MINDTRAP

1. MINDTRAP

2. MINDTRAP 1 • A farmer in California owns a beautiful pear tree. He supplies fruit to a nearby grocery store. The store owner has called the farmer to see how much fruit is available for him to purchase. The farmer knows that the main trunk has 24 branches. Each branch has exactly 12 boughs and each bough has exactly 6 twigs. Since each twig bears one piece of fruit, how many plums will the farmer be able to deliver?

3. MINDTRAP 2 • Carry’s mother had four children not to mention a rather unhealthy fixation about monetary names. The oldest child was named Quarter. The second child was called Dimeond. The third child was named Nickelass. What was the fourth child and only girl likely named?

4. MINDTRAP 3 • A taxi driver was called to take a group of passengers to the train station. The station was normally an hour away, but with traffic being extra heavy, it took a full hour and a half. On the return trip the traffic was still as heavy and yet it took only 90 minutes. Why?

5. MINDTRAP 4 • How many times does the letter F appear in the statement below? • FANNY FILINGER WAS OF THE IMPRESSION THAT EIGHTY-SIX YEARS OF HISTORY SHOW THAT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE IN EVERY CASE OF FUTURE GENERATIONS,

6. MINDTRAP 5 • Why are 1990 American dollar bills worth more than 1989 American dollar bills?

7. MINDTRAP 6 • If you divide thirty by half and add ten, what is the answer?

8. MINDTRAP 7 • How many three-cent stamps are in a dozen? • What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

9. MINDTRAP 8 • What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

10. MINDTRAP 9 • There is a town in Kentucky where 5% of the people living in the town have unlisted numbers. If you selected 100 names at random from the town’s phone directory, on average, how many of these people selected would have unlisted numbers?

11. MINDTRAP 10 • Mr. Dogers and the children in the neighborhood are raking leaves at Mr. Dogers house. They have three piles of leaves in the back yard and seven piles of leaves in the front yard. When Mr. Dogers and the children put all the piles together, how many piles of leaves will they have?

12. MINDTRAP 11 • Forward I’m heavy, backward I’m not. What am I?

13. MINDTRAP 12 • If there are nine players on a baseball team and three strikes make an out and four balls make a walk, how many outs are there in an inning?

14. MINDTRAP 13 • In Hawaii, if you drop a steel ball weighing five pounds from a height of 45 inches, will it fall more rapidly through water at 20 degrees Fahrenheit or water at 40 degrees Fahrenheit? Or will it make no difference?

15. MINDTRAP 14 • Which is correct to say, • “The yolk of the egg are white” • or • “The yolk of the egg is white?”

16. MINDTRAP 15 • A high speed electric train is travelling southeast at 90 kilometers per hour. The wind is blowing westward at 30 kilometers per hour. In what direction will the smoke from the engine blow?

17. MINDTRAP 16 • What five letter word does every Harvard graduate pronounce wrong?

18. MINDTRAP 17 • Shadow was examining an angle measuring 14 ½ degrees, using his magnifying glass that magnifies everything two times. Under the glass, how large would that angle measure?

19. MINDTRAP 18 • Jack Axe charges $5.00 to cut a wooden log into two pieces. How much will Jack charge to cut a log into four pieces?

20. MINDTRAP 19 • Charles Pompuss was racing around in his new sports car when he noticed that his throat was parched. He came to a screeching halt in front of the 'Soul-Ace Hotel' and the nine police cars which had been chasing him, slammed into the back of his car and each other's. How many bumpers will have been hit?

21. MINDTRAP 20 • There is a train one kilometer long, traveling at a rate of one kilometer per minute through a tunnel which is one kilometer long. How long will it take the train to pass completely through the tunnel?

22. MINDTRAP 21 • What word starts with is, ends with nd, and has la in the middle?

23. MINDTRAP 22 • What is at the beginning of eternity, the end of time, the beginning of every end, and the end of every place?

24. MINDTRAP 23 • A new medical building containing 100 offices has just been completed. Hardy Pyle was hired to paint the numbers 1 to 100 on the doors. How many times will Hardy have to paint the number nine (9)?

25. MINDTRAP 24 • There is a word in the English language in which the first two letters signify a male, the first three signify a female, the first four signify a great man, and the whole word, a great woman. What is the word?

26. MINDTRAP 25 • What mathematical symbol can you put between 1 and 2 to make a number greater than 1, but less than 2?

27. MINDTRAP 26 • Assuming that you are paying, is it cheaper to take one friend to the movies twice, or two friends to the movies at the same time? (It doesn't depend on how much popcorn they eat!)

28. MINDTRAP 27 • What is one thing that all wise men, regardless of their religion or politics, agree is between heaven and earth?

29. MINDTRAP 28 • What is 147 apples plus 68 oranges?

30. MINDTRAP 29 • Professor Bumble was driving along in his old car when suddenly it shifted gears by itself. He paid no attention and kept on driving. Why wasn't he concerned?

31. MINDTRAP 30 • Professor Quantum has two coins which total 35 cents. Since one of the coins is not a dime, what are the two coins?

32. MINDTRAP 31 • Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on earth?

33. MINDTRAP 32 • Barney Dribble left the 'Soul-Ace Hotel' and walked toward the parking lot. Without the benefit of moonlight or any artificial light, he was able to spot his black car 100 meters away. How was this possible?

34. MINDTRAP 33 • If Art Bragg's peacock laid an egg on Bertha Dribble's Driveway in Chicago, Illinois during the 1930's, who would be the rightful owner of the egg?

35. MINDTRAP 34 • Charlie Chromedome went for a walk without an umbrella. He did not wear a hat and he did not take refuge under a shelter; yet, not one hair on his head got wet. How was this possible?

36. MINDTRAP 35 • If a daddy bull weighs 1,200 pounds and eats twelve bales of hay each day, and a baby bull, who weighs 300 pounds, eats four bales of hay each day, how much hay then should a mommy bull eat if she weighs 800 pounds?

37. MINDTRAP 36 • In what year did Christmas and New Year's fall in the same year?

38. MINDTRAP 37 • It is estimated that the earth weighs 6 sextillion tons. How much more would the earth weigh if one sextillion tons of concrete and stone were used to build a large wall?

39. MINDTRAP 38 • In our calendar some months have 30 days and some months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?

40. MINDTRAP 39 • Shadow purchased two cigars which, together, cost $1.10. One cigar cost one dollar more than the other. What were the individual prices of the two cigars?

41. MINTRAP 40 • If a doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one pill every half hour, how long will they last?

42. MINDTRAP 41 • Do they have a fourth of July in England?

43. MINDTRAP 42 • If you were to take two apples from three apples, how many would you have?