A Short
Thinker's Quiz
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 the 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.
ANSWERS:
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?
The third. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead.
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?
The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed
it, and hung it up to dry.
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?
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. What is black
when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?
The answer is charcoal.
5. Can you name
three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Sure you can: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow!
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.
The letter "e", which is the most common letter in the English
language, does not appear once in the long paragraph.
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