Racing Form
Question1
You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position do you finish?
Question 2
If you overtake the last person, then you arrive...?
Go Figure
Question 1
Do this in your head -- do NOT write it down.
Take 1000 and
add 40 to it.
Now add another 1000.
Now add 30.
Another 1000.
Now add 20.
Now add another 1000.
Now add 10.
What is the total?
Question 2
How many birthdays does the average man have?
Question 3
Some months have 31 days; how many have 28?
Question 4
Divide 30 by 1/2 and add 10. What is the answer?
Silly Stuff
Question 1
A butcher is 5 ft 10 inches tall. What does he weigh?
Question 2
Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow's sister? Why?
ANSWERS
Racing Form
Answer 1
Nope, you don't finish first. If you overtake the person in second, you come in second.
Answer 2
Did you say "second to last"? Then you're wrong again. You can't overtake the last person.
Go Figure
Answer 1
It seems like the answer is 5000, right? Wrong. It's 4,100. When we do math in our heads, we often jump to a higher decimal place, in this case, 100s instead of 10s.
Answer 2
Duh. Only one. We just keep celebrating the same one over and over again!
Answer 3
Duh, again. All months have 28 days; most just have more.
Answer 4
Another mind trick. We want to take half of 30, getting 15, then add 10 to get 25. But the answer is 70. Dividing 30 by 1/2 equals 60. Add 10 to 60 for 70.
Silly Stuff
Answer 1
A butcher can be any height but what he weighs is always MEAT!
Answer 2
Nope! If a man in California or anywhere has a widow, he's dead. Even in California, dead men can't marry.
