Brain
Teaser

1.
Some months have 30 days, some have 31; how many months
have 28 days?
2.
A man gave one son 10 cents and another son was given
15 cents. What time is it?
3.
If you had only one match and entered a room in which
there was a kerosene lamp, an oil heater, and a woodburning
stove, which would you light first?
4.
There is a house with four walls. Each wall faces south.
There is a window in each wall. A bear walks by one of
the windows. What color is the bear?
5.
Is half of two plus two equal to two or three?
6. Do they have a 4th of July in England?
7.
How many animals of each species did Moses take aboard
the Ark with him?
8.
How far can a dog run into the woods?
9.
What is the significance of the following: The year is
1978, thirty-four minutes past noon on May 6th.
10.
Divide 30 by 1/2 and add ten. What is the answer?
11.
If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks
in the other field, how many haystacks would he have if
he combined them all in the center field?
12.
What is it that goes up and goes down but does not move?
13.
I have in my hand only 2 U.S. coins which total 55 cents
in value. One is not a nickel. What are the coins?
14.
A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 died. How many did he
have left?
15.
Is it legal in California for a man to marry his widow's
sister?

1. All 12 have 28 days
2.
1:45. The man gave away a total of 25 cents. He divided
it between two people. Therefore, he gave a quarter to
two.
3.
Light the match first.
4.
White. If all the walls face south, the house is at the
North pole, and the bear, therefore, is a polar bear.
5.
Three. Well, it seems that it could almost be either,
but if you follow the mathematical orders of operation,
division is performed before addition. So... half of two
is one. Then add two, and the answer is three.
6.
Yes, and a 5th, a 6th, ...
7.
I thought Noah brought 2 of each animal, not Moses
8.
Halfway, then he would be running out of the woods.
9.
The time/month/date/year of an American style calendar
are 12:34, 5/6/78.
10.
70
11.
One. If he combines all of his haystacks, they all become
one big stack.
12.
The temperature.
13.
A half-dollar and a nickel. (Only one was not a nickel)
14.
9 sheep
15.
No. You can't marry someone if you're dead!