Fun TS questions.
- A graduate applying for pilot training with a major airline was asked what he would do if, after a long-haul flight to Sydney, he met the captain wearing a dress in the hotel bar. What would you do?
- A man built a rectangular house, each side having a southern view. He spotted a bear. What colour was the bear?
- If you were alone in a deserted house at night, and there was an oil lamp, a candle and firewood and you only have one match, which would you light first?
- What can you put in a wooden box that would make it lighter? The more of them you put in the lighter it becomes, yet the box stays empty.
- Which side of a cat contains the most hair?
- The 60th and 62nd British Prime Ministers of the UK had the same mother and father, but were not brothers. How do you account for this?
- How many birthdays does a typical woman have? Why can't a man living in Canterbury be buried west of the River Stour?
- Is it legal for a man to marry his widow's sister?
- If you drove a coach leaving Canterbury with 35 passengers, dropped off 6 and picked up 2 at Faversham, picked up 9 more at Sittingbourne, dropped off 3 at Chatham, and then drove on to arrive in London 40 minutes later, what colour are the driver's eyes?
- A woman lives on the tenth floor of a block of flats. Every morning she takes the lift down to the ground floor and goes to work. In the evening, she gets into the lift, and, if there is someone else in the lift she goes back to her floor directly. Otherwise, she goes to the eighth floor and walks up two flights of stairs to her flat. How do you explain this?
- A window cleaner is cleaning the windows on the 25th floor of a skyscraper, when he slips and falls. He is not wearing a safety harness and nothing slows his fall, yet he suffered no injuries. Explain.
- The Zorganian Republic has some very strange customs. Couples only wish to have female children as only females can inherit the family's wealth, so if they have a male child they keep having more children until they have a girl. If they have a girl, they stop having children. What is the ratio of girls to boys in Zorgania?
- John's mother has 3 children, one is named April, one is named May. What is the third one named?
- You are running in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in?
- In the same race, if you overtake the last person, then you are in what position?
- Using just ONE straight cut, how can you cut a rectangular cake into two equal parts when a rectangular piece has already been removed from it?
- A man and his son were in a car crash. The father was
killed and the son was taken to hospital with serious injuries. The
examining doctor exclaims: "But, this is my son!".
How can this be?
- You have to choose between three rooms.
The first is full of raging fires
The second is full of tigers that haven’t eaten in 3 years.
The third is full of assassins with loaded machine guns.
Which room should you choose? - Name three consecutive days in English without using the words Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday
- What's unusual about this paragraph? Just how quickly you can find out what is so funny about it. It looks fairly ordinary and plain that you might think nothing is wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is highly curious though. Study it and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you could just find out.
A businessman had just turned off the lights in the store when a man appeared and demanded money. The owner opened a cash register. The contents of the cash register were scooped up and the man sped away. A member of the police force was notified promptly.
