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  Questions:


  1. The maker doesn't want it; the buyer doesn't use it; and the user doesn't see it. What is it?
  2. 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?
  3. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?
  4. 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. World War I. 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?
  5. What is one thing that all wise men, regardless of their religion or politics, agreed is between heaven and earth?
  6. 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 this possible? 
  7. Why are 1990 American dollar bills worth more than 1989 American dollar bills?
  8. How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?
  9. How could you rearrange the letters in the words "new door" to make one word? Note: There is only one correct answer.
  10. Even if they are starving, natives living in the Arctic will never eat a penguin's egg. Why not?
  11. Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white" or "The yolk of the egg is white"?
  12. In Okmulgee, Oklahoma, you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?
  13. 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?
  14. 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?
















Answers



  1. A coffin
  2. The child was born before 1776
  3. Mount Everest, it just hadn't been discovered!
  4. World War I wasn't called "World War I" until World War II.
  5. The word "and".
  6. The lady was a Justice of the Peace.
  7. One thousand nine hundred and ninety dollar bills are worth one dollar more than one thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine dollar bills.
  8. Only once, then you are subtracting it from 20.
  9. "one word"
  10. Penguins live in the Antarctic.
  11. Neither, the yolk of the egg is yellow.
  12. You have to take a picture of a man with a camera, not with a wooden leg.
  13. They were husband and wife.
  14. He can't because he's dead.

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