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Easy "trick" questions.

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GUESSES! As many as you want ;)



1
If you pass the second-place runner in a race, what place will you be in?

2
Mary's father had five children: Mimi, Mumu, Mama, Meme...and what was the fifth child's name?

3
How could the 22nd and 24th U.S. Presidents have the same parents, but not be brothers?

4
What is as light as a feather, but even the strongest man cannot hold it for more than a few minutes?

5
On my way to the fair, I met seven jugglers and a bear. Every juggler had six cats, every cat had five rats, every rat had four houses, every house had three mice, every mouse had two lice, and every louse had a spouse. How many in all are going to the fair?

6
Imagine you are in a sinking rowboat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive?

7
A man left home running. He ran for a bit, then turned left, ran the same distance, then turned left again. Then he ran the same distance and turned left once again. When he got home, there were two masked men. Who were they?

8
There was an airplane crash. Every single person died, but two people survived. How is this possible?

9
The Mississippi River is the dividing line between Tennessee and Arkansas. If an airplane crashed exactly in the middle of the Mississippi River there, where would the survivors be buried?

10
How far can you walk into the woods?
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1. 2nd place.
6. Stop imagining you are there.
8. The 2 people weren't single they were married.
9. You don't generally bury survivors, unless you REALLY don't like them!
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2 - Mary
4 - Breath
10 - Halfway
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3 - Same man did 2 terms
5 - One
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All correct so far.

Well done to " The Brains "

only number 7 left.
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7 has got me completely stuck, argh!!
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Clue...............

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American ones perhaps ;-)
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memory man wrote: Tue Aug 27, 2019 7:43 pm Clue...............

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Hmm now I’m thinking Shirley Bassey which I’m sure is wrong!!🤣
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The umpire and the wicket keeper, or whatever the baseball equivalent are.

It was a baseball diamond!

This puzzle crops up in Zork II. Not the bit about the masks, but you are in a maze with diamonds on the floor. The only way to crack the maze is to walk in a diamond pattern, so NE - NW - SW - SE.

It took me ages to work out the puzzle, not least because I didn't know what a baseball diamond was.
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Ohhh! Very clever puzzle. Been pondering it all bloody afternoon!
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I assume the word Easy does not apply to myself because like Jim I gave up on Q7 & fell asleep trying to assimilate Dominics input :lol:

Good quiz MM
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Well done again to all.

Didnt think any Q would stump you but it did, for a while :lol:
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