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I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody. What am I?
Pencil lead
What is nicknamed "The Little Brain"
The cerebellum
What ONLY processes memories?
The Hippocampus
What can be driven although it doesn’t have wheels, sliced but stays whole?
A golf ball
An elevator is on the ground floor. There are four people in the elevator including me. When the lift reaches the first floor, one person gets out and three people get in. The lift goes up to the second floor, 2 people get out, 6 people get in. It then goes up to the next floor up, no-one gets out but 12 people get in. Halfway up to the next floor up the elevator cable snaps, it crashes to the floor. Everyone else dies in the elevator except me. How did I survive?
I got off on the first floor
What is responsible for automatic survival functions in your brain?
The Brain Stem
The water level in a reservoir is low, but doubles every day. It takes 60 days to fill the reservoir. How long does it take for the reservoir to become half full?
59 days. If the water level doubles every day, the reservoir on any given day was half the size the day prior. If the reservoir is full on day 60, that means it was half full on day 59, not on day 30.
I weaken all men for hours each day. I show you strange visions while you are away. I take you by night, by day take you back. None suffer to have me, but do from my lack. What am I?
sleep
What connects the brain to the rest of the body?
The spinal cord
Name the four lobes in the brain
The frontal lobe, the occipital lobe, the temporal lobe, and the parietal lobe
A red house is made from red bricks. A blue house is made from blue bricks. A yellow house is made from yellow bricks. What is a green house made from?
glass
What is the part of the brain that deals with emotions?
The limbic system
What can be stolen, mistaken, or altered, yet never leaves you your entire life?
Your identity
What is the largest part of the brain?
The Cerebrum
You live in a one story house made entirely of redwood. What color would the stairs be?
There is no stairs, it's a one story house
What influences body temperature, hunger, thirst?
The Hypothalamus
Andy is put in a cell with a dirt floor and only one window. The window is too high for him to reach. The only thing in the cell is a shovel. He won’t be able to get any food or water and only has two days to escape or he’ll die. Andy can’t dig a tunnel because it will take him much longer than two days to do it. How will Andy escape from the cell?
Andy has to use the shovel to create a pile of dirt under the window so he can climb up onto it and escape from the cell.
Name the 3 parts of the brain stem
Pons, midbrain, and medulla oblongata
Romeo and Juliet are found dead on the floor in a bedroom. When they were discovered, there were pieces of glass and some water on the floor. The only furniture in the room is a shelf and a bed. The house is in a remote location, away from everything except for the nearby railroad track. What caused the death of Romeo and Juliet?
If the day before yesterday is the 23rd, then what is the day after tomorrow?
The 27th
Four cars come to a four way stop, all coming from a different direction. They can’t decide who got there first, so they all go forward at the same time. They do not crash into each other, but all four cars go. How is this possible?
The are all making right turns
A Japanese ship was leaving the port and on its way to open sea. The captain went to go oil some parts of the ship and took his ring off so it wouldn’t get damaged. He left it on the table next to his bunk. When he returned, it was missing. He had suspected three crew members could be guilty and asked them what they had been doing for the ten minutes that he had been gone.
The cook said, “I was in the kitchen preparing tonight’s dinner.”
The engineer said, “I was working in the engine room making sure everything was running smoothly.”
The seaman said, “I was on the mast correcting the flag because someone had attached it upside down by mistake.”
The captain immediately knew who it was. How?
It was the seaman. It was a Japanese ship and a Japanese flag is white with a single red dot in the middle. It can’t be hung upside down.
What in your brain involves social behavior, impulse control and decision making?
The Frontal Lobe
A man was found dead next to a 13 story building. The police say it was a suicide (he jumped), but you say it was a homicide (someone killed him). To prove this, you go to each floor on the building, open the window, and toss a penny out. You do this to each floor until you reach the 13th floor, open the window, and toss a penny out. How does this prove it wasn't a suicide?
If the man committed suicide, he would've left the window open and you wouldn't have had to open it.
What connects the brains left and right hemispheres?
The Corpus Callosum