Thursday, September 01, 2005

 

Questions 31 thru 40

 
31.  What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

32.  Major John and some of the boys were exchanging old war stories. Art Bragg offered one about how his grandfather led a battalion against a German division during World War I. Through brilliant maneuvers he defeated them and captured valuable territory. After the battle, he was presented with a sword bearing the inscription: “To Captain Bragg for Bravery, Daring and Leadership . World War One. From the Men of Battalion 8.” Major John scoffed and discredited Art’s story immediately. What’s wrong with Art’s story?
 
33.  How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?

34.  An electrician and a plumber were waiting in line at a theater.  One of them was the father of the other’s son. How could this be possible?

35.  I have many feathers to help me fly. I have a body and head, but I'm not alive. It is your strength which determines how far I go. You can hold me in your hand, but I'm never thrown. What am I?
 
36.  Forward I'm heavy, backward I'm not. What am I?
 
37.  A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in three years. Which room is safest for him?

38.  Two adjoining rooms are separated by a wall such that you can not see into the second room when standing in the first one. The first has three light switches, each connected to an individual light in the second room. You can only walk to the second room once. How can you determine which switch is connected to which light in one trip only?

39.   If there are four crows sitting on a fence and you shoot one, how many remain?

40.  In Miramar, Florida, you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?

    
 
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