A scarecrow.
The Outdoor Worker
I’m like a doll, but I’m not for playing;
I stand up straight, but if it’s windy I may be laying;
I work outside both day and night, in sunshine or in rain.
What am I?
I’m like a doll, but I’m not for playing;
I stand up straight, but if it’s windy I may be laying;
I work outside both day and night, in sunshine or in rain.
What am I?
A scarecrow.
Can you combine plus signs and five 2’s to get 28? Can you combine plus signs and eight 8’s to get 1,000?
Answer 1 (Five 2’s to get 28):
22 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 28.
Answer 2 (Eight 8’s to get 1,000):
888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1,000.
I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water. I show the world but hold none of its substance. What am I?
A map.
Divide 30 by half and add 10. What do you get?
70.
When you divide 30 by half, you’re actually multiplying it by 2 (since dividing by 1/2 is the same as multiplying by 2). So, 30 ÷ 1/2 = 60. Then, add 10, and you get 70.
Two men are in a desert. They both have backpacks on. One of the men is dead. The man who is alive has his backpack open, and the man who is dead has his backpack closed. What is in the dead man’s backpack?
A parachute.
A prisoner is told: “If you tell a lie, we will hang you, and if you tell the truth, we will shoot you.”
What did the prisoner say to save himself?
The prisoner said, “You will hang me.”
This creates a paradox: if the statement is true, they should shoot him, but if it’s false, they should hang him. Unable to carry out either punishment without contradicting themselves, the prisoner is saved.
What English word has three consecutive double letters?
Hint:
Think of a compound word related to keeping records or accounts. It’s something that involves reading and writing, and the double letters come from combining two words you likely already know!
Bookkeeper.
Hidden in the ground,
Unearthed in due time,
Though small, I am bound,
To spark life’s climb.
A seed.
A horse is tied to a five-meter rope in front of an old saloon. Six meters behind the horse is a bale of hay. Without breaking his rope, the horse is able to eat the hay whenever he chooses. How is this possible?
The rope is not tied to anything else.
Which word is the odd one out: Seventy, Brawl, Clover, Proper, Carrot, Swing, Change, Travel, Sacred, Stone?
Carrot.
When the first and last letters are removed from the other words, they still spell another word.
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