Saturday, December 17, 2005

Questions That u Can't Answer

1. The maker doesn't want it; the buyer doesn't useit; and the user doesn't see it. What is it?

2. A child is born in Boston, Massachusetts toparents who were both born in Boston, Massachusetts.The child is not a United States citizen. How isthis possible?

3. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was thehighest mountain on Earth?

4. Clara Clatter was born on December 27th, yet herbirthday is always in the summer. How is thispossible?

5. Captain Frank and some of the boys wereexchanging old war stories. Art Bragg offered oneabout how his grandfather led a battalion against aGerman division during World War I. Throughbrilliant maneuvers, he defeated them and capturedvaluable territory. After the battle he waspresented with a sword bearing the inscription "ToCaptain Bragg for Bravery, Daring and Leadership.World War I. From the Men of Battalion "CaptainFrank looked at Art and said, "You really don'texpect anyone to believe that yarn, do you?" What'swrong with the story?

6. What is one thing that all wise men, regardlessof their religion or politics, agree is betweenheaven and earth?

7. In what year did Christmas and New Year's fall inthe same year?

8. Why are 1990 American dollar bills worth morethan 1989 American dollar bills?

9. A farmer has 17 sheep and all but 9 die. How manyare left?

10. How many times can you subtract the number 5from 25?

11. How could you rearrange the letters in the words"new door" to make one word? Note: There is only onecorrect answer.

12. Even if they are starving, natives living in theArctic will never eat a penguin's egg. Why not?

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

14. In Okmulgee, Oklahoma, you cannot take a pictureof a man with a wooden leg. Why not?

15. There were an electrician and a plumber waitingin line for admission to the International HomeShow," One of them was the father of the other'sson. How could this be possible?

16. A butcher in the butcher shop is 5' 10" tall.What does he weigh?

*ANSWERS*
1. A coffin.
2. The child was born before 1776.
3. Mount Everest (it just hadn't been discovered).
4. Clara lives in the southern hemisphere.
5. World War I wasn't called "World War I" untilWorld War II.
6. The word "and".
7. They fall in the same year every year. New Year'sDay just arrives very early in the year andChristmas arrives very late in the same year.
8. One thousand nine hundred and ninety dollar billsare worth one dollar more than one thousand ninehundred and eighty-nine dollar bills.
9. Nine.
10. Only once, and then you are subtracting it from20.
11. "One word"
12. Penguins live in the Antarctic.
13. Neither. The yolk of the egg is yellow.
14. You have to take a picture of a man with acamera, not with a wooden leg.
15. They were husband and wife.
16. Meat.
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