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Q How far can a dog run into a forest?
Q How many Birthdays does the average person have?
Q Why can't a person living in Glasgow be buried north of Stirling?
Q Some months have 31 days, some 30 days. How many months have 28 days?
Q An architect has a house with four sides to it and it is rectangular in shape. Each side has a southerly aspect. A big bear comes wandering by. What colour is the bear?
Q I have in my hand 2 coins totalling 15p. One is not a 5p piece. Please remember that. What are they?
Q Your are a pilot of an aeroplane with 100 passengers which drops off half in Glasgow and picks up 10. Flies to Edinburgh, doubles its load and then finally reduces it by a third at Aberdeen. What is the pilots name?
Q An Archaeologist claims he found 2 coins with the date 10 BC on them. Could they be genuine?
Q A woman gives a beggar 20p. The woman is the beggar's sister, but the beggar is not the woman's brother. How is this?
Q How many animals of each species did Moses take aboard the Ark?
Q Is it legal in Britain for a man to marry his widow's sister?
Q Some ducks are swimming in a line. There is a duck in front of 2 ducks. A duck behind 2 ducks, and a duck between 2 ducks. How many ducks are there?
Q If 10 cats kill 10 rats in 10 minutes. How long will it take 100 cats to kill 100 rats?
Q The number of eggs in a basket doubles every minute. The basket is full of eggs after 60 minutes. When was it half full?
Q Two fathers and 2 sons each shot a duck. None of them shot the same duck. Only 3 ducks were shot. Why is this?
Q. It takes 4 men 60 minuets to dig a hole, How long would it take 2 men to dig half a hole?
Q. You take 2 apples from 3 apples and what would you have?
Q. If you had only 1 match left in a box and you enterd a room in which there was a paraffin lamp, a gas rig and a fuel stove. What would you light first?
Q Which country has a 4th of July - Britain or America?