wanna put your brains to work? then answer these questions
1) The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States had the same mother and the same father, but were not brothers. How could this be possible?
2) In our calendar, some months have 30 days and some months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?
3) A child is born in Boston, Massachusetts to parents who were both born in Boston, Massachusetts. This child is not an American citizen. How could this be possible?
4) Which one of the following words does not belong with the others, and why?
Father
Aunt
Sister
Cousin
Mother
Uncle
5) A survey was conducted of all the various mechanical modes of transportation people use to get to work each day. What did it find was the most common method of transportation?
6) The maker doesn't want it, the buyer doesn't use it, and the user doesn't see it. What is it?
7) When was the beginning of the 21st century;
11:59.59 PM Dec. 31, 1999
---OR---
12:00.01 AM on Jan 1, 2000?
8- How can you physically stand behind your father while he is standing behind you?
9) Based on the laws of the U.S. Constitution, there are 5 requirements a person must meet in order to become President of the United States. The canidate:
* must be at least 35 years old
* must be a citizen of the U.S.
* must have resided in the U.S. for at least 14 years
* Must have been born in the U.S.
There is one more requirement. What is it?
10) How can it be that a man was once married to the sister of his widow?
11) If it takes six men six days to dig six holes, how long will it take one man to dig a half hole?
12) A woman in New York married ten different men from that city, yet she did not break any laws. None of the men died, and she never divorced. How was this possible?
13) What would be the next letter in the following sequence?
O--T--T--F--F--S--S--
14) Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on earth?
15) What is the closest relation that your father's sister's sister-in-law could be to you?
16) If you divide thirty by half and add ten, what is the answer?
17) Something extraordinarily unusual happened on the 6th of May, 1978 at 12:34 pm. What was it?
18- There is a certain crime, that if it is attempted, is punishable, but if it is committed, is not punishable. What is the crime?
19) Even though the odds are always in favor of the casino's, why do the casino's insist on a house limit on stakes?
20) At the end of the baseball game, the home team had 3 players hit home runs and 2 of those home runs were hit with the bases loaded. The home team won 9 to 0, and not a single man crossed home plate. How is this possible?
1) The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States had the same mother and the same father, but were not brothers. How could this be possible? Grover Cleveland was the only US President to serve two non-consecutive terms. So he was our 22nd and 24th US President.
2) In our calendar, some months have 30 days and some months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?
oooh, you almost had me. All calendar months have 28 days.
3) A child is born in Boston, Massachusetts to parents who were both born in Boston, Massachusetts. This child is not an American citizen. How could this be possible?
Born on a ship from a different country is my guess. I remember learning about the conquest of Mexico and how much more noble it was for a Spaniard to be born on the ship across than on the newly "discovered" America.
4) Which one of the following words does not belong with the others, and why?
Father
Aunt
Sister
Cousin
Mother
Uncle
Cousin - who's sex is not implied
5) A survey was conducted of all the various mechanical modes of transportation people use to get to work each day. What did it find was the most common method of transportation?
The elevator.
6) The maker doesn't want it, the buyer doesn't use it, and the user doesn't see it. What is it?
a coffin
7) When was the beginning of the 21st century;
11:59.59 PM Dec. 31, 1999
---OR---
12:00.01 AM on Jan 1, 2000? Just guessing. But I know that the millenium officially started in 2001.
8- How can you physically stand behind your father while he is standing behind you? The two of you are standing back to back.
9) Based on the laws of the U.S. Constitution, there are 5 requirements a person must meet in order to become President of the United States. The canidate:
* must be at least 35 years old
* must be a citizen of the U.S.
* must have resided in the U.S. for at least 14 years
* Must have been born in the U.S.
There is one more requirement. What is it?
the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states that a President may not serve more than 2 terms of 4 years each, even if they have only served as President for 2 or more years of one of those terms. If memory serves, this happened post FDR.
No more, I gotta get back to work. Fun stuff though.
12) A woman in New York married ten different men from that city, yet she did not break any laws. None of the men died, and she never divorced. How was this possible?
She was a minister.
14) Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on earth?
Mt Everest was still the highest mountain despite being undiscovered.
15) What is the closest relation that your father's sister's sister-in-law could be to you?
your mother
16) If you divide thirty by half and add ten, what is the answer?
70
17) Something extraordinarily unusual happened on the 6th of May, 1978 at 12:34 pm. What was it?
The time and date were consecutive numbers: 12:34 5-6-78. (it also happened on 3:45, 6-7-89)
18- There is a certain crime, that if it is attempted, is punishable, but if it is committed, is not punishable. What is the crime?
suicide
3) A child is born in Boston, Massachusetts to parents who were both born in Boston, Massachusetts. This child is not an American citizen. How could this be possible?
Born on a ship from a different country is my guess. I remember learning about the conquest of Mexico and how much more noble it was for a Spaniard to be born on the ship across than on the newly "discovered" America.
They were born before the US was a country. They were English citizens.
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Originally Posted by gammawolf
4) Which one of the following words does not belong with the others, and why?
Father
Aunt
Sister
Cousin
Mother
Uncle
Cousin - who's sex is not implied
Or that it is the only one that has more than two vowels in the word.
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Originally Posted by gammawolf
5) A survey was conducted of all the various mechanical modes of transportation people use to get to work each day. What did it find was the most common method of transportation?
The elevator.
Walking? I'd imagine everyone on earth walks at some point on their way to work.
Damn. I came to this thread too late to provide many of the answers, but here's some of them that haven't been answered yet (or have been answered differently than I would have answered them:
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Originally Posted by Tinman
3) A child is born in Boston, Massachusetts to parents who were both born in Boston, Massachusetts. This child is not an American citizen. How could this be possible? I believe that foreign embassies are considered to be on soil of their native land; therefore, someone born at the Australian Embassy in Boston would be an Australian citizen (please correct me if I'm wrong).
10) How can it be that a man was once married to the sister of his widow? He's a rat bastard. j/k...He married a woman and then divorced her...he later married her sister, who later died (probably from his first wife (the dead wife's sister) killing her for marrying her ex-husband.
11) If it takes six men six days to dig six holes, how long will it take one man to dig a half hole? Six days
13) What would be the next letter in the following sequence?
O--T--T--F--F--S--S-- I have no clue
19) Even though the odds are always in favor of the casino's, why do the casino's insist on a house limit on stakes? I suppose that they try to mitigate risk. What if a cheater comes to the casino and wants to bet $100 million and he is a somehow cheating and gets away with it (or someone who is very lucky)...the casino would lose their ass. You have to draw the line somewhere...
5) A survey was conducted of all the various mechanical modes of transportation people use to get to work each day. What did it find was the most common method of transportation?
The elevator.
Walking? I'd imagine everyone on earth walks at some point on their way to work.
You would be correct if the question didn't specify "mechanical" modes of transportation. I actually only came up with automobile as my answer before reading this, but I'll have to agree with the elevator answer. Good thinking gamma. It could also be bicycle if the question includes the entire world, but I'm not sure.
1- The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States had the same
mother and the same father, but were not brothers. How could this be
possible? A) They were the same man. Cleveland served 2 terms that were
not consecutive.
2- In our calendar, some months have 30 days and some months have
31 days. How many months have 28 days? A) All of them.
3- A child is born in Boston, Massachusetts to parents who were both
born in Boston, Massachusetts. This child is not an American citizen.
How could this be possible? A) The child was born before 1776, before the Declaration of
Independence, and is therefore a British subject.
4- Which one of the following words does not belong with the others,
and why?
Father
Aunt
Sister
Cousin
Mother
Uncle A) Cousin does not belong since all of the others refer to a specific
sex.
5- A survey was conducted of all the various mechanical modes of
transportation people use to get to work each day. What did it find
was the most common method of transportation? A) The elevator
6- The maker doesn't want it, the buyer doesn't use it, and the user
doesn't see it. What is it? A) A casket/coffin
7- When was the beginning of the 21st century;
11:59.59 PM Dec. 31, 1999
---OR---
12:00.01 AM on Jan 1, 2000? A) Neither. The first day of the 21st century was Jan 1, 2001, not
Jan 1, 2000. The beginning of a century will start with the year one,
not the year zero.
8- How can you physically stand behind your father while he is
standing behind you? A) The two of you must stand back to back.
9- Based on the laws of the U.S. Constitution, there are 5
requirements a person must meet in order to become President of the
United States. The canidate:
* must be at least 35 years old
* must be a citizen of the U.S.
* must have resided in the U.S. for at least 14 years
* Must have been born in the U.S.
There is one more requirement. What is it? A)The person must be elected
10- How can it be that a man was once married to the sister of his
widow? A) The man married his wife's sister first.
11- If it takes six men six days to dig six holes, how long will it take
one man to dig a half hole? A)There is no such thing as half a hole. A hole is a hole.
12- A woman in New York married ten different men from that city, yet
she did not break any laws. None of the men died, and she never
divorced. How was this possible? A) The woman was a minister.
13- What would be the next letter in the following sequence?
O--T--T--F--F--S--S-- A) E for eight.
14- Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest
mountain on earth? A) Mt Everest.
15- What is the closest relation that your father's sister's sister-in-law
could be to you? A) Your mother.
16- If you divide thirty by half and add ten, what is the answer? A) 70
17- Something extraordinarily unusual happened on the 6th of May,
1978 at 12:34 pm. What was it? A) At that moment, the time and day could be written as: 12:34,
5/6/78.
18- There is a certain crime, that if it is attempted, is punishable, but if
it is committed, is not punishable. What is the crime? A) Suicide.
19- Even though the odds are always in favor of the casino's, why do
the casino's insist on a house limit on stakes? A) Every casino in the world would go bankrupt without a house
limit on stakes. Without it, gamblers would keep doubling their stakes
until they won. No matter how bad a losing streak they were on, they
would eventually win.
20- At the end of the baseball game, the home team had 3 players hit
home runs and 2 of those home runs were hit with the bases loaded.
The home team won 9 to 0, and not a single man crossed home plate.
How is this possible? A) They were all married.
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It could also be bicycle if the question includes the entire world, but I'm not sure.
