[phantom4570]

1. Johnny’s mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child’s name?

2. A clerk at a butcher shop stands five feet ten inches tall and wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?

3. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

4. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet?

5. What word in the English language is always spelled incorrectly?

6. Billie was born on December 28th, yet her birthday always falls in the summer. How is this possible?

7. In British Columbia you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?

8. If you were running a race and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

9. Which is correct to say, “The yolk of the egg is white” or “The yolk of the egg are white?”

10. A farmer has five haystacks in one field and four haystacks in another. How many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in one field?

The California DMV should use this.

 

[Skeptic49]

Old ones:

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1. Johnny
2. Meat
3. Mt. Everest
4. None it's a hole
5. Well, you can argue that to, too and two
6. She's in Australia
7. Stumped me! Union work rules?
8. 2nd
9. Neither the yoke is yellow
10. One.

Geoff
Who notes these were old ones in the last century.

 

[Snake45]

Old ones:

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1. Johnny
2. Meat
3. Mt. Everest
4. None it's a hole
5. Well, you can argue that to, too and two
6. She's in Australia
7. Stumped me! Union work rules?
8. 2nd
9. Neither the yoke is yellow
10. One.

Geoff
Who notes these were old ones in the last century.

5. I-n-c-o-r-r-e-c-t-l-y.

7. You can't take a picture of someone with a wooden leg anywhere. You need a camera to take a picture of someone.

 

[RAJinSC]

Having not peeked at any replies, I offer the following (as if I were some sort of brainiac......)

1. Johnny
2. meat
3. Mt Everest
4. none
5. incorrectly
6. South of the equator, seasons are reversed
7. Wooden legs can't take pics, only cameras
8. 2nd
9. Yolks are yellow; albumen is white
10. 1 (big one)

 

[William R. Moore]

OK, it's 03 something or other. Why is the answer to #8 2nd?


Reminds me of a test administered to test ability to reason despite sleep deprivation. One of the questions involved the Arctic Circle, a lot of towns with Russian names and the color of a bear.

 

[IrishCop]

OK, it's 03 something or other. Why is the answer to #8 2nd?

Reminds me of a test administered to test ability to reason despite sleep deprivation. One of the questions involved the Arctic Circle, a lot of towns with Russian names and the color of a bear.

'Cause if you passed the SECOND place runner, you'd go from THIRD place to SECOND place.

 

[William R. Moore]

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