© Cowpatty Bill 2007-2009
Oct
6
Assume there are 6 billion people on Earth. What would you estimate to be the result, if you multiply together the number of fingers on every person’s left hand? (For the purposes of this excercise, thumbs count as fingers, for a total of 5 fingers per hand.) If you cannot estimate the number, then try to guess how long the number would be.
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Oct
6
A man buys coconuts at $5 a dozen and sells them for $3 a dozen. As a result of this, he becomes a millionaire. How come?
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Oct
6
Empty Earl’s car runs out of gasoline. His car tank holds exactly 13 gallons. He has three empty unmarked containers, which can hold 3 gallons, 6 gallons, and 11 gallons. Using only these containers at the gas station, how can Earl bring back exactly 13 gallons of gasoline? He is not allowed to buy more than 13 gallons or waste any of the fuel.
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Oct
3
A normal submarine was on the surface of the sea with its hatches open. It sailed due east for two miles. Then it stopped and went down 30 feet. It then sailed another half mile before going down a further 30 feet. All this time it kept its hatches fully open. The crew survived and were not alarmed in any way. What was going on?
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Sep
26
A ship sank in perfect weather conditions. If the weather had been worse, the ship would probably not have sunk. What happened?
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Sep
26
During a fuel shortage, Running-On-Empty Randy drove to a gas station and waited in line behind many other motorists. A man in the familiar gas-station uniform walked over and explained to him, “We have a ten dollar limit. To speed things along we’re taking cash only, in advance.” Randy gave the man a ten dollar bill. When he reached the front of the line and pulled up to a pump, he asked for his ten dollars worth of gas. “The limit is five dollars,” replied the attendant. What happened?
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Sep
25
Always-Late Larry woke up, you guessed it, late. It was raining outside and although he drove as fast as he safely could he was still late for work. He hurriedly drove into the parking lot, parked, turned off the windshield wipers, jumped out of his car, slammed the door, and ran for the main entrance.
After work, he could not get the car started. The battery was dead. He checked and everything- the lights, wipers, radio, etc - was turned off and the door had been fully closed. Puzzled, he got a jump start from a co-worker, drove home and used his battery recharger to put a good charge on the battery. But despite careful testing, he never found out why the battery went dead. Can you?
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Sep
25
A woman was shown into a large room that contained over a thousand flowers of all different types and colors. She was told that all but one of the flowers were fake. She was asked to identify the real flower but she couldn’t examine the flowers closely nor smell them. She was alone in the room. What did she do to identify the single real flower.
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Sep
25
A man was sitting in his hotel room watching TV when there was a knock at the door. He opened the door to see a woman whom he had never seen before. She said, “Oh, I’m sorry. I have made a mistake. I thought this was my room.” She then walked down the corridor to the elevator. The man went back into his room and phoned the front desk and told them to apprehand the woman, who he was sure was a thief. What made him so sure?
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Sep
25
A deaf man walked up to a carousel. He went to the operator’s booth and gave the operator a dollar. A ride token costs forty cents. The operator gave the man two tokens. Not a word was said, nor any sign given. How did the operator know that the man wanted two tokens?
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