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| You've probably seen a version of the riddle, but here is the original, and it's much easier to solve. |
| Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in |
| the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every |
| day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is. |
| 1. Do they have a 4th of July in England? |
| 2. How many birthdays does the average man have? |
| 3. Why can't a man living in Winston, NC be buried west of the Mississippi River? |
| 4. If you had only one match and entered a room in which there was a kerosene lamp, an oil heater, and a wood burning stove, which would you light first? |
| 5. Some months have 30 days, some have 31, how many have 28 days? |
| 6. If a doctor gave you 3 pills and told you to take one every half hour, how long would they last you? |
| 7. A man builds a house with four sides to it and it is rectangular in shape. Each side has a southern exposure. A big bear comes wandering by, what color is the bear? |
| 8. How far can a dog walk into the woods? |
| 9. What is the minimum number of active baseball players "on field" during any part of an inning? How many outs in each inning? |
| 10. I have in my hand two U.S. coins which total $ .55 in value. One is not a nickel. Please bear that in mind. What are the two coins? |
| 11. A farmer had 17 sheep. All but nine died. How many did he have left? |
| 12. Divide 30 by 1/2 and add ten. What is the answer? |
| 13. Two men play checkers. They played five games and each man wins the same number of games. How can you figure this? No ties. |
| 14. Take two apples from three apples and what do you have? |
| 15. An archaeologist claimed he found some gold coins dated 46 B.C. Do you think he did? |
| 16. A woman gives a beggar $ .50. The woman is the beggar's sister, but the beggar is not the woman's brother. How come? |
| 17. How many animals of each species did Moses take aboard the ark with him? |
| 18. Is it legal for a man to marry his widow's sister in North Carolina? |
| 19. What word is mispelled in this test? |
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