How Many Can You Get Right?
Figured i would post these and see how many we can each get right..
1) How quickly can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing was wrong with it at all, and in fact, nothing is. But it is unusual. 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 coaching. No doubt if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. I don't know. Now, go to work and try your luck.
2) Name the most recent year in which New Year's preceded Christmas.
3) Why are 1968 pennies worth more than 1967 pennies?
4) A 10 foot rope ladder hangs over the side of a boat with the bottom rung on the surface of the water. The rungs are one foot apart, and the tide goes up at the rate of 6 inches per hour. How long will it be until three rungs are covered?
5) What is the eleven letter word that all Yale graduates spell incorrectly?
6) What can go up a chimney down but not down a chimney up?
7) Find 4 letters to complete the analogy: H is to GRAM as D is to ?
8) I asked the assistant in the hardware store, "How much will one cost?" "Twenty cents" she replied. "And how much will twelve cost?" I asked. "Forty cents." she replied. "OK, I'll take one hundred and twelve." How much did I pay?
9) If you had only one match, and entered a dark room containing an oil lamp, some newspaper, and some kindling wood, which would you light first?
10) If Mr Smith's peacock lays an egg in Mr Jones' yard, who owns the egg?
11) Mrs Brown's bungalow is decorated entirely in pink. The carpet, lampshades, ceiling, walls etc are all pink. What colour are her stairs?
12) You've seen a map of Italy. In which direction does the toe of the boot face?
13) A sophisticated computer is fed this knotty problem. Between two clocks, one which is broken and doesn't run at all, while the other loses one second every 24 hours, which is more accurate?
14) What was the (American) President's name in 1960?
15) Is noon AM or PM?
16) Who had the title role in the 1931 movie Frankenstein?
17) What is the number eleven thousand eleven hundred and eleven divided by three? (no fractions).
18) If there are 6 apples and you take away 4, how many do you have?
19) Exactly how many slices of 1.5 cm each can you cut from a whole bread which is 22.5 cm long?
20) There are two coins which total 55 cents (read: $0.55). One of them is not a nickel. What are the two coins?
Hmmm...
Regards,
Lee
