Q. Harry, the happy hippo, happily hopped from the hippo hospital. How many h's are in this sentence?

A. One; there is only one h's in 'this sentence'



Q. Standing on a one way street, were two highway patrol officers, specifically looking for drivers who were in violation of local traffic laws. A taxi driver was going the wrong way down the street, however, the officers did nothing. What explanation can you offer?

A. The taxi driver was walking at the time and not driving his cab, therefore breaking no traffic laws.



Q. Maggie Mathematical has five sons. One is called Alpha, another is called Beta, the third is called Gamma and the fourth is called Fred. What is the fifth son's name.

A. What; 'What is the fifth son's name' is a statement - so the fifth son is called What!



Q. Which is greater, the number of grooves on one side of a vinyl record (if you can remember them!) or the number of days in the year?

A. Days in the year as there is only one groove per side of a vinyl record!



Q. Which cheese is made backwards?

A. Edam; MADE backwards!



Q. If a red house is made from red bricks and a yellow house is made from yellow bricks, what is a greenhouse made from?

A. Glass!



Q.
1. What is white, lives at the north pole and runs around naked?
2. Why do birds fly south for the winter?
3. What always comes at the end of Christmas Day?
4. What could you find at the North Pole that has teeth but can not chew?
5. What does Santa give a 600 lb. gorilla for Christmas?
6. Can you spell "hard water" only using three letters?
7. In which month does Santa Claus eat the least?
8. What should you do if a reindeer eats your pencil?
9. At the North Pole you cannot take a picture of an elf with a red shirt. Why not?
10. What do you call a blind reindeer?
11. What kind of water never freezes?
12. What do you call a reindeer with three eyes?
13. What do reindeer have that no other animals on earth have?



A.
1. A Polar Bare.
2. It is too far to walk.
3. The letter "Y".
4. A comb.
5. Whatever it wants!
6. Ice.
7. February; because it's the shortest month.
8. Use a pen.
9. Because you can't take a picture with a red shirt. You can only take a picture with a camera.
10. No idea (no eyed deer).
11. Hot water.
12. A reiiindeer.
13. Baby reindeer.



Q. In which year did Christmas Day and New Year's Day fall in the same year?

A. Every year, at the beginning and end!



Q. One day this year (2000), one of a pair of identical twins celebrated their birthday. Two days later, the other twin celebrated their birthday. The twins were born within 5 minutes of each other - so how can this be explained?

A. One was born on Feb 28, 1999 just before midnight. The other was born 5 minutes later on Mar 1, 1999. However, the year 2000 is a leap year and Feb 29 had to occur before the second twin could celebrate their birthday.



Q. Which three letters come next in this sequence:
pes gua luj nuj yam rpa ==?==

A. Ram; these are the first three letters of the months in reverse order. Therefore RAM are the first three letters of March.



Q. What is the next number in this sequence:
14 91 62 53 64 96

A. 48 11; these are the squares of numbers without the correct spacing: 1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100.



Q. Which is larger, the number of seconds in a day or the number hours in 10 years?

A. Hours in 10 years; there are 86,400 seconds in a day and there are over 87,000 hours in 10 years - including leap years.