Head Scratchers 12

**Bumper** · 11-19-2006

1. I have streets but no pavement. I have cities but no buildings. I have forests yet no trees. I have rivers yet no water. What am I?

2. Mary was making apricot jam. She put all the apricots in the pot and stirred them up until they were mush. Then she remembered she had to add 1 ounce of lemon juice for every two apricots! How did she figure out how much lemon juice to put in?

3. What time is the same spelled backward or forward?

4. In olden days, the student of logic was given this problem: If half of 5 were 3, what would one-third of 10 be?

5. What is the only word in the English language that when capitalized is changed from a noun or a verb to a nationality?

6. Often held but rarely touched,
always wet but never rusts,
often bites but seldom bit,
to use me well you must have wit.

What am I?

7. If a cork and a bottle cost $2.10 and the bottle costs $2.00 more than the stopper, then what does the stopper cost?

8. What has six legs, two heads, four ears, two hands, but walks on four feet?

9. Without a bridle, or a saddle,
across a thing I ride a-straddle.
And those I ride, by help of me,
though almost blind, are made to see.

What am I?

10. I killed one fourth of mankind. Who am I?

**SunKneeMarie** · 11-19-2006

1. I have streets but no pavement. I have cities but no buildings. I have forests yet no trees. I have rivers yet no water. What am I? a map

2. Mary was making apricot jam. She put all the apricots in the pot and stirred them up until they were mush. Then she remembered she had to add 1 ounce of lemon juice for every two apricots! How did she figure out how much lemon juice to put in? she left the pits in and could count those?

3. What time is the same spelled backward or forward? noon

4. In olden days, the student of logic was given this problem: If half of 5 were 3, what would one-third of 10 be?

5. What is the only word in the English language that when capitalized is changed from a noun or a verb to a nationality? english/English?

6. Often held but rarely touched,
always wet but never rusts,
often bites but seldom bit,
to use me well you must have wit.

What am I? tongue?

7. If a cork and a bottle cost $2.10 and the bottle costs $2.00 more than the stopper, then what does the stopper cost? 5 cents

8. What has six legs, two heads, four ears, two hands, but walks on four feet? a person on a horse

9. Without a bridle, or a saddle,
across a thing I ride a-straddle.
And those I ride, by help of me,
though almost blind, are made to see.

What am I?

10. I killed one fourth of mankind. Who am I?

eccentrictinker · 11-19-2006

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Originally Posted by Bumper

1. I have streets but no pavement. I have cities but no buildings. I have forests yet no trees. I have rivers yet no water. What am I?

2. Mary was making apricot jam. She put all the apricots in the pot and stirred them up until they were mush. Then she remembered she had to add 1 ounce of lemon juice for every two apricots! How did she figure out how much lemon juice to put in?

3. What time is the same spelled backward or forward?

4. In olden days, the student of logic was given this problem: If half of 5 were 3, what would one-third of 10 be?

5. What is the only word in the English language that when capitalized is changed from a noun or a verb to a nationality?

6. Often held but rarely touched,
always wet but never rusts,
often bites but seldom bit,
to use me well you must have wit.

What am I?

7. If a cork and a bottle cost $2.10 and the bottle costs $2.00 more than the stopper, then what does the stopper cost? $.10

8. What has six legs, two heads, four ears, two hands, but walks on four feet?

9. Without a bridle, or a saddle,
across a thing I ride a-straddle.
And those I ride, by help of me,
though almost blind, are made to see.

What am I?

10. I killed one fourth of mankind. Who am I? Cain

Just a guess.

**SunKneeMarie** · 11-19-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by eccentrictinker

Just a guess.

very good guess

MWC · 11-20-2006

4. In olden days, the student of logic was given this problem: If half of 5 were 3, what would one-third of 10 be?
Four

5. What is the only word in the English language that when capitalized is changed from a noun or a verb to a nationality?
polish/Polish

**Bumper** · 11-24-2006

The Official Answers

1. A map.

2. She counted the pits.

3. NOON

4. It would be 4.

5. polish, when capitalized is Polish, a nationality.

6. Your tongue.

7. Five Cents. The bottle costs $2.05.

8. A horse and rider.

9. Eyeglasses

10. Cain (who killed Abel).

11-19-2006	#1 (permalink)
Bumper Class Clown Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Winnipeg, Canada Posts: 9,105	Head Scratchers 12 1. I have streets but no pavement. I have cities but no buildings. I have forests yet no trees. I have rivers yet no water. What am I? 2. Mary was making apricot jam. She put all the apricots in the pot and stirred them up until they were mush. Then she remembered she had to add 1 ounce of lemon juice for every two apricots! How did she figure out how much lemon juice to put in? 3. What time is the same spelled backward or forward? 4. In olden days, the student of logic was given this problem: If half of 5 were 3, what would one-third of 10 be? 5. What is the only word in the English language that when capitalized is changed from a noun or a verb to a nationality? 6. Often held but rarely touched, always wet but never rusts, often bites but seldom bit, to use me well you must have wit. What am I? 7. If a cork and a bottle cost $2.10 and the bottle costs $2.00 more than the stopper, then what does the stopper cost? 8. What has six legs, two heads, four ears, two hands, but walks on four feet? 9. Without a bridle, or a saddle, across a thing I ride a-straddle. And those I ride, by help of me, though almost blind, are made to see. What am I? 10. I killed one fourth of mankind. Who am I?

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11-19-2006	#2 (permalink)
SunKneeMarie character encapsulator Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 25,373	1. I have streets but no pavement. I have cities but no buildings. I have forests yet no trees. I have rivers yet no water. What am I? a map 2. Mary was making apricot jam. She put all the apricots in the pot and stirred them up until they were mush. Then she remembered she had to add 1 ounce of lemon juice for every two apricots! How did she figure out how much lemon juice to put in? she left the pits in and could count those? 3. What time is the same spelled backward or forward? noon 4. In olden days, the student of logic was given this problem: If half of 5 were 3, what would one-third of 10 be? 5. What is the only word in the English language that when capitalized is changed from a noun or a verb to a nationality? english/English? 6. Often held but rarely touched, always wet but never rusts, often bites but seldom bit, to use me well you must have wit. What am I? tongue? 7. If a cork and a bottle cost $2.10 and the bottle costs $2.00 more than the stopper, then what does the stopper cost? 5 cents 8. What has six legs, two heads, four ears, two hands, but walks on four feet? a person on a horse 9. Without a bridle, or a saddle, across a thing I ride a-straddle. And those I ride, by help of me, though almost blind, are made to see. What am I? 10. I killed one fourth of mankind. Who am I?

11-20-2006	#5 (permalink)
MWC añejo Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Connecticut Posts: 5,649	4. In olden days, the student of logic was given this problem: If half of 5 were 3, what would one-third of 10 be? Four 5. What is the only word in the English language that when capitalized is changed from a noun or a verb to a nationality? polish/Polish

11-24-2006	#6 (permalink)
Bumper Class Clown Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Winnipeg, Canada Posts: 9,105	The Official Answers 1. A map. 2. She counted the pits. 3. NOON 4. It would be 4. 5. polish, when capitalized is Polish, a nationality. 6. Your tongue. 7. Five Cents. The bottle costs $2.05. 8. A horse and rider. 9. Eyeglasses 10. Cain (who killed Abel).

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