DO YOU THINK LIKE A SCIENTIST?
1.
If you went to bed at 8:00 at night and set your wind up alarm to get up
at 9:00 in the morning, how many hours sleep would this permit you to
have?
2.
Do they have a 4th of July in England?
3.
How many birthdays does the average man have?
4.
Why can't a man living in Winston-Salem be buried west of the
Mississippi?
5.
If you had only one match and entered a room in which there was a
kerosene lamp, an oil heater, and a wood-burning stove, which would you
light first?
6.
Some months have 30 days; some have 31; how many have 28?
7.
If a doctor gave you three pills and told you to take one every half-hour,
how long would they last?
8.
A man builds a house with four sides to it and it is rectangular in shape,
and each side has a southern exposure. A big bear comes wandering by.
What color is the bear?
9.
How far can a dog run into the woods?
10. I have in my hand two U.S. coins which total 55 cents in value—one is not
a nickel. Please bear that in mind. What are the coins?
11. A farmer had 17 sheep—all but nine died. How many did he have left?
12. Divide 30 by ½ and add 10. What is the answer?
13. Two men playing checkers—they played five games and each man won the
same number of games. There were no ties. How can you figure this?
14. Take 2 apples from three and what do you have?
15. An archeologist claims he found some gold coins dated 46 B.C. Do you
think he did?
16. A woman gives a beggar 50 cents. The woman is the beggar's sister, but
the beggar is not the woman's brother. How come?
17. How many animals of each species did Moses take aboard the Ark?
18. Is it legal in California for a man to marry his widow's sister?
19. What word in this test is mispelled?
20. You have four nines (9,9,9,9). Arrange them to total 100. Each nine
must be used once and only once.
DO YOU THINK LIKE A SCIENTIST?
Answers
1.
If you went to bed at 8:00 at night and set your wind up alarm to get up
at 9:00 in the morning, how many hours sleep would this permit you to
have?
1 Hour. Wind up alarms cannot tell the difference between AM and PM.
2.
Do they have a 4th of July in England?
Yes. It's not a holiday in England.
3.
How many birthdays does the average man have?
1. Every year after birth is an anniversary.
4.
Why can't a man living in Winston-Salem be buried west of the
Mississippi?
Because he's living
5.
If you had only one match and entered a room in which there was a
kerosene lamp, an oil heater, and a wood-burning stove, which would you
light first?
The match
6.
Some months have 30 days; some have 31; how many have 28?
All of them
7.
If a doctor gave you three pills and told you to take one every half-hour,
how long would they last?
One Hour
0 min - Take a pill
30 min - Take a pill
60 min – take a pill
8.
A man builds a house with four sides to it and it is rectangular in shape,
and each side has a southern exposure. A big bear comes wandering by.
What color is the bear?
White. The North pole is the only place on Earth where all 4 sides face
south.
9.
How far can a dog run into the woods?
Halfway. Then they're running halfway out of the woods.
10. I have in my hand two U.S. coins which total 55 cents in value—one is not
a nickel. Please bear that in mind. What are the coins?
50 cent piece and a nickel. One is not a nickel, the other is.
11. A farmer had 17 sheep—all but nine died. How many did he have left?
9
12. Divide 30 by ½ and add 10. What is the answer?
30/1 ÷ ½ = 30/1 x 2/1 = 60 + 10 = 70
13. Two men playing checkers—they played five games and each man won the
same number of games. There were no ties. How can you figure this?
They weren't playing each other.
14. Take 2 apples from three and what do you have?
2 apples
15. An archeologist claims he found some gold coins dated 46 B.C. Do you
think he did?
No. Can't date something B.C. when you didn't know when B.C. was going
to be.
16. A woman gives a beggar 50 cents. The woman is the beggar's sister, but
the beggar is not the woman's brother. How come?
The beggar is a woman.
17. How many animals of each species did Moses take aboard the Ark?
None! It was Noah's Ark.
18. Is it legal in California for a man to marry his widow's sister?
No! He's dead.
19. What word in this test is mispelled?
Mispelled > Misspelled
20. You have four nines (9,9,9,9). Arrange them to total 100. Each nine
must be used once and only once.
9/9 + 99
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