49.What belongs to you alone, but is mostly used by others?(phil13)
50.The person who made it had no use for it, the person who bought it didn't want it, and the one who finally ended up with it, never even knew about it. What is it?(phil13)
51.Decipher this code:
htrae no sresopmoc tsetaerg eht fo eno si trazom(ihatepop)
52.Linguistic puzzle
7 = MS in MT (I,D,P,L,M,A,L) (dss)
53.A bear walks south for one kilometer, then it walks west for one kilometer, then it walks north for one kilometer and ends up at the same point from which it started. What color was the bear?(nanabush)
54.Three students checked into a hotel and paid the clerk $30 for a room ($10 each). When the hotel manager returned, he noticed that the clerk had incorrectly charged $30 instead of $25 for the room. The manager told the clerk to return $5 to the students. The clerk, knowing that the students would not be able to divide $5 evenly, decided to keep $2 and to give them only $3.
The students were very happy because they paid only $27 for the room ($9 each). However, if they paid $27 and the clerk kept $2, that adds up to $29. What happened to the other Dollar? (nanabush)
55.Some flies are trapped in a sealed jar. You place the jar on a set of scales. The scales will register the greatest weight when the flies are:
a. sitting on the bottom of the jar
b. flying around the inside of the jar
c. neither. The weight will be exactly the same in each case(ihatepop)
56.Mr butcher, Mr baker, Mr carpenter and Mr Plumber have never been in the same profession as their name and no one has had the same profession twice.Alan is now a butcher, whereas Mr Brain butcher used to be a baker. The person who is now a carpenter used to be a butcher. Charlie has never been a baker. Mr Daren Carpenter has never been a butcher and Mr baker is now not a carpenter. Can you determine their full names, along with their current and previous professions?(ihatepop)
57.1 + 1 = 1 ... sometimes. How is this so?(ce nedra)
58.Whats 1+1?(ihatepop)
59.Bill and Bob order identical drinks. Bill drinks quickly and is fine, but Bob drinks slowly and dies. Why? (kelly_kelly)
60.A man, while on sentry duty, dreams of the time and place of the enemy's upcoming attack. He tells an officer, the army gets prepared, and easily wins the battle. Then the aforementioned sentry is killed. Why?(kelly_kelly)
61.First think of the person who lives in disguise,
who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies.
Next, tell me what's always the last thing to mend,
The middle of middle and end of the end?
And finally give me the sound often heard
During the search for a hard-to-find word.
Now string them together and answer me this,
Which creature would you be unwilling to kiss? (if you've read Harry Potter, don't give the answer.)(kelly_kelly)
62.What can run but never walks,
has a mouth but never talks,
has a head but never weeps,
has a bed but never sleeps?(kelly_kelly)
63.When you say my name,
I no longer exist.
Who am I?
(kelly_kelly)
64.A box without hinges, key, or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.(kelly_kelly)
65.A certain family consists of 1 grandfather, 1 grandmother, 2 fathers, 2 mothers, 4 children, 3 grandchildren, 1 brother, 2 sisters, 2 sons, 2 daughters, 1 father-in-law, 1 mother-in-law, and 1 daughter-in-law. How many people are there altogether?(nicco)
66.You put the two slices of bread into the toaster, and you push down onto the button, until you hear a 'click'. But after 2 hours, nothing happens. Why?(ihatepop)
67.ihatepop was about to print out the sheets to Liszt's La Campenella. He opens up the file, pressed the 'print' button and waited. However, nothing happened. He realised that he had forgotton to turn on the printer, and pushed the on button. However, still nothing happened. He checks the printer and confirmed that there was paper, there was ink in the ink cartridge, and there was absolutely nothing wrong with the printer.
Feeling frustrated, he gives up and goes to his friend's house to print. Can you tell whats wrong with his printer, computer, or what so ever?(ihatepop)
68.1+1=3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12......Why?(ihatepop)
69.1+1=? (Not 1 or 2 or anything to do with the previous questions or the one stated above)(ihatepop)
70.Why are manhole covers generally circular ?(ted)
71.What is the next number in the series 1,2,4,8,16,23 . . ?(ted)
72.A man goes out between one and two o'clock in the afternoon and returns between four and five in the afternoon. Upon his return, the hour and minute hands have exactly swapped position.
What time did he leave ?
What time did he return ?
How long was he out ?(ted)
73.A man goes to a restaraunt and orders Albatross. Albatross he tells the waiter, he hasent had for years, and is looking very much forward to trying it again. The man tells the waiter that his old friend is a specialist with Albatross. The waiter brings out the Albatross before the man can explain further and the man takes one bite of the bird and throws up. Why?
Hint: Something very terrible happened to the man years ago.
Hint: His sudden sickness is not from food poising, allergys etc...(lisztisforkids)
74.A man fell off a building. Someone saw this and called the police. But when the police arrived, the body was not there. What happened to the body?(ihatepop)
75.can you make a single word from
NEW DOOR(pianolist)
75.A few soldiers were in a very cold place, where the temperature is -40 degrees. They were supposed to collect some overcoats to keep them warm. However, when they received the coats, they realised that there were no buttons on the coats. The angry general asked the soldier in charge of the coats what had happened. It turned out that the manufacturers had indeed sewn on the buttons in the first place. What had happened? (There was no button thief)(ihatepop)
76.A musician went home after a concert and found his wife on the floor lying in a pool of blood. The police were brought in. Soon, the chief officar foung out that the wife was in contact with 2 men. The first man was a manager of a shop. He was her lover. The second man was a button salesman. He was her admirer. Who murdered the wife? (Nothing to do with the musician)(ihatepop)
77.James Watt was having a talk with his boss. His boss told him about a few secret documents. His assistant entered the room with some tea in a kettle. He poured some tea for the two men. He placed the kettle
on the stove and started heating it up. He then left the room. The boss locked the door.
All of a sudden, James felt dizzy and dozed off. When he woke up, he was shocked to see a needle in the boss's neck, and he had stopped breathing. The door was still locked and the windows were closed. Who killed the boss and how? (ihatepop)
Ok, thats the complete list so far, I'm gonna take a finger break.*cringe*(not even pianistimo could do this)
ihatepop
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