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1. How can you arrange for two people to stand on the same piece
of newspaper and yet be unble to touch each other without
stepping off the newspaper.
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2. How many 3-cent stamps are there in a dozen?
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3. A rope ladder hangs over the side of a ship. The rungs are one
foot apart and the ladder is 12 feet long. The tide is rising at
four inches an hour. How long will it take before the first four
rungs of the ladder are underwater?
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4. Which would you rather have, a trunk full of nickels or a
trunk half full of dimes?
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5. Steve has three piles of sand and Mike has four piles of sand.
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6. In which sport are the shoes made entirely of metal?
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7. If the Vice-President of the United States should die, who
would be President?
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8. How many times can you subtract 2 from the numeral 9?
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9. If you take two apples from three apples, how many apples will
you have?
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10. How can you throw a golf ball with all your might and --
without hitting a wall or any other obstruction -- have the ball
stop and come right back to you?
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11. If you are standing on a hard floor, how can you drop an egg
three feet without breaking the egg?
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12. According to most state laws, the attempt to commit a certain
crime is punishable, but actually committing the crime is not.
What is the crime?
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13. Find the English word that can be formed from all these
letters: PNLLEEEESSSSS
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Slide the newspaper half way under a closed door and ask the two
people to stand on the bit of newspaper on their side of the
door.
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There are twelve (not four).
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Actually, the ladder will rise with the ship!
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Dimes are smaller than nickels, so choose the dimes!
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If they put them all together, there will be one pile.
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Horse racing.
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The President.
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Just once. Then you'd be subtracting 2 from the numeral 7, then 2
from the numeral 5, and so forth.
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You will have two apples.
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Throw the ball straight up.
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Hold the egg more than three feet above the ground when you drop
it.
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Suicide
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Sleeplessness
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