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Brain teasers for those who cant sleep

Posted by on Feb. 16, 2012 at 4:03 AM
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KEEP THE GRAY MATTER ACTIVE


1. Johnny's mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child's name?

2. There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall and he wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?

3.. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

4. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet?

5. What word in the English Language is always spelled incorrectly?

6. Billy was born on December 28th, yet his birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible?

7. In California , you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?

8. What was the President's name in 1975?

9. If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

10.. Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white" or "The yolk of the egg is white"?

11. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in another field?

 

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Here are the Answers

1. Johnny's mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child's name?

Answer: Johnny of course

2. There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall, and he wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?

Answer: Meat.

3. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

Answer: Mt. Everest ; it just wasn't discovered yet. [You're not very good at this are you?]

4. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet?

Answer: There is no dirt in a hole.

5. What word in the English Language is always spelled incorrectly?

Answer: Incorrectly

6. Billy was born on December 28th, yet her birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible?

Answer: Billy lives in the Southern Hemisphere

7. In California , you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?

Answer: You can't take pictures with a wooden leg. You need a camera to take pictures.

8. What was the President's Name in 1975?

Answer: Same as is it now - Barack Obama [Oh, come on .....]

9. If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

Answer: You would be in 2nd.. Well, you passed the person in second place, not first.

10. Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white" or "The yolk of the egg is white"?

Answer: Neither, the yolk of the egg is yellow [Duh]

11. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in another field?

Answer: One. If he combines all of his haystacks, they all become one big stack.

You can go back to sleep now .....

 

 

 

Posted by on Feb. 16, 2012 at 4:03 AM
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BrittanyLatham
by Bronze Member on Feb. 16, 2012 at 4:07 AM

lol

skittlebeans88
by Traci on Feb. 16, 2012 at 4:12 AM
Wow I only got 2 of those right lol
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Annett564
by on Feb. 16, 2012 at 4:15 AM
Quoting BrittanyLatham:

lol



mrstheriault
by on Feb. 16, 2012 at 4:20 AM

i got 5 right. i feel slightly ok about that

SOCO101
by Bronze Member on Feb. 16, 2012 at 4:23 AM

wow now I feel dumb, lol

imafuswb
by ★Rainbow Brite★ on Feb. 16, 2012 at 4:28 AM
Woo hoo! I got all of them correct! I was going to scroll down and put the answers, but you already had. :)

Good post!
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mommyrebecca
by Member on Feb. 16, 2012 at 4:29 AM
It took about 3 min for one cause i'd heard it before and like a second on the other but wow i feel dumb and now i'm actually sleepy so thank you :):)


Quoting skittlebeans88:

Wow I only got 2 of those right lol

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frndlyfn
by Ruby Member on Feb. 16, 2012 at 4:29 AM

Feel free to copy and paste to send to whomever you want.

JacksMom1221
by Silver Member on Feb. 16, 2012 at 4:34 AM
I got all except 2,7, and 8!
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SandraJo
by Silver Member on Feb. 16, 2012 at 4:41 AM
I did not peek! So proud! This is what I came up with.
1. Johnny
2. Meat
3. My Everest
4.none. a hole is filled with nothing.if it had dirt in it, it wouldn't be a hole.

5. Incorrectly
6. He was born in the southern hemisphere.
7. I really had to think about this one. You have to take pictures WITH a camera. You can't take pictures WITH a wooden leg.
8. Barack Obama
9. 2nd place
10. Neither. Egg yolks are yellow.

Posting, then scrolling back up to see if I got them right.
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