Trick Questions

 

1.       Which city is further west, Carson City, Nevada or Los Angeles, California?

 

2.       A man entered a coin shop with a coin dated 43 B.C. How did the coin dealer immediately know the coin was a fake?

 

3.       A man drove from Los Angeles to San Diego in 1 hour and 20 minutes. He drove back over the same route at the same speed but it took him only 80 minutes. Why?

 

4.       What was Harry S Truman’s middle name?

 

5.       You’re driving a bus. At the first stop, 6 passengers get on. Two people get off and 4 get on at stop two. Three more and a baby get on at stop 3. One gets off and 2 people get on at stop 4. At stop 5, seven people get on and 5 get off. What color are the driver’s eyes?

 

6.       True or false – The days get longer in winter.

 

7.       Which is heavier – a pound of feathers or a pound of gold?

 

8.       If the only direction you can look is north, where are you?

 

9.       An airplane crashes on the Four Corners Monument (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah). Which state takes care of burying the survivors?

 

10.     In Alabama, is it legal for a man to marry his widow’s sister?

 

11. You’re stuck in a remote cabin in a snowstorm. There are no utilities. There is a fully stocked wood burning stove, a kerosene lantern and a candle. You have but one match. Which one are you going to light first?

12. How many of each type of animal did Moses take with him on the Ark?

 

 

 

Answers –   1.  Carson City; 2.  In 43 B.C. nobody knew it was B.C.

                   3.  1 hr, 20 mins. is 80 mins.: 4. S; 5. Your eye color;

                   6.  True; 7. Feathers; 8. The South Pole 9. The survivors aren’t

                          dead and don’t need to be buried. 10. He can’t because if he

                          has a widow, he’s dead. 11. The Match. 12. None, Noah took the animals aboard the ark.

 

 

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