Good common sense test.

[nmfaxman]

Possible 110 points.

1.
Johnny 's mother had three children. The first child was named April. The
second child was named May. ...What was the
third child 's name?

2. There is a clerk at the butcher
shop, he is five feet ten inches tall and he wears size 13
sneakers....What does he
weigh?

3. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, ...what was the highest mountain in the
world?

4. How much dirt is there in a hole ...that measures two feet by three feet by four
feet?

5. What word in the English Language ...is always spelled incorrectly?

6.
Billy was born on December 28th, yet his birthday is always in the summer.
....How is this
possible?

7. In California , you cannot take a picture
of a man with a wooden leg. ...Why
not?

8. What was the President 's Name...in 1975?

9. If you were running a
race, ...and you passed the person in 2nd
place, what place would you be in now?

10. Which is
correct to say,... "The yolk of the egg are
white" or "The yolk of the egg is white"?

11. If a
farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field,
....how many haystacks would he have if he
combined them all in another field?

Post your answers.

I will post the answers next week.

[ZOOTECH]

Re: Good common sense test.

Possible 110 points.

1.
Johnny 's mother had three children. The first child was named April. The
second child was named May. ...What was the
third child 's name?

2. There is a clerk at the butcher
shop, he is five feet ten inches tall and he wears size 13
sneakers....What does he
weigh?

3. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, ...what was the highest mountain in the
world?

4. How much dirt is there in a hole ...that measures two feet by three feet by four
feet?

5. What word in the English Language ...is always spelled incorrectly?

6.
Billy was born on December 28th, yet his birthday is always in the summer.
....How is this
possible?

7. In California , you cannot take a picture
of a man with a wooden leg. ...Why
not?

8. What was the President 's Name...in 1975?

9. If you were running a
race, ...and you passed the person in 2nd
place, what place would you be in now?

10. Which is
correct to say,... "The yolk of the egg are
white" or "The yolk of the egg is white"?

11. If a
farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field,
....how many haystacks would he have if he
combined them all in another field?

Post your answers.

I will post the answers next week.

1. Johnny
2. Meats
3. Mt. Everest
4. There is no dirt in a hole.
5. Incorrectly
6. Born in AU
7. Only cameras can take pictures
8. Mr. President
9. Second place
10. Neither
11. One

[sandmanmac]

Re: Good common sense test.

Possible 110 points.

1.
Johnny 's mother had three children. The first child was named April. The
second child was named May. ...What was the
third child 's name?

2. There is a clerk at the butcher
shop, he is five feet ten inches tall and he wears size 13
sneakers....What does he
weigh?

3. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, ...what was the highest mountain in the
world?

4. How much dirt is there in a hole ...that measures two feet by three feet by four
feet?

5. What word in the English Language ...is always spelled incorrectly?

6.
Billy was born on December 28th, yet his birthday is always in the summer.
....How is this
possible?

7. In California , you cannot take a picture
of a man with a wooden leg. ...Why
not?

8. What was the President 's Name...in 1975?

9. If you were running a
race, ...and you passed the person in 2nd
place, what place would you be in now?

10. Which is
correct to say,... "The yolk of the egg are
white" or "The yolk of the egg is white"?

11. If a
farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field,
....how many haystacks would he have if he
combined them all in another field?

Post your answers.

I will post the answers next week.

1: Johnny
2: Meat
3: Mt. Everest
4: None
5: incorrectly
6: he lives in australia
7: wooden legs can't take pictures
8: Obama
9: 2nd
10: The yolk of the egg is white
11: 1

P.S....I only looked at Zootechs after I was done and DAMN! #10 burned me!

[ZOOTECH]

Re: Good common sense test.

1: Johnny
2: Meat
3: Mt. Everest
4: None
5: incorrectly
6: he lives in australia
7: wooden legs can't take pictures
8: Obama
9: 2nd
10: The yolk of the egg is white
11: 1

P.S....I only looked at Zootechs after I was done and DAMN! #10 burned me!

I didn't realize #8 was asking for the current president's name in 1975-which makes better sense than my reply.

[sandmanmac]

Re: Good common sense test.

I didn't realize #8 was asking for the current president's name in 1975-which makes better sense than my reply.

I enjoy these things. They're very tricky!

[slimslob]

Re: Good common sense test.

1. Johnny
2. Meat
3. Mt Everest
4. None
5. Incorrectly
6. Billy lives south of the equator
7. A wooden leg is not a camera
8. The same as it is today
9. Second
10. Neither
11. One

12. A passenger airplane crashes on the California Nevada border Where do you bury the survivors?

[sandmanmac]

Re: Good common sense test.

12. A passenger airplane crashes on the California Nevada border Where do you bury the survivors?

Can't bury survivors, "it's against regulations'.

[NeoMatrix]

Re: Good common sense test.

Re Brain Teasers.
I PM nmfaxman my answers so it did'nt make the thread easy for others.

No. 7 Got me. Man with a wooden leg.. darn....

I have a few more of these if people like this ...

[ZOOTECH]

Re: Good common sense test.

Re Brain Teasers.
I PM nmfaxman my answers so it did'nt make the thread easy for others.

No. 7 Got me. Man with a wooden leg.. darn....

I have a few more of these if people like this ...

Yes, this is a case where more is better.

[ZOOTECH]

Re: Good common sense test.

A plane crashed at the Mexico and US borders --- every single person died, who survived?

[sandmanmac]

Re: Good common sense test.

A plane crashed at the Mexico and US borders --- every single person died, who survived?

All the married people

[NeoMatrix]

Re: Good common sense test.

Yes, this is a case where more is better.

What Brain Teasers would people prefer ?

Here is a easy-medium one for those who are good with number facts and laterial thinking ...

A ballbearing is dropped into four glass jars. In which jar will the ball travel the SLOWEST...?
1.Jar of Water @ 20degF
2.Jar of Milk @ 40degF
3.Jar of Oil @60degF
4.Jar of Tar @80degF

[NeoMatrix]

Re: Good common sense test.

Use Ten prefex letters to spell out the mystery(?)word.

?-cleft
?-spy
?-string
?-boat
?-months
?-bomb
?-junction
?-beam
?-neck
?-layer

Hint: for the last one think global...

[NeoMatrix]

Re: Good common sense test.

Number Facts:

What number comes next in the series ?
2,12,30,56,90,?

[NeoMatrix]

Re: Good common sense test.

A man jumps out of an airplane at 5000ft above the ground.
When he looked up, he saw a large hole in his parachute.
He did NOT use his reserve chute , no one gave him any assitance during the descent.

Why was he able to land safely on the ground ?