IQ Test

1. Do they have a 4th of July in England?
2. How many birth days does the average man have?
3. Some months have 31 days; how many have 28?
4. In baseball, how many outs are there in an inning?
5. Can a person from California legally marry his widow's sister?
6. Divide 30 by 1/2 and add 10. What is the answer?
7. If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have?
8. A doctor gives you three pills telling you to take one every half hour. How many minutes would the pills last?
9. A farmer has 17 sheep standing in a field and all but 9 drop down dead. How many sheep are left standing?
10. How many members of each animal did Moses take on the ark?
11. A clerk in the butcher shop is 5' 10'' tall and has a 36” waist. What does he weight?
12. How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
13. How far can a dog run into the woods?
14. How is it that a person born in Massachusetts, whose parents were both born in Massachusetts, is not born a U.S. Citizen?
15. Clara Clatter was born on December 27, on a hot summers day. How is that possible?
16. How can a woman in New York, without getting a divorce or becoming a widow, or otherwise legally separated, legally marry 10 men?
17. Why are 1990 dollar bills worth more than 1989 dollar bills?
18. Explain how a taxi can reach its destination in an hour and a half, but take 90 minutes to return when there is no other traffic?
19. Even when the Arctic natives are starving, why won't they eat penguin eggs?
20. Why can't you take a picture of a man with a wooden leg?
21. A rooster lays an egg on the roof of a barn. Each side of the roof has a 90 degree angle and
windspeed is approximately 15 mph blowing in an eastern direction. The egg is laid at the front
part of the roof, which has been caved in due to weather. Because of that part of the roof being
caved in, it has a slight 45 degree angle to it, which is more than the rest of the roof.
Which side of the roof will the egg roll off of, the one with the eastern exposure, or the one with the
western exposure?
22. What do you give someone who has everything?

Answers
 

1. Yes
2. Just one!
3. 12: Even January has 28 days!
4. 6
5. No Because he is dead! There is no legal precedence for a dead man to marry (I know, a stretch)!
6. 70
7. 2
8. 60: Start with the 1st pill, 30 minutes later take the 2nd, then 30 minutes for the 3rd. The effects of the pills will last for 90 minutes, but in 60 minutes, the pills are gone!
9. A farmer has 17 sheep standing in a field and all but 9 drop down and die. How many sheep are left standing? 9
10.  Moses didn't take any animals on an ark, Noah did!
11.  meat A butcher's clerk weighs meat, how else does he know what to charge?! The butcher only cuts it
12. 12
13. As far as the center The reason: Once the dog gets to the center of the woods, the dog is running out of the woods!
14. Born before 1776 The reason: Prior to 1789, Massachusetts was an English colony and the United States didn't exist
15. Lives in the south The reason: The southern hemisphere has its summer during our winter
16. Justice of the peace The reason: Only if it was her job, as in Justice of the Peace or a Minister.
17. Cause it is one more dollar The reason: $1,990.00 is one more dollar than $1,989.00
18. 90 minutes equals an hour and a half. An hour and a half is the same as 90 minutes!
19. Penguins don't live in Arctic The reason: Penguins live in the Antarctic, not the Arctic
20. Cause you need a camera. The reason: You need a camera to take a picture of a man, not a wooden leg
21. Roosters don't lay eggs.
22. Antibiotics.

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