I am a voice without a mouth, throat or lungs. I know no language but speak in all tongues. What am I?
An echo.
What are the next four letters in this series?
GPPAP KTGAMTC WTBCOTP ????
GPRA – Georgie Porgie ran away.
Here’s the whole nursery rhyme:
Georgie Porgie, pudding, and pie, Kissed the girls, and made them cry. When the boys came out to play, Georgie Porgie ran away.
GPRA – Georgie Porgie ran away.
Here’s the whole nursery rhyme:
Georgie Porgie, pudding, and pie, Kissed the girls, and made them cry. When the boys came out to play, Georgie Porgie ran away.
Name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday.
Yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Five pigeons are sitting on a fence. The farmer comes out and shoots one. How many are left?
None, the rest flew away at the sound of the gunshot. Or one (the dead pigeon).
None, the rest flew away at the sound of the gunshot. Or one (the dead pigeon).
What word comes next?
one three five four ______
Four. Each word is the number of letters in the previous word. And since four has four letters, it would continue with four forever after.
Four. Each word is the number of letters in the previous word. And since four has four letters, it would continue with four forever after.
One of these words does not belong, one of these words is not the same. What is it about the words that does not belong? It is more apparent than the first letter not being the same.
Selflessness Selfishness Strengthlessness Defencelessness
Selfishness. The rest have only one of the vowels.
Selfishness. The rest have only one of the vowels.
Frederick died after a long and productive life of 87 years, but this epitaph was written on his headstone:
Frederick lived a good long life, He loved his children and his wife,
He was honest, kind and deserved nothing but praise, Even if he only had twenty-one birthdays.
How is this possible?
He was born on February 29th in a leap year. Consequently, in his 87 years, he only witnessed twenty-one of his actual birthdays. The other years there was no February 29th.
He was born on February 29th in a leap year. Consequently, in his 87 years, he only witnessed twenty-one of his actual birthdays. The other years there was no February 29th.
Thirty white horses on a red hill, first champ, then stamp, and then stand still
Your teeth.
Paula had four times the money that Quincy had, but after Paula gave Quincy $33, Quincy had 3 times as much as Paula.
How much did they each start with?
Paula had $48 and Quincy had $12.
If Q is the amount Quincy had, then 3(4Q – 33) = Q + 33
Solved, Q = 12.
Paula had $48 and Quincy had $12.
If Q is the amount Quincy had, then 3(4Q – 33) = Q + 33
Solved, Q = 12.
I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?
A nose.