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1. Long ago, explorers traveled the seas in great ships. They wanted to have fresh meat to eat on their long voyages, but they had no way of refrigerating or preserving the meat. How could they still have fresh meat after many weeks at sea? (Note: fish does not count as meat. ) Bring living animals on the ship (along with animal feed)

2. It has been estimated the earth weighs about 6 sextillion tons. Suppose we built a huge concrete and brick wall across our country. The wall weighs 1 sextillion tons. How much does the earth weigh after the wall is built? 6 sextillion tons

3. Polar bears never eat penguins, even if they are starving. Why not? (No, they don't have a penguin allergy!) They live in different regions (Polar bears- North Pole, Penguins- South Pole)

4. Name the kind of food this describes: “First you throw away the outside and cook the inside. After you cook it you eat the outside and throw away the inside. ” Chicken Corn on the Cob etc.

5. How can you put two cans of water into a larger container and still be able to tell which water came from which container? Place the two cans in the large container. or Freeze them first, then place the chunks of ice in the container

6. What can you break just by saying its name? Silence

7. What is impossible to hold for 10 minutes, yet weighs almost nothing? Your Breath

8. A prisoner was told to carry a heavy bag of sand across the prison yard. Then he was told to carry it back again. He was forced to continue doing this all day long, until he finally realized he could put something in the bag that would make it lighter. What was it? A hole.

9. Anthony threw a tennis ball as hard as he could. The ball travelled 50 feet, then turned around in mid-air and came straight back to Anthony. The ball never hit anything. How did Anthony do that? Throw it straight up in the air!

10. A rope ladder hangs over the side of a ship as it sits at the dock. The bottom rung of the ladder just touches the water. The rungs are exactly 12 inches apart. If the tide raises the water level 4 inches per hour, how many hours will it be before the second rung is below water? It will never happen! The boat rises with the tide, and the ladder rises with the boat.

11. What kind of fruit has its seeds on the outside instead of the inside? Strawberry

12. A man was fishing on a lake when he saw his dog on the shore. The man called his dog. His dog immediately came to the man out on the lake. The dog did not get wet at all. How did he manage this? The dog simply walked to the man! (The man was ice-fishing on the lake)

13. By law, a person living in Canada cannot be buried in the United States. What is the reason for this? In Canada, you don’t bury people who are LIVING! (We have the same law in the U. S. )

14. Many people have had a dream that they were falling, and then they woke up before they hit the ground. Some people say if you hit the ground in your dream you will die. A good scientist would know that this can never be proved. Why? Nobody else can know your dream unless you tell them about it. (If you’re dead, it’s kind of hard to tell them!)

15. In what sport do the competitors wear shoes made completely of metal? Horse-racing, or any other equestrian sport (The competitors are the horses, and they wear metal horseshoes)

16. Mary’s mother had four children. The oldest was a girl named Summer. The next child was a girl named Autumn. The third child was a boy named Winter. What was the name of the fourth child? Mary

17. A hen house was positioned so that one side of its peaked roof faced north and one side faced south. If a rooster laid an egg exactly on top of the peak on March 21, which side of the roof would the egg roll down? Roosters don’t lay eggs. Hens do.

18. A boy was playing in his front yard when he chased a ball into the street and was hit by a car. His father came running out of the house, put the boy in his car and rushed him to the hospital. The boy was immediately taken into surgery. The surgeon came in, looked at the boy, and said, "I can't operate on this boy- he's my son!" How can this be? The surgeon was his mother.

19. Kyle was visiting the zoo last Saturday. As he was leaving the reptile house he reached in his pocket and felt something that had teeth. But he was not alarmed. Why not? It was his keys or a comb or a zipper

20. Nadia was looking out the window yesterday when it was raining very hard. She saw a man walk by who did not have an umbrella or a hat. Nadia noticed that his hair was not wet at all. Why not? He was bald.

21. My aunt lives on the 16 th floor of her apartment building. Every morning when she leaves for work, she gets on the elevator and rides down to the ground floor then walks out to the street. When she gets home in the evening she takes the elevator up to the 8 th floor, gets off, then climbs the stairs the rest of the way. Why do you think she does this? She’s too short to reach past button 8. 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

22. Yesterday I saw a man run around a corner and head for home. When he was halfway there he looked toward home and saw a man in a mask, who was holding a dreaded object. The man who was running turned around and headed back to the corner. What do you think was happening? It was a baseball game. (A runner was trying to score, but the catcher was holding the ball so the runner ran back to third base. )

23. While visiting a certain small town, you decide you need a haircut. The town has only two barbers. One barber, Joe, has a very nice haircut. The other barber, Frank, has a very sloppy haircut. Which one would you hire to cut your hair? Why? Joe got his nice haircut from Frank. Go to Frank.

24. How can Jenna stand behind Emily, and Emily stand behind Jenna, at the same time? They are standing back-to-back.

25. At the local meat market, the butcher is 5 feet 9 inches tall, wears a size 16 shirt, and a size 9 shoe. He also has a mustache. What does he weigh? He weighs meat.

26. Farmer Smith had to cross a river with his duck, his dog, and a bag of corn. His little boat would only hold himself and one other item. If left alone, the duck would eat the corn, and the dog would eat the duck. How could Farmer Smith get all three of his possessions safely across the river? See next slide:

27. Can you answer the Riddle of the Sphinx? "What walks on 4 legs when it is young, 2 legs when it is older, and 3 legs when it is very old? " Human. (crawls, then walks, then uses a cane)

28. The Rio Grande river forms part of the border between the United States and Mexico. If an airplane crashed into the river, in which country would the survivors be buried? You don’t bury the survivors!

29. What holds water but is full of holes? A sponge.

30. You have two hourglasses- a 2 minute glass and a 5 -minute glass. How can you use the two glasses to measure exactly 3 minutes? Start both glasses at the same time. When the 2 -minute glass runs out, the 5 -minute glass has exactly 3 minutes left.

31. Would a steel ball fall more rapidly through water that is 60 degrees Fahrenheit, or water that is 20 degrees Fahrenheit? Why? 60 degrees. Water at 20°F is frozen!

32. Elizabeth and Sarah are sisters. They are identical, they have the same birthday, and they are the same age. But they are not twins. How can this be? They are triplets!

33. What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a head but never weeps? A river.

34. A hunter set out one day to kill a bear. He walked 5 miles south, but saw nothing. He then walked 5 miles east, at which point he saw a bear, fired at it, but missed. The hunter then walked 5 miles north returning to where he had begun. Hungry and tired, he fixed supper and went to bed. The question: What color was the bear? Explain how you know. (Bonus question: What color clothes was the man wearing? Explain how you know. See next slide:

5 miles How could the hunter end up where he started? 5 miles Only at the North Pole! The bear was WHITE! The hunter’s clothes were RED! (Don’t you know who lives at the North Pole? )

35. You are lost in a snowstorm while hiking in the mountains. It is cold and becoming very dark. You stumble upon an abandoned cabin. To your relief it is unlocked. You enter and feel around in the dark, finding an oil stove, a kerosene lantern, a candle and a cigarette. You have only one match. What should you light first? The match!

36. Zachary washing windows when he fell off a 60 -foot ladder and landed on the cement sidewalk below. He was not hurt at all. Why? He fell off the bottom step.

37. If you had a nine-gallon bucket and a four-gallon bucket, how could you measure out exactly 6 gallons of water? Assume that the buckets have no markings and you can’t “estimate” 6 gallons. See next page:

9 5 1 4 (5 left in the 9) 4 (1 left in the 9) 4 Now fill up the 9 and pour 3 gallons into the 4.

38. If three days ago was the day before Friday, what will the day after tomorrow be? Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Mon s Tuesday

39. Stanley dug a hole that was five feet wide, 5 feet long and 5 feet deep. How many cubic feet of dirt were in the hole? None. It’s a hole, so it’s empty!

40. Two men went to a restaurant and each had a glass of coke. The waiter put poison in both drinks. One man drank his pop quickly and suffered no effects from the poison. The other man drank slowly and later became ill from the poison. Why the difference? The poison was in the ice.