilty, the other innocent. Both were let free however. Why?
15. It is impossible for a person to go without water longer than a week. Someone crossed a desert without finding or birngin any water (aside from that which is found in food) in 10 days time. How did he survive?
16. (I think I've used this before, but oh well.) Translate: 100204180
17. What are the next three letters in the sequence: j, a, s, o, n, ...
18. A woman from New York married ten different men from that city, yet she did not break nay laws. None of the men died, nor did she ever divorce. How is this possible?
19. A man submurges his entire hand in water that was boiling mere seconds ago, but did not get burned in any way. How is this possible?
20. What word from group B belongs in group A and why?
a) FRONT, SKI, MELON, FALL
b) ROAD, TIRE, TOWER, CLIFF
21. What word from group B belongs in group A and why?
a) BLAST, PAPER, BOX, BANK
b) JUICE, BAG, CRADLE, CARPET
22. Where will the letter Z go and why (left side or right side?)? AEFHIKLMNTVWXY / BCDGJOPQRSU
23. The US constitution requires a person to meet 5 requirements in order to become president: You must be at least 35 years old, a citizen of the United States, a resident of the US for the last 14 years, and you must have been born in the US. What is the fith one?
24. What are the next three letters in the sequence: H, H, L, B, B, C...
25. Which word does not belong and why?: Meter, Potato, Storm, Face
26. Which word does not belong and why?: Toothbrush, Monosylabic, Ion, Phonetic
27. Translate the following: NJOE USBQ SJEEMFT: QBSU UXP
28: Pete and Lisy, two popular political figures, met at a bar to discuss the overthrowing of their party leaders. They both odered a vodka on the rocks. Lisa quickly drank his and then ordered another. Pete was slowly sipping his down as they discussed how to go about getting rid of the leaders. They considered framing the leaders for some fraud, and were discussing how to do this, when all of a sudden, Pete dropped dead (sorry Phieta ). Both Pete and Lisa were targets of an assasination. Why was Pete killed and why was Lisa spared?
29. I have 10 bags filled with 20 coins each that all look alike. One bag is filled with all fake coins. The real coins weigh 10 grams each and the fake coins weigh 20 grams each. Using a scale which measures in grams, how can you determine which bag holds the fake coins with just one weighing. (Obviously you really don't need a scale to determine which one weighs twice as much, but lets pretend ya do. )
30. There is this strange island that is a very popular tourist place. On that island, the natives always lie and the visitors always tell the truth. While vacationing on the island, Cspace was approched by two people, Ryl and Traver. Traver said to Cspace, "I am a native, but Joise is a visitor." Are they both visitors, both natives, or one of each?
1. Yep, Was going in a circle - bigrat2
2. Steel will float on mercury. - Jarik C-Bol
3. One word is it - bigrat2
4. It burns off fuel while crossing. - Xalibur XIII
5. On a clock- bigrat2
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7. N, T, B, E - Killerconvic
8. Correct, just once - bigrat2
9. a coffin - bigrat2
10. Birds need gravity to swallow - beavis545 & bigrat2
11. ham and eggs are healthy for you - bigrat2
12. th (as in fourth) - atilla123
13. Volume Nine (VOL is volume, IX is roman for 9) - beavis545
14. They were conjoined twins - Killerconvic
15. He crossed Antartica, and just ate ice. - Killerconvic
16. I ought naught to owe for I ate nothing. - bigrat2
17. d, j, f (months in a year) - Final F8
18. woman was a priest - lprince
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23. Must be elected - Final F8
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More later, it is a pain to find good ones.
This post has been edited by Alpha Weapon: 14 January 2005 - 04:11 PM