Tag: science & technology

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 the center field?

Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?

There is one word in the English language that is always pronounced incorrectly. What is it?

How much dirt would be in a hole 6 feet deep and 6 feet wide that has been dug with a square edged shovel?

What is it that goes up and goes down but does not move?

What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and grey when you throw it away?

A boat has a ladder that has six rungs; each rung is one foot apart. The bottom rung is one foot from the water. The tide rises at 12 inches every 15 minutes. High tide peaks in one hour. When the tide is at its highest, how many rungs are under water?

Is half of two plus two equal to two or three?

A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

There is a house with four walls. Each wall faces south. There is a window in each wall. A bear walks by one of the windows. What color is the bear?