I sizzle like bacon; I am made in an egg. I have plenty of backbone but lack my legs. I peel layers like an onion but still remain whole. I can be long like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole. I come at you in all sorts of colors, and sometimes I like being around water. What am I?
Snake
I can be clear, I can be blue, I can be salty, you can get in me, you can die from me, I am a mystery at most. What am I?
Ocean
There are 4 siblings all born at the same time. The first runs but never tires, the second eats but is never full, the third drinks but is always thirsty, and the fourth forever sings a song. What are the siblings names?
1st-Water
2nd-Fire
3rd-Earth
4th-Wind
You walk upwards on an escalator, with a speed of 1 step per second. After 50 steps, you are at the end. You turn around and run downwards with a speed of 5 steps per second. After 125 steps, you are back at the beginning of the escalator. How many steps do you need if the escalator stands still?
100 steps.
Let v be the speed of the escalator, in steps per second. Let L be the number of steps that you need to take when the escalator stands still.
Upwards (along with the escalator), you walk 1 step per second. You need 50 steps, so that takes 50 seconds. This gives the following equation:
L steps - 50 seconds × v steps/second = 50 steps.
Downwards (against the direction of the escalator), you walk 5 steps per second. You need 125 steps, so that takes 25 seconds. This gives the following equation:
L steps + 25 seconds × v steps/second = 125 steps.
From the two equations follows: L = 100, v = 1. When the escalator stands still, you need 100 steps.
One chicken lays two eggs in three days. How many eggs do three chickens lay in nine days?
18 eggs.
1 chicken lays 2 eggs in 3 days, so 3 chickens lay 3×2=6 eggs in 3 days. In 9 days, these 3 chickens lay 3 times as much eggs as in 3 days. Conclusion: three chickens lay 3×6=18 eggs in nine days.
Three friends Pablo, Edvard, and Henri are talking to each other about the art collection of Leonardo. Pablo says: "Leonardo has at least four paintings of Rembrandt." Edvard says: "No, he has less than four paintings of Rembrandt." "According me," says Henri, "Leonardo has at least one Rembrandt." If you know that only one of the three friends is right, how many Rembrandts does Leonardo possess?
Look at the statements about the number of paintings of Rembrandt. If Pablo would be right ("at least four"), then Henri ("at least one") would also be right. If Henri would be right ("at least one"), then or Pablo ("at least four") or Edvard ("less than four") would also be right. This means only Edvard can be right and Leonardo possesses less than one Rembrandt, so no Rembrandt at all.
In the middle of a round pool lies a beautiful water lily. The water lily doubles in size every day. After exactly 20 days, the lily will cover the complete pool. After how many days will the water lily cover half of the pool?
Because the water lily doubles its size every day and the complete pool is covered after 20 days, half of the pool will be covered one day before that, after 19 days.
Conclusion: after 19 days, the water lily will cover half of the pool.
What is the definition of an optimist?
Someone who works crossword puzzles in ink.
Where can you find August before July?
In the dictionary!
A school bus travels from New Work to Boston. There are four children in the bus. Each child has four backpacks with him. There are four dogs sitting in each backpack. Every dog has four puppies with her. All these dogs have four legs, with four toes at each leg. What is the total number of toes in the bus?
The total number of toes is 5170.
When Alicia had her birthday in the year 2000, she became 8 years old. However, she was born in the year 2008. How can you explain this?
Alicia was born in 2008 BC.
A cat had three kittens: Mopsy, Topsy, and Spot. What was the mother's name.
What.