I am flora, not fauna,
What am I?
A bush.
I saw the dead bring forth the living. I saw the living bring forth the dead. Who or what did I see?
A funeral. Someone’s death caused the living to come to the funeral, and during the funeral the living carry the casket of the deceased.
A funeral. Someone’s death caused the living to come to the funeral, and during the funeral the living carry the casket of the deceased.
How can five people divide a bag of five diamonds equally without cutting them while still leaving one diamond remaining in the sack?
Give four of the lucky folks a diamond each, then give the fifth person the bag with the remaining diamond still inside.
Give four of the lucky folks a diamond each, then give the fifth person the bag with the remaining diamond still inside.
What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has “T” in it?
A teapot.
You are in the woods with owls and wolves. There are 22 eyes and 32 legs. How many owls and wolves are there?
5 owls and 5 wolves, (not 6 owls because 2 of the eyes and legs are yours).
2 * owls + 2 * wolves = 20 eyes
5 owls and 5 wolves, (not 6 owls because 2 of the eyes and legs are yours).
2 * owls + 2 * wolves = 20 eyes
What 3 digit number has a tens digit that is 5 more than the ones digit and a hundreds digit that is 8 less than the tens digit?
194
What number comes next in this series?
2 3 6 7 1 9 4 5 ___
8. The numbers are in reverse alphabetical order.
Two, three, six, seven, one, nine, four, five, eight.
8. The numbers are in reverse alphabetical order.
Two, three, six, seven, one, nine, four, five, eight.
A prisoner is told, “If you tell a lie we will hang you; if you tell the truth we will shoot you.”
What can he say to save himself?
You will hang me. If they hang him, then the statement was true and they could only hang him for telling a lie. If they shoot him, then it makes the statement a lie and they were only to shoot him for telling the truth. An alternate solution is to say, “You will not shoot me,” leading to the same quandary for the killers.
You will hang me. If they hang him, then the statement was true and they could only hang him for telling a lie. If they shoot him, then it makes the statement a lie and they were only to shoot him for telling the truth. An alternate solution is to say, “You will not shoot me,” leading to the same quandary for the killers.
How would you combine one-third of 12 and four-fifths of 7 to get 11?
Add EL (one-third of TWELVE) to EVEN (four-fifths of SEVEN) and get ELEVEN.
Add EL (one-third of TWELVE) to EVEN (four-fifths of SEVEN) and get ELEVEN.
I prevent escape or intrusion,
Thieves use me to get money,
I’m the practice of a sport, but not on the lawn,
What am I?
Fence. Fences keep ne’er-do-wells out and protect people inside. A fence is a person who buys stolen goods to later resell them for a profit. Those who fence practice the sport of fencing. En garde! And people don’t like it when you sit on the fence in a heated debate. (Believe me, I speak from experience)
Fence. Fences keep ne’er-do-wells out and protect people inside. A fence is a person who buys stolen goods to later resell them for a profit. Those who fence practice the sport of fencing. En garde! And people don’t like it when you sit on the fence in a heated debate. (Believe me, I speak from experience)