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QUOTE(Iwritecode @ Feb 9, 2005 -> 04:33 PM)
1. There is one word in the English language that is always pronounced

incorrectly.  What is it?

 

2. A boat has a ladder that has six rungs, each rung is one foot apart.  The bottom rung is one foot from the water.  The tide rises at 12 inches every 15 minutes.  High tide peaks in one hour.  When the tide is at it's

highest, how many rungs are under water?

 

3. There is a house with four walls.  Each wall faces south.  There is a window in each wall. A bear walks by one of the windows.  What color is

the bear?

 

4. How much dirt would be in a hole 6 feet deep and 6 feet wide that has been dug with a square edged shovel?

 

5. What is it that goes up and goes down but does not move?

 

6. The maker doesn't want it; the buyer doesn't use it; and the user doesn't see it. What is it?

 

7. A child is born in Boston, Massachusetts to parents who were both born in Boston, Massachusetts. The child is not a United States citizen.  How is this possible?

 

8. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?

 

9. Clara Clatter was born on December 27th, yet her birthday is always in the summer.  How is this possible?

 

10. Captain Frank and some of the boys were exchanging old war stories.  Art Bragg offered one about how his grandfather led a battalion against a German division during World War I. Through brilliant maneuvers he defeated them and captured valuable territory. After the battle, he was presented with a sword bearing the inscription "To Captain Bragg for Bravery, Daring and Leadership in World War One. From the Men of Battalion 8".  Captain Frank looked at Art and said: "You really don't expect anyone to  believe that yarn, do you?" What's wrong with the story?

 

11. What is one thing that all wise men, regardless of their religion or

politics, agree is between heaven and earth?

 

12. In what year did Christmas and New Year's fall in the same year?

 

13. A woman from New York married ten different men from that city, yet she did not break any laws.  None of these men died and she never divorced. How was was this possible?

 

14. There were an electrician and a plumber waiting in line for admission to the "International Home Show". One of them was the father of the other's son. How could this be possible?

 

15. After the new Canon Law that took effect on November 27, 1983, would a Roman Catholic man be allowed to marry his widow's sister?

 

 

It looks like most of them have been answered but here you go...

 

 

1. The word "incorrectly"

2. None, the boat rises with the water.

3. White, the house is on the north pole

4. none, it's a hole.

5. temperature

6. coffin

7. the child was born before 1776

8. mt. Everest

9. Clara lives in the southern hemisphere

10. it wasn't called WW1 until WW2

11. "and"

12. every year

13. she was a judge

14. they are married

15. no, the man is dead

 

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QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Feb 9, 2005 -> 08:41 PM)
What goes up a chimney down, but can't go down a chimney up?

 

[Why does that sound like Mr. Whoopie from Tennessee Tuxedo asking that question?]

Why would you put an Umbrella in a chimney. See I told you guys I was a genius. :P

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Without looking at other answers here are my guesses:

 

1. 'incorrectly'

2. Zero

3. White

4. None

5. Stock Market? Temperature?

6. Life insurance?

7. The child was born before 1776

8. Mt. Everest

9. She lives in the Southern Hemisphere.

10. At the time, it was not called World War One

11. The word 'and'

12. Every year

13. She was a Justice of the Peace

14. The electrician and plumber are the same man.

15. No, he would be dead.

 

 

Also for the racecar one I wrote, it is impossible for the car to average 60mph.

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QUOTE(DonkeyKongerko @ Feb 9, 2005 -> 10:37 PM)
Without looking at other answers here are my guesses:

 

1. 'incorrectly'

2. Zero

3. White

4. None

5. Stock Market? Temperature?

6. Life insurance?

7. The child was born before 1776

8. Mt. Everest

9. She lives in the Southern Hemisphere.

10. At the time, it was not called World War One

11. The word 'and'

12. Every year

13. She was a Justice of the Peace

14. The electrician and plumber are the same man.

15. No, he would be dead.

Also for the racecar one I wrote, it is impossible for the car to average 60mph.

You got 2, 6 and 14 wrong. The rest are right.

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