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| 1. | In a year there are 12 months. 7 months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days? |
| 2. | Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world? |
| 3. | Pens, all identical in size shape and build, are dropped in the same area of the moon, at the same time. They don't all land at the same time. Why? |
| 4. | Jimmy's mother had 4 children. She named the first Monday. Named the second Tuesday. The third is named Wednesday. What is the name of the fourth child? |
| 5. | You are a cyclist in a cross-country race. Just before the crossing finish line you overtake the person in second place! What place did you finish in? |
| 6. | Agatha spent several days in the hospital. She wasn't injured, and she wasn't sick, but she did have to be carried out when she left though. Why was she in the hospital? |
| 7. | Which is heavier? A pound of feathers, or a pound of rocks? |
| 8. | A plane crashes on the border of the U.S. and Canada. Where do they bury the survivors? |
| 9. | How did John get his name in light at every theater in the country? |
| 10. | You have a 3 gallon jug and a 5 gallon jug. You need to measure out exactly 7 gallons of water. How can you do it? |
| Sol.1 | All months have 28 days. |
| Sol.2 | Mt. Everest. It was still the highest in the world - it just hadn't been discovered yet! |
| Sol.3 | They are dropped from different height |
| Sol.4 | Jimmy. "JIMMY'S MOTHER had 4 children"! |
| Sol.5 | Second Place. If you pass the person in second, you take second place, and they become third. |
| Sol.6 | She was a newborn baby. |
| Sol.7 | Neither. Both weigh a pound! |
| Sol.8 | You don't bury the SURVIVORS! |
| Sol.9 | He changed his name to "Exit." |
| Sol.10 | Two half-full barrels are dumped into one of the empty barrels. Two more half-full barrels are dumped into another one of the empty barrels. This results in nine full barrels, three half-full barrels, and nine empty barrels. Each son gets three full barrels, one half-full barrel, and three empty barrels. |
| 1. | A man was pushed out of an airplane, without a parachute. How was he able to survive? |
| 2. | A man is looking at a photograph of someone. His friend asks who it is. The man replies, "Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man's father is my father's son." Who was in the photograph? |
| 3. | Which came first, the chicken or the egg? |
| 4. | Why was the man able to pass three cars going 70 miles-per-hour, while he was going only 60 miles-per-hour? |
| 5. | I do not have any special powers, but I can predict the score of any football game before it begins. How can I do this? |
| 6. | What are the next 3 letters in the following sequence? J, F, M, A, M, J, J, A, __, __, __ |
| 7. | What is full of holes but can still hold water? |
| 8. | A woman bought new shoes, and shortly afterwards died from a knife-wound. Why? |
| 9. | A woman was on an elevator. When it stopped, and the lights went out, she began to cry, knowing that her husband was dead. How did she know? |
| 10. | A man wakes up and sees that his brother is dead. Though they are alone in a quiet room, he immediately realizes that he will be dead soon too. How does he know this? |
| Sol.1 | The plane was sitting on the runway. |
| Sol.2 | His son. |
| Sol.3 | The egg, since dinosaurs laid eggs long before there were chickens. |
| Sol.4 | The cars he passed were going in the opposite direction. |
| Sol.5 | I can predict the score BEFORE it begins. Well, the score before any football game is always zero to zero! |
| Sol.6 | S, O, N The sequence is first letter of the months of the year. September, October and November are the next in the sequence. |
| Sol.7 | A sponge. |
| Sol.8 | She was the assistant to a knife-thrower in a circus, and the new shoes made her stand two inches higher, throwing off the aim of the performer. |
| Sol.9 | She was on a hospital elevator, and her husband was on life support, which would also fail when the power went out. |
| Sol.10 | His brother is his Siamese twin, since they share common organs, he can’t survive alone. |
| 1. | What two things can never be eaten for breakfast? |
| 2. | Food can help me survive, but water will kill me. What am I? |
| 3. | How many letters are in the alphabet? |
| 4. | A man saw a large goose through while looking out the window. Why were both he and the goose soon dead? |
| 5. | A man woke up in the middle of the night and turned off the light. Ten people died as result. Why? |
| 6. | Find the next number in the series: 1...2...5...14...41...122...? |
| 7. | What is broken every time it's spoken? |
| 8. | If your sock drawer has 6 black socks, 4 brown socks, 8 white socks, and 2 tan socks, how many socks would you have to pull out in the dark to be sure you had a matching pair? |
| 9. | If I say "Everything I tell you is a lie," am I telling you the truth or a lie? |
| 10. | The person who makes it doesn't want it. The person who buys it doesn't use it. The person who uses it doesn't see it. What is it? |
| Sol.1 | Lunch and dinner. |
| Sol.2 | fire. |
| Sol.3 | There are eleven letters in "the alphabet." |
| Sol.4 | The window he was looking out was on an airplane, and the goose was being sucked into the engine, causing the plane to crash. |
| Sol.5 | He was the lighthouse keeper, and turned off the light, causing a ship to wreck on the rocks. |
| Sol.6 | 365. (Triple the number and subtract one to arrive at the next number.) |
| Sol.7 | silence. |
| Sol.8 | Five. There are only four colors, so five socks guarantee that two will be the same color. |
| Sol.9 | A lie. It can't be the truth without contradicting itself (and therefore being a lie), but some of my statements can be lies, and this is one of those statements. |
| Sol.10 | A coffin. |