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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

You’re escaping a maze, and there are three doors in front of you. The door on the left leads to a pit of lava. The door in the center leads to a room filled with deadly gas. The door on the right leads to a lion that hasn’t eaten in three months. Which door do you choose?


The door on the right. A lion that hasn’t eaten in three months would be dead.

100

What 5-letter word typed in all capital letters can be read the same upside down?

SWIMS

200

A sundial has the fewest moving parts of any timepiece. Which has the most?

An hourglass—It has thousands of grains of sand.

200

If I am holding a bee, what do I have in my eye?


Beauty. Because beauty is in the eye of the beholder (bee holder).

200

What is more useful when it is broken?

An egg

300

A man was walking in the rain. He was in the middle of nowhere. He had nothing and nowhere to hide. He came home all wet, but not a single hair on his head was wet. Why is that?

The man was bald.

300

What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat, and 2/4 goat?


Chicago

300

 How do you spell COW in thirteen letters?

SEE O DOUBLE YOU.

400

Paul’s height is six feet, he’s an assistant at a butcher’s shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?

Meat

400

During which month do people sleep the least?


February (there are usually fewer nights in February).

400

Why is Europe like a frying pan?

Because it has Greece at the bottom.

500

The person who makes it has no need for it. The person who purchases it does not use it. The person who does use it does not know he or she is. What is it?


A coffin.

500

Is the capital of Kentucky pronounced Louisville or Luee-ville?


Frankfort

500

How can you drop a raw egg from a height onto a concrete floor without cracking it?

Concrete floors are very hard to crack.

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