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Take up the challenge. Here’s some fodder for your grey matter to feed on. The questions may look straightforward but the answers will surprise some. For answers click on the magic wand.

This week's puzzles:

Q1. There is a man that lives on the top floor of a very tall building. Everyday he gets the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the building to go to work.  Upon returning from work though, he can only travel half way up in the lift and has to walk the rest of the way unless it's raining!  WHY?

Q2. A man and his son are in a car accident.  The father dies on the scene, but
the child is rushed to the hospital.  When he arrives the surgeon says, "I can't operate on this boy, he is my son!"  How can this be?

Q3. A man is wearing black.  Black shoes, socks, trousers, jumper, gloves and balaclava.  He is walking down a black street with all the street lamps off.  A black car is coming towards him with its light off too but somehow manages to stop in time.  How did the driver see the man?

Q4. One day Kerry celebrated her birthday.  Two days later her older twin brother,
Terry, celebrated his birthday.  How's that possible?

Q5. A man died and went to Heaven.  There were thousands of other people there.
They were all naked and all looked as they did at the age of 21.  He looked around to see if there was anyone he recognised.  He saw a couple and he knew immediately that they were Adam and Eve.  How did he know?

Q6.A woman had two sons who were born on the same hour of the same day of the same year.  But they were not twins.  How could this be so?

Q7.Bill met an old friend whom he hadn't seen for years! "How are you?" exclaimed Bill. "Wow, you look great!" "I am married now, to somebody you don't know," said the friend. "This is my daughter." Bill smiled down at the little girl. "hi, young lady. What's your name?" "It's the same as my mama's," said the girl. "Is that so," said Bill, winking at his friend. "Then your name must be Cindy!"

How could he possibly know this?

Q8.
Once there was a tennis player.
In the tennis game, she played very well and won great fame.
Jane was her first name,
What was her last name.

Find Jane's last name.

Q9.A man lived in a town where people make so many  creative rules, one of which was that only women had the right to sing songs. He  was told one day by his wife not to leave the town for 4 years. Then, 3 years  later, he wrote on a piece of paper to give to his wife, "I am going to check  and see how good of a singer I am." He did what he said he was going to do, but  he did not break the rules that they had in the town. How is this possible??

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Disclaimer: The above questions are not my original but interesting ones I came across in other publications.Webmaster