Riddles of 9, 18, 36, 72

Riddles of 9, 18, 36, 72

A man bought a car for $5,000 but he didn't pay a penny for it, how is this possible?

Answer

He didn't pay a penny. He payed $5,000.

Paul is talking with Rachel while driving. He then crashes but Rachel did not get hurt. When the car crashed, all the glass broke, the doors were locked,
and the front and back seats got hit.
How come Rachel did not get hurt?

Answer

Paul was talking with Rachel on the phone.

The monkey bars at Bobby's school have 11 bars. If Bobby starts with his right hand on the very first bar, and he skips every other bar as he
swings across, while he is changing hands with every other swing, which of his hands will end up on bar 11? Which one will end up on bar 5?

Answer

His left hand will be on bar 11 and his right on bar 5.

There is a green glass door and only some things can go through it. A kitten can go through but a cat cant. A tree can go through but a leaf cant. A egg can go through but a chicken cant.
why?

Answer

If the word has a double letter it can go through.

How many cases do you need if you have to pack 112 pairs of shoes into cases that each hold 28 shoes?

Answer

8: 112 pairs of shoes = 224 shoes.
224 ÷ 28 = 8.

John's father has three sons Snap, Crackle and...?

Answer

John of course!

The total cost of a pen and a pencil is Rs. 11. The pen costs Rs.10 more than the pencil.
What are the costs of pen and pencil individually?

Answer

The pencil cost 0.50 and the pen cost 10.50, giving the total cost of 11 and the pen cost 10 more than the pencil.

How do roosters awaken?

Answer

With an alarm cluck.

A gun with five bullets is fired thrice, the bullets hit two men and end a life. The gun fires again and it shoots a nun.
How many people were hit by the gun?

Answer

Zero. Three persons were hit by the bullets.

Having 2 glasses, in one is 10 cl of tonic and in the other 10 cl of fernet. Overspill 3 cl of tonic to the glass with fernet and after thorough mixing overspill 3 cl of the mixture back to the glass with tonic. Is it now more tonic in the glass of fernet or more fernet in the glass of tonic?
(Ignore chemical composition!)

Answer

There is exactly as much tonic in the glass of fernet as there is fernet in the glass of
tonic.

At the sound of me, men may dream or stamp their feet.
At the sound of me, women may laugh or sometimes weep.
Who am I?

Answer

Music.

If you get 1 penny the 1st day, 2 pennies the 2nd day, 4 pennies the 3rd day and so on. If you keep doubling the amount of pennies you get every day, how much money would you have by the end of the month?

Answer

Over 10 million dollars!