Some Brain Exercisers

[Chris Plumb]

and questions with obvious answers???

 

1. How far into a forest can a dog run?

2. What word in the english language is always pronounced incorrectly?

3. A boat has a ladder with 6 rungs, each rung is a foot apart. The bottom rung is one foot from the water. The tide is coming in and rising by 12 inches every 15 minutes. If high tide peaks in an hour how many rungs will be submerged?

4. An architect builds a square house with all the walls facing south. A bear walks by. What colour is the bear?

5.How much dirt would be in a hole 6m deep and 6m square that had been dug with a 25cm square edged shovel?

6.I am in Hawaii and I drop two identical bowling balls into two identical buckets of water. Each bucket contains the same volume of water though one is at 30°F the other at 45°F. Which ball hits the bottom of the bucket first?

7. What can go up a chimney down, but can't go down a chimney up?

8. If a farmer has 4 haystacks in one field and 5 in another, how many haystacks would he have if he combined them in the centre of the field?

9. What can go up and down but doesn't move?

10. What has 4 legs but only one foot?

11. How many animals did Moses take into the ark?

12. If you only had one match in a box and you went into a room in which was a paraffin lamp, a gas ring and a fuel stove, what would you light first?

13. Divide 30 by ½ add 10. What is the answer?

14. If 10 cats kill 10 rats in 10 minutes. How long would it take for 100 cats to kill 100 rats?

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

16. Is it legal for a man to marry his widow's sister?

17. There are 3 apples in a bowl. You take 2 of them. What do you have?

18. I have in my hand 2 coins totalling 15p. One is not a 5p - please remember that - What are the coins?

19. If it takes 4 people to dig a hole - how many does it take to dig half a hole?

20. An archaeologist finds a coin dated 35BC could it be genuine?

 

The answer's obvious isn't it?

 

21. How long was the 100 years war?

22. Which country makes Panama hats?

23. From which animal do we get catgut?

24. In which month do the Russians celebrate the October Revolution?

25. What is a camel's hair brush made of?

26. The Canary Island were named after which animal?

27. What was George VI first name?

28. What colour is a purple finch?

29. Where a Chinese gooseberries from?

30. How long did the 30 years war last?

 

Answers in a couple of days (if you need them!)

 

Chris

[Dave Hill]

Very good Chris.... Enjoyed that

 

I need help with 6, 10 and 19... :confused:

 

PLUS

 

all of the 'Obvious' ones?

[miasma]

Chris....stuck on Number 10....

Be Lucky!...miasma..

[Chris Plumb]

In case any of you are still puzzling - the answers.....

 

1. ½way

2. incorrectly

3. none

4. white

5. none

6. 45°F (the other is ice)

7. umbrella

8. 1 (big) haystack

9. temperature

10. a bed

11. none

12. the match

13. 70

14. 10 minutes

15. 12

16. would be a clever trick for a dead man...

17. 2 apples

18. 10p & 5p

19. and how exactly do you have ½ a hole?

20. no.

 

The answers obvious??

 

21. 116 years (1337 - 1453)

22. Ecuador

23. Sheep and horses

24. Novemeber (The Russian calendar is 13 days behind ours)

25. Squirrel fur

26. Dog (from the latin; Insularia Canaria - Island of Dogs)

27. Albert (He respected Queen Vistoria's wishes that no future king be called Albert)

28. Bright red

29. New Zealand (ever eaten Kiwi fruit?)

30. 30 years of course (1618 - 1648)

 

Chris