Conundrums III

61. A man goes to the pub in his motor boat, along a canal. He goes with the current for 2 kilometres and it takes him 2 minutes. On the way back against the current it takes him 4 minutes. How long will it take him with no current at all?	Answer 19
62. Jan likes flowers, but not weeds. He likes going to parties, but not to funerals. He likes beans, but doesn't like salad. He loves pears, but hates dates. According to the same rules, does Jan like looking at work by Manet or Monet?	Answer 19
63. The records in a certain town indicate that a man had a brother who died. Other records indicate that the man who died had no brother. Neither report was false. What is the most plausible reason for this?	Answer 19
64. There is a creature, its body is four times as long as its head, and its head is a third of the length of its tail. The creature is 5 1/3 feet in length, from the top of its head to the end of its tail, so how long is its tail?	Answer 19
65. If two typists can type two pages in two minutes, how many typists will it take to type 18 pages in six minutes?	Answer 19
66. A Buddhist monk walks with a pupil through the village. A man approaches and insults him by calling him a dog. The monk smiles and nods his head and walks along. The pupil asks the monk why he didn't say anything to that man. What did the monk say?	Answers 19
67. The telephone number of a business firm is composed of 5 digits, whose total is 27. The first digit is the same as the fifth, while the fourth is their triple and the third is their quadruple. The sum of the second and third is seventeen. What is the telephone number?	Answer 19
68. What number is five less than three times a quarter of itself?	Answer 19
69. Mr. and Mrs. White decided to have a baby. After nine months Mrs. White gave birth to a baby boy. One day Mrs. White had to take her baby to the emergency room at the local hospital. As soon as she entered the door, she saw a nurse. The nurse took one look at the baby and said, "That is my baby!" Mrs. White didn't disagree and immediately handed the baby over to the nurse. Then the nurse left the building with the baby and drove away. Can you explain what is going on?	Answer 19
70. How can a small space make a man die laughing?	Answer 4
71. Two ships, identical except that one is blue and one is red, are docked on a river. They get orders to steam, red upriver, blue downriver, at full speed. The current on the river was a constant 5 mph and on calm water the ships were capable of 12 mph. They leave at the same instant, and also at that instant a life-jacket falls overboard into the river. An hour later, they get orders to turn around and head in the other direction, again at full steam. Which ship reaches the life-jacket first?	Answer 19
72. You purchase a simple balance scale, one with a pan on each end of a beam with the pivot point in the middle, so that when you place objects of equal weight on each pan it balances. The salesman only has four weights to go with it, but says that with these four weights you can measure any weight from 1 to 40 lb. in 1-lb. increments. The four weights together weigh 40 lb. What are the weights?	Answer 19
73. An Eskimo sits in his igloo and makes himself a cup of tea. He puts the steaming hot cup in front of him, and starts to repair his fishing nets. Two hours later he remembers his tea. He takes the cup, drinks and burns his lip. How can this be?	Answer 19
74. A packet of mixed nuts contains 1 pound of walnuts and 2 pounds of Brazil nuts. It costs exactly $2. A packet containing 4 pounds of filberts and 1 pound of walnuts costs $3. And for only $1.50, you can buy a mixed packet of 3 pounds of almonds, 1 pound of walnuts, and 1 pound of filberts. How much should you pay for a mixture of 1 pound of each of the four kinds?	Answer 19
75. What happens once a century and twice on the same day?	Answer 19
76. This is a bridge. A============C==============B You are at A and you want to get to B. You are not allowed to cross the bridge, and you need to. To prevent you from getting across, a guard peeks out from a small house at C every 1 minute. You need at least 3 minutes to cross the bridge, no matter how you run or walk. You cannot jump or fly, you've got to WALK. If the guard sees you he'll send you back immediately... no pleading is allowed.	Answer 19
77. What is remarkable about the following: New York, the time is thirty-four minutes AND fifty-six seconds past noon on July 8th 1990?	Answer 19
78. Lisa and Frank are in front of Frank's house, and they're talking about the ages of Frank's three daughters. Frank says : "If you multiply their ages, you will get 36." Lisa says : "You told me too little, give me another clue." Frank : "OK, if you add their ages, you will find the number of my house." Lisa (after some thought): "I still can't work it out, tell me more." Frank : "The eldest is blond." Can you help Lisa find the ages of the girls, and the number of the house?	Answer 19
79. John likes 225 but not 224; he likes 900 but not 800; he likes 144 but not 145. Which does he like: 1400 or 1800 ?	Answer 19
80. What do these names have in common and what name(s) can complete the list? Oliver ~~~ Clint ~~~ Adam ~~~ ?	Answer 19
81. Sam stormed into the living room, the cord of his electric razor trailing on the floor. "Who's been messing about with this?" he shouted. "It looks like it's been used on a mangy cat." Andy grinned. "I didn't do it, Dad." he declared. "That's not true," said Peter. "I've never touched your razor." Larry shook his head. "He didn't do it," he affirmed. "Peter told just one lie." Three of their five statements were true, two being untrue and one of the three boys was definitely guilty. Can you spot the guilty one?	Answer 19
82. Two children had just finished playing in the cellar. The face of one was covered with dust but the other one's face remained quite clean. Yet it was the child with the clean face that went to wash herself. Why is this?	Answer 19
83. If Joe can mop the hall in 2 hours, and Frank can mop the hall in 3 hours, how long does it take to mop the hall when they're both working together, concurrently?	Answer 19
84. There are 2 whole numbers (i.e. integers) both greater than 1. Mr Sum knows the sum of the numbers. Mr Product knows the product of the numbers. Neither knows the individual numbers. The following conversation takes place: Mr Product: I don't know either number. Mr Sum: I knew that you did not know either of the numbers. Mr Product: Thank you! Now I know the numbers. Mr Sum: Thank YOU, now I know the numbers, too.	Answer 19
85. Simon was confused: he wanted to give his Dad a dozen cigars for Christmas, and now he didn't know which ones to buy. They all looked much the same, but Simon chose four of a cheap brand, four at double that price, and four at six cents more than the cheap cigars. But then he found out that all these would cost 32 cents more than he had. In the end he bought a dozen of the medium-priced cigars, and that took all of his money. How much did he spend?	Answer 19
86. We know that it is irrelevant whether Superman caught a baby, falling from the 20th floor of a building, at the last second, or the baby hit the ground, because in either case the baby would decelerate to zero speed in zero time, and would therefore be squashed either on the pavement or by Superman catching him. Either way, the baby would die. What could Superman do to prevent this?	Answer 19
87. A traveller starts walking from an arbitrary point on the equator, heading for the North Pole. He always travels exactly north-west. Assuming the Earth to be a perfect sphere with radius R, what is the distance our masochistic hero has to walk to arrive exactly at the North Pole?	Answer 19
88. A man was in the habit of driving to work every day, and at the end of the day, driving home again. On a particular day he drove home as usual, but had driven only 5 miles when his car broke down and he had to walk the rest of the way. How much further did he ride than walk on that particular day?	Answer 19
89. You are given 2 dice. You can paint any number (including zero) on any face. You need to get a configuration in which the face values (not the sum) juxtaposed can read all the days of the month - 1 to 31.	Answer 19
90. Which independent state (its independence dates back to the first half of the 20th century), with a long-standing head of state, has the lowest divorce rate?	Answer 19

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