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Some Puzzles!!!

6 replies · 1,502 views · Started 13 September 2003

hi friends !!
some food for BRAIN !!

Try hard to get the answers before scrolling down.

1. The maker doesn't want it; the buyer doesn't use it;and the
user doesn't see it. What is it?

2. A child is born in Boston, Massachusetts to parents who were
both born in Boston, Massachusetts. The child is not a United States
citizen. How is this possible?

3. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest
mountain on Earth?

4. Clara Clatter was born on December 27th, yet her birthday is
always in the summer. How is this possible?

5. Captain Frank 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 I. From the Men of
Battalion." Captain Frank looked at Art and said, "You really don't
expect anyone to believe that yarn, do you?" What's wrong with
the story?

6. What is one thing that all wise men, regardless of their
religion or politics, agree is between heaven and earth?

7. In what year did Christmas and New Year's fall in the same
year?

8. Why are 1990 American dollar bills worth more than 1989
American dollar bills?

9. A farmer has 17 sheep and all but 9 die. How many are left?

10. How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?

11. How could you rearrange the letters in the words "new door"
to make one word? Note: There is only one correct answer.

12. Even if they are starving, natives living in the Arctic will
never eat a penguin's egg. Why not?

13. Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white" or
"The yolk of the egg is white"?

14. In Okmulgee, Oklahoma, you cannot take a picture of a man
with a wooden leg. Why not?

15. There were an electrician and a plumber waiting in line for
admission to the International Home Show," One of them was the
father of the other's son. How could this be possible?

16. A clerk in the butcher shop is 5' 10" tall. What does he
weigh?

Post ur answers............

1. The maker doesn't want it; the buyer doesn't use it;and the user doesn't see it. What is it? ???

2. A child is born in Boston, Massachusetts to parents who were both born in Boston, Massachusetts. The child is not a United States citizen. How is this possible? The child was born before the Untied States was formed

3. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth? Mount Everest

4. Clara Clatter was born on December 27th, yet her birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible? Born in southern hemisphere

5. Captain Frank 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 I. From the Men of Battalion." Captain Frank looked at Art and said, "You really don't expect anyone to believe that yarn, do you?" What's wrong with the story? World War I wasn't called World War I until World War II came along!

6. What is one thing that all wise men, regardless of their religion or politics, agree is between heaven and earth? The word "and".

7. In what year did Christmas and New Year's fall in the same year? Every Year

8. Why are 1990 American dollar bills worth more than 1989 American dollar bills? 1,990 dollar bills are worth one dollar more than 1,989 one dollar bills.

9. A farmer has 17 sheep and all but 9 die. How many are left? 9

10. How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25? ???

11. How could you rearrange the letters in the words "new door" to make one word? Note: There is only one correct answer. The answer is literal. Letters in "New Door" are in "One Word"

12. Even if they are starving, natives living in the Arctic will never eat a penguin's egg. Why not? Penguins don't live there.

13. Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white" or "The yolk of the egg is white"? Neither it's Yellow!

14. In Okmulgee, Oklahoma, you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not? ???

15. There were an electrician and a plumber waiting in line for admission to the International Home Show," One of them was the father of the other's son. How could this be possible? They were husband and wife.

16. A clerk in the butcher shop is 5' 10" tall. What does he weigh? Meat

10. How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25? Once. The next substraction is from 20.

14. In Okmulgee, Oklahoma, you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not? You can never take pictures with a wooden leg.

2 things.

1- Shouldn't this have been in Waffle Games?

2- If you can put a Camera in a Phone, why not a Wooden Leg? 😊

More riddles here, and most are really hard.
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/riddles/intro.shtml