Lateral Thinking Questions

1. Lateral Thinking Questions 1

2. 2 Think outside the box

3. Acting on an anonymous phone call, the police raid a house to arrest a suspected murderer. They don't know what he looks like but they know his name is John and that he is inside the house. The police bust in on a carpenter, a truck driver, a mechanic and a fireman all playing poker. Without hesitation or communication of any kind, they immediately arrest the fireman. How do they know they've got their man? All the other players were women 3

4. How could a baby fall out of a twenty-story building onto the ground and live? It was on the first floor 4

5. A man and his son are in a car crash. The father is killed and the child is taken to hospital gravely injured. When he gets there, the surgeon says, 'I can't operate on this boy - for he is my son!!!' How can this possibly be? The surgeon cannot operate on her own son; she is his mother. 5

6. 6 R O O T O O O O T O O R Square Root

7. 7 SPACE SPACE Outer Space

8. 8 SEA SEA SEA Black Sea

9. A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the worker writes, he'll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet? The man wrote “Your Exact Weight” 9

10. 10 HISTORY HISTORY HISTORY HISTORY History repeats itself

11. A man marries twenty women in his village but isn't charged with polygamy (being married to more than one person). How is this possible? He is a priest. He is marrying them to other people, not himself. 11

12. 12 Ages Ages Ages Middle Ages

13. 13 IT IT IT IT Go for it

14. Bruce wins the race, but he gets no trophy to keep for himself. Why is that? Bruce is a horse 14 E C O N O MY Growing Economy

15. A man is alone on an island with no food and no water, yet he does not fear for his life. Why is this? Clue #1: There are many types of islands. Clue #2: Think cars or kitchens. He is a policeman on a traffic island in the middle of the street directing traffic. Or man standing on a kitchen island. 15

16. 16 PM Dog day afternoon

17. A woman had two sons who were born on the same hour of the same day of the same year. But they were not twins. How could this be? They were part of a set of triplets What is it that when you take away the whole, you still have some left over? The word wholesome 17

18. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him? The lions. They have not eaten in 3 years so they are all dead. 18 Safety in numbers

19. Trains travel from one town to another town all day, always on the same track, always going nonstop and at the same speed. The noon train took 80 minutes to complete the trip, but the 4 PM train took an hour and 20 minutes. How is this possible`? 80 minutes equals an hour and 20 minutes Sideshow 19

20. 20 The world in my hands

21. What do the following have in common? Types of wolves What do the following have in common? Types of agents 1. Gray 2. Red 3. Timber 1. Double 2. Secret 3. Real Estate 21

22. What has keys that open no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go in? A keyboard For Instance 22

23. This is as light as a feather, yet no man can hold it for long. What is it? Their breath For once In my life 23

24. 24 ORDER Order in the court

25. What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps? Clue: Think water. A River A man takes a barrel that weighs 20 pounds, and then puts something in it. It now weighs less than 20 pounds. What did he put in the barrel? He put a hole in the barrel to drain out what is in there to make it weigh less 25

26. A man was going to buy a car and have to pay $5,000 for it. But he bought it and didn't pay a penny for the car, how is this possible? Because he paid $5,000 for it. Leftovers 26

27. What can go up a chimney down, but cannot go down a chimney up? Clue: Think rain. An umbrella How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25? Only one time. After that, you would be subtracting from 20. 27

28. Four cars come to a four way stop, all coming from a different direction. They can't decide who got there first, so they all go forward at the same time. They do not crash into each other, but all four cars go. How is this possible? They all turned right at the same time 28

29. Many things can create one, it can be of any shape or size, it is created for various reasons, and it can shrink or grow with time. What is it? Clue: Even if it is large, it is empty. Clue: Think digging A hole Up for grabs 29

30. It is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of the end, and the end of every space. What is it? The letter “e” 30 G IN Fire Engine

31. When can you add two to eleven and get one as the correct answer? Clue: Think time. When you add two hours to eleven o'clock, you get one o'clock. Ready for anything 31

32. 32 n u s Sunrise ten bad tions Bad intentions

33. A bus driver was heading down a street in Colorado. He went right past a stop sign without stopping, he turned left where there was a "no left turn" sign, and he went the wrong way on a one-way street. Then he went on the left side of the road past a police car. Still - he didn't break any traffic laws. Why not? He was walking Pretty please 33

34. Forgive and forget Try to Understand 34

35. 35 I’m u I am bigger than you

36. There are 20 people in an empty, square room. Each person has full sight of the entire room and everyone in it. If you are not allowed to move in any way (other than your eyes). Where can you place an apple so that all but one person can see it? On someone’s head How far can a dog run into the woods? Halfway, any further and he would be running out of the woods. 36

37. Where will you find roads without cars, forests without trees and cities without houses? A map Which does not belong in this group: Apple, Grape, Banana, Cherry, Pear. The banana. It is the only one that needs peeling before you eat it 37

38. Two prisoners are locked in a cell. There is an unbarred window high up in the cell. No matter if they stand on the bed or one on top of the other, they can't reach the window to escape. They then decide to tunnel out. However, they give up with the tunneling because it will take too long. Finally one of the convicts figures out how to escape from the cell. What is his plan? His plan is to keep digging the tunnel until enough dirt piles up high enough to escape. 38

39. What do these things have in common ? 1. Year 2. Address 3. Scrap 1. Fox 2. Scavenger 3. Treasure 1 . Buck 2. Baby 3. Wisdom Types of books Types of hunts Types teeth 39

40. Look both ways before you cross the street 40

41. I have many feathers to help me fly. I have a body and head, but I'm not alive. It is your strength which determines how far I go. You can hold me in your hand, but I'm never thrown. What am I? Clue: Think bow An arrow What goes up must come down 41

42. 42 SETTLE Settle for less

43. 43 Singing in the rain

44. I'm not an airplane, but I can fly through the sky. I'm not a river, but I'm full of water. What am I? 44 PA RK Walk in the park A cloud

45. Colonel Browning is a liar! He was caught lying by the butler at the castle where he was a guest, while entertaining his host with tales of his tiger-hunting exploits in Africa. How did the butler know he was a fake? There are no wild tigers in Africa 1. D 2. C 3. AA Types of batteries 45

46. 46 JOB Sleeping on the job ACCAUGHTT Caught in the act

47. 47 CHOOSE: CHEEK TOOTH EYE Toothpick

48. 48 TRAVEL _________________ Bering Red Caspian Travel overseas

49. Scrambled eggs Think Breakfast 49

50. Old Mr. Jones was found dead in his study by Mr. Roberts. Mr. Roberts recounted his dismal discovery to the police. "I was walking by Mr. Jones`s house when I thought I would just pop in for a visit. I noticed his study light was on and I decided to peek in from the outside to see if he was in there. There was frost on the window, so I had to wipe it away to see inside. That is when I saw his body. So I kicked in the front door to confirm my suspicions of foul play. I called the police immediately afterward." The officer immediately arrested Mr. Roberts for the murder of Mr. Jones. How did he know Mr. Roberts was lying? Frost forms on the inside of the window, not the outside. So Mr. Roberts could not have wiped it off to discover Mr. Jones`s body 50

51. Mike stays awake night after night without getting any sleep at all, but doesn’t feel tired. Why isn't he tired? He sleeps days and works nights 51 If one child has 6 2/3 sand piles and another has 3 1/3, and they combine them, how many sand piles do they have? One: When combined, the piles make just 1 sand pile

52. Head for cover No one to blame 52

53. 53 Bend the rules You are right next to a river and have a 5 gallon container and a 3 gallon container. You need to measure out 1 gallon of water. How do you do it? Fill up the 3 gallon container first. Pour it into the five gallon container. Fill up the 3 gallon container again, and fill up the rest of the 5 gallon container, and you should have 1 gallon left over in the 3 gallon container.

54. Two top chess players in the world played five games of chess. Each won the same number of games and lost the same number of games. There were no draws (ties) in any of the games. How is this possible? They were not playing each other, but were instead playing two other people 54

55. A horse is tied to a 20 foot long rope. The horse wants to get some water that is 30 feet away. The horse gets the water easily. How is this? The other end of the rope isn't tied to anything 55

56. Someone’s following me Tuna fish 56

57. Two mothers and two daughters go to a pet store and buy three cats. Each female gets her own cat. How is this possible? There is a grandmother, her daughter, and her granddaughter 57

58. Point blank range Ready for more 58

59. 13579R whelming Odds are overwhelming Missing Link 59

60. Mr. and Mrs. Smith were walking home from the shopping mall with their purchases when Mr. Smith began to complain that his load was too heavy. Mrs. Smith turned to her husband and said, "I don't know what you're complaining about because if you gave me one of your packages, I would have twice as many as you and if I gave you just one of mine, we would have equal loads." How many parcels was each carrying? Mrs. Smith was carrying seven parcels and Mr. Smith was carrying five 60

61. 61 B O O K Facebook All mixed up

62. 62 KNOW KNOW KNOW KNOW KNOW KNOW KNOW KNOW Last to know Neon Lights

63. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTVWXYZ Missing You (U) There is an ancient invention still used in some parts of the world today that allows people to see through walls. What is it? A window 63

64. c al c al c al c al 64 Focal Point

65. Too intense Out of line Or You are right Or Right you are 65

66. 66 Clue: They were looking at this. So explain:

67. 67

68. 68

69. Out to lunch One way or another 1. Fishing 2. Dotted 3. Finish & X Kinds of lines Annex 69

70. A father’s child, a mother’s child, yet no one’s son. Who am I? 70 A daughter What letter is missing here? J __ M A M J J A S O N D F. These are the first letters of each month

71. Walk in the Park Total Loss 71

72. A man was found murdered on Sunday morning. His wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and got these alibis: The Wife said she was sleeping. The Cook was cooking breakfast. The Gardener was picking vegetables. The Maid was getting the mail. The Butler was cleaning the closet. The police instantly arrested the murderer. Who did it and how did they know? It was the Maid. She said she was getting the mail. There is no mail on Sunday! 72

73. What are the following? 1. Balloon 2. Cork 3. Question +verb 1. Tree 2. Bank 3. Government Things you pop Adverb Things with branches 73

74. What do these things have in common? 1. Gravel 2. Arm 3. Cherry 1. Fortune 2. Bank 3. Story Pits Tellers 74

75. TOW DANGEROUS 75 Dangerous undertow DICE TROUBLE DICE Trouble in paradise

76. bit MORE 76 Little bit more FACRISISMILY Crisis in the family

77. ON ON ROAD ROAD 77 On the road again YOU THE PAST Put the past behind you

78. HAVE HAVE HOLD HOLD 78 To have and to hold

79. Time after time or double time Right by me What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away? Charcoal 79

80. P I YOURSELF C K 80 Pick up after yourself ___SHIP Spaceship

81. Talking 5280’ 60 Seconds 81 Talking a mile a minute

82. OBSTACLES OBSTACLES COMING 82 Overcoming Obstacles TOthrowWEL Throw in the towel

83. 83 How many triangles are located in the image above? 27 triangles.  There are 16 one-cell triangles, 7 four-cell triangles, 3 nine-cell triangles, and 1 sixteen-cell triangle.

84. What is in seasons, seconds, centuries, and minutes but not in decades, years, or days? 84 The letter N Is there a 4 th of July in England? Yes. It comes right after the 3rd

85. SPOT 85 X X marks the spot

86. ROLLING 86 Rolling in money

87. Price 87 Price is right HAVE HAVE HOLD HOLD To have and to hold

88. 88 Three of the glasses below are filled with orange juice and the other three are empty. By moving just one glass, can you arrange the glasses so that the full and empty glasses alternate? Pour the juice from the second glass into the fifth

89. TIME 89 Beginning of time SSSSSSSSSS MATCH Tennis Match

90. GOODNESS GOODNESS _______________NEST 90 Honest to goodness TEMP ERA TURE Falling temperature

91. Here on earth it is true, yesterday is always before today; but there is a place where yesterday always follows today? Where would that be? 91 The dictionary What kind of coat can only be put on wet? A coat of paint

92. I have an end but not beginning, a home but no family, a space without room. I never speak but there is no word I cannot make. What am I? 92 A keyboard How many bricks does it take to complete a building made of brick? Only one, the LAST one

93. 93 A farmer has to get a sack of corn, a chicken, and a fox across a river. The farmer is only able to bring one of the above items along with him at a time. The only problem is if he leaves the fox alone with the chicken, the fox will eat the chicken, and if he leaves the chicken alone with the corn sack, then the chicken will eat the corn sack. How does the farmer get all 3 items across safely? The farmer brings the chicken across. Goes back and brings the fox across, and brings the chicken back with him to the other side of the river and drops off the chicken, then he goes and brings the corn sack across, and finally he goes back for the chicken and brings it across.

94. Quite Right 94 YOUR TUNE YORU TUNE YORU TNUE Change your tune

95. How do you make seven an even number? 95 Take away the S in seven What is the difference between here and there? The letter T

96. What has two hands and a face but no arms and legs? 96 A clock Where is the ocean the deepest? At the bottom

97. The paragraph below is most unusual. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary you'd think nothing was wrong with it - and in fact, nothing is wrong with it. It is unusual though. Why? "Gatsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had had its noisy run; and with not many folks in sight, His Honor got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a mayor out of City Hall is a shining mark for any politician. And so, coming to Broadway, a booming bass drum and sounds of singing, told of a small Salvation Army unit carrying on amidst Broadway's night shopping crowds. Gatsby, walking towards that group, saw a young girl, back toward him, just finishing a long, soulful oration ... " The above passage is taken from the book "Gatsby" written by Ernest Vincent Wright in the late 1930's 97 There is no letter e in the entire paragraph

98. If the red house is on the right side and the blue house is on the left side, where is the White H ouse? 98 Washington D.C . How do you write 1000 with eight 8s? 888+88+8+8+8= 1000 .

99. T O W N 99 Downtown Bridge H2O Water under the bridge Clue: Think Sport Tennis

100. You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat? 100 An ear of corn How many eggs can you put in an empty basket? One, after that, the basket in no longer empty

101. What is the difference between an old quarter and a brand new penny? 101 24 Cents Can a man legally marry his widow’s sister in the state of California? No, he is dead

102. If you go to the movies and you're paying, is it cheaper to take one friend to the movies twice, or two friends to the movies at the same time? It's cheaper to take two friends at the same time. In this case, you would only be buying three tickets, whereas if you take the same friend twice you are buying four tickets. Two for you and 2 for them. 102

103. What did you wear the day after yesterday? 103 What you are wearing today If you count from 1 to 100, how many 7’s will you pass on the way? 20 7,17,27,37,47,57,67,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,87,97

104. What goes up and down but still remains in the same place? 104 Stairs Working Time Working overtime

105. MY OWN HEART MAN 105 Man after my own heart S S GOOD S S GOOD A A P P Too good to pass up

106. 106 Encircle Which word, if pronounced right, is wrong, but if pronounced wrong is right? Wrong

107. BAD wolf 107 Big Bad Wolf K C E H C Checkup

108. Joe bets Tony $100 that he can predict the exact score of the football game before it starts. Tony agrees, but loses the bet. Why did Tony lose the bet? Joe said the score would be 0-0 and he was right. "Before" any football game starts, the score is always 0-0 108

109. 109 Focus on one of the cards below. Focus ONLY on that card. The computer will make the card that you chose, disappear. The card that you picked, will now be gone. How did this happen?

110. Ba Ba 110 Tuba KEATS KEATS Parakeets

111. TI ME 111 Point in time CHUTE CHUTE Parachute

112. Get up and go 112

113. I have a large money box, 10 inches square and 12 inches tall. Roughly how many coins can I place in my empty money box? 113 Just one, after which it will no longer be empty. DES DES Despair

114. 114 VISION VISION Double vision N A E UR ROOM L C Clean up your room

115. 115 A man worked for a high-security institution, and one day he went in to work only to find that he could not log in to his computer terminal. His password wouldn't work. Then he remembered that the passwords are reset every month for security purposes. So he went to his boss and they had this conversation: Man-"Hey boss, my password is out of date." Boss-"Yes, that's right. The password is different, but if you listened to me carefully, you should be able to figure out the new one: It has the same amount of letters as your old password, but only four of the letters are the same." Man: "Thanks boss." With that, he went and correctly logged into his station. What was the new password? BONUS: What was his old password? Hint: It is nine letters long. The new one is : Different The old one was : Out of date He said: My password is "Out of date." And the boss told him the new one when he said: "The password is different." A man worked for a high-security institution, and one day he went in to work only to find that he could not log in to his computer terminal. His password wouldn't work. Then he remembered that the passwords are reset every month for security purposes. So he went to his boss and they had this conversation: Man-"Hey boss, my password is out of date." Boss-"Yes, that's right. The password is different , but if you listened to me carefully, you should be able to figure out the new one: It has the same amount of letters as your old password, but only four of the letters are the same." Man: "Thanks boss." With that, he went and correctly logged into his station. What was the new password? BONUS: What was his old password? Hint: It is nine letters long.

116. There are two plastic jugs filled with water. How could you put all of this water into a barrel, without using the jugs or any dividers, and still tell which water came from which jug? 116 Freeze them first. Take them out of the jugs and put the ice in the barrel. You will be able to tell which water came from which jug.

117. FACE 117 Face Lift

118. DIN CHICK NER 118 Chicken Dinner

119. RETRAUQ 119 Quarterback NEVER OLD LEARN OLD LEARN Never to old to learn

120. I have no voice and yet I speak to you, I tell of all things in the world that people do. I have leaves, but I am not a tree, I have pages, but I am not a bride or royalty. I have a spine and hinges, but I am not a man or a door, I have told you all, I cannot tell you more. What am I? A book 120

121. G HISTORY I N G 121 Going down in history

122. AGE 122 Ageless AALLLL All in all I’M 1,2,3 U I’m counting on you

123. Tomorrow 123 Back to the future Dracula Dracula Dracula Count Dracula

124. How can the number 8 be divided into two equal halves so that the result is zero? 124 o o

125. Three mountain climbers paid a lot of money to be the first to scale a mountain. After several days of climbing they finally reached the pinnacle, and to their dismay, found a cabin and three frozen bodies. Since the mountain climbers were the first to ever climb the summit, how could this be possible? They found a cabin of an airplane that had crashed there with 3 bodies in it. 125

126. How could you cut a plain circular cake into eight equal portions with just three straight cuts of a knife? No rearrangements of the pieces after cutting is allowed. 126 With the first two cuts you divide the cake from the top into quarters. You then take the knife and slice through the middle of the side of the cake

127. Jake was standing on one side of the river (with water in it), and his dog Scruffy was standing on the other side. There was no bridge, nor rocks to use. "Come on Scruffy, come, boy!" shouted Jake. Scruffy crossed the river, ran to Jake, and got a treat for being a good dog. The amazing thing was that Scruffy didn't even get wet! How did Scruffy do that? 127 The river was frozen

128. ATHALON ATHALON ATHALON 128 Triathlon

129. I go around in circles but always straight ahead. I never complain, no matter where I am led. What am I? 129 WORDS Play on words A Wheel

130. Going to school you count 15 houses on the right side of the street. Going home you count 15 on the left side. How many different houses did you count? 130 Fifteen. You count the same number of houses because it is the same side of the street

131. A farmer in Somerset owns a beautiful pear tree, from which he supplies the 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? 131 None - the farmer owns a Pear tree, not a Plum tree...

132. REA SON 132 With Within reason T T I I M M U U S S To sum it up

133. Two people are sitting at a table between them but they cannot see each other. Why? 133

134. How many rats are in the room if there is a rat in each of the 4 corners and 3 rats across from every rat and a rat in the corner next to every rat? 134 4 rats: There are only 4 corners to the room What is the next letter in the series? D N O S A J __ J (June – the letters are the first letters of the month of the year in reverse order.)

135. How many faces can you see in this picture? Seven is good, but if you can see 10 you are doing better ...

136. Pretend you are an alien who had managed to learn the English language, but you do not know what significance the days of the week have. On which day of the week would you assume 1. You would cook a meal. 2. You would get paid. 3. You would get married. 4. It would be unusually bright. 136 Sunday Monday Friday Wednesday

137. On a busy Friday afternoon, a man walked several miles across London from Westminister to Knightsbridge without seeing anybody or being seen by anybody. The day was clear and bright. He had perfect eyesight and he looked where he was going. He did not travel by any method of transport other than by foot. London was thronged with people yet not one of them saw him. How is this possible? 137 He walked through the sewers

138. A peanut tree was planted on the west side if a house. The wind is blowing from the north. When the peanuts fall to the ground, will they fall on the north or south side of the tree? 138 Peanuts don’t grow on trees – they grow under ground

139. You have a bag with four candy bars in it. You promised to give each of your three friends a candy bar, and you want one for yourself. How can you accomplish this, and still have one candy bar left in the bag? 139 Take a candy bar for yourself. Then take out two more and give them to two of your friends. Give your third friend the bag with the third candy bar still in it. Or, give each friend a candy bar and keep the candy bar in the bag for yourself.

140. Your last good ping-pong ball fell down into a narrow metal pipe imbedded in concrete one foot deep.  How can you get it out undamaged, if all the tools you have are your tennis paddle, your shoe-laces, and your plastic water bottle, which does not fit into the pipe? 140 All the tools are random things that are not going to help you. All you have to do is pour some water into the pipe so that the ball swims up on the surface.

141. A man wanted to construct an important building and he received tenders from a hundred builders, who each presented their qualifications and claimed to be the best builder around. How did he chose between them? 141 He asked each builder to nominate an alternate in case he could not take up the contract. He gave the contract to the builder most nominated as backup.

142. Blanket Tennis Shoes 142

143. E T A D Update Ice Cube 143

144. Free for all Repeat after me 144

145. A woman went to visit her bank manager and she took her young daughter with her. The bank manager said that the woman's daughter could stay with his secretary during the meeting. When the woman and her daughter left, the secretary turned to the other secretary and said to her, "That little girl was my daughter." How could that be? The secretary was the girl's father 145

146. I’ll be there in a minute Excuse me 146

147. Trail Mix Down to Earth 147

148. I have holes on the top and bottom. I have holes on my left and on my right. And I have holes in the middle, yet I still hold water. What am I? A sponge 148

149. Safety in numbers Balanced meal 149

150. Count on us Odds are against you 150

151. DDDWESTDDD West Indies Better safe than sorry 151

152. You have 14 brown socks, 14 blue socks and 14 black socks in your sock drawer. How many socks must you remove (without looking to be sure) to have a matched pair? Four. You will have a pair of one color or another 152

153. A friend in need 153

154. Never resting, never still. Moving silently from hill to hill. It does not walk, run or trot, All is cool where it is not. What is it? Sunshine 154

155. F T I DRAFT CHOICE S R PUT WR IT ING First Round Draft Choice Put it in Writing 155

156. What is it that someone else has to take before you can get it? Clue: Think camera Your picture 156

157. In what year did Christmas Day and New Year's Day fall in the same year? It happens every year 157

158. Split Personality 158

159. All over again 159

160. Skating on thin ice 160

161. Each morning I appear to lie at your feet. All day I will follow No matter how fast you run, Yet I nearly perish In the midday sun. What am I? Your shadow 161

162. Nothing good on TV 162

163. What do you throw out when you want to use it but take in when you don't want to use it? Clue: Think boat or ship An anchor 163

164. Cross Roads 164

165. Brad stared through the dirty soot-smeared window on the 22nd floor of the office tower. Overcome with depression he slid the window open and jumped through it. It was a sheer drop outside the building to the ground. Miraculously after he landed he was completely unhurt. Since there was nothing to cushion his fall or slow his descent, how could he have survived the fall unhurt? He was a window washer and opened the window and jumped inside. 165

166. If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don't have it. What is it? A secret 166

167. Broken Promise 167

168. If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now? 2 nd place 168

169. I am four letters long. I can be seen in the sky. I can be seen in the ocean the sea. Can you guess what I am? I am the color blue 169

170. Trip around the world 170

171. How many sides does a circle have? 2- The inside and outside 171

172. Two boxers are in a boxing match (regular boxing, not kick boxing). The fight is scheduled for 12 rounds but ends after 6 rounds, after one boxer knocks out the other boxer. Yet no man throws a punch. How is this possible? They are female boxers 172

173. Foreign Language 173 Music to one’s ears

174. Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I? Fire 174 _________________________________________ STAND I understand

175. Lynn likes grapes but not potatoes. She likes squash but not lettuce, and she likes peas but not onions. Following the same rule, will she like pumpkins or apples? Clue: Think how each one is grown Pumpkins. Lynn only likes things that grow on vines 175

176. What can be driven, but has no wheels, and can be sliced and remain whole? Clue: Think sports A golf ball 176

177. 41 ENDS 9 ENDS 13 ENDS 5 ENDS 73 AFTER ME… AFTER ME… AFTER ME… AFTER ME… AFTER ME… Odds and ends Repeat after me 177

178. Which center circle is larger? 178 Neither, they are the same size

179. On my way to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks; each sack had seven cats; each cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, wives and sacks – how many were going to St. Ives? One, you are the only one going to St. Ives. The rest were coming from St. Ives 179

180. What 5 letter word typed in all capital letters can be read the same upside down? Clue: Think water sport. SWIMS 180

181. 2 OWT ONE LIVE LIFE LIVE Back to Square One One life to live 181

182. Deep in Thought 182

183. Turn the other cheek 183

184. Robin Hood 184

185. Heart to Heart 185

186. No matter how little or how much you use me, you change me every month. What am I? A calendar 186 Wide Load

187. They have not flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs of their own. What are they? Clue: Think cold weather. Gloves 187 All of Jenny's pets are dogs except one. All of her pets are cats except one. How many cats and dogs does Jenny have? Jenny has one cat and one dog

188. 188 evaletor Think not working Elevator is out of order whi111le Once in a while

189. 189 What is the four-digit number in which the first digit is one-third the second, the third is the sum of the first and second, and the last is three times the second? 1349 Clue: The third number is 4 POUR Downpour

190. 190 CAKE Upside down cake CSON CSON CSON CSON Four Seasons

191. 191 D Decide toukeepch Keep in touch

192. 192 Falling in love

193. 193 In which sport do winners move backwards and losers move forwards? Tug of war The word CANDY can be spelled using just 2 letters. Can you figure out how? C and Y

194. 194 What is the next 3 letters in this riddle? o t t f f s s _ _ _ e n t. They represent the first letter when writing the numbers one through ten In which sport are the shoes made entirely of metal? Horse Racing

195. 195 What is so fragile that when you say its name you break it? Silence Half Hearted

196. At the end of your power At the beginning of eternity Blessed is he who finds me He who still exists after uncovering me To enjoy my riches forever My last is in mud somewhere wherever 196 There is a treasure hidden under one of 4 colored rocks. They are blue, red, white, and black. There is a clue in the following passage as to which rock the treasure is under. Which rock is it under? How did you figure it out? It reads: At the end of power is R. At the beginning of eternity is E. My last is in mud, so it has to be D.

197. 197 bit MORE A little bit more LEAN SDROW Lean over backwards

198. 198 E N I L Line-up H dinner S dinner A dinner W dinner Wash up before dinner

199. 199 S T A N DING Standing in the corner N A E UR ROOM L C Clean up your room

200. 200 Make the line smaller without erasing it.

201. 201 A traveler arrives in a small town and decides he wants to get a haircut. According to the manager of the hotel where he's staying, there are only two barbershops in town — one on East Street and one on West Street. The traveler goes to check out both shops. The East Street barbershop is a mess, and the barber has the worst haircut the traveler has ever seen. The West Street barbershop is neat and clean; its barber's hair looks as good as a movie star's. Which barbershop does the traveler go to for his haircut, and why? The traveler goes to have his hair cut at the barbershop on East Street. He figures that since there are only two barbershops in town the East Street barber must have his hair cut by the West Street barber and vice versa. So if the traveler wants to look as good as the West Street barber (the one with the good haircut), he'd better go to the man who cuts the West Street barber's hair-the East Street barber. By the way, the reason the West Street barbershop is so clean and neat is that it seldom gets customers.

202. 202 S L O W Slow down G N I W fast O fast R G Growing up too fast

203. 203 P I C truck K Pick up truck 10AC Tennessee

204. 204 dayyesterday Day before yesterday BAG NIGHT Overnight bag

205. Victory or defeat? 205 The wrong end of the stick

206. 206 How many times does the letter "F" appear in the statement below? Eight. Most people fail to spot the "F" in "OF" because it's pronounced as a "V” FANNY FLINGER 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 F ANNY F LINGER WAS O F THE IMPRESSION THAT EIGHTY SIX YEARS O F HISTORY SHOW THAT SCIENTI F IC RESEARCH IS O F THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE IN EVERY CASE O F F UTURE GENERATIONS

207. 207 Divide 30 by half and add ten. What answer do you get? 70 How ? What does ½ really mean? 0.5! So 30 divided by 0.5 equals 60. 60 plus 10 equals 70 3 Think of a number: Double it Add 6 Half it Subtract your original number The number you now have is……..

208. 208 What can go from there to here by disappearing then go from here to there by appearing? The letter T If the average Eskimo eats 10 walruses in a lifetime, and one walrus is equal to 5 ½ penguins. How many penguins would he eat if he could not get walruses? None. Eskimos live in the Arctic (North Pole). Penguins live in the Antarctic (South Pole)

209. 209 What's missing from the following list of words: Abscess, deaf, ghosting, jackal, monopoly, quarks, tutor, waxy, gazelle The letter V. All other letters of the alphabet appear

210. 210 32 football teams participate in a competition. The 32 teams are paired off and the losers are eliminated and the remaining teams play until there is a champion. How many games must be played to determine the champion? 31

211. 211 One snowy night, Sherlock Holmes was in his house sitting by a fire. All of a sudden a snowball came crashing through his window, breaking it. Holmes got up and looked out the window just in time to see three neighborhood kids who were brothers run around a corner. Their names were John Crimson, Mark Crimson and Paul Crimson. The next day Holmes got a note on his door that read "? Crimson. He broke your window." Which of the three Crimson brothers should Sherlock Holmes question about the incident? Mark Crimson "?" = question MARK, so the note on the door reads "Question Mark Crimson. He broke your window." One snowy night, Sherlock Holmes was in his house sitting by a fire. All of a sudden a snowball came crashing through his window, breaking it. Holmes got up and looked out the window just in time to see three neighborhood kids who were brothers run around a corner. Their names were John Crimson, Mark Crimson and Paul Crimson . The next day Holmes got a note on his door that read "? Crimson. He broke your window." Which of the three Crimson brothers should Sherlock Holmes question about the incident?

212. 12 :00 = $12.00 S T. L O U I S Time is Money Saint Louis Blues 212

213. 213 Two boys were sent by their mothers to sell an equal amount of cupcakes each, worth one dollar per cupcake. They were told not to eat the cupcakes they are selling, and that they should sell all of the cupcakes. At the end of the day, all cupcakes were sold, neither ate any of the cupcakes they were to sell, yet neither boy gained nor lost a dollar. What happened? Each boy became hungry after a while. One boy decided to buy a cupcake from the other boy, paying him one dollar. The other boy also decided to buy a cupcake from the first boy, paying him one dollar, too. And so it continued until all the cupcakes were sold.

214. Scent, cent and sent How can you make the following equation correct without changing it at all? 8 + 8 = 91 Look at it upside down. 16 = 8 + 8 I am a word of meanings three. Three ways of spelling me there be. The first is an odor, a smell if you will. The second some money, but not in a bill. The third is past tense, a method of passing things on or around. Can you tell me now, what these words are, that have the same sound?

215. 215 My rings tell such a story Of years past with gracious glory Where I live is where I stay From that spot I cannot stray From my home man taketh me So they can build another home, you see Many others bore into my sides These things that crawl and things that glide I weep with beauty or stand with grace Every year I shed myself to nourish my place What am I? I am a tree. My rings are produced every year, just one, and how large it is tells a story of how that particular year was. Where I grow is where I stay, as I cannot pick up and move. Men cut me down to make their own homes, and creatures such as birds and squirrels live in me. When I shed my leaves they put nutrients into the ground which keep it fertile.

216. 216 Mice are famous for their ability to multiply at breakneck speeds. The type of mouse we have here gives birth once a month, birthing 12 babies each time. Baby mice mature and can give birth two months after they are born. You picked up one of these cute baby mice at the pet shop and brought it home the day after it was born. In 10 months from now, how many mice will you have? One

217. 217 On July 7th, I had a most unusual day. I woke up at exactly 7:07, stumbled to my refrigerator and had a 7up. I got dressed, went downstairs, and caught the number 7 bus to go to my office on 77th street. While sitting in my office on the 7th floor, it dawned on me how my day was going so I called my bookie and placed a $777 bet on the number 7 horse in the seventh race, whose name was Seventh Heaven, to win. Do you know what happened? He came in 7th

218. 218 A man was hiking in the hills for the first time and, for safety, he brings along two guides. At the beginning of the hike, the first guide said, "Keep all personal items close, stay behind me, and above all else, keep your balance around the steep drop offs!" The second guide had never been on such a long hike and, despite the warnings, tumbled off one of the high cliffs and rolled into a valley. The second guide's spine was broken in the fall. The man and the first guide watched the fall, shrugged, and moved on. Why did they offer no help or concern? Clue: Think reading The second guide was a book (Guidebook)

219. 219 GOT GOT GOT GOT HEROES HEROES HEROES HEROES HEROES HEROES HEROES HEROES HEROES HEROES Forgotten Heroes

220. 220 H I J K L M N O What object in nature does this represent? Water. H2O (H to O ) Clue: Think being thirsty. Which one of the following does not belong with the others? Binoculars, eyeglasses, goggles, handlebars, jeans, pliers, scissors, shoes, tweezers The word "shoes" is the only "pair" that actually has 2 separate pieces

221. 221 I walk, but have no legs. I sleep, but never dream. You can rock me in a cradle, but I am not a baby and I can go around the world faster than you can cross a room. What am I? Clue: String toy A yo-yo First, think of the color of clouds. Next think of the color of snow. Last, think of the color of the moon. Now, what do cows drink? They drink water

222. 222 I've been drawn by the artists these days, and of old; Yet I'm seen only when all around me is cold. For most of the time you just live and ignore me; Then you gasp for me, stop for me, mutter below me. You might say, in surprise, I've been taken away, But it's true I've been with you, at least 'til today. When I leave you, you leave too! Who am I? Breath Everyone draws breath, and it is seen on icy days. We breathe subconsciously, but might gasp or stop for breath. We mutter "under our breath" at times. We might say our breath is "taken away" but we have it as long as we live - until we "leave" this world!

223. 223 A blessing in disguise

224. A man is sitting in a pub feeling rather poor. He sees the man next to him pull a wad of $50 bills out of his wallet. He turns to the rich man and says to him, "I have an amazing talent; I know almost every song that has ever existed." The rich man laughs. The poor man says, "I am willing to bet you all the money you have in your wallet that I can sing a legitimate song with a lady's name of your choice in it." The rich man laughs again and says, "OK, how about my daughter's name, Joanna Armstrong-Miller?" The rich man goes home poor. The poor man goes home rich. What song did he sing? 224 Hint: It is a song almost everyone should know “Happy Birthday”

225. PLAY __________________ Word Word Word Wonder Play on words Small wonder 225

226. You use it between your head and your toes, the more it works the thinner it grows. What is it? 226 In Aberland , you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg? Why can’t you take a picture of a man with a wooden leg? You don’t take pictures using a wooden leg, you use a camera A bar of soap

227. Moral Support 227

228. See for yourself 228

229. gone gone Conclusion gone gone Diffe rence Foregone conclusion Split the difference 229

230. 230 A .The number of false statements here is one. B. The number of false statements here is two. C. The number of false statements here is three. D. The number of false statements here is four. Option "C" is the answer: three statements are false.  Since each statement concludes that there is a different number of false statements, that proves that only one statement can be correct (hence the object is to decide which statement is true).  Given that one statement is true, by definition, the other three must be false! Which of the above statements is true?

231. I look at you, you look at me, I raise my right, you raise your left. What is this object? Yourself in the mirror 231 Imagine you are in a sinking rowboat surrounded by man eating sharks. How would you survive? Stop imagining!

232. Forgive and forget 232

233. Your time is up 233

234. Seeing red 234

235. Travel overseas 235

236. What is one thing that all wise men, regardless of their politics or religion, agree is between heaven and earth? The word “and” 236 What phrase is this? 023456789 lives ever ever ever ever No one lives forever

237. You’re under arrest 237

238. First Lady 238

239. Hands she has but does not hold, teeth she has but does not bite, feet she has but they are cold, eyes she has but without sight. Who is she? A doll 239

240. Up to no good 240

241. Big Brother 241

242. What is special about the following number sequence? 8, 5, 4, 9, 1, 7, 6, 10, 3, 2, 0 Clue: This how numbers are when spelled out. They are the numbers 0-10 in alphabetical order. Stands ----------- 0_2345 No one understands 242

243. HJOUOMPPS  VALUE Jump through hoops Face Value 243

244. KEEP KEEP PLAYING KEEP KEEP YOU & I ______________ PAGE 35 Playing for Keeps You and I are on the same page 244

245. Back door 245

246. REBMAILATE 2 nd 2 Zero Mail in rebate Second to none 246

247. 247 In three moves, rearrange the coins so that the three quarters are together and the two pennies are together with no empty space in between each coin.  At the end of each move, the coins are always in a line as in the original configuration.  Each move consists of moving two adjacent coins at one time.

248. 248 4 92 - 38 = 54 5 is given and 4 is missing

249. In a stable, there are men and horses. How many total number of feet are in the stable if there are 14 horses and 8 men? 14 horses and 8 men. 14x4=56 plus 8x2=16. Both = 72 feet 249 I am a prime number. Double of myself is equal to the square of myself. Which number am I? 2

250. 250 Detective Sherlock Holmes reviewed the information he had so far on a case he was working on. This is what he knows: A lady named ‘Hanna' was found shot and they already had a list of suspects - Anna, Tarun, Mary, Harold, and Montel . The killer is a fan of Sherlock and challenged him by leaving notes at various places. The first was found in a towel room. The second was found in an art room. The third was in a restroom. The fourth in an underwater room. The fifth at the no smoking room. All of the notes read the same thing, 'The clues are where you find the notes.' Yet, nothing was found at any place the notes were. Sherlock the genius, immediately solved the case. Who was the killer ? Its Tarun towel room(T) , art room(a) , rest room (r) , underwater room (u) , no smoking room (n)

251. 251 Each symbol is associated with another's position; this upside-down club is always to the left of a right-side-up heart Look at all the symbols on the picture on the right. Which symbol would go into the space that is blank? Look for patterns.

252. 252 I have got three eyes and all are in a straight line. When my red eye opens, everything freezes. What Am I ? A Stoplight Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow's sister? No, it is not legal to get married if you are dead Clue: When my green eye opens, everything unfreezes

253. 253 What word describes a person who does not have all their fingers on one hand? Normal – No one wants all their fingers (10 of them) on one hand A man crashed his car into a fast-flowing river, broke his arm, could not unbuckle his seatbelt, and became trapped in the car. The car fell all the way to the bottom of the river, yet two hours later when help arrived, he was still alive even though he was still in the river. How is this possible? The water was only deep enough to come up to his chest

254. ONCE 4:56pm Once upon a time Hi Way Pass Highway overpass Must get here Must get here Must get here Three Musketeers 254

255. 255 Can’t judge a book by its cover

256. 256 Starting Monday, bring the history book issued to you by the school and turn them into ME.

257. 257 Ted Ashcroft is found dead in his office at his desk. The police have narrowed the suspects down to three people: Mrs. Harish Kumar, Ted's wife Hanna Ashcroft, and his business partner Mr. Jason Negi . All three visited Ted on the day of his murder, but all three provide the police with stories of explanation as to the reason for their visit. Police found Mr. Ashcroft with his wrist watch still on his right arm, a torn up picture of his wife laying on the floor beside the trash can, and an ink pen in his right hand. On the desk, the police found a name plate, a telephone that was off the hook, and a personal calendar turned to the July 5th page with 7891011 written on it. After examining this evidence, the police knew their suspect. Who was it ? Jason. Police matched the written number on the calendar with the months of the year. Thereby giving us 7-8-9-10-11: J uly (7 th ), A ugust(8 th ), S eptember(9 th ), O ctober(10 th ), N ovember(11 th ). Use the first letter of each month and it spells J-A-S-O-N Ted Ashcroft is found dead in his office at his desk. The police have narrowed the suspects down to three people: Mrs. Harish Kumar, Ted's wife Hanna Ashcroft, and his business partner Mr. Jason Negi . All three visited Ted on the day of his murder, but all three provide the police with stories of explanation as to the reason for their visit. Police found Mr. Ashcroft with his wrist watch still on his right arm, a torn up picture of his wife laying on the floor beside the trash can, and an ink pen in his right hand. On the desk, the police found a name plate, a telephone that was off the hook, and a personal calendar turned to the July 5th page with 7891011 written on it . After examining this evidence, the police knew their suspect. Who was it ?

258. O_er_t_o _ Painless operation siinformationde Inside information horobod Robin Hood OturnedUT Turned inside out 258

259. T HE S A N D 2 LATE LATE Head in the sand Too little too late 259

260. 260 Police broke into a house and found the owner slumped dead in a chair with a bullet hole in his head. On the floor there is a gun and on the table a recording device. When an officer pushed play on the recorder they heard the message "I cannot go on any longer and have decided to commit suicide" followed by the sound of a gunshot. The police immediately started a murder investigation. Why? They didn't have to rewind the recording device so somebody else must have

261. Top hat 261

262. That is a big if 262

263. Stay overnight or overnight stay 263

264. What has roots that nobody sees, and is taller than trees. Up, up it goes, and yet it never grows. What is it? Clue: You can climb some of them Mountains 264

265. Hitting below the belt 265

266. 266 You are the bus driver. At your first stop, you pick up 29 people. On your second stop, 18 of those 29 people get off, and at the same time 10 new passengers arrive. At your next stop, 3 of those 10 passengers get off, and 13 new passengers come on. On your fourth stop 4 of the remaining 10 passengers get off, 6 of those new 13 passengers get off as well, then 17 new passengers get on. What is the color of the bus driver's eyes? What color are YOUR eyes? You are the driver

267. Three numbers, 16, 14 and 38, need to be assigned to one of the rows of numbers below. Where do the numbers belong? (Hint: This is not a mathematical problem. The numerical values are irrelevant) A 0 6 8 9 3 B 15 27 21 10 19 C 7 1 47 11 17 The rows indicate the shape of the number. Row A is rounded, B is mixed and C is linear. Thus, 16 belongs in row B, 14 in row C and 38 in row A 267

268. The Customer + POWER UU The Customer is always right More Power to you 268

269. A rooster lays an egg at the very top of a slanted roof. Which side is the egg going to roll off on? Neither side. Roosters don’t lay eggs What seven-letter word has hundreds of letters in it? Mailbox 269

270. MEN Ur 1 step me Men in Black You are one step ahead of me 270

271. What do the following words have in common? current, by, dew, faze, loan, ate Clue: Think pronunciation and spelling They all have homonyms: currant, buy, due, phase, lone, eight Perform this calculation in your head, mentally adding the numbers as quickly as you can. Start with 1000 and add 40. Now add 1000. Add 30 to that, then add another 1000. Now add 20 to that result. Add another 1000 and finally, add 10 to that. What is the total? 4,100 271

272. Rearrange the letters in the words "new door" to make one word. “new door" can be rearranged into "one word” Two fathers and two sons go fishing together in the same boat. They all catch a fish but the total catch for the day is 3 fish. How is this possible? There are three men: A grandfather, a father (the grandfather's son) and the father's son. 272

273. TAES DRIVER flimovieght Backseat Driver In flight movie 273

274. A glass of water with a single ice cube in it sits on a table. When the ice has completely melted, will the level of the water have increased, decreased or remain unchanged? The water level remains unchanged because the ice cube displaces its own weight. If you're not convinced, read Archimedes’ Principle, which states that any floating object displaces its own weight of fluid 274

275. MORE MORE CRYING MORE MORE RUOY TOG I Crying for More I got your back 275

276. Dark darker darkest DAWN Darker dark darkest DAWN Light dark darkest DAWN Darker darkest DAWN $OUR BREAD It is darkest before the dawn Sour Dough Bread 276

277. On a dark, stormy Halloween night, four kids named Luke, John, Sarah and Bob walk into a haunted house during a blackout. Only one can escape. They take a staircase to the second floor, a trapdoor on the left, then go up the ladder to the right, followed by a 28-foot slide to the basement through the mouth of a Giant Panda. In one corner of the murky cellar is a chainsaw, a dagger, a rope with a noose and an electric chair. Written on the wall in blood are the words, "Only one will survive - choose your death!" Bob takes the rope, Sarah picks up the dagger, John chooses the chainsaw and Luke uses the chair. Who survives? Luke, because there's no power (it's during a blackout) 277

278. Flight so LO head VE heel heel Solo Flight Head over heels in Love 278

279. STEP PETS PETS i right i One step forward and two steps back Right between the eyes 279

280. First, think of the color of clouds. Next think of the color of snow. Last, think of the color of the moon. Now, what do cows drink? They drink water 280

281. TRANSLOSTLATION NOW H ERE Lost in translation Middle of Nowhere 281

282. B10 @ the YR YOUR $ YOUR $ Beaten at the wire Double your money 282

283. The letter Z I'm in a zoo But not in a jungle I rarely come in pairs But I'm in every puzzle Some think I'm in a xylophone But, I most certainly am not You don't see me with a loan But very strangely in a zealot I'm in the magical prison of Azkaban Well, can't you see? I'm in the buzz of a fan But, my oh my what could I be? 283

284. BBRIDE C K I TRIP E T T Bride to be Round trip ticket 284

285. SHALURKINGDOWS M 1 O 1 O 1 N Lurking in the shadows Once in a blue moon 285

286. A man says his dog can jump over his house. No one believes him but he is right. How is that possible? The dog can jump over his dog house If you were to spell out the numbers, how far would you have to go before encountering the letter 'A'? One thousand (or one hundred and one) 286

287. Your assignment is to determine which light switch controls which light bulb. You are allowed to enter the room only once, and once you come out, you must be able to state with 100% certainty which light switch controls which light bulb. How do you figure this out? Turn one light switch on, wait a few minutes, then turn it off and turn another light switch on. Go into the room and feel the light bulbs. The one that's still warm is connected to the switch that you first turned on, the other one is the one that was the second switch you turned on. And the last bulb is controlled by the switch that you didn't touch. 287

288. Many Count X Many Count SHOPPING ____________________________________________ Too many times to count Shopping online 288

289. Three rooms contain, 1) Gold coins, 2) Currency notes and 3) Cotton bags. If all three rooms catch fire, which room will the ambulance pour water on first? An ambulance doesn't pour water A boat full of people goes under a bridge and when it comes out the other side not a single person is on it. No one jumped off or was knocked off or goes below deck. How can this be? All the passengers are married 289

290. What am I? Every dawn begins with me, At dusk I'll be the first you see, And daybreak couldn't come without What midday centers all about. Daises grow from me, I'm told And when I come, I end all cold, But in the sun I won't be found, Yet still, each day I'll be around 290 The letter D

291. OCCASION RISING OR OR ZERO Rising to the occasion Double or nothing 291

292. O N M Y L U C K 1 Margin Down on my luck Won by a small margin 292

293. Pencil 293 I usually wear a yellow coat. The top of my head is usually dark. I make marks wherever I go. Sometimes I am sharp and sometimes I am not. What am I? In baseball, how many outs are there in an inning? 6- 3 for each side.

294. B A R W P SUNGLASSES R A Raise the bar Wrap around sunglasses 294

295. GR 12" AVE One foot in the grave faredce Red in the face 295

296. shun shun shun shun shun good shun shun shun shun shun KKKJUSTKKK Good intensions Just in case 296

297. Moving or standing still? 297

298. Darkness Down below the shining moon Around the trees, a sacred gloom Running with the midnight sky Knowing the thing that makes you cry Night is full with my essence Eternal light betrays my presence Soaring through my endless task Shadows are my faithful mask What am I? 298

299. 42 30 1 100 14 56 9 STRENGTH 7 12 36 4 9 11 66 99 His Father He Takes Strength in numbers He takes after his father 299

300. 3 x 5=Class 6 x 8= Dignity 4 x 9= Charm H H H H A A A A N N N N D D D D M M M M E E E E The third time is the charm Hand me downs 300

301. BUR ANOTHER THING ANOTHER Back rub One thing leads to another 301

302. insult + injury Add insult to injury r y s Syrup 302

303. YY A WORD FI4LM A word to the wise Foreign Film 303

304. ALL OVER C O N C E RN Black and blue all over Growing concern 304

305. SCHOOL STAYING EGG EGG _____________ EZ Staying after school Eggs over easy 305

306. I happen once in a minute Twice in a moment, But never in a thousand years. What am I? The letter M I am very heavy, but backwards, I am not. What word am I? Ton 306

307. Thinsg they Tihnsg they Thisng they Thgsin they Thigns they Thsing they REKCAP The more things change, the more they stay the same Backpacker 307

308. FEET FEET MAN MAN MAN M A N Two left feet Last man standing 308

309. E A R T H E A R T H evil evil Down to earth The lesser of two evils 309

310. A blind beggar had a brother who died. What relation was the blind beggar to the brother who died? Clue: Brother is not the answer. The blind beggar was the sister of her brother who died. The more there is, the less you see. What is it? Darkness 310

311. P A I N S ‘ S THAT A H W Growing pains What’s up with that 311

312. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoY3pAxTOck&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active 312

313. 313 I have four letters. The first two stand for a boy. The first three stand for a girl. All of my letters stand for brave boy. What word am I? Hero If EELS + MARK + BEST + WARY = EASY What does HELP + BARK + WARD + LEAD equal? HARD

314. www.mathsrevision.com 4 5 3 1 2 6 1 8 3 2 5 9 2 5 7 8 13 28 9 47 Find the missing number !

315. If you multiply 2 by itself a thousand times, what will you get ? 4 It does not matter how many times you do it, 2 x 2 is always 4 !! A TV weighs 1 kg plus half its weight. What is the weight of the TV? 2kg

316. 316 I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them. I also build bridges of silver and make crowns of gold. They are the smallest you could imagine. Sooner or later everybody needs my help, yet many people are afraid to let me help them.  Who am I? A dentist

317. There is a butcher at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall, and he wears size 13 shoes. He has a wife and 2 kids. What does he weigh? The butcher weighs the meat at the shop 317

318. FOOT 12 inches POW ER POW ER POW ER One foot in front of the other Separation of powers 318

319. What 2 animals do you see? 319

320. A Wave I can be as blue as the sky or have a white top. I roll through my world and crash into yours. I can be as gentle as a newborn puppy or as vicious as an angered bull, ripping through anything I find. I will topple anything you put in my way if I am strong enough. What am I? 320

321. Are these firemen all the same size? 321

322. N V PAINT TOWN Green with envy Paint the town red 322

323. U N C L A FEUD A N T T DAUGHER E MOTHER tickled Family feud Tickled pink 323

324. employee T H E W E A L T H High employee turnover Spread the wealth 324

325. the ccccccccc day WE IGH WA Y WH EY Seize the day Split three ways 325

326. PILF Back flip 326 Wars Star Wars

327. Many Count X Many Count SHOPPING ____________________________________________ Too many times to count Shopping online 327

328. CO 2 ME FAMILY NOITANIMIRCSID Two income family Reverse discrimination 328

329. Middle aged 329

330. You may find fire within me Though to water I've been compared. You may also find a twinkle When through my pane you stare. When of wind I am the calm The center holding still. When of you, a different part My bottom lid, my sill. You may look into me only to see through. You may indeed look out of me Through my frame of varied hue. The riddle in three parts as letters in my name. The riddle shows you who I am But tell me just the same. What am I? 330 Eye

331. WEAnicklesdimesquartersTHER AchanceN Change in the weather An outside chance 331

332. PPPPPPP _______________ EARTH SEARCHING UUUU SEARCHING Peace on Earth Searching high and low for you 332

333. 10 10 10 10 10 PRESSURE 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 RIGHT $ Intense pressure Right on the money 333

334. Are both rectangles parallel? 334

335. FISH FISH COMPLIMENT FISH FISH FALL _______________ SDRAW Fishing for a compliment Fall over backwards 335

336. BAN ANA ATTE N TION Banana Split Center of Attention 336

337. What do you see? 337

338. That’s Battle 2 TOLE LACTOSE RANT That’s half the battle Lactose intolerant 338

339. T H E L A W LA4NDS Lay down the law Foreign lands 339

340. C EXPLORATION Good Guys Bad Guys Big Guys Small Guys Nice Guys Undersea exploration Nice guys finish last 340

341. THINK + GG OR I A N I GN Think positive Going against the grain 341

342. How many legs does this elephant have? 342

343. POP FATHER DAD PADRE WALIEIT Forefathers Lie in wait 343

344. PARIS _________ SOON SOON KNOW KNOW CERTAIN CERTAIN CERTAIN CERTAIN French Quarter Too soon to know for certain 344

345. O N A I P Family tree Upright piano 345 FAMILY

346. MAKHISTORYING It’s Reawellson History in the making It’s well within reason 346

347. B B M M U U H H T T TUNNELIGHT Thumbs up Light at the end of the tunnel 347

348. 348 What do you put in a toaster? Bread What types of words are these: madam, civic, eye, level? They are palindromes; they read the same both forward and backwards

349. BEND ________________ SDRAW E K O H C _______ BAT Bend over backwards Choke up on the bat 349

350. Think Speaking Think ALL WORLD Think twice before speaking It’s a small world after all 350

351. us THIS THING us 1111 & ALL ALL ALL ALL This thing is bigger than the both of us For one and for all 351

352. All squares square? 352

353. On a fine sunny day a ship was in the harbor. All of a sudden the ship began to sink. There was no storm and nothing wrong with the ship yet it sank right in front of the spectators eyes. What caused the ship to sink? It was a submarine 353

354. Head Head 4 4 granetchedite Head quarters Etched in granite 354 Head Head 4 4

355. Man overboard 355

356. 356 cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the first and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it wouthit a porbelm. This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by itself, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?

357. Find a hidden face in the coffee beans. 357

358. Moving or standing still? 358

359. 359 Are the horizontal gray lines curvy or straight?

360. This is 3 angled lines. But when you look closer, what letter do you see? 360

361. Look at the two thick vertical lines. Are they straight or are they curved? 361

362. Is this a duck or a rabbit? 362

363. Can you see the hidden skull on this Halloween picture created by Istvan Orosz ? 363

364. A skull or a lady in the mirror? 364

365. All dice square? 365

366. Which center circle is larger? 366

367. Which line (red or blue) is longer? 367

368. Are the green lines the same length? 368

369. In Pompeii, archeologists excavated a single story house that is entirely blue inside. The floor was blue, the oil lamps were blue, the walls were blue, everything was blue. So what color were the interior stairs? Since it is a one-story house, so there are no stairs 369