#1 - Two US coins are worth 30 cents and one is not a quarter. What are the two coins?
#2 - What crime is punishable when attempted but not when committed?
#3 - If you say my name, I'll no longer exist. What am I?
#4 - You have a candle, an oil lamp, wood in a fireplace, and only one match. What do you light first?
#5 - When an ice cube melts in a glass of water, does the level of the water fall or rise?
#6 - What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the day and three legs in the evening?
#7 - There's a fork in the road to Heaven, where one way leads to Hell. At this fork in the road, two twin brothers live who are exactly alike, except that one always tells the truth and the other one always lies. What single question can you ask one of them to find the way to Heaven?
#8 - A man had to walk for an hour under heavy rain on an open road, without an umbrella or anything else over his head. Yet, his hair did not get wet.
#9 - You are facing three switches downstairs, one of which controls a lightbulb in a room upstairs whose doors are closed (no light escapes from it).
#10 - Take a cup from a bucket of water and put it into a bucket of wine, then put a cup of the mixture from the wine bucket back into the water bucket.
#11 - What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right hand?
#12 - "Finished files are the result of years of scientific study and a lot of common sense." How many times does the letter " f " appear in that sentence?
#13 - "At night they come without being fetched,
#14 - "I never was, am always to be,
#15 - "Runs over fields and woods all day
#16 - "There was a green house.
#17 - If it takes 6 seconds for a clock to strike 6, how long does it take to strike 11?
#18 - I drive men mad / For love of me, / Easily beaten, / Never free. What am I?
#19 - How quickly can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing is wrong with it at all-- and, in fact, nothing is. But it is a bit odd. Why? If you study it and think about it, you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without any coaching. No doubt, if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. Who knows?
#20 - What's mightier than God and more evil than the Devil? The poor have it. The rich need it. If you eat it, you will eventually die.
#21 - What can you share and still have all for yourself?
#22 - What's the end of space, the end of time, and the beginning of eternity?
#23 - There is a dead man in the center of a field.
#24 - What is so special about this sequence below?
#25 - What do these three things have in common? Dogs, Diamonds, Double Plays.
#26 - What is the only English word for a number that when spelled, it's letters are in alphabetical order?
#27 - Follow these instructions : Take one full cup of coffee and drink 1/6 of it. Replace what you drank with milk. Now, drink 1/3 of the coffee/milk mixture. Again, replace what you drank with more milk. Now, drink 1/2 of what is in the cup. Once again, replace what you drank with milk. Now drink the entire cup of mixed coffee/milk.
#28 - What are three possible responses that correctly fill the blank in the following sentence?
#29 - If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?
#30 - Name 10 Body Parts-no profane words-with 3 letters each
#31 - In almost every language, this word begins with the "m" sound.
#32 - What word or expression is represented below?
#33 - 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 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
#34 - Which of the following words would most likely belong to the same group above? ... And why? Silly, ancestor, millstone, needless.
#35 - What English word has three consecutive double letters?
#36 - Rearrange the letters of NOR DO WE to make one word.
#37 - What are the 2 longest words in the English language that can be typed using only your left hand on the keyboard.
#38 - What letter is next in this sequence?
#39 - Each morning I appear To join you, All day I stick on, No matter how fast you move, Yet I nearly perish in the midday sun.
#40 - A Father, son and grandson are walking in the park. A man approaches them and asks for their age. The Father replies, "My son is as many weeks as my grandson is in days, and my grandson is as many months old as I am in years. We are all 100 years together."
#41 - Translate the following into a meaningful phrase :
#42 - Foward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
#43 - If you have two hourglasses - one four-minute timer and one seven-minute timer, how can you measure nine minutes?
#44 - An egg salesman was asked how many eggs he had sold that day. He replied, "My first customer said, 'I'll buy half your eggs and half an egg more'. My second and third customers said the same thing. When I had filled all three orders, I sold out of eggs without having to break a single egg the whole day."
#45 - A boy goes and buys a fishing pole that is 6' 3" long. As he goes to get on the bus, the bus driver tells him that he can't take anything on the bus longer than 6'.
#46 - In olden days, you are a clever thief charged with treason against the king and sentenced to death. But the king decides to be a little lenient and lets you choose your own way to die. What would you choose? Remember, you're clever!
#47 - Six glasses are in a row. The first three are full of juice; the second three are empty. By moving only one glass, can you arrange empty and full glasses alternate?
#48 - What is black when you buy it, red when you use it and gray when you throw it away?
#49 - If a grasshopper halves the distance to a wall on every jump, how many jumps will he need to reach the wall if he starts from ten feet away?
#50 - How can you spell brandy in three letters?
#51 - There are several English words that contain all the 5 vowels. Can you name some of them?
#52 - Two vertical 750 ft posts have a 1000 ft rope stretched between their top most points. The rope sags to within 250 ft from the ground. How far apart are the posts?
#53 - Assume that you have just heard of a scandal and that you are the first one to know. You pass it on to 4 persons in a matter of 30 minutes. Each of these 4 persons in turn passes it to 4 other persons in the next 30 minutes and so on.
#54 - What is the smallest number which when divided by 10 leaves a remainder of 9, when divided by 9 leaves a remainder of 8, when divided by 8 leaves a remainder of 7, when divided by 7 leaves a remainder of 6, and so on until when divided by 2 leaves a remainder of 1?
#55 - Which word in the English language becomes shorter when it is lengthened?
#56 - I know a word of letters three. Add two, and fewer there will be.
#57 - What three letter word best completes the below
#58 - I start with the letter e,
#59 - Why is a baseball game like a cake?
#60 - What letter is nine inches long?
#61 - What word is always spelled wrong?
#62 - You are presented with three envelopes. Each envelope has two statements written on it, the statements on one envelope are both true, the statements on another are both false, and the remaining envelope has one statement that is true and one that is false.
#63 - A 10 foot rope ladder hangs over the side of a boat with the bottom rung at the surface of the water. There is one foot between rungs and the tide goes up at the rate of 6 inches per hour. How long until three rungs are covered?
#64 - A large truck is crossing a bridge 1 mile long. The bridge can only hold 14000 lbs, which is the exact weight of the truck. The truck makes it half way across the bridge and stops. A bird lands on the truck.
#65 - A soldier has been captured by the enemy. He has been so brave that they offer to let him choose how he wants to be killed. They tell him, "if you tell a lie, you will be shot, and if you tell the truth, you will be hanged." He can make only one statement. He makes the statement and goes free. What did he say?
#66 - There are 2 policemen parked along a one-way street looking for traffic violations. They spot a taxi driver going in the wrong direction, yet they do nothing. Why?
#67 - There are 20 people surrounding the perimeter of a square room. Each person has full sight of the entire room and everyone in it without turning his head or body, or moving in any way (other than the eyes). Where can you place an apple so that all but one person can see it?
#68 - What is significant about 3661 seconds past midnight on January 1st, 2001?
#69 - What's the least number of chairs you would you need around a table to seat four fathers, two grandfathers, and four sons?
#70 - Find the missing words for this sentence. The catch is that the words are anagrams of each other.
#71 - What rock is also a food?
#72 - Who moves without a leg and carries his house on his back?
#73 - Different lights do make me strange,
#74 - The father gave his son ten envelopes and a thousand dollars, all in one dollar bills. He told his son, "Place the money in the envelopes in such a manner that no matter what number of dollars I ask for, you can give me one or more of the envelopes, containing the exact amount I asked for without having to open any of the envelopes. If you can do this, you will keep the $1000. When the father asked for a sum of money, the son was able to give him envelopes containing the exact amount of money asked for.
#75 - What common chemical compound is represented by the following: HIJKLMNO
#76 - What is so special about this sequence below?
#77 - What is the unique characteristic of the following words:
#78 - Some months have 30 days, some have 31; how many months have 28 days?
#79 - I have two fruit in my basket. When I rearrange the name of
#80 - What happened in 1961 that will not happen again for over 4000 years?
#81 - I have as many brothers as sisters. My brothers have twice as many sisters as brothers. How many of us are there?
#82 - 1. It can cause excessive sweating and vomiting.
#83 - Lost in the woods, you finally happen upon a rickety old bridge across a deep ravine. The ravine is too steep to go down and climb back up. You need to know if the bridge is safe. As luck would have it, you recognize that on the other side of the bridge is that dreadful town, "Truth and Liarsville". Everyone who lives there either ALWAYS tells the truth or ALWAYS lies. You are tired and you've been lost in Truth and Liarsville before. You see three men on the other side of the bridge. You shout out: "Are you truth-tellers?"
#84 - The higher I climb, the hotter I gauge,
#85 - Four men and four women are in love with other members of the group. Each person is in love with one other, and is himself loved by one person. No two people are in love with each other. David is in love with the woman who is in love with Daniel. Jerry loves the woman who loves the man who is in love with Ellen. Lorraine is loved by the man who is loved by the woman who is loved by Bruce. Elizabeth hates Bruce and is hated by the man whom Julie loves. Who is in love with Jerry?
#86 - Hair Color
#87 - Three Lights
#88 - A man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the password that was required. He waited by the door and listened. A club member knocked on the door and the doorman said, "twelve." The member replied, "six " and was let in. A second member came to the door and the doorman said, "six." The member replied, "three" and was let in. The man thought he had heard enough and walked up to the door. The doorman said ,"ten" and the man replied, "five." But he was not let in.
#89 - Hildegarde was taken to the dungeon and presented with two doors, each protected by a single guard. One door led to freedom and the other door to a hungry lion. Hildegarde was allowed to ask one question of one guard of her choice. The question was limited to a yes/no answer. Hildegarde knew that this was a tricky pair of guards: one would always lie and the other would always tell the truth. The guards knew behind which door lay freedom and which door led to the lions, and knew who was the liar and who was the truth sayer. But how was Hildegarde to know the difference? Hildegarde devised a way and went happily on her way. What was the question?
#90 - After two years Tom was stepping down from being the secretary of a group of animal rights activists. To show him their appreciation a bunch of them took him out one sunny afternoon. Tom shot an eagle and everyone congratulated him. Where had they gone?
#91 - What do the poor have that the rich want, and is bigger than space but longer than time?
#92 - What two words have the most letters in it?
#93 - What can fill a room but takes up no space.
#94 - The more you take the more you leave behind?
#95 - What's the beginning of eternity,
#96 - What kind of room has no windows?
#97 - I have holes on the top and bottom.
#98 - A cowboy rides into town on Friday. only stays 3 days and leaves on Friday. How is this possible?
#99 - Three eyes I have, all in a row; when the red one opens, all freeze. What am I?
#100 - A boy leaves home in the morning to go to school. At the moment he leaves the house he looks at the clock in the mirror. The clock has no number indication and for this reason the boy makes a mistake in interpreting the time (mirror-image). Just assuming the clock must be out of order, the boy cycles to school, where he arrives after twenty minutes. At that moment the clock at school shows a time that is two and a half hours later than the time that the boy saw on the clock at home. At what time did he reach school?
#101 - I have rivers without water,
#102 - I begin eternity,
#103 - You are working in a dairy and have two pots to hold milk. One holds 5 gallons, and one holds 3 gallons. Two customers have ordered 4 gallons each. They will bring their own containers which hold more than 4 gallons. Can you measure out 4 gallons using your 5, and 3 gallon pots?
#104 - A doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half an hour. How long will the pills last?
#105 - A butcher in the market is 5'-10" tall. What does he weigh?
#106 - What was the President's name in 1960?
#107 - There is a man that lives on the top floor of an 11 storey building. Everyday he gets the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the building to go to work. Upon returning from work though, he always travels on the elevator only up to the 7th floor and walks the stairs the rest of the way. unless it is raining. Why does he do this (it is not because he needs the exercise)?
#108 - A man is wearing black. Black shoes, socks, trousers, jumper, and gloves. He is walking down a black street with all the street lamps off. A black car is coming towards him with its light off too but some how manages to stop in time.
#109 - Guess this riddle now you must:
#110 - Four people are sitting around a campfire after a long day of recreation, when one man comments: "Do you realize that around this campfire, the four of us include a mother, father, brother, sister, son, daughter, niece, nephew, aunt, uncle and a couple cousins"?.
#111 - As a whole, I am both safe and secure.
#112 - What two words, formed from different arrangements of the
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