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Simply figure that the trains will meet each other in 2 hours (200 km, and each is traveling at 50 km/hour), so the fly is flying for 2 hours at 75 km/h for a distance of 150 km.

The new brain teaser is
A man wanted to get into a members only club but because he couldn't become a member, the man hid and watched as the guard at the door of the club house said a number to each member as they approached, the member would respond with a number of their own, if the member responded with the correct number they were let in, if they responded incorrectly they were thrown out. One member come up to the guard, the guard said twelve and the member responded with six and was let in. Another member came to the door, the guard said six and the member responded with three and was let in. Believing he had heard enough, the reject went up to the guard, the guard said ten, and the reject said five, but was not let in, what should the reject have said?

He should have said three, the number of letters in the number the guard said.

What he said ^^ same answer :-|

Of course I'm right. Twelve has 6 letters. Six has 3 letters. Ten has 3 letters.

yes you are right thepossum

That was easy lets try for something harder
This is old so some of you may not know how to answer this one

A woman shoots her husband.
Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes.
Finally, she hangs him.
But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.
How can this be?

She uses a camera to shoot a photo of him, then develops it, then hangs it on the wall.

The woman is a photographer. She shot/took a picture of him, develops it and hang it.

Wow... Correct!
Next one (a whole day no one responded and now two in just a few minutes)
These are easy so I place them together:
1. What is as big as you are (sometimes larger then you) and yet does not weigh anything?
2. Two cannibals were chatting as they had their dinner. One complained that he really quite disliked his new mother-in-law. What was the advice given to him by his companion?
3. Paulâs height is six feet, heâs an assistant at a butcherâs shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?
4. What types of words are these: Madam, civic, eye, level.
5. What ends everything always?
6. When you have me, you feel like sharing me. But, if you do share me, you donât have me. What am I?
7. A cowboy rode into town on Friday, stayed three days, and rode out again on Friday. How did he do that?
8. The person who makes it has no need for it. The person who purchases it does not use it. The person who does use it does not know he or she is. What is it?
9. It is an insect, and the first part of its name is the name of another insect. What is it?
10. 2 fathers and 2 sons go fishing. Each of them catches one fish. So why do they bring home only 3 fishes?
11. Which is the longest word in English?
12. You can hold it without using your hands or arms. What is it?
13. What do the letter âtâ and an island have in common?
14. Which is the word in English that has nine letters, and remains a word at each step even when you remove one letter from it, right up to a single letter remaining. List each letter as you remove them, along with the resulting word at each step.
15. Complete this sequence of letters: o, t, t, f, f, s, s, _, _,
Answer as many of these as you can

you don't have to answer the unreadable questions. . . Sorry about that.

10. 2 fathers and 2 sons go fishing. Each of them catches one fish. So why do they bring home only 3 fishes?

3. Paul�s height is six feet, he�s an assistant at a butcher�s shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?

4. What types of words are these: Madam, civic, eye, level.

5. What ends everything always?

7. A cowboy rode into town on Friday, stayed three days, and rode out again on Friday. How did he do that?

A cowboy rode into town on Friday, stayed three days, and rode out again on Friday. How did he do that?

1. Your shadow.
2. So just finish your vegetables.
3. Meat.
4. They are palindromes; they read the same both ways.
5. The alphabet âgâ.
6. A secret.
7. His horseâs name is Friday.
8. A coffin.
9. Beetle.
10. Because the fishing group comprises of a grandfather, his son, and his sonâs son â" hence just three people.
11. Smiles - Because a âmileâ exists between the two Sâs. While that is a good answer to the riddle, the actual longest English word is 'floccinaucinihilipilification'- which means to describe something as worthless, or turning something into being worthless by deprecating it.'
12. Your breath.
13. Both are in water - WaTer.
14. âStartlingâ is the word. Begin by removing âiâ, which makes it âstaringâ, then take away the âtâ, making it âstaringâ, and so on â" string; sing; sin; in; and, I.
15. e, n, t â" The first letter of the numbers from one to ten.


Now for one that is hard



The Sage's Hat

The three wisest sages in the land were brought before the king to see which of them were worthy to become the king's advisor. After passing many tests of cunning and invention, they were pitted against each other in a final battle of the wits.

Led blind-folded into a small room, the sages were seated around a small wooden table as the king described the test for them.

"Upon each of your heads I have placed a hat. Now you are either wearing a blue hat or a white hat. All I will tell you is this- at least one of you is wearing a blue hat. There may be only one blue hat and two white hats, there may be two blue hats and one white hat, or there may be three blue hats. But you may be certain that there are not three white hats."

"I will shortly remove your blind folds, and the test will begin. The first to correctly announce the color of his hat shall be my advisor. Be warned however, he who guesses wrongly shall be beheaded. If not one of you answers within the hour, you will be sent home and I will seek elsewhere for wisdom."

With that, the king uncovered the sages' eyes and sat in the corner and waited. One sage looked around and saw that his competitors each were wearing blue hats. From the look in their eyes he could see their thoughts were the same as his, "What is the color of my hat?"

For what seemed like hours no one spoke. Finally he stood up and said, "The color of the hat I am wearing is . . ."

blue cus they all weares a blue hat.

blue hat, because if there was only one blue hat, the one wearing it would see two white hats and realise very quickly that he is wearing a blue hat. If there was two blue hats, one wearing a blue hat would see a blue hat and a white hat and rule out the possibility of there being only one blue hat since the other person wearing a blue hat has not called out his hat, and this would reveal to the sage that he is also wearing a blue hat. Since no one has come to the conclusion that either they are wearing the only blue hat or a second blue hat, the only feasable option left is that all three sages are wearing blue hats.