Math and Spatial Reasoning
A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 die. How many are left?
9
Using a weight scale to compare 2 objects, which weights more: the one that is lower or the one that is higher.
The one that is lower
Give me food and I will grow. Give me water and I will die. What am I?
Fire
This five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it.
What is short?
19 heads and 19 tails
You meet two people, Alice and Bob. Alice always tells the truth. Bob always lies. You ask one of them: "Is Bob the liar?" The person answers "Yes."
Who did you ask?
Alice
What can you catch, but cannot throw.
Hint: People catch this in the winter
A cold
What word is spelled wrong in every dictionary?
Wrong
If a doctor gives you three pills, telling you to take one every half hour, how many minutes will pass from taking the first pill to the last pill?
60 minutes
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
A secret
What has a head, a tail, but no body?
A coin
Anagram: Halts Feh
Hint: "He is the fastest man alive"
The Flash
10 - 2^2 + 6 / 3
8
A plane crashed on the border of the US and Canada. Where do they bury the survivors?
You don't bury the survivors
What gets more wet the more it dries
Hint: You use it in the morning
A Towel
Anagram: Anan beana
Hint: The name of one of your volunteers
Nana Abena
Two U.S. coins add up to 30 cents. If one of them is not a nickel, what are the two coins? Hint: Look at the words carefully
Quarter and Nickel
You have three boxes. One contains only apples, one contains only oranges, and one contains both apples and oranges. Each box is labeled, but all the labels are wrong. You pick a banana from a box. What is a label the box could have?
Both or Apple
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Hint: They are on your foot
Footsteps
Anagram: Repositions Us
Hint: Some say that crazy people have a s_____________n
Superstition