1. The maker doesn’t want it; the buyer doesn’t use it; and the user

doesn’t see it. What is it?

2. A child is born in Boston, Massachusetts to parents who were both

born in Boston, Massachusetts. The child is not a United States citizen.

How is this possible?
3. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on

Earth?
4. Clara Clatter was born on December 27th, yet her birthday is always

in the summer. How is this possible?
5. Captain Frank and some of the boys were exchanging old war stories.

Art Bragg offered one about how his grandfather led a battalion against

a German division during World War I. Through brilliant maneuvers, he

defeated them and captured valuable territory. After the battle he was

presented with a sword bearing the inscription “To Captain Bragg for

Bravery, Daring and Leadership. World War I. From the Men of Battalion

8.” Captain Frank looked at Art and said, “You  really don’t expect

anyone to believe that yarn, do you?” What’s wrong with the story?
6. What is one thing that all wise men, regardless of their religion or

politics,

   agree is between heaven and earth?
7. In what year did Christmas and New Year’s fall in the same year?
8. A woman from New York married ten different men from that city, yet

she did not break any laws. None of these men died, and she never

divorced. How was this possible?
9. Why are 1990 American dollar bills worth more than 1989 American

dollar bills?
10. How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?
11. How could you rearrange the letters in the words “new door” to make

one word? Note: There is only one correct answer.
12. Even if they are starving, natives living in the Arctic will never

eat a penguin’s egg. Why not?
13. Which is correct to say, “The yolk of the egg are white” or “The

yolk of the

    egg is white”?
14. In Okmulgee, Oklahoma, you cannot take a picture of a man with a

wooden leg. Why not? 
15. There were an electrician and a plumber waiting in line for

admission to the

“International Home Show.” One of them was the father of the other’s

son. How could this be possible?
16. After the new Canon Law that took effect on November 27, 1983, would

a Roman Catholic man be allowed to marry his widow’s sister?
17. How many outs are there in an inning?
18. How many animals of each sex did Moses take on the Ark?
19. A clerk in the butcher shop is 5′ 10″ tall. What does he weigh?
20. A farmer has 17 sheep and all but 9 die. How many are left?
ANSWERS
1. A coffin

2. The child was born before 1776

3. Mount Everest (it just hadn’t been discovered)

4. Clara lives in the southern hemisphere

5. World War I wasn’t called “World War I” until World War II

6. The word “and”

7. They fall in the same year every year. New Year’s Day just arrives

very early in the year and Christmas arrives very late in the same year

8. The lady was a Justice of the Peace

9. One thousand nine hundred and ninety dollar bills are worth one

dollar more than one thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine dollar bills

10. Only once, and then you are subtracting it from 20

11. “one word”

12. Penguins live in the Antarctic

13. Neither. The yolk of the egg is yellow

14. You have to take a picture of a man with a camera, not with a wooden

leg

15. They were husband and wife

16. No. A dead man can marry no one

17. Six . Three in each half of the inning

18. Moses took no animals. It was Noah on the Ark

19. Meat

20. Nine.
SCORING

18-20 correct = Genius

14-17 correct = Above Average

10-13 correct = Average

6-9 correct = Weak potential…get back to the basics

2-5 correct = Non-Academic..work on social skills

0-1 correct = Brain Dead