A man is trapped in a room with only two possible exits. Through the first door is a room with an enormous magnifying glass causing the blazing hot sun to instantly burn anything that enters. Through the second door there is a fire-breathing dragon. How does the man escape?
Leave through the first door at night when the sun is down.
Leave through the first door at night when the sun is down.
A necessity to some, a treasure to many,
What am I?
Coffee.
Here is the Roman numeral for nine: IX
By adding only one line or symbol, how can you turn it into six?
SIX.
A man was working the night shift when he received an urgent phone call, giving him information that caused him to dash home at breakneck speed.
On bursting into his bedroom quite breathless he found his informant was quite correct. His wife was in bed with someone he had never seen before.
However, far from being angry, he greeted them both with a smile and a few hours later brought them both breakfast in bed.
What is the explanation for this odd behavior?
His wife had just given birth.
His wife had just given birth.
I am your mother’s brother’s only brother-in-law. Who am I?
I am your father. L-u-u-u-u-u-u-ke!
I am your father. L-u-u-u-u-u-u-ke!
If you lose me, others around you may lose me too. What am I?
Your temper.
I sit in a corner and travel around the world. What am I?
A stamp.
This is nearly a duplicate of Lives in the Corner .
How many people can read hexadecimal if only you and dead people can read it?
57006
The trick is that the word “dead” represents a number in hexadecimal. That number in base 10 is 57005, and adding one more to include yourself gives you: 57005 + 1 = 57006.
57006
The trick is that the word “dead” represents a number in hexadecimal. That number in base 10 is 57005, and adding one more to include yourself gives you: 57005 + 1 = 57006.
Twice four and twenty blackbirds sitting in the rain.
After shooting a quarter of the birds, the rest would fly off, so the remaining birds, brutally shot by you, would be:
(2 × (4 + 20)) / 4 = 12
After shooting a quarter of the birds, the rest would fly off, so the remaining birds, brutally shot by you, would be:
(2 × (4 + 20)) / 4 = 12
Only one color, but not one size,
A shadow.