In a stable there are men and horses. In all there are 22 heads and 72 feet. How many men and how many horses are in the stable? Answer 14 horses and 8 men. 14x4 plus 8x2 = 72 feet.
John wishes to get into a club. He knows that the club requiers a code. He stands around the corner and listens to two people get past the bouncer. The bouncer tells Bert to de-code six, Bert reply's with three and gets in. The bouncer then tells Fred to de-code Twelve, Fred reply's with six and gets in. Right now John is quite confident that he can get in, he walks to the bouncer and is told to de-code ten. John happily replys with five but is not let in. What is the number he should have said to get in and how do you de-code it? Answer 3. You de-code the numbers by telling the bouncer the sum of all the letters. (other examples: four would be four, three would be five and fifty would be five)
A boy is stuck on a deserted island. There is a bridge to connect the island to the mainland. Halfway across the bridge there is a guard. The guard will not let anyone from the mainland to the island, or anyone from the island to the mainland. If the guard catches someone, he sends him or her back. The guard sleeps for 30 seconds and then is awake for 5 minutes. The island is surrounded by man-eating sharks, and the boy does not have anything with him except for his own shirt and his pants. It takes the boy 1 minute to cross the bridge. How does he cross the bridge without getting caught? Answer The boy runs halfway across the bridge and turns around. The boy looks like he is running to the island and is sent to the mainland.
A teacher is yelling, she closes the door, the window and a book but what did she forget to close? Answer Her mouth
Three men enter a room but only two walk out. The room is empty. Where is the third man? Answer The third man is in a wheelchair so he rolls out of the room instead of walking out.
You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible? Answer All the people on the boat are married.