35- Why didn't the
skeleton go to the dance?
36- A father and his son
were in a car accident. The father died. The son was taken to the hospital. The
doctor came in and said: I can't do surgery on him, because he's my son. Who
was the doctor?
37- Why did the student
take a ladder toschool?
38- What are the two
strongest days of theweek?
39-
What do you call a bear without an "ear"? 40- Which is
faster, heat or cold?
41- How many apples can
you eat if yourstomach is empty? B: 4 or 5
42- Why did Mickey Mouse
go to outerspace?
43- What do you call a
Spaniard who can'tfind his car?
44- What's the difference
between electricityand lightening?
45- What part of your
body disappears whenyou stand up?
46- What do you call a
witch at the beach?
47- What's the difference
between a lion withtoothache and a wet day?
48- Why are baseball
stadiums so cool?
49- What do you call a
fish without an eye?
50- What has thirteen
hearts but no bodyand no soul?
51- What do you call a
fish that only caresabout himself?
52- Why couldn't Mozart
find his teacher?
53- What's a minimum?
54- Why can't a bicycle
stand on its own?
55- What's
got a head and a tail, but nobody?
56- What's got a wave but
no sea?
57- Where does a boxer
who weighs 135 kilograms sit on a bus?
58- What makes
"oom" and gives milk?
59- Where does Dracula
stay when he goesto New York City?
60- What do cows like to
read?
61- What is the longest
word?
62- What is the word that
everybody alwayssays wrong?
63- What five-letter word
becomes shorterwhen you add two letters to it?
64- What's the longest
word in the dictionary?
65- How many seconds are
there in oneyear?
66- What two days of the
week start with theletter "T"?
67- Why did the pony have
a sore throat?
68- What did the
undertaker die of?
69- Why can't a nose be
twelve inches?
70- How do porcupines
kiss each other?
71- What has four wheels
and flies?
72- What has teeth but
can't bite?
73- Why did the chicken
cross the road?
74- Why do people call
their own languagetheir mother tongue?
75- Why is it impossible
to starve in thedesert?
76- Do you know where
people send a horsewhen it is sick?
77- What did the doctor say
when the invisible man called to make an appointment?
78- Which 'BUS' could
cross the ocean?
79- What a bee says when
it gets in the hive?
80- How do you catch a
squirrel?
81- What do you call a
deer with no eyes?
82- Where do cows go for
entertainment?
83- What animal is it
that has four legs a tailand flies?
84- What do you call 'a
fly' without wings?
85- What goes "ZUB,
ZUB"?
86- What did one light
bulb say to anotherlight bulb?
87- What flowers have two
lips?
88- They travel all over
the world but end upin the corner, what are they?
89- Why didn't the farmer
cry when his dairycow fell off the cliff?
90- What is the
difference between a jewelerand a jailor?
91- Why do cows have
bells?
92- Why were the little
drops of ink crying?
93- How many sheep does
it take to makeone wool sweater?
94- What's a teacher's
favorite nation?
95- What's the most
colorful state of U.S.A.?
96- In
what state does it cost the most tolive in?
101- Why do birds fly
south for the winter?
102- What is the tallest
building in our town?
103- What did the fish
say when he hit thewall?
104- The teacher speaking
to a student said,"Saud, name two pronouns."
105- Teacher: Today, we're
going to talkabout the tenses. Now, if I say "I am beautiful," which
tense is it?
106- What is orange and
sounds like parrot?
107- Can a kangaroo jump
higher than theEmpire State Building?
108- What do you call a
deer with no eyes?
109- ESL teacher: You must
never begin asentence "I is ...".
110- How should you dress
on a cold day?
111- Why do witches fly
about on broomsticks?
112- Who tells chicken
jokes?
113- What's white when
it's dirty, and blackwhen it's clean?
114- What's the capital of
"England"?
115- What do we tell the
donkey worn itspajamas (pyjamas-Brt)?
116- What's
"bacteria"?
117- What's the biggest
part in a car?
118- What day do fish
hate?
119- Why are roosters the
neatest birds?
120- Which three letters
of the alphabet doall the work?
121- What illness do you
get in China?
122- What
do you get if you cross a babywith a U.F.O.?
123- When is it bad luck
to have a black catfollowing you?
124- Why did the egg go
into the jungle ?
125- Teacher -First came
the Ice Age, then the Stone Age. What came next?
126- What's the easiest
way to double yourmoney?
127- Which driver never
commits a trafficoffence?
128- When does it rain
money?
129- What gets dirty by
washing?
130- What would be worse
than finding amaggot in an apple you 're eating ?
131- What is the best day
for cooking baconand eggs?
132- What do Martians eat
for breakfast?
133- What is round and red
and goes up anddown?
134- What is a sick
crocodile called?
135- What can make a cow
fly?
136- 'Did
you hear about the man whoinvented a device for looking through walls?'
'No, what does he call it?'
137- What was awarded to
the inventor ofdoor knockers?
138- Teacher
- How many seconds are therein a year?!
143- Five automobiles were
lined up bumperto bumper. How many bumpers were actually touching each other?
144- How many parts of
the human body canyou name that have only three letters?
145- How far do you have
to count beforeusing the letter A in spelling a number?
146- Name as many articles
as you can thinkof that start with the letter S that are worn on the feet.
147- What continent do you
see when youlook in the mirror in the morning?
148- What is found in the
very center of bothAmerica and Australia?
149- What relatives are
dependent on you?
150- Why is the letter T
like an island?
151- What part of London
is in France?
152- Nine crows sat on a
limb of a tree.Farmer Jones shot three of them. How many crows remained?
153- Which is the loudest
vowel?
154- What is it that no
man ever yet did see,which never was, but always will be?
155- How many birthdays
does the averageperson have?
156- What is a beautiful
cat?
157-
What is an unusual seat?158- What is a comical rabbit?
159- What is an angry boy?
160- What is an irritated
employer?
161- What is a bashful
insect?
162- What is a large hog?
163- What is an
uncontrollable boy or girl?
164- What
is a joyful father?
165- What is a noisy group
of people?
166- The more you take,
the more you leavebehind. What are they?
167- What can you cut with
a knife andnever see a mark?
168- What asks no
questions but receives alot of answers?
169- What grows bigger the
more you takefrom it?
170- I saw a nutcracker up
in a tree. Whatwas it?
171- What goes up but
never comes down?
172- If you feed it, it
will live. If you give itwater, it will die. What is it?
173- What time is it when
an elephant sits ona fence?
174- Something
that shines in the sky atnight
Changes
to rodents that gnaw and bite.
175- A fruit that's green
and often sour Becomes a distance you walk in an hour.
176- Something that frogs
do very well Can be the sound of a ringing bell.
177- An animal that eats a
paper or can Becomes the cloak of a Roman man.
178- What helps you keep
your teeth together?
179- How do you make a
lemon drop?
180- What is all over the
house?
181- What is a UFB?
182- Why did the teenager
put his clock inthe oven?
183- When can a man be six
feet tall and beshort at the same time?
184- What
happens to a refrigerator whenyou pull its plug?
185- Why did the teenager
put sugar underher pillow?
186- What is the first
thing that a gardenerputs in the garden?
187- What is the perfect
cure for dandruff?
188- What do you call a
person who doesn'thave all his fingers on one hand?
189- What's the best thing
to take whenyou're run over by a car?
190- How many months have
twenty-eightdays?
191- Name five things that
contain milk.
192- By inserting the same
letter 16 times inappropriate places, this jumble of letters will be
transformed into a sentence of some sense: VRY VNING RNST ARND IGHTN CNTS
XCDINGLY ASILY.
193- A man was locked in a
room with only abed, a calendar, and a piano. How did he drink, how did he eat,
and how did he get out? Another man was locked in a room with only a mirror and
a table. How did he get out? A third man was locked in an empty room. How did
he escape?
194- A man goes into a bar
and asks for aglass of water. The barman pulls out a gun, and points it at the
customer. "Thank you" replies the customer and walks out. What
happened?
195- How can you throw a
tennis ball with allyour strength and, without it hitting a wall or other
obstruction, have it stop and come right back to you?
196- How close a relative
would the sisterin-law of your father's only brother be?
197- It takes 4 1/2 hours for
a jet plane tofly between the east and west coasts of the United States. One
plane leaves Los Angeles for New York at 4:40 o'clock, while another plane
leaves New York for Los Angeles at 6 o'clock. Which plane will be closer to New
York when they pass each other?
198- A rope ladder is
hanging over the sideof a ship. The ladder is twelve feet long, and the rungs
on the ladder are one foot apart. The lowest rung is resting on the top of the
ocean. The tide rises four inches an hour. How long would it take before the
first four rungs of the ladder are under water?
199- There are ten black
stockings and tenwhite stockings in a drawer. If you reach into the drawer in
the dark, what is the least number of stockings you must take out before you
are sure you have a pair that matches?
200- How many bricks does
it take to finisha house?
201- What has a fork and
mouth, but cannoteat?
202- What can be measured,
but has nolength, width, or thickness?
203- What comes down, but
never goes up?
204- What goes up and down
but doesn'tmove?
205- Why did the boy put
his radio in therefrigerator?
206- What has four wheels
and flies?
207-
How many feet are there in a yard?208- What can you serve, but
never eat?
209- What's the best way
to win a race?
210- What has no beginning
and no end?
211- Why do lions eat raw
meat?
212- Which football player
wears the biggesthelmet?
213- Why does a
firefighter wear red suspenders?
214- Why do we dress baby
boys in blue andbaby girls in pink?
215- What kind
of bushes do rabbits inCalifornia sit under when it rains?
216- If a rooster laid an
egg on top of apointed-roof henhouse, which side would the egg roll off?
217- There was a big
alligator walking downthe street with a little alligator. The little alligator
was the big alligator's son, but the big alligator wasn't the little
alligator's father. Who was the big alligator?
218- If an electric train
travels ninety milesan hour in a westerly direction, and the wind is blowing
from the north, in which direction will the smoke blow?
219- Two fathers and two
sons went fishing.Each fisherman caught a fish, yet only three fish were
caught. How is this possible?
220- At this moment,
everyone in the worldis doing the same thing. What is it?
221- If you dropped a
tomato on your toe,would it hurt much?
222- How much dirt is
there in a hole exactly one foot deep and one foot wide?
223- If six children and
two dogs were underjust one umbrella, how come none of them got wet?
224- Two teachers teach at
the same school.One is the father of the other's son. What relation are they to
each other?
225- What can you hold in
your left hand,but not in your right hand?
226- Can a man living in
New York be buriedin California?
227- A cowboy had twelve
cows. All but ninedied. How many cows did he have left?
228- Two men were playing
checkers. Theyplayed five games. Each man won the same number of games. How is
this possible?
229- How
many books can you put into anempty school bag?
230- A donkey was tied to
a rope six feetlong. A bale of hay was eighteen feet away, and the donkey
wanted to eat the hay. How could he do it?
231- If there were six
crows sitting on abench and a hunter shot one of them, how many would be left?
232- If you count twenty
horses on yourright going into town, and twenty horses on your left coming
home, how many horses have you counted in all?
233- If it
takes three minutes to boil an egg,how long will it take to boil three eggs?
234- Seven is an odd
number. How do youmake seven even?
235- A man who worked in a
butcher shopwas six feet tall and wore size eleven shoes. What did he weigh?
236- What is the best
exercise for losingweight?
237- What occurs once in a
minute, twice ina moment, and not once in a hundred years?
238- Which is better:
"The house burneddown" or "The house burned up"?
239- What can be right,
but never wrong?
240- What is it that a man
can use for shaving, polishing his shoes, and sleeping in?
241- In the middle of the
night, while Mr.Jones was asleep in his hotel room, the telephone beside his
bed rang. Mr. Jones woke up, picked up the phone, and said "Hello."
Then he put the phone down and went back to sleep. Can you guess who had telephoned
him?
242- A man ran down the street, walked intoa
bar, and asked for a glass of water. The bartender gave him the water and
pointed a gun at him. The man said "Thank you" and walked out of the
bar. Why did he do that?
243- A
man phoned his daughter to ask herto buy a few things he needed for a trip. He
told her she would find enough dollar bills for the purchases in an envelope on
his desk. She found the enve-
lope with "98" written on it. In a shop she
bought $90 worth of things, but when it was time to pay, she didn't have $8
left over, as she thought she would. In fact, she didn't have enough money to
pay for all the purchases. By how much was she short, and why?
244- A
farmer must transport his dog, aduck, and a bag of corn across a river. The
boat he has to use is very small-so small that he can take only one of the
three in the boat with him at a time. If he leaves the dog alone with the duck,
the dog will kill and eat the duck. If he leaves the duck alone with the corn,
the duck will eat up the corn.
What is the least number of trips the farmer must make to
transport all three across the river safely?
245- One
day a cat fell down a well. The wellwas eighteen feet deep. When the cat tried
to climb out, it found that the sides of the well were very damp and slippery. However,
with patient determination it finally managed to climb out.
It took the cat one minute of
climbing to gain three feet. However, after climbing for a minute, the cat had
to rest for a minute before it could go on. During each minute of rest, the cat
slid back two feet.
How long did it take for the cat to get out of the well?
246- A
traveler had the misfortune of beingcaught by an enemy tribe and condemned to
death. The only question that remained was how he was to be done away with.
According to tribal custom, the
chief of the tribe was to make this decision on the following basis: The victim
was told to make an affirmative statement. If the chief considered the
statement true, the victim would be shot with a poisoned arrow. If the
statement was judged to be false, the victim would be tied to a stake and die
by fire. In any case, his death was apparently inescapable-or so it seemed to
everyone except the traveler.
He made a short statement which
so perplexed the chief that it was found impossible to carry out the execution.
What were the words that the clever traveler must have uttered?
247- Tom came to a bridge
marked "Totalweight 100 kilos." Now, Tom weighed 95 kilos, but he had
three pineapples, each weighing 2 kilos. He couldn't throw them across the
river, because the pineapples would be smashed to pieces. How did Tom cross the
bridge?
248- Two
girls appeared at the registrar'soffice of a college. The receptionist handed
each of them a questionnaire to fill out. Each girl wrote the following facts
on the questionnaire.
Each had the last name Smith.
Each was born on February 29, 1960. Each was born at 376 East 53rd Street, New
York City. Each had a father named John Smith and a mother named
Gertrude Smith.
When the girls had completed the
questionnaires they handed them to the registrar. The registrar read them and
asked, "Are you two girls' sisters?" They replied, "Yes, we
are." Looking up from his papers, the registrar saw the two girls and
noticed that they looked exactly alike. He said, "You're twins, aren't
you?"
They both promptly answered, "No." Assuming that
all the answers they gave were true, and that they had the same mother and
father, how do you account for the fact that they were not twins?
249- Albert Amblefoot
walked outside in aheavy rainstorm for half an hour without getting a single
hair of his head wet. He didn't wear a hat, carry an umbrella, or hold anything
over his head. His clothes got soaking wet. How could this happen?
250- As
you are traveling in the kingdom ofJerafa, you come upon a boy and a girl who
are dressed exactly alike.
"I'm a boy," says the
one with red hair. "I'm a girl," says the one with black hair.
If at least one of them is not telling the truth, which is
which?
251- A man
lived at the southern tip of asmall forest which was exactly circular in shape.
His house was at the very
edge of the forest. One fine day
in the spring he decided to take a walk around the forest. He set out from his
house, heading in a westerly direction, that is going in a clockwise direction,
all around the forest and returning to his house, He found that it took him
eighty minutes to do this, walking at a steady rate and making no stops along
the way.
Another day a few months later, he again took a walk around
the forest, but this time he went in a counterclockwise direction. Walking at
the same rate as before and making no stops, he found that the trip took him
one hour and twenty minutes. Can you explain why?
252- Ruling
over the kingdom of Komosaywas a very powerful king who had a beautiful
daughter named Yamah. When Yamah fell in love with a poor peasant boy, the king
was shocked and distressed. To show how fair he was, however, he promised to
give the boy a 50-50 chance to marry his daughter by letting him choose one of
two slips of paper. On one piece of paper would be written the word MARRIAGE;
on the other, the word DEATH. Because of his great love for Yamah, the boy
agreed to take this risk. As he came near to the castle on the fateful day, he
happened to overhear a conversation between the king and one of his attendants:
"Your
Majesty," said the attendant, "how can you do this thing, and let
that unworthy boy have a chance of marrying your daughter?" The deceitful
king laughed and said, "The way I will do it, he will have no chance. I
will write the word DEATH on both pieces of paper. But of course, he will not
know that; he will think he has chosen the wrong piece of paper." When the
boy heard that he was stunned and didn't know what to do. But then he thought
of a clever solution to the problem. When the time came to choose, he put his
plan into action. The next day he and the princess were married.
What was his solution?
1- Lunch
and supper.
2- He
wanted to see the waterfall.
3- He
wanted to see the butterfly.
4- He
wanted to save time.
5- A
clock.
6- A
bottle.
7- On
the bottom. 8- "The Q. (queue) 9- He wanted to see time fly.
10- Ohio.
11- C-A-T.
12- Two,
the same as an uncle.
13- All
of them.
14- An
egg.
15- Baby
tigers. 16- A newspaper
17- Because
seven eight nine (seven atenine)
18- Nice
hair
19- "i"
(I) 20- "y" (Why?") 21- U.
22- W (Double u- Double you) 23- Because the B is
after it.
24-
Because it's in the middle of the day. 25- "The C" 26- A horse and
its rider.
27- The
horse's shadow.
28- A
teapot.
29- Nice
belt.
30- Because
it's too far to walk there.
31- None! None of them have
"c", "o","m" or"n" in them.
32- A
mushroom.
33- A
towel
34- His
horse's name is Tuesday.
35- He
didn't have anybody to take. (anyBODY)
36- The
doctor was his mother.
37- Because
he/she was going to highschool!
38- They
are Saturday and Sunday. All theothers are weak (week) days. 39- BBBBBBB
40- Heat,
because you can catch a cold.
41- No,
that's wrong, because after eatingone apple your stomach isn't empty.
42- To
find Pluto.
43- Carlos
(It's pronounced "carless")
44- You
don't have to pay for lightening.
45- Your
lap. (good for phrasal 'stand up',and 'laptop', lap-dog, etc.) 46- A sandwich.
47- One's
roaring with pain the other's pouring with rain
48-
There is a fan in every seat.49- Fsh. (Hint: No "eye" =
No "i") 50- A pack of playing cards.
51- Selfish.
52- Because
the teacher was Hayden.
(Hayden, Hidin', Hiding)
53- A
very small mother! (mini-mom) 54- Because it's two-tired (too tired) 55- A
coin.
56- My
hair.
57- Wherever
he wants to.
58- A
cow walking backwards.
59- The
Vampire State building.
60- The
mooooospaper
61- Smiles,
because there is a mile betweenthe first and last s. 62- "Wrong".
63- Short
64- Rubber-band
- because it stretches.
65- Twelve.
January second, February second, March second...
66- Tuesday
and Thursday? NO, today andtomorrow!
67- Because
it was a little horse. (hoarse) 68- Coughin' (coffin)
69- Because
then it would be a foot.
70- Very
carefully.
71- A
garbage truck.
72- A
Comb.
73- To
get to the other side.
74- Because
their fathers seldom get achance to use it.
75- Because
of all the sandwiches (sandwhich is) there.
76- To
a horsepital.
77- Tell
him I can't see him today.
78- Columbus!
79- Hi
Honey! I'm home!
80- Climb
a tree and act like a nut !
81- No
idea. (No eye deer)
82- They
go to the mooovies! 83- A dead horse!
84- You
call it 'a walk.' 85- A bee flying backwards.(Buz,Buz) 86- You are the light of
my life.
87-
Tulips
88-
Stamps
89-
There's no use crying over split milk.
90-
A jeweler sells watches. A jailer watchescells.
91-
Because their horns don't work.
92-
Their mother was in the pen and they didnot know how long her
sentence would be.
93-
I didn't even know sheep could knit!
94-
Expla-nation.
95-
Color-ado.
96-
Expennsylvania.
97-
The cold shoulder.
98-
Why bother, he won't come anyway.
99-
Tep on the brake, tupid!
100- Unquestionablely!
101- Because
it's too far to walk.102- The library. (It has the most stories.) 103- Dam!
104- Saud
who suddenly woke up, said,"Who, me?"
105- Student:
Obviously it is the past tense.
106- A
carrot
107- The
Empire State Building can't jump!
108- No
idea.(No-eye deer)
109- Clever
student: Please sir, what's wrongwith "I is a vowel".
110- Quickly!
111- Because
vacuum cleaners don't have along enough cord?
112- Comedihens!
113- A
blackboard.
114- The
capital of "England" is E115- We call it ZEBRA
116- The
back entrance of a cafeteria.
117- The biggest part in a
car is the MIRRORof the car. Sometimes we can see a mountain in it.
119- Because they always carry
their combs! 127- A screwdriver!
128- When
there's a change in the weather!
129- Water!
130- Finding
half a maggot!
131- Fry-day!
132- Unidentified
frying objects.
133- A
tomato in a lift!
134- An
illigator!
135- The
letter R , because it makes a cowinto a crow! 136- 'A window.'
137- The
No-bell prize!
138- Pupil-
Twelve, sir. Second of January,February, March, etc.!
139- Running
out of petrol!
140- Your
fingernail!
141- Charles
Chickens!
142- The
letter N
143- Eight
144- There
are ten;eye, ear, rib, jaw, toe, lip,arm, leg, hip, gum
145- One
thousand
146- Shoes,
socks, stockings, sandals, skis,slippers, skates, sneakers, snowshoes
147- Europe
- You see you're up
148- The
letter R
149- Your
aUnts, Uncles, and coUsins. (Theyall need U.)
150- Because
it is in waTer
151- The
letter N
152- None,
the surviving crows flew away
153- I.
It's always in the midst of noise
154- Tomorrow
155- Only
one
156- Pretty
kitty
157- Rare
chair
158- Funny
bunny
159- Mad
lad
160- Cross
boss
161- Shy
fly162- Big pig
163- Wild
child
164- Glad
dad
165- Loud
crowd
166- Footsteps
167- Water
168- A
telephone
169- A
hole
170- A
squirrel
171- Our age172- Fire
174- star-rats
175- lime-mile
176- leap-peal177-
goat-toga
178- Toothpaste.
179- Hold it and then let
it go.
180- The roof.
181- An
Unidentified Flying Banana. 182- He wanted to have a hot time.
183- When he is short of
money.
184- It loses its cool.
185- She wanted to have
sweet dreams.
186- His foot.
187- Baldness.
188- Normal.
189- The
license plate number of the car thathit you.
190- All of them.
191- Ice cream,
cheese...and three cows.
192- Every
evening Ernest earned eighteencents exceedingly easily.
193- The
first man drank from the springs ofthe bed, ate the dates off the calendar and
played the piano until he found the right key, which he used to unlock the
door. The second man looked in the mirror to see what he saw. Then he took the
saw and cut the table in half. Next, he put the two halves together to make a
whole. Finally, he crawled out through the hole. The third man broke out with
the measles.
194- The customer had
hiccups.
195- Throw it straight up
in the air.
196- Very close; it would
be your mother.
197- When
they pass each other they willboth be the same distance from New York.
198- They
will never be under water sincethe ship and the ladder both rise with
the tide
199- Three
200- Only one-the last
one!
201- A
river.
206- A garbage truck
207- It
depends on how many people arestanding in it.
208- A tennis ball.
209- Run faster than
anyone else.
210- A circle.
211- Because they can't
cook.
212- The one with the
biggest head.
213- To keep his pants up.
214- Because they can't
dress themselves.
215- Wet ones.
216- Neither.
A rooster can't lay eggs217- The little alligator's mother.
218- There
is no smoke from an electrictrain.
219- A
boy, his father, and his grandfatherwent fishing together.
220- Getting older.
221- Yes, if it were in a
can.
222- None. A hole is
empty.
223- It wasn’t raining.
224- Husband and wife.
225- Your right elbow.
226- No! He's still
living!
227- Nine.
228- They played different
people.
229- None.
If you put a book in it, the bag isno longer empty.
230- Easily,
if the other end of the rope wasn't tied to anything.
231- None.
The noise of the gun wouldfrighten the others away.
232- Twenty.
You counted the same horsescoming and going.
233- Three
minutes, if they're in the samepot.
241- The person who called
him was the manin the room next door, and the reason the man telephoned him was
that Mr. Jones had been snoring and disturbing the man. As soon as Mr. Jones
said "Hello"the man next door realized that he was awake and that
was all he wanted.
242- The man had hiccups.
243- He was short by
$4.00. She had readthe number upside down. The number was 86.
244- Four trips. First he
takes the dog acrossthe river, leaving the dog along with the corn. Then after
returning, he takes the dog over and brings the duck back. Then he takes the
corn across and leaves it with the dog, coming back for the duck which he takes
over last of all.
245- It took the cat
thirty-one minutes. Inthe first two minutes the cat climbed one foot.
Continuing this way for thirty minutes, the cat had climbed fifteen feet. In
the next minute the cat climbed up the remaining three feet and so was out of
the well.
246- The traveler said:
"I will die by fire." Ifthe chief decided that this statement was a
true one, the traveler would be executed by shooting. But that would make the
statement false, and then the traveler would be doomed to die by fire. But such
an execution would make the statement true, and then he would have to be shot
instead. The only way out of this dilemma was to let the clever traveler go
free.
248- They were two of
a set of triplets.
249- He was bald.
250- The
boy has black hair and the girl hasred hair. The statement "At least one
of them is not telling the truth" means that one or more is not telling
the truth. That is either the first one or the second one is not telling the
truth-or both are not. If the first one is not telling the truth, then the
first speaker is in truth a girl. Since the opening sentence says there is a
boy and a girl," if the first speaker is in truth a girl, then the second
speaker must be a boy. We arrive at the same result if we begin with the
assumption that the second speaker is not telling truth. The fact is that, in
accordance with the given information, if either one of them is not telling the
truth, the other isn't either.
251- It
took the man the same length of timeto go in a clockwise direction or in a
counter-clockwise direction.
One hour and twenty minutes is
the same as eighty minutes.
252- The
boy chose one of the pieces ofpaper and immediately swallowed it. Then he said
that the remaining piece of paper (the one he didn't choose) should be read.
Since (as he knew) it would contain the word DEATH, the piece he had chosen
must (according to the king's stated rules) have said MARRIAGE. The king could
not deny this without exposing his dark and devious plot.
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