QUIZ
#1
Try this
quiz in your head only.
Take 1000
and add 40 to it.
Now add another 1000.
Now add 30.
Another 1000.
Now add 20.
Add another 1000.
Now add 10.
WHAT IS THE TOTAL???
Answer
QUIZ
#2
Answer
these questions instantly.
1. You
are participating in a race. You overtake the second. What
position do you finish in?
2. In
another race, if you overtake the last, then you arrive___________?
Answer
QUIZ
#3
There
is always one word pronounced incorrectly.
What is it?
Answer
QUIZ
#4
Time will
tell. Do you know where all these clocks are located in Winnipeg?
Answer
QUIZ
#5
Which
Canadian Prime Minister in the twentieth century is quoted
saying, "I didn't say what I said when I said it. What
I meant to say when I didn't say it was that I wouldn't have
said what I said when I did say it."
Answer
QUIZ
#6
1. What
always ends everything?
2. Who
wrote the music for the song, "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little
Star" at the age of five?
Answer
QUIZ
#7
1. Do
they have a 4th of July in England?
2. How
many birthdays does the average man have?
3. Some
months have 31 days; how many have 28?
4. How
many outs are there in an inning?
5. Is
it legal for a man in California to marry his widow's sister?
6. Divide
30 by 1/2 and add 10. What is the answer?
7. If
there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have?
8. A doctor
gives you three pills telling you to take one every half hour.
How many minutes would the pills last?
9. A farmer
has 17 sheep, and all but 9 die. How many are left?
10. How
many animals of each sex did Moses take on the ark?
11. How
many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
Answer
QUIZ
#8
1. 2 coins
add up to 30 cents. One is not a nickel. What are the 2 coins?
2. What
is the difference between a China shop and a furniture store?
3. What
is the difference between an oak tree and a tight shoe?
Answer
QUIZ
#9
Ladies
have it first; men never have it. Alice had it once; and Gail
had it last. Jane Callihan had it twice in the same place
but after she married Jim Hebert, she never had it again.
What is IT?
Answer
QUIZ
#10
Can you
name the seven wonders of the world?
Answer
QUIZ
#11
What day
is 'today'?
When the
day after tomorrow is yesterday, then 'today' will be as far
from Sunday as that day was which was 'today' when the day
before yesterday was tomorrow.
Answer
QUIZ
#12
How many
siblings?
Joanne
has five times as many brothers as she has sisters. Her brother
has half as many sisters as he has brothers. How many siblings
are there in total?
Answer
QUIZ
#13
Word to
the wise:
What word
in the English language rhymes with the word, "month"?
Answer
QUIZ
#14
Can you
find the names of five animals hidden in this sentence?
Unfortunately,
I knocked over a lamp, igniting the curtains, when our neighbour
came last night.
Answer
QUIZ
#15
Mystifying
Mathematics
Take your
house number and double it. Add 5. Multiply by 50. Add your
age. Add the number of days in a normal year. Subtract 615,
andÉ
The
last 2 digits is your age, and the rest is your house number.
~
Submitted by Walter Romanchuk
QUIZ
#16
Find three
numbers hidden in the sentences below. The letters are in
consecutive order.
See
for yourself. I've always felt women were able to pass even
the most difficult tests of life.
Answer
QUIZ
#17
Are
you ready for this one?
What is
in the church,
but
is not in the steeple;
what
the pastor has,
but
not the people?
Answer
QUIZ
#18
Where
are you, when you are wrong when your are right, but right
when you are left?
~
Submitted & created by Georgina Taylor
21 Clayton Drive, Wpg.
Answer
QUIZ
#19
Find the
names in these somewhat incoherent phrases. Say them fast
and repeatedly until you hear them.
1. EDS
OLLY FIN
( former television host)
2. SO
FEEL A WREN
(actress)
3. REACH
AS FILL BIN
(tv host)
4. CAT
THEY LEAGUE IF WORD
(tv host)
5. WE
ILL MUFF LINTS TO OWN
(tv cartoon character)
6. MY
ARE THOSE TWO WART
(tv host)
7. MIKE,
OIL, AND JELLO
(artist)
Answer
QUIZ
#20
Can you
name the products to these slogans?
1. "M'm!
M'm! Good!"
2. "Put
a tiger in your tank."
3. "A
newspaper, not a snoozepaper."
4. "It
takes a licking and keeps on ticking."
5. "Snap!
Crackle! Pop!"
6. "Don't
be vague. Ask for Haig."
7. "When
you care enough to send the very best"
8. "Plop,
plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is." "Plink,
plink, fizz, fizz."
Answer
QUIZ
#21
Can you
complete the triplets?
1. ___________,
___________ and Blue.
2. ___________,
___________ and Charity.
3. ___________,
___________ and Able.
4. ___________,
___________ and Roll.
5. ___________,
___________ and Wise.
Answer
QUIZ
#22
Can you
determine these well known phrases or names?
Substitute
the letters with words starting with that letter.
1. T Q
of E
2. A C
has 9 L
3. 3 B
M (S H T R)
4. W of
the W
Answer
QUIZ
#23
Who is
that?
John has
a gift for his mother- in-law's husband's only son's only
daughter. How is this person related to John?
Answer
QUIZ
#24
100 head
for $100 Farmer Al has $100 to purchase exactly 100 cows,
pigs and chickens combined. How many of each must he purchase
to total 100 head for $100 if cows are worth $10, pigs - $3,
and chickens - 50˘?
Answer
QUIZ
#25
What
'more'?
1. The
more you have, the less you see.
2. The
more you take away, the bigger it gets.
3. The
more you take, the more you leave behind.
Answer
QUIZ
#26
Plant
& Food… for thought.
1. What
do you get if you cross a four leaf clover with poison ivy?
2. What
vegetable do you need a plumber for?
3. What
can you make from baked beans and onions?
Answer
QUIZ
#27
What
were the former names of these countries?
1. Myanmar
2. Sri
Lanka
3. Bangladesh
4. Zimbabwe
Answer
QUIZ
#28
What
were the former names of these countries?
Phonetically,
what word could this be based on the words: ENOUGH, WOMEN,
& NOTION?
"GHOTI"
Answer
|
