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Firefighter
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Gone with the Wind
Hugh Jackman
100
Johnny’s mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child’s name?
Johnny.
100
Billie was born on December 28th, yet her birthday always falls in the summer. How is this possible?
Billie lives in the southern hemisphere.
100

A man stands on one side of a river, his dog on the other. The man calls his dog, who immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it?

The river was frozen.

100

Two boxers are in a match scheduled for 12 rounds. (Pure boxing only – no kicking, UFC takedowns, or anything else). One of the boxers gets knocked out after only six rounds, yet no man throws a punch. How is this possible?

Both boxers are female.

100
The aliens are invading the Earth! They plan to invade for 25 days, starting with a small amount of land, and doubling in size every day. By the 25th day, the entire planet will be taken over. On what day will exactly half of the Earth be taken over?
Day 24 (half of the Earth will be taken over, and then it will double in size and the entire Earth will be taken over on Day 25).
200
A clerk at a butcher shop stands five feet ten inches tall and wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?
Meat.
200
In British Columbia you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?
You can’t take a picture with a wooden leg. You need a camera to take a picture.
200
A sundial has the fewest moving parts of any timepiece. Which has the most?
An hourglass, with thousands of grains of sand.
200

A farmer has 17 sheep and all but 9 die. How many are left alive?

All but 9

200

If it takes 7 machines 7 minutes to make 7 widgets, how long does it take 82 machines to make 82 widgets?

7 minutes (each machine takes 7 minutes per widget)

300

There is an ancient invention still used in some parts of the world that allows people to see through walls.

Windows

300
If you were running a race and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?
You would be in 2nd place. You were in 3rd place, and you passed the person in second place.
300

What is unusual about the following words: revive, banana, grammar, voodoo, assess, potato, dresser, uneven?

Take the first letter of each word and place it at the end. It will spell the same word backwards. (Or take off the first letter and it is a palindrome.)

300

A babysitter came over one day to babysit 10 children. She decided to give them a snack. In a jar there were 10 cookies. She wants to give each one a cookie but still keep one in the jar. How will she do it?

She hands the 10th child the jar with one cookie left in it

300
A plane crashed on the border of the United States and Mexico. Where were the survivors buried?
You don't bury survivors! (This is similar to: I can name 5 U. S. presidents who are not buried in the United States. The answer is: Carter, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama).
400
How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet?
There is no dirt in a hole.
400
Which is correct to say, “The yolk of my egg is white” or “The yolk of the egg are white?”
Neither. Egg yolks are yellow.
400

What is in the middle of Paris?

The letter 'r'

400
What do these words have in common: polish, job, herb?
All three words are pronounced differently when the first letter is capitalized.
400
A farmer in Australia grows a beautiful pear tree, which he harvests to supply fruit to all the nearby grocery stores. One of the store owners has called the farmer to see how much fruit is available that he can buy. Unfortunately the farmer isn't currently near the tree, so he has to work it out in his head. He knows that the main trunk of the tree has 24 branches. That each branch has 12 boughs and that each bough has only got 6 twigs. Each one of these twigs bears one piece of fruit, so how many plums will he be able to sell to the store owner?
None. The farmer doesn't grow plums.
500

What word in the English language is always spelled incorrectly?

Incorrectly.

500

A farmer has five haystacks in one field and four haystacks in another. How many haystacks would he have if he combined them all?

One. If he combines all his haystacks, they all become one big stack.

500

Put a coin into an empty bottle and insert a cork into the neck. How can you remove the coin without removing the cork or breaking the bottle?

Push the cork down into the bottle. Then shake the coin out.

500

Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?

He was bald.

500
Three fat guys stand under a normal-sized umbrella. Not a single one gets wet. Why?
It wasn't raining.
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