BRAIN TEASERS 

1. How can you arrange for two people to stand on

   the same piece of newspaper and yet be unable to touch each other

   without stepping off the newspaper?


2. How many 3-cent stamps are there in a dozen?


3. A rope ladder hangs over the side of a ship.

   The rungs are one foot apart and the ladder is 12 feet long. The tide is

   rising at four inches an hour. How long will it take before the first four

   rungs of the ladder are underwater?


4. Which would you rather have, a trunk full of

   nickels or a trunk half full of dimes?


5. Steve has three piles of sand and Mike has four

   piles of sand. If they put them all together, how many do they have?


6. In which sport are the shoes made entirely of

   metal?


7. If the Vice President of the United States

   should die, who would be President?


8. How can you throw a golf ball with all your

   might and--without hitting a wall or any other

   obstruction--have the ball stop

   and come right back to you?


9. Find the English word that can be formed from

   all these letters: PNLLEEEESSSSS



ANSWERS:

1. Slide the newspaper half way under a closed door

   and ask the two people to stand on the bit of newspaper on their side of

   the door.


2. There are twelve (not four).


3. Actually, the ladder will rise with the ship!


4. Dimes are smaller than nickels, so choose the

   dimes!


5. If they put them all together, there will be one pile.

6. Horse racing.

7. The President.

8. Throw the ball straight up.

9. Sleeplessness