[Mark]

Q1. 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 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

Q2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

Q3. A magician was boasting one day at how long he could hold his breath under water. His record was 6 minutes. A kid that was listening said, "that's nothing, I can stay under water for 10 minutes using no type of equipment or air pockets!" The magician told the kid if he could do that, he'd give him $10,000. The kid did it and won the money. Can you figure out how?

Q4. There are two plastic jugs filled with water. How could you put all of this water into a barrel, without using the jugs or any dividers, and still tell which water came from which jug?

Q5. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and grey when you throw it away?

Q6. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

Q7. 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!

Q8. You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in?

Q9. If you overtake the last person, then you are...?

Q10. (in your head!) Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10. What is the total?

ANSWERS BELOW!

[spoil]A1. The third. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead.

A2. The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry.

A3. The kid filled a glass of water and held it over his head for 10 minutes.

A4. Colour and Freeze them first. Take them out of the jugs and put the ice in the barrel. You will be able to tell which water came from which jug.

A5. The answer is Charcoal. In Homer Simpson's words: hmmmm... Barbecue.

A6. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.

A7. The letter "e", which is the most common letter in the English language, does not appear once in the long paragraph

A8. If you answer that you are first, then you are absolutely wrong! If you overtake the second person and you take his place, you are second!

A9. If you answered that you are second to last, then you are wrong again. Tell me, how can you overtake the LAST person?!

A10. Did you get 5000? The correct answer is actually 4100. Don't believe it? Check with your calculator!

A11. Nunu? NO! Of course not. The fifth daughter is Mary. Read the question again.[/spoil]

[Tanser_Man]

I got a few right without looking, Q1, Q2, Q5, Q6, Q8, Q9

Quite baffled by Question 10...

[Lance]

I only got four of them right....

Originally posted by Tanser_Man
I got a few right without looking, Q1, Q2, Q5, Q6, Q8, Q9

Quite baffled by Question 10...

I think it's because it starts with take (as in subtract or minus) 1000. So take 1,000 from 0 and you start with -1000. Add the rest and you get 4,100.

[James]

My answers without looking at the solutions...


[spoil]q1 Lions must be dead if they haven't eaten in three years.

q2 ??

q3 He held a cup of water over his head?

q4 Freeze one of the jugs

q5 ?? Need to think about it more

q6 Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day.

q7 ?? Don't know

q8 Second

q9 Second last

q10 4100 - third different answer I got after three tries?
[/spoil]

[BigSister]

lol im no good at these types of questions

[Sophii3x]

I dont get them

[James]

Originally posted by Lance
I only got four of them right....

I think it's because it starts with take (as in subtract or minus) 1000. So take 1,000 from 0 and you start with -1000. Add the rest and you get 4,100.

Q10. (in your head!) Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10. What is the total?

1000 + 40 = 1040
1040 + 1000 = 2040
2040 + 30 = 2070
2070 + 1000 = 3070
3070 + 20 = 3090
3090 + 1000 = 4090
4090 + 10 = 4100

My first answer came out as 5100, then 5000, only got the right answer on the third go.

A6. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.
q6 Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day.

Hah, I think that qualifies as right also.

A2. The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry.

Ah clever, but photography developing fluid isn't water - though that is part of it.

A9. If you answered that you are second to last, then you are wrong again. Tell me, how can you overtake the LAST person?!

So there's no right answer? What if you're running round a track and you lap the last runner?

[Lance]

Originally posted by James

Q10. (in your head!) Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10. What is the total?

1000 + 40 = 1040
1040 + 1000 = 2040
2040 + 30 = 2070
2070 + 1000 = 3070
3070 + 20 = 3090
3090 + 1000 = 4090
4090 + 10 = 4100

My first answer came out as 5100, then 5000, only got the right answer on the third go.

Oo, that answers that then.

[sol]

I got questions 4, 8, 9 and 10 correct.

[lily.]

Muh Brain hurts....

.. seriously.. I done not too shabby... I got Questions 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 & 10.

9 confused me.. and I just plain didn't get 2 or 5.

[Bells]

Cool, I tend to like questions like these!
I did get a few right but was really confused by question 10 as well. How strange.

(I got qs 1, 3, 6, 8 and 9 - I'm not normally brilliant at these but I still like them. )

[lily.]

Sometimes the answer is so obvious that you miss it though Ash... that's the frustrating thing about these quizzes!

[Bells]

Originally posted by Stropz
Sometimes the answer is so obvious that you miss it though Ash... that's the frustrating thing about these quizzes!

You're spot on lmao, I tend to miss the most obvious of things, but I guess that's what makes the quizzes more fun as well.