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BRAIN TEASERS!   1.    You have 12 black socks and 12 white socks mixed up in a drawer. You're up very early and it's too dark to tell them apart. What's the smallest number of socks you need to take out (blindly) to be sure of having a matching pair?              ANSWER:3 socks. If the first sock is black, the second one could be black, in which case you have a matching pair. If the second sock is white, the third sock will be either black and match the first sock, or white and match the second sock.   2.    In a small cabin in the woods, two men lay dead. The cabin itself is not burned, but the forest all around is burned to cinders. How did the men die?   ANSWERS: It's the cabin of a plane and the plane crashed.   3.    My daughter has many sisters. She has as many sisters as she has brothers. Each of her brothers has twice as many sisters as brothers. How many sons and daughters do I have?   ANSWER: Four daughters and three sons.   4.    What seven-letter word has hundreds of letters in it?   ANSWER: Mailbox   5.    Two women apply for a job. They are identical. They have the same mother, father and birthday. The interviewer asks, "Are you twins?" to which they honestly reply, "No". How is this possible? ANSWER: Because they were triplets.     6.    A princess is as old as the prince will be when the princess is twice the age that the prince was when the princess's age was half the sum of their present ages. What are their ages? ANSWER:       princess: 40 prince: 30   7.    You're in a room with two doors. There's a guard at each door. One door is the exit, but behind the other door is something that will kill you. You're told that one guard always tells the truth and the other guard always lies. You don't know which guard is which. You are allowed to ask one question to either of the guards to determine which door is the exit. What question should you ask? ANSWER: Ask either guard what door the other guard would say is the exit, then choose the opposite door. If you ask the guard who always tells the truth, he knows the other guard would lie, so he'll point you to the door leading to death. If you ask the guard who always lies, he knows the other guard would truthfully show you the exit, so he'll lie and point you to the door leading to death.   8.       How far can a dog run into the forest? ANSWER: How far can a dog run into the forest?   9.       If eggs are 12¢ a dozen, how much would it cost for 100 eggs? ANSWER: $1. If eggs are 12¢ a dozen, each egg costs 1¢, so 100 eggs would be 100¢, or $1.   10.   There are six glasses in a row. The first three are full of water, and the next three are empty. By moving only one glass how can you make them alternate between full and empty? ANSWER: Pour the water from the 2nd glass into the 5th glass.