MINDTRAP

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MINDTRAP 1

• A farmer in California owns a beautiful pear
  tree. He supplies fruit to a nearby grocery
  store. The store owner has called the farmer to
  see how much fruit is available for him to
  purchase. The farmer knows that the main trunk
  has 24 branches. Each branch has exactly 12
  boughs and each bough has exactly 6 twigs. Since
  each twig bears one piece of fruit, how many
  plums will the farmer be able to deliver?

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MINDTRAP 2

• Carrys mother had four children not to mention a
  rather unhealthy fixation about monetary names.
  The oldest child was named Quarter. The second
  child was called Dimeond. The third child was
  named Nickelass. What was the fourth child and
  only girl likely named?

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MINDTRAP 3

• A taxi driver was called to take a group of
  passengers to the train station. The station was
  normally an hour away, but with traffic being
  extra heavy, it took a full hour and a half. On
  the return trip the traffic was still as heavy
  and yet it took only 90 minutes. Why?

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MINDTRAP 4

• How many times does the letter F appear in the
  statement below?
• FANNY FILINGER WAS OF THE IMPRESSION THAT
  EIGHTY-SIX YEARS OF HISTORY SHOW THAT SCIENTIFIC
  RESEARCH IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE IN EVERY
  CASE OF FUTURE GENERATIONS,

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MINDTRAP 5

• Why are 1990 American dollar bills worth more
  than 1989 American dollar bills?

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MINDTRAP 6

• If you divide thirty by half and add ten, what is
  the answer?

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MINDTRAP 7

• How many three-cent stamps are in a dozen?
• What five-letter word becomes shorter when you
  add two letters to it?

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MINDTRAP 8

• What five-letter word becomes shorter when you
  add two letters to it?

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MINDTRAP 9

• There is a town in Kentucky where 5 of the
  people living in the town have unlisted numbers.
  If you selected 100 names at random from the
  towns phone directory, on average, how many of
  these people selected would have unlisted numbers?

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MINDTRAP 10

• Mr. Dogers and the children in the neighborhood
  are raking leaves at Mr. Dogers house. They have
  three piles of leaves in the back yard and seven
  piles of leaves in the front yard. When Mr.
  Dogers and the children put all the piles
  together, how many piles of leaves will they have?

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MINDTRAP 11

• Forward Im heavy, backward Im not. What am I?

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MINDTRAP 12

• If there are nine players on a baseball team and
  three strikes make an out and four balls make a
  walk, how many outs are there in an inning?

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MINDTRAP 13

• In Hawaii, if you drop a steel ball weighing five
  pounds from a height of 45 inches, will it fall
  more rapidly through water at 20 degrees
  Fahrenheit or water at 40 degrees Fahrenheit? Or
  will it make no difference?

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MINDTRAP 14

• Which is correct to say,
• The yolk of the egg are white
• or
• The yolk of the egg is white?

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MINDTRAP 15

• A high speed electric train is travelling
  southeast at 90 kilometers per hour. The wind is
  blowing westward at 30 kilometers per hour. In
  what direction will the smoke from the engine
  blow?

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MINDTRAP 16

• What five letter word does every Harvard graduate
  pronounce wrong?

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MINDTRAP 17

• Shadow was examining an angle measuring 14 ½
  degrees, using his magnifying glass that
  magnifies everything two times. Under the glass,
  how large would that angle measure?

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MINDTRAP 18

• Jack Axe charges 5.00 to cut a wooden log into
  two pieces. How much will Jack charge to cut a
  log into four pieces?

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MINDTRAP 19

• Charles Pompuss was racing around in his new
  sports car when he noticed that his throat was
  parched. He came to a screeching halt in front
  of the 'Soul-Ace Hotel' and the nine police cars
  which had been chasing him, slammed into the back
  of his car and each other's. How many bumpers
  will have been hit?

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MINDTRAP 20

• There is a train one kilometer long, traveling at
  a rate of one kilometer per minute through a
  tunnel which is one kilometer long. How long
  will it take the train to pass completely through
  the tunnel?

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MINDTRAP 21

• What word starts with is, ends with nd, and has
  la in the middle?

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MINDTRAP 22

• What is at the beginning of eternity, the end of
  time, the beginning of every end, and the end of
  every place?

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MINDTRAP 23

• A new medical building containing 100 offices has
  just been completed. Hardy Pyle was hired to
  paint the numbers 1 to 100 on the doors. How
  many times will Hardy have to paint the number
  nine (9)?

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MINDTRAP 24

• There is a word in the English language in which
  the first two letters signify a male, the first
  three signify a female, the first four signify a
  great man, and the whole word, a great woman.
  What is the word?

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MINDTRAP 25

• What mathematical symbol can you put between 1
  and 2 to make a number greater than 1, but less
  than 2?

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MINDTRAP 26

• Assuming that you are paying, is it cheaper to
  take one friend to the movies twice, or two
  friends to the movies at the same time? (It
  doesn't depend on how much popcorn they eat!)

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MINDTRAP 27

• What is one thing that all wise men, regardless
  of their religion or politics, agree is between
  heaven and earth?

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MINDTRAP 28

• What is 147 apples plus 68 oranges?

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MINDTRAP 29

• Professor Bumble was driving along in his old car
  when suddenly it shifted gears by itself. He
  paid no attention and kept on driving. Why
  wasn't he concerned?

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MINDTRAP 30

• Professor Quantum has two coins which total 35
  cents. Since one of the coins is not a dime,
  what are the two coins?

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MINDTRAP 31

• Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the
  highest mountain on earth?

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MINDTRAP 32

• Barney Dribble left the 'Soul-Ace Hotel' and
  walked toward the parking lot. Without the
  benefit of moonlight or any artificial light, he
  was able to spot his black car 100 meters away.
  How was this possible?

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MINDTRAP 33

• If Art Bragg's peacock laid an egg on Bertha
  Dribble's Driveway in Chicago, Illinois during
  the 1930's, who would be the rightful owner of
  the egg?

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MINDTRAP 34

• Charlie Chromedome went for a walk without an
  umbrella. He did not wear a hat and he did not
  take refuge under a shelter yet, not one hair on
  his head got wet. How was this possible?

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MINDTRAP 35

• If a daddy bull weighs 1,200 pounds and eats
  twelve bales of hay each day, and a baby bull,
  who weighs 300 pounds, eats four bales of hay
  each day, how much hay then should a mommy bull
  eat if she weighs 800 pounds?

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MINDTRAP 36

• In what year did Christmas and New Year's fall in
  the same year?

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• It is estimated that the earth weighs 6
  sextillion tons. How much more would the earth
  weigh if one sextillion tons of concrete and
  stone were used to build a large wall?

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MINDTRAP 38

• In our calendar some months have 30 days and some
  months have 31 days. How many months have 28
  days?

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MINDTRAP 39

• Shadow purchased two cigars which, together, cost
  1.10. One cigar cost one dollar more than the
  other. What were the individual prices of the
  two cigars?

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MINTRAP 40

• If a doctor gives you three pills and tells you
  to take one pill every half hour, how long will
  they last?

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MINDTRAP 41

• Do they have a fourth of July in England?

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MINDTRAP 42

• If you were to take two apples from three apples,
  how many would you have?