1. A carrot, a scarf and some bits of coal are found lying in a field. If nobody placed them there, how did they get there?
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2. One morning a petrol station attendant ran into the office the moment his boss arrived, and told him that the previous evening he had dreamt that one of the pumps had been leaking, causing a huge explosion. His boss was sceptical, but when he checked the pump in question, he found a potentially-disastrous leak. He switched off the pump, and then sacked the attendant. Why?
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3. When asked who a certain photograph was of, the owner replied "I have no brothers or sisters, but my mother's daughter is that man's mother". Who was in the photograph?
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4. What occurs once in June, once in July, but twice in August?
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5. Two scrabble champions played five games of scrabble (why?). Each won and lost the same ammount of games and there were no draws. How is this possible?
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6. Every day a woman takes the lift from her apartment on the twelfth floor, leaves the building and goes off to work. When she returns in the evening however, the woman always gets out of the lift on the eighth floor and uses the stairs to reach her apartment. She wasn't trying to keep fit so why did she do this?
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7.You enter a deserted house out on yonder moors late at night. Inside there is an oil lamp, a gas fire and a stove full of wood. You only have one match however so which should you light first?
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8. Mr Robinson wanted a house where the windows in all of the rooms faced south because he's a bit strange like that. How did he manage this?
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9. A horse ploughs a field all day. If he takes twenty four steps to reach from one side of the field to the other, how many hoof prints will the horse leave in the last furrow?
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10. A stranger entered a bar and ordered a glass of water. The barmaid said nothing and reached under the bar. she then pulled out a shotgun, fired it once in the air and then aimed it the man's head. Why did the man simply smile, thank her and then leave?
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11. When the police discovered the body of General Gimpking, they found a tape recorder and a gun by his side. On starting the tape they heard a suicide message, closely followed by a gunshot. Without hesitation the police handed over the case to the murder squad. Why?
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12. Five men were travelling along a road together. It began to rain. Four of the five men quickened their step and got wet. The fifth man did not quicken his step but remained quite dry. He didn't have a hat, umbrella or a coat. How can this be?
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13. When a fire out in an airplane, a panicking passenger opened the emergency hatch and threw himself out, even though he had no parachute. How come when the rescue services found him, he was without injury?
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14. The maker does not need it, the buyer doesn't use it and the user uses it without knowing. What is it?
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15. This sentance containes two misstakes?
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16. If a man's mother-in-law can marry his son, and a woman's father can marry her sister-in-law, can a man marry his widow's sister?
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17. I often go to the police station, sometimes in the middle of the night, and destroy considerable numbers of fingerprints. I do not, however, consider myself a criminal. Who am I?
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18. What runs but has no legs?
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19.Thirty white horses on a red hill. First they champ, then they stamp, then they stand still. What are they?
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20. Voiceless it cries, wingless it flutters, toothless it bites, mouthless it mutters. what is it?
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21. An eye in a blue face saw an eye in a green face. "That eye is like to this eye" said the first eye, but in low place, not in high place. What is this?
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22. It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, ends life and kills laughter. What is it?
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23. A box without hinges, key or lid, yet goldern treasure inside is hid. What is it?
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24. Alive without breath, as cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail never clinking. What is it?
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25. This thing all things devours; Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; gnaws iron, bites steel; grinds hard stones to meal; slays kings; ruins town; and beats high mountains down. what is it?
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26. What can you put into a bucket that gets bigger the more you take out?
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