1. 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?

 

2. A woman shoots her husband, then she holds him under water for over five minutes. Finally, she hangs him. Five minutes later they go out and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

 

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

 

4. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

 

5. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching!

 

 

I'll post the answers below, with a spoiler warning...

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1. The third. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead.

 

2. The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it and hung it up to dry.

 

3. Charcoal.

 

4. Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.

 

5. The letter "e" -- which is the most common letter in the English language -- does not appear once in the long paragraph.

1. 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?

 

2. A woman shoots her husband, then she holds him under water for over five minutes. Finally, she hangs him. Five minutes later they go out and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

 

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

 

4. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

 

5. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching!

I'll post the answers below, with a spoiler warning...

 

1. Room 3; lions that haven't eaten in three years = dead lions

 

2. I dunno. Maybe the husband is Houdini? Shot out of a cannon, put in a water trap, hung in a cage??

 

4. Yesterday, today, tomorrow??

Oh, yeah...

 

3. COAL??

I got 1,3,4. That's all.

No. 1 is the best! LOL!!!

2.  I dunno.  Maybe the husband is Houdini?  Shot out of a cannon, put in a water trap, hung in a cage??

 

 

I was going to guess Rasputin. I guess I am just REALLY in the mood for an Imperial Stout.

Ach, I looked. Should have got #2. I'll take credit for char(coal).

 

Should have noticed what was od with that paragraph as well.

Here's an oldie, but a goodie:

A cowboy rides into town on Thursday, stays for 2 days and rides off on that same Thursday. How is this possible?

Here's an oldie, but a goodie:

A cowboy rides into town on Thursday, stays for 2 days and rides off on that same Thursday.  How is this possible?

 

Thursday is a horrible name for a horse.

Old as the hills but...

 

 

The beginning of eternity, the end of time and space. The beginning of every end and the end of every race.

 

What is it?

Thursday is a horrible name for a horse.   

 

In the movie he used "Friday".

Old as the hills but...

The beginning of eternity, the end of time and space. The beginning of every end and the end of every race.

 

What is it?

 

the letter "e"...

This one shows up again once in a while. What is:

 

Greater than God

More evil than the devil

Poor people have it

Rich people need it

and if you eat it, you will die?

Fairly easy but good one from a recent interview:

 

A racecar drives a lap around a 1 mile track in exactly 2 minutes. How fast must the car go in its second lap so that the average speed for the two laps combined is 60mph?

Fairly easy but good one from a recent interview:

 

A racecar drives a lap around a 1 mile track in exactly 2 minutes.  How fast must the car go in its second lap so that the average speed for the two laps combined is 60mph?

 

90 mph?

 

(First lap was 30mph and if the average of the 2 = 60, wouldn't it be (30 + x)/2=60 -> 120 = 30+X -> x=90?)

This one shows up again once in a while.  What is:

 

Greater than God

More evil than the devil

Poor people have it

Rich people need it

and if you eat it, you will die?

 

nothing.

1. There is one word in the English language that is always pronounced

incorrectly. What is it?

 

2. A boat has a ladder that has six rungs, each rung is one foot apart. The bottom rung is one foot from the water. The tide rises at 12 inches every 15 minutes. High tide peaks in one hour. When the tide is at it's

highest, how many rungs are under water?

 

3. There is a house with four walls. Each wall faces south. There is a window in each wall. A bear walks by one of the windows. What color is

the bear?

 

4. How much dirt would be in a hole 6 feet deep and 6 feet wide that has been dug with a square edged shovel?

 

5. What is it that goes up and goes down but does not move?

 

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

 

7. 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?

 

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

 

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

 

10. 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 in World War One. From the Men of Battalion 8". 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?

 

11. What is one thing that all wise men, regardless of their religion or

politics, agree is between heaven and earth?

 

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

 

13. A woman from New York married ten different men from that city, yet she did not break any laws. None of these men died and she never divorced. How was was this possible?

 

14. 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?

 

15. After the new Canon Law that took effect on November 27, 1983, would a Roman Catholic man be allowed to marry his widow's sister?

1.. incorrectly.

3. brown.

8. Mt Everest

9. she doesn't live in the US.

15: No - how is a dead guy gonna remarry?

13. they married outside of the U.S.

4. there is no dirt in holes, that's why they are holes.

1. incorrectly

4. none

5. the sun

7. he was born on a plane above Boston and his parents are not U.S. citizens?

8. Mount Everest

10. the sword wouldn't say WWI on it. It was just a world war, two hadn't happened yet so WWI wasn't numbered yet.

12. every year.

13. she is a priest. she married them to other women.

14. the plumber and electrician are married. one's a man, one's a woman.

15. no, because he'd be dead.