Robert Styrczula-Amercan lit. Newspaper

Robert Styrczula

 

1.       You have a barrel of oil, and you need to measure out just one gallon. How do you do this if you only have a three-gallon container and a five-gallon container?

2.       Arnold Schwarzenegger has a big one
Micheal j fox has a small one
Madonna doesn't have one
the pope has one but he never uses it
Bill Clinton Has one and he uses it all the time!
What is it?...

3.       If your sock drawer has 6 black socks, 4 brown socks, 8 white socks, and 2 tan socks, how many socks would you have to pull out in the dark to be sure you had a matching pair?

4.       A large truck is crossing a bridge 1 mile long. The bridge can only hold 14000 lbs, which is the exact weight of the truck. The truck makes it half way across the bridge and stops. A bird lands on the truck. Does the bridge collapse? Give a reason.

5.       Mom and Dad have four daughters, and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the family?

6.       What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?

7.       Why wasn't Bertha put in jail after killing dozens of people?

8.       If I say "Everything I tell you is a lie," am I telling you the truth or a lie?

9.       How did Mark legally marry three women in Michigan, without divorcing any of them, becoming legally separated, or any of them dying?

10.   The paragraph below is very unusual. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it?
"Gatsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had had its noisy run; and with not many folks in sight, His Honour got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a mayor out of City Hall is a shining mark for any politician. And so, coming to Broadway, a booming bass drum and sounds of singing, told of a small Salvation Army unit carrying on amidst Broadway's night shopping crowds. Gatsby , walking towards that group, saw a youg girl, back toward him, just finishing a long, soulful oration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.       Answer:
Fill the 3-gallon container with oil and pour it into the 5-gallon container. Then fill the 3-gallon container again and use it to fill the 5-gallon container the rest of the way. One gallon will be left in the 3-gallon container.

2.       Answer:
A Surname

3.       Answer:
Five. There are only four colors, so five socks guarantee that two will be the same color.

4.       Answer:
No it does not collapse. Because it has driven a half mile - you would subtract the gas used from the total weight of the truck.

5.       Answer:
Seven. The four daughters have only one brother, making five children, plus mom and dad.

6.       Answer:
Queue.

7.       Answer:
She was a hurricane.

8.       Answer:
A lie. It can't be the truth without contradicting itself (and therefore being a lie), but some of my statements can be lies, and this is one of those statements.

9.       Answer:
It's part of his job - he's a justice of the peace.

10.   Answer:
The letter "E" is the most commonly used letter in the English language, yet in the whole passage, there was no "E" used.