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| Mom, Enjoy these BRAIN TEASERS AMERICAN PRESIDENT According to the American Constitution, in order to became President of the United States there are only five pre-requisites. The candidate must: 1. be at least 35 years old. 2. be a citizen of the United States. 3. have resided in the United States for at least 14 years. 4. have been born in the United States. Click for Answer. Study this paragraph and all things in it. What is vitally wrong with it? Actually, nothing in it is wrong, but you must admit that it is most unusual. Don't just zip through it quickly, but study it scrupulously. With luck you should spot what is so particular about it and all words found in it. Can you say what it is? Tax your brain and try again. Don't miss a word or a symbol. It isn't all that difficult! Click for Answer. A HISTORICAL PUZZLE The following lines were written by Arthur Connor, a prominent figure in the Irish Rebellion of 1798. He was arrested and wrote the verses while in prison. He made his escape to France in 1807, where he became a general in the army, and died at age 87. "The pomps of Courts and pride of kings I prize above all earthly things; I love my country, but the king, Above all men, his praise I sing. The Royal banners are displayed, And may success the standard aid." "I fain would banish far from hence. The 'Rights of Man' and 'Common Sense' Confusion to his odious reign, That foe to princes, Thomas Paine. Defeat and ruin seize the cause. Of France, its liberties and laws." These two apparently loyal verses, if properly read, show a very different meaning. Can you discover it? Click for Answer. THE SERVANT'S WISH Once upon a time, in the West Lake village, a servant lived with his master. After service of about 30 years, his master became ill and was going to die. One day, the master called his servant and asked him for a wish. It could be any wish but just one. The master gave him one day to think about it. The servant became very happy and went to his mother for discussion about the wish. His mother was blind and she asked her son for making a wish for her eye-sight to come back. Then the servant went to his wife. She became very excited and asked for a son as they were childless for many years. After that, the servant went to his father who wanted to be rich and so he asked his son to wish for a lot of money. The next day he went to his master and made one wish through which all the three (mother, father, wife) got what they wanted. You have to tell what the servant asked the master. Click for Answer. WHO AM I? You will know that I am coming From the jingle of my bell, But exactly who I am is not an easy thing to tell. Children, they adore me for they find me jolly, but I do not see them when the halls are decked with holly. My job often leaves me frozen, I am a man that all should know, But I do not do business in times of sleet or ice or snow. I travel much on business, But no reindeer haul me around, I do all my traveling firmly on the ground. I love the time of Christmas, But that's not my vocational season, And I assure that is because of a sound economic reason. Click for Answer A farmer challenges an engineer, a physicist, and a mathematician to fence off the largest amount of area using the least amount of fence. Th engineer made his fence in a circle and said it was the most efficient. The physicist made a long line and said that the length was infinite, and said that fencing half of the Earth was the best. The mathematician laughed at the others and made his design beating the others. What did he do? Click for Answer. Three friends check into a motel for the night and the clerk tells them the bill is $30, payable in advance. So, they each pay the clerk $10 and go to their room. A few minutes later, the clerk realizes he has made an error and overcharged the trio by $5. He asks the bellhop to return $5 to the 3 friends who had just checked in. The bellhop sees this as an opportunity to make $2 as he reasons that the three friends would have a tough time dividing $5 evenly among them; so he decides to tell them that the clerk made a mistake of only $3, giving a dollar back to each of the friends. He pockets the leftover $2 and goes home for the day! Now, each of the three friends gets a dollar back, thus they each paid $9 for the room which is a total of $27 for the night. We know the bellhop pocketed $2 and adding that to the $27, you get $29, not $30 which was originally spent. Where did the other dollar go???? Click for Answer If a rooster lays an egg in the water, will the egg float or sink? Click for Answer A man in a bank began to sing loudly. The cashier, who had never served him before and did not recognize him, handed him a large amount of money. This did not involve a theft or crime. How could this be? Click for Answer Each of the clues below describes the name of a breakfast cereal. Can you name that cereal? 1. Wet, juicy kisses 2. Magician's illusions 3. Maize dandruff (2) 4. A rabbit's foot and a 4 leaf clover (2) 5. British farewells 6. A hockey player's hits 7. Chocolate gravel (2) 8. Little kid shirts 9. Apple rings (2) Click for Answer There are two drinking glasses in identical size and shape. Both had the exact same amount of water poured into them, yet one is fuller then the other. Neither had anything in it to start. Both were filled with water in its liquid state. How can this be? Click for Answer |