Common Sense
America
Math
Brain Food
Logic
100
What does NINDS stand for?
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
100
What is the largest state?
What is Alaska.
100
What is the four-digit number in which the first digit is one-third the second, the third is the sum of the first and second, and the last is three times the second?
What is 1349.
100
There is a man who lives on the top floor of a very tall building. Everyday he gets the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the building to go to work. Upon returning from work though, he can only travel half way up in the lift and has to walk the rest of the way unless it's raining! Why?
The man is very, very short and can only reach halfway up the elevator buttons. However, if it is raining then he will have his umbrella with him and can press the higher buttons with it.
100
A police officer saw a truck driver clearly going the wrong way down a one-way street, but did not try to stop him. Why not?
The truck driver was walking.
200
Who has appeared more often than any other woman on the cover of Time magazine?
The Virgin Mary.
200
What President is on the $2 bill?
What is Thomas Jefferson.
200
What is the number missing from the following sequence? 4 7 11 18 29 47 ____ 123 199 322
The missing number is 76. Beginning with the third number in the sequence, each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers.
200
One day Kerry celebrated her birthday. Two days later her older twin brother, Terry, celebrated his birthday. How?
At the time she went into labor, the mother of the twins was traveling by boat. The older twin, Terry, was born first early on March 1st. The boat then crossed a time zone and Kerry, the younger twin, was born on February the 28th. Therefore, the younger twin celebrates her birthday two days before her older brother.
200
A New York city hairdresser recently said that he would rather cut the hair of three Canadians than one New Yorker. Why?
Because he would earn three times as much money!
300
What is the only US state which borders with just one other US state?
What is Maine.
300
What President is on the $10 bill?
What is Alexander Hamilton.
300
In the equation below, replace each question mark with one of the four mathematical signs: +,-, ×, or ÷. Each sign can be used only once. Fill in the blanks to solve the equation. (Hint: the first sign is +.) 7 ? 5 ? 4 ? 7 ? 6 = 15
(7 + 5) ÷ 4 × 7 - 6 = 15 If the first sign is +, there are only 6 possible combinations. You can get the answer by trying each one of them out. There is only one correct answer.
300
A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
The third. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead.
300
Arthur lives with his parents in Chicago. Last week, while his parents were out, Arthur's next-door neighbor Sophie came round to spend the evening. At one point, she popped out to buy some cigarettes. Just then, two men burst into the apartment and, ignoring Arthur, took the TV set, the stereo and a computer. Arthur had never seen the men before, and they had no legal right to remove the equipment, yet he did nothing to stop them. In fact, he didn't even act surprised by their behavior. Why not?
Arthur is a baby.
400
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
What is DNA.
400
What is the capital of Maryland?
What is Annapolis.
400
Froggie fell down a 10-foot well. He cannot hop out. He has to climb out. He climbs three feet a day, but during the night, while resting, he slips back two feet. At this rate, how many days will it take Froggie to climb out of the well?
Froggie makes one foot of progress every twenty-four hours. So after seven days (and nights), he will have climbed seven feet. Then on day eight, he will climb the three feet he manages per day; those three feet will bring him to the top of the well, from where, before nightfall, he will jump and drop to the ground. In all, his journey will take eight days.
400
Sally, George, and Frank were picking up their fast-food orders — a burger, a plate of fries, and a slice of pizza. "Who ordered what?" asked the man at the counter. George said, "I didn't order the pizza." The boy who ordered the fries said, "Oh, I thought you did." That was all the man at the counter needed to know. Who got each order?
George got the burger, Frank got the fries, and Sally got the pizza. We know George didn't get the pizza, so he could have gotten the fries or the burger. But someone else got the fries, so George had to get the burger. Furthermore, we know that it was Frank who got the fries, because he is the only boy in the group besides George. So that leaves Sally with the pizza.
400
Once a boy was walking down the road, and came to a place where the road divided in two, each separate road forking off in a different direction. A girl was standing at the fork in the road. The boy knew that one road led to Lieville, a town where everyone always lied, and the other led to Trueville, a town where everyone always told the truth. He also knew that the girl came from one of those towns, but he didn't know which one. Can you think of a question the boy could ask the girl to find out the way to Trueville?
The question the boy should ask is, "Which way is your town?" If the girl is from Lieville, she will point to Trueville because she has to lie; if she is from Trueville, she'll point to Trueville because she has to tell the truth. So whatever road the girl points to will be the road to Trueville.
500
The latest operating system from Windows is?
What is Windows 7.
500
What is the longest river in America?
What is Mississippi.
500
An online shopping site reduced the price of one computer model by 25 percent for a sale. By what percentage of the sales price must it be increased to put the computer model back at its original price?
Suppose the computer originally cost $100.00. With the 25% deduction, it would cost $75.00. To bring the price back to the original $100.00, you'd have to add $25.00, which is 1/3 of $75 — or 33.3%.
500
As you know, one way to tell an insect from a spider is to count its legs. All insects have six legs, and all spiders have eight legs. So if some insects and spiders went to a dance, and there were 48 dancing legs, how many insects and how many spiders were at the dance?
Four insects (24 legs) and three spiders (24 legs). No other combination will work.
500
Slippery Sam was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death. While waiting on death row, he escaped, got hold of a gun, and managed to board a plane. Just before departure, Sam hijacked the plane, and ordered all the passengers off. His next demand was for £1 million in a heavy bag and a parachute. He then instructed the pilot to turn his radio off and fly at low altitude. When Sam saw the area he liked he strapped the parachute on and leapt from the plane. Unfortunately for Sam, in his excitement he forgot the money. When the pilot returned to the airport he reported to Detective plod that Slippery Sam had made a successful escape but had left the money. Plod immediately announced the case was closed. Why would Plod not search for a convicted murderer?
The parachute Slippery Sam used had a large hole in it!
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