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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
In 1990, a person is 15 years old. In 1995, that same person is 10 years old. How can this be?
The person was born in 2005 B.C.
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
Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
Mt. Everest. It just wasn’t discovered yet.
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 man takes his car to a hotel. Upon reaching the hotel, he is immediately declared bankrupt. Why?
The man is playing Monopoly. He lands on a property with a hotel and doesn’t have enough money to pay the rent.
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 makes this number unique — 8,549,176,320?
It contains each number, zero through nine, in alphabetical order.
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
You’re standing in a hallway with three light switches on the wall, each of which turns on a different lamp inside a closed room. You can’t see inside the room, and you can’t open the door except to enter the room. You can enter the room only once. How can you tell which switch turns on which lamp?
Turn on the 1st switch and keep it on. Then, turn on the 2nd switch and leave it on for one minute. When that minute is up, turn off the 2nd switch and enter the room. One light bulb will be on (1st switch) and one will be off, but still warm (2nd switch). The cold bulb will correspond to the 3rd switch, which you never turned on.
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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