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1. Since a person uses about the same amount of energy walking 2 miles as they would running for 2 miles, would a person use more energy running for 10 minutes, walking for ten minutes, or the same amount of energy? running
2. What word looks the same upside down and backwards?
3. Assume that you have just heard of a scandal and that you are the first one to know. You pass it on to 4 persons in a matter of 30 minutes. Each of these 4 persons in turn passes it to 4 other persons in the next 30 minutes and so on. Assume that no one hears it more than once and that the world population is 5.6 billion. How long will it take for everybody in the world to get to know the scandal?
4. After two years Tom was stepping down from being the secretary of a group of animal rights activists. To show him their appreciation a bunch of them took him out one sunny afternoon. Tom shot an eagle and everyone congratulated him. Where had they gone? playing golf
5. If there are fifteen crows on a fence and the farmer shoots a third of them, how many crows are left? if they're deaf, then 10... if not, then none
6. An old parchment describes the location of buried treasure:
"On the island there are only two trees, A and B, and the remains of a gallows. Start at the gallows and count the steps required to walk in a straight line to tree A. At the tree turn 90 degrees to the left and then walk forward the same number of steps. At the point where you stop drive a spike into the ground. Now return to the gallows and walk in a straight line, counting your steps, to tree B. When you reach the tree, turn 90 degrees to the right and take the same number of steps forward, placing another spike at the point where you stop. Dig at the point exactly halfway between the spikes and you will find the treasure."
However, our hero when he gets to the island finds the gallows missing. Is there any way he can still get to the treasure?
7. If you were to put a coin into an empty bottle and then insert a cork into the neck, how could you remove the coin without taking out the cork or breaking the bottle? cutting a hole in the cork?
8. Four children, Rob, Danny, Martha and Bent, had a race across the yard. Danny was as many places behind Martha as Bent was ahead of Rob. Martha was not first and Rob was not second. Who was first, second, third and fourth? Bent, Martha, Rob, Danny
9. What goes up when the rain comes down? (And no...this is not a weather question!) umbrella
10. At noon and midnight the hour and minute hands are exactly coincident with each other. How many other times between noon and midnight do the hour and minute hands cross? 11
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