1. What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, something poor people have me, rich people want me, and if you eat it, you'll die?

2. I have two current U.S. coins in my hand. One is not a nickel and together they add up to 55 cents. What are the two coins?

3. We all know some months have 30 days and some have 31. How many have 28 days?

4. Two fathers and two sons were started down a trail. When they all got to the end, there were only three. How can this be?

5. A big Indian and a little Indian were walking down a path. The little Indian was the big Indian's son, but the big Indian was not the little Indian's son. How can this be?

6. We all know there are 12 one-cent stamps in a dozen. How many two-cent stamps are in a dozen?

7. If you take two apples from three apples how many apples do you have?

8. A collector who claimed that he had a coin dated 253 B.C. that was priceless. He had to have been lying. Why?

9. What two sets of four words appear on every U.S. coin?

10. How many animals of each specie did Moses take aboard the ark?

11. When Mr. Jones sat down at the breakfast table, opened the paper, he said to his wife, "Oh my! Our neighbor, Mr. Smith, died yesterday." Mrs. Jones, replied, "His wife murdered him." Mr. Jones went on to read the paper and his wife was right. How did Mrs. Jones know?

12. If you go to bed at 7 p.m. and set a wind-up clock for 8 a.m., how many hours of sleep would you get?

13. Every day a night watchman gets on an elevator by himself, rides up to the 12th floor, gets off, and walks up the remaining 13 flights of stairs to the 25th floor. When he leaves, still early in the morning, he gets on the elevator at the 25th floor by himself and rides all the way to the bottom. Why doesn't he ride the elevator all the way up?

15. Which is heavier, a 200 pounds of feathers or 200 pounds of bricks?

16. Which has more money, a truck load of nickels or a half truck load of dimes?

17. Which is correct, 8 and 8 are 15 or 8 and 8 is 15?

19. There are ten white socks and ten black socks mixed up in a drawer. How many socks does a blind man have to pull out to be sure that he has a matching pair?

20. If there are 10 birds sitting on a fence and a cat jumps up and catches one, how many birds will be left?

21. A farmer has 26 sheep. All but nine die. How many sheep does he have left?

24. A is 10-foot ladder is hanging over the side of the ship with each one-inch step (bar) exactly a one foot apart. If the bottom step is resting on the surface of the water, and the water (tide) rises at the rate of 3 inches every 15 minutes, then how long will it take for the water to cover the first three steps?

25. At exactly 2 a.m. a germ was dropped in a jar and immediately begins doubling every second. One hour later, at exactly 3 a.m., the jar was full. At what time was the jar half full?

26. If you were to put a coin into an empty bottle and then insert a cork in the bottle's opening, how could you remove the coin without taking out the cork or breaking the bottle?

27. You have a round birthday cake. With three straight slices of a knife, how could you divide the cake into 8 equal pieces?

28. What gets wetter the more it dries?

29. In a certain town lived a miller, his daughter, and the evil mayor. The miller was in debt to the mayor, and the mayor had his eye on the millers daughter. The mayor made a proposition: he would place a black stone and a white stone in a bag, and the millers daughter would pick one out in front of the whole village. If she drew the white stone, the mayor would forgive the millers debt. If she drew the black stone, the mayor would marry the millers daughter and take the mill. The miller had no choice but to agree. The millers daughter has no reason to trust the mayor, and believes that he will place two black stones in the bag. How can she get out of marrying the mayor and save the mill?

30. You enter a room with a wood-burning stove, an oil lamp, and a kerosene heater. You only have one match. Which would you light first?