Brain+Teasers!




 * Okay, everybody needs to hang on. We are about to embark on a journey that will get your brains working. Please remember the fire drill procedures, just in case your minds start smoking and set off the fire alarm. :-)**


 * //The "Thinking" Monkey//**

1. There is one word in the English language that is always pronounced incorrectly. What is it? 2. A man gave one son 10 cents and another son was given 15 cents. What time is it? 3. A boat has a ladder that has six rungs, each rung is one foot apart. The bottom rung is one foot from the water. The tide rises at 12 inches every 15 minutes. High tide peaks in one hour. When the tide is at it's highest, how many rungs are under water? 4. There is a house with four walls. Each wall faces south. There is a window in each wall. A bear walks by one of the windows. What color is the bear? 5. Is half of two plus two equal to two or three? 6. Name an English word of more than 2 letters that both begins and ends with the letters "he" in that order. There are two possible answers. "hehe" is not acceptable. haha! 7. How much dirt would be in a hole 6 feet deep and 6 feet wide that has been dug with a square edged shovel? 8. What is the significance of the following: The year is 1978, thirty-four minutes past noon on May 6th. 9. What can go up a chimney down, but can't go down a chimney up? 10. What is it that goes up and goes down but does not move? 11. What has four legs but only one foot? 12. Kindly old Grandfather Lunn Is twice as old as his son. Twenty-five years ago t heir age ratio, s trangely enough, was three to one. When does Grandfather celebrate his centenary? 13. One morning as Paul was getting his newspaper, he noticed on his new house something that needed to be fixed. Heading over to the hardware store, he spoke to the manager, describing his problem. The manager said, "I know just what you need". He led Paul down some aisles and stopped in front of some bins. Digging down into some of the bins, he set something up on the shelf. "I saw your house when it was built", the manager said. "Here's all that you'll need and how much it'll cost... five will be 15 cents while fifty will be 30 cents, 250 will be 45 cents, while 2507 will only cost you 60 cents. One lady, about 20 blocks from your house, bought 30247 and only paid 75 cents! These are black, but they also come in gold and silver." Whatwas the manager selling?