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Brain Teasers
« on: Jun 16th, 2004, 3:52pm » |
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How about a few Brain Teasers:
> >
> > 1. 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?
> >
> > 2. 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?
> >
> > 3. 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?
> >
> > 4. What is black when you buy it, red when you
> > use it, and
> > gray when you throw it away?
> >
> > 5. Can you name three consecutive days without
> > using t! he words
> > Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
> > Saturday, or
> > Sunday?
> >
> > 6. 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.
> >
> > Sorry, I don't have the answers to these... Just
> > kidding.
> >
> > 1. The third. Lions that haven't eaten in three
> > years are dead.
> >
> > 2. The woman was a photographer. She shot a
> > picture of her
> > husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry.
> >
> > 3. 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.
> >
> > 4. The answer is Charcoal.
> >
> > 5. Sure you can: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow!
> >
> > 6. The letter "e", which is the most common l!
> > etter in the
> > English language, does not appear once in the
> > long paragraph.
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Re: Brain Teasers
« Reply #1 on: Jun 16th, 2004, 4:04pm » |
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Good ones!!!
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I think we should all get together and do a movie..."Night of The Clusterheads". George Romero would have nothing on us!!!
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I got the first one and the last one. The rest of them, I crapped out on. LOL 
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