Things for seniors to do to keep those “aging brain cells” active.
And for you, younger ones, to get them growing!!
Thanks to Ron Misurka for sharing with us!
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?
ANSWERS ARE BELOW – NO PEEKING π
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1.Β Johnny’sΒ mother hadΒ threeΒ children.Β TheΒ first childΒ was namedΒ April.Β TheΒ second childΒ was namedΒ May.Β What wasΒ the thirdΒ child’s name?
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Answer:Β Johnny, ofΒ course.
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2.Β There is aΒ clerk at theΒ butcher shop,Β he is fiveΒ feet tenΒ inches tall,Β and he wearsΒ size 13Β sneakers.Β Β What does heΒ weigh?
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Answer:Β Meat.
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3.Β Before Mt.Β Everest wasΒ discovered,Β what was theΒ highestΒ mountain inΒ the world?
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Answer:Β Mt. Everest;Β it just wasn’tΒ discoveredΒ yet. Β [You’reΒ not very goodΒ at this areΒ you?]
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4.Β How much dirtΒ is there in aΒ hole thatΒ measures twoΒ feet by threeΒ feet by fourΒ feet?
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Answer:Β There is noΒ dirt in aΒ hole.
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5.Β What word inΒ the EnglishΒ Language isΒ always spelledΒ incorrectly?
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Answer:Β Incorrectly
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6.Β Billy was bornΒ onΒ DecemberΒ 28th, yetΒ his birthdayΒ is always inΒ the summer.Β Β How is thisΒ possible?
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Answer:Β Billy lives inΒ the SouthernΒ Hemisphere.
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7. InΒ California,Β you cannotΒ take a pictureΒ of a man withΒ a wooden leg.Β Β Why not?
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Answer:Β You can’t takeΒ pictures withΒ a wooden leg.Β Β You need aΒ camera to takeΒ pictures.
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8.Β What was theΒ President’sΒ Name in 1975?
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Answer:Β Same as is itΒ now – DonaldΒ Trump Β [Oh,Β come on …]
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9. IfΒ you wereΒ running aΒ race, and youΒ passed theΒ person in 2ndΒ place, whatΒ place wouldΒ youΒ be in now?
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Answer:Β You would beΒ in 2nd.Β Well,Β you passed theΒ person inΒ second place,Β not first.
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10.Β Which isΒ correct toΒ say, “The yolkΒ of the egg areΒ white” or “TheΒ yolk of theΒ egg is white”?
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Answer:Β Neither, theΒ yolk of theΒ egg is yellowΒ [Duh]
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11.Β If a farmerΒ has 5Β haystacks inΒ one field andΒ 4 haystacks inΒ the otherΒ field, howΒ manyΒ haystacksΒ would he haveΒ if he combinedΒ them all inΒ another field?
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Answer:Β One.Β If heΒ combines allΒ of hisΒ haystacks,Β they allΒ become one bigΒ one.
























