Everyone please help me in congratulating
@Marina2 on winning this week's contest! PM me your shirt size and your account number or email. Also let me know the address where you would like your shirt shipped if different from your account address.
I would like some feedback on the contest if you liked the change or prefer the regular trivia. Thanks!
Answers are posted below:
1. This five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it. What is the word?
a. Shorter
2. I have seas without water. I have forest without wood. I have deserts without sand. I have houses with no brick. What am I?
a. A Map
3. This ancient invention allows people to see through walls. What is it?
a. A Window
4. Four men were fishing in a boat on a lake. The boat turned over and all four men sank to the bottom of the lake. And, yet not a single man got wet. How is this possible?
a. All of the men were married
5. Two girls ate dinner together. They both ordered iced tea. One girl drank them very fast and had finished five in the time it took the other to drink just one. The girl who drank one died while the other survived. All of the drinks were poisoned. How did the girl who drank the most survive?
a. The Poison was in the ice, and she drank her drinks so fast that the ice didn’t have time to melt.
6. A woman shoots he husband, and then holds him under water for 5 minutes. A little while later, they both go out and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How is this possible?
a. The woman shot him with a camera, and then developed the picture.
7. Many have heard me, but no one has seen me. I will not speak back until spoken to. What am I?
a. An Echo
8. What rock group has four men that don’t sing?
a. Mount Rushmore
9. Alone I am the 24th, with a friend I am 20. Another friend and I am unclean. What am I?
a. The letter ‘x.’ it I the 24th letter in the alphabet, XX in Roman numerals is 20, and XXX is a label for inappropriate movies.
10. 1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221, 312211. What is the next Number in the sequence?
a. 13112221. Each number describes the previous number. Starting with 1, the second describes it as 11 (one 1). Then the third describes 11 as 21 (two 1’s). the fourth describes 21 as 1211 (one 2, one 1).
11. 16, 06, 68, 88, ?, 98. What is the missing number?
a. 78, All of the numbers when read upside down are the numbers 86-91.
12. What can you hold in your right hand, but not the left?
a. Your left hand
13. When you need me, you throw me away. But when you’re done with me, you bring me back. What am I?
a. An anchor
14. A woman proves in court that her husband was murdered by her sister, but the judge decides that the sister cannot be punished. Why not?
a. The sisters are conjoined twins, so the guilty one cannot be punished without also punishing the innocent one.
15. What was the largest island before Australia was discovered?
a. Australia, It just hadn’t been discovered yet.