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One day after dinner, my uncle sat me down and began to tell me a tall tale. It seemed that there was once a minister who often fell asleep during Sunday services. One such Sunday, he nodded off and dreamt that he was in the middle of the French Revolution. In this dream he was one of the revolutionaries awaiting execution. His head was placed in the guillotine, and the blade was dropped. But just as it was about to hit, the minister's wife, noticing that he was asleep, stuck him in the back of the neck with a sewing needle to awaken him. The minister was so startled by this, he jolted awake and promptly died of a heart attack. So I ask you, was my uncle telling me the truth, or was he lying? Answer

What is the difference between Illegal and Unlawful? Answer

In a large western city, 80% of the phone numbers are listed, 20% of the phone numbers are businesses, and 20% of the phone numbers start with the numeral "2". If you were to take a random sample of 1000 phone numbers from the city's phone book, how many numbers would you expect to be unlisted, non-business phone numbers that start with a numeral other than "2"? Answer

A pilot is flying a helicopter around a large equilateral triangular course, with way-points labelled A, B and C. To fly from point A to point B takes him one hour and twenty minutes. To fly from point B to point C takes him another one hour and twenty minutes. However, to fly from point C back to point A ONLY takes him eighty minutes. Since the pilot maintained a constant speed all the way, how did he achieve this? Answer

There once was a race horse
That won great fame
What-do-you-think
Was the horse's name.

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How many birth days does the average person have? Answer

A man lives in a normal house, but the four sides each face south. From inside the man sees a bear. What colour is the bear? Answer

What familiar word starts with IS, ends with AND, and has LA in the middle? Answer

How many bricks does it take to complete a building made entirely of bricks? Answer

How many legs does an elephant have if you count his trunk as a leg? Answer

What do you sit on, sleep on, and brush your teeth with? Answer

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

Why is it against the law for a man living in North Carolina to be buried in South Carolina? Answer

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

That attorney is my brother, testified the accountant. But the attorney testified he didn't have a brother. Who is lying? Answer

Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world? Answer

The peacock is a bird that does not lay eggs. How do they get baby peacocks? Answer

Eskimos are very good hunters, but they never hunt penguins. Why not? Answer

What is the tallest mountain in the world? Answer

Which is heavier: a pound of gold or a pound of feathers? Answer

Why is George Washington's official birthday celebration held on February 22 when he was actually born on February 11? Answer

A man and his son were in an automobile accident. The man died on the way to the hospital, but the boy was rushed into surgery. The emergency room surgeon said "I can't operate, that's my son!" How is this possible? Answer

What came first, the chicken or the egg? Answer

How far can you walk into the woods? Answer

What is the longest word in the English dictionary? Answer

Some months have 31 days, others have 30 days. How many have 28 days? Answer

Mr & Mrs Van Uden have 5 children. Of these five, half are boys. How is this possible? Answer

The 22nd and the 24th US president were born from the same father and the same mother. But they were not brothers. How come ? Answer

Imagine a duck in a glass bottle. The neck of the bottle is too small to allow the duck through. The bottle is perfectly formed and has no trick bottoms or other openings. How do you get the duck out of the bottle without damaging either the duck or the bottle? Answer

As I was going to St Ives,
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks;
Each sack had seven cats;
Each cat had seven kittens.
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were going to St Ives? Answer

Where does New York border on North Carolina? Answer

A child playing on the beach had 6-1/6 sand piles in one place and 3-1/3 in another. If he put them together, how many sand piles would he have? Answer

If a duck came floating down the Mekong River, where would it have come from? Answer

In the Massacre of the Innocents under Herod, a number of poor little children were buried in the sand with only their feet sticking out. How might you distinguish the boys from the girls? Answer

What is the maximum number of times a normal sheet of (news)paper can be folded in half by hand? Answer

What do you call a person who doesn't have all of his/her fingers on one hand? Answer

Compute: 3 + 4 times 5 + 2 Answer

Who's bigger: Mr. Bigger, Mrs. Bigger or their baby? Answer

How many animals of each sex did Moses take with him on the ark? Answer

When travelling from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean on the Panama Canal, does one travel east or west? Answer

If a plane crashes on the border between the US and Mexico, where do they bury the survivors? Answer

How much dirt is there in a hole 3 ft deep, 6 ft long and 4 ft wide? Answer