Heh. How many did YOU get right? No cheating! *g* (answers after the cut)<\/p>\n
1. Do they have a 4th<\/sup> of July in England? <\/p>\n 1. Do they have a 4th<\/sup> of July in England?<\/p>\n Yes. They also have a 1st<\/sup> of July, a 12th<\/sup> of April and a 27th<\/sup> of October.<\/em> Just one, but it is celebrated once per year.<\/em> 12. “I have 28” implies “I have at least<\/span> 28″, not “I have exactly<\/span> 28″.<\/em> Because the beggar is Lisa’s sister.<\/em> Because if he’s living<\/span>, he isn’t dead yet, and Canada has a law against burying someone alive.<\/em> 6 (3 for each team).<\/em> No, because if he has a “widow” then he is dead, and they don’t let dead men marry in California.<\/em> They didn’t play all five games against each other.<\/em> 70. “30 divided by 1\/2” is the same as “30 times 2”.<\/em> White. The house straddles the north pole.<\/em> After you take 2, you have at least 2.<\/em> A half-dollar and a nickel. One coin is not<\/span> a nickel, and the other coin is<\/span> a nickel.<\/em> You would have to light the match first.<\/em> Halfway; after that he’s running out of the woods.<\/em> 1 hour<\/em> or 9<\/em> None. Perhaps you were thinking of Noah?<\/em> Butcher shop clerks weigh meat.<\/em> 12.<\/em> The current U.S. president had the same name in 1964 that he has now.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Heh. How many did YOU get right? No cheating! *g* (answers after the cut) 1. Do they have a 4th of July in England? \u00a0 2. How many birthdays does the average man have? \u00a0 3. Some months have 31 days; how many have 28? \u00a0 4. Lisa gives a beggar 50 cents; Lisa is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-myriad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n2. How many birthdays does the average man have?
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\n3. Some months have 31 days; how many have 28?
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\n4. Lisa gives a beggar 50 cents; Lisa is the beggar’s sister, but the beggar is not Lisa’s brother. Why?
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\n5. Why can’t a man living in the U.S.A. be buried in Canada?
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\n6. How many outs are there in an inning (of American baseball)?
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\n7. Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow’s sister?
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\n8. Two men played five games of checkers. Each man won the same number of games, but there were no ties. Explain this.
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\n9. Divide 30 by 1\/2 and add 10. What is the answer?
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\n10. A man builds a rectangular house; all four sides have southern exposure. A big bear walks by. What color is the bear?
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\n11. If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have?
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\n12. I have two U.S. coins totaling 55 cents. One is not a nickel. What are the coins?
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\n13. If you have only one match and you walk into a room where there is an oil burner, a lamp, and a wood-burning stove, which one would you light first?
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\n14. How far can a dog run into the woods?
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\n15. A doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half-hour. How long would the pills last?
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\n16. A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 die. How many are left?
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\n17. How many animals of each species did Moses take on the ark?
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\n18. A clerk in the butcher shop is 5′ 10” tall. What does he weigh?
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\n19. How many two-cent stamps are there in a dozen?<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/code>20. What was the President’s name in 1964?
\n(answers below here – no cheating!)<\/p>\n
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\n2. How many birthdays does the average man have?<\/p>\n
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\n3. Some months have 31 days; how many have 28?<\/p>\n
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\n4. Lisa gives a beggar 50 cents; Lisa is the beggar’s sister, but the beggar is not Lisa’s brother. Why?<\/p>\n
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\n5. Why can’t a man living in the U.S.A. be buried in Canada?<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0<\/code>
\n6. How many outs are there in an inning (of American baseball)?<\/p>\n
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\n7. Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow’s sister?<\/p>\n
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\n8. Two men played five games of checkers. Each man won the same number of games, but there were no ties. Explain this.<\/p>\n
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\n9. Divide 30 by 1\/2 and add 10. What is the answer?<\/p>\n
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\n10. A man builds a rectangular house; all four sides have southern exposure. A big bear walks by. What color is the bear?<\/p>\n
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\n11. If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have?<\/p>\n
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\n12. I have two U.S. coins totaling 55 cents. One is not a nickel. What are the coins?<\/p>\n
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\n13. If you have only one match and you walk into a room where there is an oil burner, a lamp, and a wood-burning stove, which one would you light first?<\/p>\n
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\n14. How far can a dog run into the woods?<\/p>\n
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\n15. A doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half-hour. How long would the pills last?<\/p>\n
\nEach pill lasts until you take it.<\/em>
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\n16. A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 die. How many are left?<\/p>\n
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\n17. How many animals of each species did Moses take on the ark?<\/p>\n
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\n18. A clerk in the butcher shop is 5′ 10” tall. What does he weigh?<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0<\/code>
\n19. How many two-cent stamps are there in a dozen?<\/p>\n
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\n20. What was the President’s name in 1964?<\/p>\n