Resident A
Resident B
Resident C
Resident D
Resident e
100
A 10 foot rope ladder hangs over the side of a boat with the bottom rung on the surface of the water. The rungs are one foot apart, and the tide goes up at the rate of 6 inches per hour. How long will it be until three rungs are covered?
Never. The boat rises as the tide goes up
100
An electric train is moving north at 100mph and a wind is blowing to the west at 10mph. Which way does the smoke blow?
There is no smoke with an electric train
100
If a doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take one pill every half hour, how long would it take before all the pills had been taken?
1 hour! Take the 1st pill right away, half an hour later take the 2nd and half an hour after that the 3rd. Total time spent: 1 hour!
100
Is it legal for a man to marry his widow’s sister?
No, but since he’s dead it would be kind of difficult
100
How far can you walk into the woods?
Half way. After that you are walking out of the woods
200
A is the father of B. But B is not the son of A. How’s that possible?
B is the daughter
200
How can a man go eight days without sleep?
By sleeping during the night time
200
If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall,how long would it take four men to build it?
No time at all it is already built
200
Some months have 31 days, others have 30 days. How many have 28 days?
All months have 28 days
200
If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what it will become?
It will become Wet
300
A man dressed in all black is walking down a country lane. Suddenly, a large black car without any lights on comes round the corner and screeches to a halt. How did the car know he was there?
It was day time
300
How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?
The Egg won’t crack the concrete floor!
300
If Mr Smith’s peacock lays an egg in Mr Jones’ yard, who owns the egg?
Peacocks don’t lay eggs, just peahens
300
Larry’s father has five sons named Ten, Twenty, Thirty, Forty…Guess what would be the name of the fifth?
Larry! He would be the fifth son
300
What can you never eat for breakfast?
Dinner
400
A strong wind was blowing across the barn roof. A rooster laid an egg on top of the barn roof. Which way did it roll?
It didn’t roll – since when did roosters start laying eggs
400
How can you lift an elephant with one hand?
It is not a problem, since you will never find an elephant with one hand
400
If there are 6 apples and you take away 4, how many do you have?
The 4 you took
400
There was an airplane crash, every single person on board died, but yet two people survived. How is this possible?
The two were married
400
Name the most recent year in which New Year’s came before Christmas.
This year. New Year’s always comes before Christmas of the same year
500
A truck driver is going down a one way street the wrong way, and passes at least ten cops. Why is he not caught?
Because he was not driving! He’s walking on the sidewalk
500
If you had only one match, and entered a dark room containing an oil lamp, some newspaper, and some kindling wood, which would you light first?
The match
500
What goes up and down, but still remains in the same place?
Stairs!
500
Imagine you are in a sinking row boat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive?
Stop imagining!