Visitors to a scenic mountain village were often amused by the village idiot. When offered a choice between a quarter and a one-dollar bill, he would always happily choose the quarter. Was he simply an idiot, or was there a good reason for him to always choose the coin?
ANSWER
The so-called village idiot was smart enough to realize that as long as he kept choosing the quarter, people would keep offering him the choice. If he once took the one-dollar bill, the stream of coins would stop rolling in.
QUESTION
There were two men walking around on a deserted island with no food or water. One of the men got so hungry that he killed and ate the other man. No one discovered his secret and he never told anyone. Who is the murderer?
ANSWER
I am the murderer. How else would I have known about it?
QUESTION
On Christmas Eve, when Santa leaves his workshop on the North pole, what direction does he travel?
ANSWER
South! If you’re on the North pole every direction you go is south.
QUESTION
Place three piles of matches on a table, one with 11 matches, the second with 7, and the third with 6. You are to move matches so that each pile holds 8 matches. You may add to any pile only as many matches as it already contains. All the matches must come from one other pile. For example, if a pile holds 6 matches, you may add 6 to it, no more or less. You have three moves.
ANSWER
First move: 11-7,7+7,6
Second move: 4, 14-6, 6+6
Third move: 4+4, 8, 12-4
Result: 8 8 8
QUESTION
We hurt without moving. We poison without touching. We bear the truth and the lies. We are not to be judged by our size. What are we?
ANSWER
Words
QUESTION
Find the odd one out.
ANSWER
C- It is an image of a RIGHT hand,
All the rest are LEFT hands.
QUESTION
Two twins, who are absolutely impossible to tell apart with the naked eye, have a hard time handling their liquor. When Sober, Don always tells the truth, when he is drunk, he always lies when. It’s the opposite for his twin Pete, who always lies when he is Sober, and always tells the truth after he’s been drinking. For safety’s sake, the twins never get drunk at the same time, because they drive. Can you ask a simple question to tell them apart?
ANSWER
The right question is: “Are you Sober? “If Don is drunk, he will respond yes. If he is Sober, he will also respond yes. As for Pete, he will respond “no” in both cases. You can also ask this question: “Are you drunk?”
QUESTION
Wednesday, Tom, and Joe went to a restaurant and ate dinner. When they were done they paid for the food and left. But Tom and Joe didn’t pay for the food. Who did?
ANSWER
Wednesday (the name of the third person in the group, not the day)
QUESTION
A mother gave birth to twin boys, but they were born in different years and on different days. And no, the boys are not part of 2 set. How can this be possible?
ANSWER
One was born on December 31 at 11:59 p.m. and the other January 1 at 12:00 a.m.!
QUESTION
Whether I am strong or whether I am weak, I speak every language without ever having learned a single tongue. Who am I?