Questions
1. If you overtake the second person in a race what position will you take?
2. If you overtake the last person in a race what position will you take?
3. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of assassins with loaded guns, the second is full of lions that have not eaten for three years, and the third is full of raging fires. Which room is the safest for him?
4. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him underwater for over five minutes. Finally, she hangs him. Five minutes later, they went out and had a wonderful dinner. How can this be?
5. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and grey when you throw it away?
6. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday?
7. This is an unusual paragraph. I am curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think nothing is wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it. It is unusual though. Study it and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. If you work at it you might find out.
8. Once there was a bus conductor who was very rude to his passengers. One day, a girl tried to board the bus but he did not stop the bus. Unfortunately, the girl came under the bus and died on the spot. Angry passengers took the conductor to the police station, who in turn took him to court. The judge was not impressed with him and gave him capital punishment. He was taken to the electrocution chamber. There was a single chair in the center of the room and a single banana peel at one corner of the room. The conductor was strapped to the chair and high voltage current was given to him. To everyone's amazement, he survived. The judge decided to set him free, and he returned to his profession. A few months later, a woman tried to board the bus, but the conductor did not stop the bus. Unfortunately, the woman came under the bus and died on the spot. Again, angry passengers took him to the police station, who in turn took him to court. The judge gave him capital punishment again. The bus conductor was taken to the same electrocution chamber where there was a single chair in the center of the room and a single banana peel at one corner of the room. He was strapped to the chair and high voltage current was given to him. This time also to everyone's amazement, he survived. The judge decided to set him free, and he returned to his profession. A couple of months later, a gentleman tried to board the bus. This time, the bus conductor, remembering his earlier experiences, stopped the bus. Unfortunately, the gentleman slipped and died due to his injuries. The conductor was taken to the police station and then to court, to the same judge. Though he did not do anything wrong, but considering his past record the judge decided to set an example and gave him capital punishment. The bus conductor was again taken to the same electrocution chamber where there was a single chair in the center of the room and no banana peel at the corner of the room. He was strapped to the chair and high voltage current was given to him. This time he died instantly. Why he did not die on the first two occasions but died instantly on the third time?
Answers
1. If you answered that you are first, then you are wrong. If you overtake the second person you will take the second place.
2. If you answered that you are second to last, then you are wrong. How can you overtake the last person?
3. The second. Lions that have not eaten for three years would be dead.
4. The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry.
5. Charcoal.
6. Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.
7. The letter ‘e’, which is the most common letter in the English language, does not appear once in the entire paragraph.
8. During the first two times, the conductor was a bad conductor, therefore electricity cannot pass through him. During the third time, he was a good conductor, electricity passed through him freely and he died.
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