The Impossible Quiz
Max fell after slipping on over ten-thousand golf balls in his Aflac Duck costume. He broke his back. How many apples does Bob have?
10
I have three apples. If you take away two from me, how many do you have?
2
Max goes golfing. He hits the ball onto the square tee box. He can't find his ball after this. Find the diameter of the box.
56
I start out tall, but the longer I stand, the shorter I grow. What am I?
A candle.
What do you sit on, sleep on, and brush your teeth with?
A chair, a bed, and a toothbrush
What has a face and two hands, but no arms or legs?
A clock.
What has a head and a tail but no body?
A coin
What can one catch that is not thrown?
A cold
I have teeth but can't eat. What am I?
A comb.
What can you hold without touching it at all?
A conversation.
If I drink, I die. If I eat, I'm fine. What am I?
A fire.
What gets bigger and bigger the more you take away from it?
A hole.
What two keys can't open any door?
A monkey and a donkey.
What has one eye but can't see anything at all?
A needle.
What never asks a question but gets answered all the time?
A phone.
What can be broken, but is never held?
A promise
If I have it, I don't share it. If I share it, I don't have it. What is it?
A secret.
What travels the world while stuck in one spot?
A stamp!
What gets wetter & wetter the more it dries?
A towel
What do you call a woman who knows where her husband is all the time?
A widow
Thanks to me, you can see straight through the wall. What am I?
A window.
How do you make the number one disappear?
Add the letter G and it's "gone"!
How many months have 28 days?
All of them
What's as big as an elephant but weighs absolutely nothing?
An elephant's shadow.
What starts with "e" and ends with "e" but only has one letter in it?
An envelope.
Which letter of the English alphabet flies, sings, and stings?
B
A truck driver is going down a one way street the wrong way, and passes at least ten cops. Why is he not caught?
Because he was not driving his truck. He's walking on the sidewalk.
Why is it against the law for a man living in North Carolina to be buried in South Carolina?
Because he's not dead yet.
Why are 1968 pennies worth more than 1967 pennies?
Because there is one more penny in 1968 pennies than in 1967 pennies.
Bob's father has 3 children. Snap and Crackle are two of them. Who's the third?
Bob
What breaks and never falls and what falls and never breaks?
Day breaks and night falls.
What can you never eat for breakfast?
Dinner
Ten pears hanging high ten men come passing by. Each took a pear and left nine pears hanging there. How is this possible?
Each is the name of one of the men.
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footprints.
How many legs does an elephant have if you call his trunk as a leg?
Four. Because calling the trunk a leg doesn't make it a leg.
A cowboy rode into town on Friday. He stayed in town for three days and rode out on Friday. How is that possible?
Friday was the name of his horse
What has a thumb and four fingers but isn't actually alive?
Gloves
How far can you walk into the woods?
Half way. After that you are walking out of the woods.
A man has a fox, a chicken, and a sack of grain. He must cross a river, but cannot carry all of them at once. If he leaves the fox with the chicken, the fox will eat the chicken. However, if he leaves the chicken with the grain, the chicken will eat the grain. How can he get all three across safely?
He can take the chicken over first. Then he can go back and bring the grain next carrying the chicken for this trip. He leaves the chicken, and takes the fox to wait with the grain. Then he goes back to the other side and retrieves the chicken.
A farmer had 752 sheep and took one shot that got them all. How did he do it?
He took a panoramic view
A man went outside in the pouring rain with no protection, but not a single hair on his head got wet. How come?
He was bald.
What moves faster: heat or cold?
Heat because you can always catch a cold.
The quantum theory says that we are not alone. There is a box-shaped portal that has a diameter of 56 that is a portal to another universe. Where is Max's ball?
In another dimension.
What word is spelled incorrectly in every single dictionary?
Incorrectly
A rooster laid an egg on top of the barn roof. Which way did it roll?
It didn't roll - roosters don't lay eggs.
How can you lift an elephant with one hand?
It is not a problem, since you will never find an elephant with one hand.
A man dressed in all black is walking down a country lane. Suddenly, a large black car without any lights on comes round the corner and screeches to a halt. How did the car know he was there?
It was day time.
If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what it will become?
It will become wet.
How many birthdays does the average person have?
Just one, all the rest are anniversaries.
What does the number yellow smell like?
Lemons
Billy sees Max and runs away from Bob. Bob is sad. Who is the Aflac Duck?
Max
My neighbor Bob is a blacksmith. He is 45 years old, 7 ft. tall, and eats all the time. Guess what does he weigh?
Metal.
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest was still the highest even though it had not been discovered.
"The attorney is my brother," testified the accountant. But the attorney testified he did not have a brother. Who is lying?
Neither one, because the accountant was the attorney's sister.
A 10 foot rope ladder hangs over the side of a boat with the bottom rung on the surface of the water. The rungs are one foot apart, and the tide goes up at the rate of 6 inches per hour. How long will it be until three rungs are covered?
Never. The boat rises as the tide goes up.
Of you sit a cup on the table facing south while you are on the north side of the table, on which side is the cup's handle?
No matter which way the cup is turned, the handle is always on the outside.
If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it take four men to build it?
No time at all, it is already built.
Is it legal for a man to marry his widow's sister?
No, but since he is dead it would be hard to do so.
What can you make that no one—not even you—can see?
Noise
How much dirt is there in a hole 3 feet deep, 6 ft long and 4 ft wide?
None, or else it wouldn't be a hole.
What word would you use to describe a man who does not have all his fingers on one hand?
Normal, because people usually have half their fingers on one hand.
How many times can you subtract 10 from 100?
Once. Next time you would be subtracting 10 from 90.
What is the maximum number of times a single page of a newspaper can be folded in half by hand?
Only once, because after that you will be folding it into quarters, eighths, etc.
Bob has 5 apples. He wants 5 more. He goes to the store and sees Billy. How many golf balls does Max have?
Over ten-thousand
If Mr Smith's peacock lays an egg in Mr Jones' yard, who owns the egg?
Peacocks don't lay eggs.
What two words, when combined hold the most letters?
Post and office
Uncle Bill's farm had a terrible storm and all but seven sheep were killed. How many sheep are still alive?
Seven
A girl kicks a soccer ball. It goes 10 feet and comes back to her. How is this possible?
She kicked it up. The ball comes back due to gravity.
How can a girl go 25 days without sleep?
She sleeps at night.
What 5-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short.
You ask the sales associate in a hardware store, "How much will one cost?" "Twenty cents," she replies." "And how much will twelve cost me?" you ask. "Forty cents," she replies. "OK, I'll take one hundred and twelve." What are you buying and how much will it cost?
Sixty cents, because you needed three numbers for your house number - 112.
It took 20,000 workers to build the Taj Mahal in 20 years. How many workers would be required to build it in 10 years?
Sorry, the Taj Mahal cannot be built again.
Imagine you are in a sinking rowboat surrounded by 3 sharks. You have one bullet and a gun. How would you survive?
Stop imagining!
If a plane crashes on the border between the US and Mexico, where do they bury the survivors?
Survivors generally are never buried.
Who is bigger, Mr. Bigger, Mrs. Bigger, or their baby?
The baby, since he is a little Bigger.
A young boy was rushed to the hospital emergency room, but the ER doctor saw the boy and refused to operate. "This boy is my son," the doctor said. But the doctor wasn't the boy's father. How could this be?
The doctor was the boy's mom.
How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?
The egg won't crack the concrete floor!
What has 4 wheels & flies?
The garbage truck
Two mothers and two daughters went out to eat, everyone ate one slice of pizza, yet only three slices were eaten. How's that possible?
The group included a grandmother, her daughter and her daughter's daughter.
What gets sharper the more you use it?
Your brain.
What belongs to you but gets used by everyone else more than you?
Your name.
We see it once in a year, twice in a week, and never in a day. What is it?
The letter "e"
What will you actually find at the end of every rainbow?
The letter "w."
A man lives on the 100th floor of an apartment building. On rainy days he rides the elevator all the way up. However, on sunny days, he goes half way and takes the stairs the rest of the way. Why?
The man is short and can only reach the button for the 50th floor on the elevator. On rainy days, he uses his umbrella handle.
If you had only one match, and entered a dark room containing an oil lamp, some newspaper, and some kindling wood, which would you light first?
The match.
What looks like half an apple?
The other half
What was the President's name in 1960?
The same as today - the President.
There was an airplane crash, every single person on board died, but yet two people survived. How is this possible?
The two were married.
If Mrs. John's bungalow is decorated completely in pink, with the walls, carpet, and furniture all shades of pink, what color are the stairs?
There are no stairs, because bungalows do not have a second floor.
An electric train is moving north at 100mph and a wind is blowing to the east at 10mph. Which way does the smoke blow?
There is no smoke with an electric train.
Which is heavier, 100 pounds of rocks or 100 pounds of feathers?
They both weigh the same - 100 pounds.
Name the most recent year in which New Year's came before Christmas.
This year. New Year's always comes before Christmas of the same year.
What is always coming, but never arrives?
Tomorrow
Name four days of the week that start with the letter "t".
Tuesday, Thursday, today, and tomorrow.
How many sides does a circle have?
Two. An inside and an outside.
On a Sunday morning, the oldest girl in a family was murdered. The father was reading the paper, the mother was in the kitchen cooking breakfast, and the girl's brother was playing video games. Uncle George was visiting and was out getting the mail. Who murdered the girl?
Uncle George, because it was a Sunday and mail is not delivered on Sunday.
How can the pocket of your pants be empty, but still have something in it?
When there is a hole in your pocket.
What number is in the alphabet?
Yellow
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday?
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
What goes up and never comes down?
Your age
I have one head, one foot, and four legs. What am I?
Your bed.
