Brain Food

[AreliusIV]

#1
I have two U.S. coins that add up to fifty-five cents. One is not a nickel. What coins are they?


#2
A farmer had nine sheep, and all but seven died. How many did he have left?


#3
Three large people try to crowd under one small umbrella, but nobody gets wet. How is this possible?


#4
You are a bus driver. At the first stop of the day, eight people get on board. At the second stop, four get off, and eleven get on. At the third stop, two get off, and six get on. At the fourth stop, thirteen get off, and one gets on. At the fifth stop, five get off, and three get on. At the sixth stop, three get off, and two get on. What color are the bus driver's eyes?


#5
If you take two apples from three apples, how many do you have?


#6
A certain five letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it. What is the word?


#7
An electric train is traveling northwest at 95 miles per hour, and the wind is blowing southwest at 95 miles per hour. In which direction does the smoke blow?


#8
Some months have 30 days. Some months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?


#9
A train leaves from New York City heading toward Los Angeles at 100 mph. Three hours later, a train leaves from Los Angeles heading toward New York City at 200 mph. Assume there's exactly 2000 miles between Los Angeles and New York City. When they meet, which train is closer to New York City?


#10
A woman gave birth to two sons who were born on the same hour of the same day of the same year but were not twins. How is this possible?

[Burninator]

Originally Posted by AreliusIV

#1
I have two U.S. coins that add up to fifty-five cents. One is not a nickel. What coins are they?

A fifty cent piece and a nickel.

#2
A farmer had nine sheep, and all but seven died. How many did he have left?

Seven.

#3
Three large people try to crowd under one small umbrella, but nobody gets wet. How is this possible?

It wasn't raining.

#4
You are a bus driver. At the first stop of the day, eight people get on board. At the second stop, four get off, and eleven get on. At the third stop, two get off, and six get on. At the fourth stop, thirteen get off, and one gets on. At the fifth stop, five get off, and three get on. At the sixth stop, three get off, and two get on. What color are the bus driver's eyes?

Depends on who "you" is. In my case, blue.

#5
If you take two apples from three apples, how many do you have?

Two.

#6
A certain five letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it. What is the word?

Short.

#7
An electric train is traveling northwest at 95 miles per hour, and the wind is blowing southwest at 95 miles per hour. In which direction does the smoke blow?

There is no smoke, just like there is no spoon. :gunsani:

#8
Some months have 30 days. Some months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?

All of them.

#9
A train leaves from New York City heading toward Los Angeles at 100 mph. Three hours later, a train leaves from Los Angeles heading toward New York City at 200 mph. Assume there's exactly 2000 miles between Los Angeles and New York City. When they meet, which train is closer to New York City?

Theoretically, the one coming from New York City, assuming that "when they meet" refers to the point at which the two collide or begin to pass each other, and also assuming that the train is not infinitely small in length. For practical purposes, however, you may just consider the two equidistant from New York City.

#10
A woman gave birth to two sons who were born on the same hour of the same day of the same year but were not twins. How is this possible?

I plead the fifth.

⚽ Geoff
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How about a 3-4-3?

[montgjules]

Originally Posted by Burninator

I plead the fifth.

My vote is that they were two of a mother's triplets (or quads, etc.)

[AreliusIV]

#11
A man lives in a house with four walls. Each wall has a window. Each window has a southern exposure. A bear walks by. What color is the bear?


#12
Your sock drawer contains ten pairs of white socks and ten pairs of black socks. If you're only allowed to take one sock from the drawer at a time, what's the minimum number of socks you need to take before you're guaranteed to have a pair?


#13
A black man dressed all in black, wearing a black mask, stands at a crossroads in a totally black-painted town. All of the streetlights in town are broken. There is no moon. A black-painted car without headlights drives straight toward him, but turns in time and doesn't hit him. How did the driver know to swerve?


#14
A man was born in 1964 and died in 1984 at the age of 25. How is this possible?


#15
A horse is tied to a 30 foot rope. A haystack lies 40 feet away, but the horse is able to eat it. How is this possible?


#16
Forward I'm heavy, backwards I'm not. What am I?


#17
What two words have the most letters in it?


#18
While on my way to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives.
Each wife had seven sacks;
Each sack had seven cats;
Each cat had seven kittens.
Kittens, cats, sacks, wives;
How many were going to St. Ives?


#19
An encyclopedia consists of ten volumes (sitting next to each other, in order, on a shelf). Each volume contains one thousand pages. Excluding the covers of each volume, how many pages are between the first page of the encyclopedia and the last?


#20
If a boy and a half can eat a hot dog and a half in a minute and a half, how long would it take six boys to eat six hot dogs?

[beaveman]

#11 - White - its a polar bear

#12 - 2

#13 - It is a T-junction in the road? Roundabout?

#14 - ?

#15 - The rope isn't tied to anything else

#16 - ton

#17 - post office?

#18 - none, assuming they are leaving st. ives

#19 - 9,998?

#20 - A minute and a half

[JasonMa]

The ones I disagree with beaveman on:

12: 3 - You'll have 2 of one and 1 of the other

13: It's daylight

18: 1 - the storyteller

19: 8,000 - When a standard Western book is put on the shelf the front is on the right and the back is on the left. Thus the tonly thing between the first page and the last are the other 8 volumes, the other two are on the otehr side of the gap

[bordelais7]

Originally Posted by JasonMa

The ones I disagree with beaveman on:

12: 3 - You'll have 2 of one and 1 of the other

I think this one is "2"

[montgjules]

I'll jump in with one possible solution to #14:

He died at a location named "The Age of 25." I have no idea what the correct answer is, but that one would logically work.

[montgjules]

How could the answer be "2"? You could pull out one black and white. Or are we assumign you're looking into the drawer and are not blind? 🙂

[bordelais7]

Originally Posted by montgjules

How could the answer be "2"? You could pull out one black and white. Or are we assumign you're looking into the drawer and are not blind? 🙂

No, I'm just assuming that it only takes 2 socks to make a pair.