This one is a bit harder than the last, but don't lose hope!
1. If a doctor gives you three pills, and tells you to take a pill every half hour, how long until they would all be taken?
2. I went to bed at eight O' clock in the evening and wound up my clock and set the alarm to sound at nine O'clock in the morning. How many hours of sleep would I get before being awakened by the alarm?
3. A farmer had 17 sheep. All but 9 died. How many live sheep were left?
4. If you had only one match and entered a cold and dark room, where there was an oil lamp, an oil heater and a candle, which would you light first?
5. How many animals of each species did Moses take with him in the Ark?
6. (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.)
7. If Mr Smith's peacock lays an egg in Mr Jones' yard, who owns the egg?
8. You've seen a map of Italy. In which direction does the toe of the boot face?
9. Exactly how many slices of 1.5 cm each can you cut from a whole bread which is 22.5 cm long?
10. I have 6 apples, I take away 4, how many do I have?
11. Start with three coins: a penny, a nickel and a quarter. Say, "Tommy's mother has three children. The first child's name is Penny." (Hold up the penny while saying this.) "The second child's name is Nick." (Hold up the nickel.) What is the third child's name? (Hold up the quarter.)
12. Do you say "Loo-iss-vill" is the capital of Kentucky, or do you say "Loo-ee-vill" is the capital of Kentucky?
13. How many birth days does the average person have?
14. How many bricks does it take to complete a building made entirely of bricks?
15. What do you sit on, sleep on, and brush your teeth with?
16. There was an airplane crash, every single person died, but two people survived. How is this possible?
17. Eskimos are very good hunters, but they never hunt penguins. Why not?
18. What came first, the chicken or the egg?
19. As I was going to St Ives,
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks;
Each sack had seven cats;
Each cat had seven kittens.
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were going to St Ives?
20. If a plane crashes on the border between the US and Mexico, where do they bury the survivors?
This is a long one, so don't expect me to remember ALL of them.
Good luck!!
