A pregnant lady named her children: Dominique, Regis, Michelle, Fawn, Sophie, and Lara. What will she name her next child? Jessica, Katie, Abby, or Tilly?
Explanation:
The names follow the musical scale: Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti.
The next note in the scale is Ti, so the next child will be named Tilly.
A time when they are green, a time when they’re brown, but both of these times, cause me to frown. But just in between, for a very short while, they’re perfect and yellow and cause me to smile! What am I talking about here?
Bananas.
Pick a number from 1 to 10. Multiply it by 2, add 10, divide it by 2, and then subtract the number you picked. What is it?
The answer is 5.
Explanation:
Let the number you pick be xx:
The result is always 5, regardless of the number you start with.
I have two hands, but I cannot scratch myself. What am I?
A clock.
In a certain city, 5% of all the people in town have unlisted phone numbers. If you select 100 names at random from that city’s phone directory, how many people selected will have unlisted phone numbers?
Answer:
None.
Explanation:
If someone’s phone number is unlisted, their name would not appear in the phone directory. Therefore, when you select names from the phone directory, all the names belong to people with listed numbers, and none will have unlisted numbers.
What common English verb becomes its own past tense by rearranging its letters?
Eat (past tense: Ate).
Explanation:
By rearranging the letters in the verb “eat,” you get its past tense form, “ate.”
Lily is a lilypad in a small pond. Lily doubles her size each day. On the 20th day, she covers the whole pond. On what day was Lily half the size of the pond?
On the 19th day.
Explanation:
Since Lily doubles her size each day, she must have been half the size of the pond the day before she covered the entire pond. Therefore, if the pond is fully covered on the 20th day, it was half-covered on the 19th day.
Which of the following words don’t belong in the group and why?
CORSET, COSTER, SECTOR, ESCORT, COURTS
COURTS.
Explanation:
All the other words (CORSET, COSTER, SECTOR, ESCORT) are anagrams of each other, meaning they can be formed by rearranging the letters of the same set. COURTS is not an anagram of the others, so it doesn’t belong in the group.
Shoot at me a thousand times and I may still survive; one scratch from me and you will find your prospects take a dive. What am I?
An 8-ball.
This object can be driven, but has no wheels, and can also be sliced and remain whole. What is it?
A golf ball.
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