Throw It Out When You Want to Use It
What do you throw out when you want to use it but take in when you don’t want to use it?
SOLUTION
The answer is ANCHOR.
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US Presidents
The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States of America had the same parents but were not brothers. How can this be possible?
SOLUTION
They were the same person, Grover Cleveland.
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Family Issues
Her father went to prison, her mother mortgaged all her properties and her brother sold his house, but she couldn’t be happier. Why?
SOLUTION
Because they were playing Monopoly.
Birthday Twins
Darma and Greg are twins, Greg being the older one by just few moments. However, several times in their lives, Darma celebrated her Birthday two days before Greg did. How is this possible?
SOLUTION
Darma and Greg were being delivered on a plane/ship which was passing the 180th meridian. This way Greg got born on 1st of March and Darma got born on 28th of February. Therefore, during leap years, Darma will celebrate her Birthday 2 days before Greg.
Before Mount Everest
Before Mount Everest was discovered, which was the highest mountain in the world?
SOLUTION
It was still Mount Everest (even though not yet discovered).
Haystacks
You have 10 fields and keep 1 haystack in the first one, 2 haystacks in the second one, 3 haystacks in the third one and so on. How many haystacks will you have if you combine all of them in your first field?
SOLUTION
You will have one big haystack.
Tough Decisions
You are driving your car along the road in a very harsh snowy weather and reach a bus stop. On this bus stop you see that there are three people waiting – your best friend, a sick old lady and the girl of your dreams. The car unfortunately can accommodate only 2 people (including you), so you can not take all of them with you. What will be your choice?
SOLUTION
The best solution is to let your friend drive the old lady and you stay with the girl of your dreams on the bus stop.
Potatoes and Wire
If you have two spheres, you can always make a loop with some wire, such that it fits both of them (for example you can shape it as a circle). If you have any two potatoes, can you do the same?
SOLUTION
Yes, you can. Just take the two potato surfaces and intersect them. Their intersection will give you the shape of a wire which fits them both.
Man in the Elevator
One man who lives on the 12th floor every day takes the elevator to go to work. When he comes back in the evening, unless it is raining or there are other people in the elevator, he goes with it just to the 8th floor and then uses the stairs for the last 4 floors. Why does he do this?
SOLUTION
The man is very short. Unless he has an umbrella or can ask other people to press the button for him, he can’t make the elevator go to the 12th floor.
Escaping the Tower
A Queen is captured in the top room of a very high tower, along with her son and daughter. Outside their window, there is a pulley with a rope
SOLUTION
1. The stone is sent down in a basket.
2. The
3. The daughter goes down, the son goes up.
4. The stone is thrown back down.
5. The queen goes down, the daughter and the stone go up.
6. The stone goes down.
7. The
8. The daughter goes down, the son goes up.
9. The stone is thrown back down.
10. The son goes down, the stone goes up.