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Lupin
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Ten Stupid Questions
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Some months have 31, how many have 28?
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Divide 30 by 1/2 and add 10, what is the answer?
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Can a California man legally marry his widow's sister?
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What cheese is made back to front?
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The city which has the maximum number of Rolls-Royce luxury cars per capita in the world is the city-state of Hong Kong. Where is a Volkswagen more valuable than a Rolls Royce?
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Mary’s mother had three children. She named the first one April and the second one May. What was the name of her third child?
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What was the name of the President of the United States in 1962?
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Two girls played chess. They played five games and each girl won the same number of games. If there were no ties, how was this possible?
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Why do English men use more soap that Irish men?
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On what day(s) of the year does the sun rise and set at the same time of the day
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Re: Ten Stupid Questions
« Reply #1 on: Jul 19th, 2016, 10:40pm » |
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1 ~3 out 4 Februaris have exactly 28 days, all months have at least 28.
2 70, because dividing by half and dividing in half aren't the same.
3 Dead people can't do much. However his widow's sister might be able to marry him. Under certain circumstances it's allowed to marry someone posthumously. But probably not in this case.
6 Mary
7 The name of the person who is US President now was still the same in 1962, Barack Hussein Obama. The name of the person who was US President in 1962 is John F. Kennedy.
8 They didn't play each other, or didn't finish any of the games, or played together against someone else.
9 Because there's a lot more of them.
10 On the edge of arctic circle at midwinter, or on the edge of the antarctic circle at midsummer. The moment the sun touches the horizon and is rising it reverses and sets. For the rest of the interior of both circles it's a bit harder to give a definite date, because it varies per latitude.
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Re: Ten Stupid Questions
« Reply #2 on: Jul 19th, 2016, 11:06pm » |
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on Jul 19th, 2016, 5:37pm, Lupin wrote:8.
Two girls played chess. They played five games and each girl won the same number of games. If there were no ties, how was this possible?
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Each girl won 2.5 games. Or perhaps games have a specific number. Or games like Monopoly are given as an additional prize regardless of the outcome.
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Re: Ten Stupid Questions
« Reply #3 on: Jul 20th, 2016, 1:00am » |
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11. John and Mary have 5 children. Half of them are girls. How is it possible?
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Re: Ten Stupid Questions
« Reply #4 on: Jul 20th, 2016, 4:26am » |
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on Jul 20th, 2016, 1:00am, Grimbal wrote:| 11. John and Mary have 5 children. Half of them are girls. How is it possible? |
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John and Mary had never met. So we are talking about ten kids altogether.
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Re: Ten Stupid Questions
« Reply #5 on: Jul 20th, 2016, 5:54am » |
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on Jul 20th, 2016, 1:00am, Grimbal wrote:| 11. John and Mary have 5 children. Half of them are girls. How is it possible? |
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Let C = set of all children, c = one child:
 c  C G(c)=female
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Re: Ten Stupid Questions
« Reply #6 on: Jul 20th, 2016, 9:13am » |
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3. If someone has been declared legally dead, they may be able to remarry.
4. Edam
5. On a Scrabble board, but only if your opponents decline to challenge - otherwise, as illegal words, they're both worth nothing
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Re: Ten Stupid Questions
« Reply #7 on: Jul 20th, 2016, 9:14am » |
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on Jul 20th, 2016, 1:00am, Grimbal wrote:| 11. John and Mary have 5 children. Half of them are girls. How is it possible? |
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John's a boy and Mary's a girl (or vice versa) and one of two is half.
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Re: Ten Stupid Questions
« Reply #8 on: Jul 21st, 2016, 3:52am » |
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How about 12 stupid questions? I want more.
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Re: Ten Stupid Questions
« Reply #9 on: Jul 21st, 2016, 10:15pm » |
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on Jul 20th, 2016, 1:00am, Grimbal wrote:| 11. John and Mary have 5 children. Half of them are girls. How is it possible? |
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The other half are also girls
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Re: Ten Stupid Questions
« Reply #10 on: Jul 22nd, 2016, 9:26am » |
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on Jul 21st, 2016, 10:15pm, dudiobugtron wrote:
The other half are also girls
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Yes.
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Re: Ten Stupid Questions
« Reply #11 on: Jul 22nd, 2016, 5:34pm » |
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Posted by: alien2 How about 12 stupid questions? I want more.
OK
11 Do they have a fourth of July in England?
12 What was the first man-made object to travel faster than the speed of sound?
13 If the Vice President of the United States should die, who would be President?
14 Where was Cleopatra’s temple located?
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Re: Ten Stupid Questions
« Reply #12 on: Jul 22nd, 2016, 9:16pm » |
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11. Yes - all day long.
12. A tip of a bullwhip.
13. Vice is not the President.
14. On her head.
15. A Turing test (works best if heard, not read):
Judy and Dench
Were sitting on a bench.
Away Judy skated.
Dench went home irritated.
What remained on a the bench?
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Re: Ten Stupid Questions
« Reply #13 on: Jul 23rd, 2016, 4:36am » |
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on Jul 22nd, 2016, 9:16pm, rloginunix wrote:| What remained on a bench? |
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Is it greater than God and more evil than the Devil?
Or you said 'a bench' rather than 'the bench' and so Nobody knows the answer.
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Re: Ten Stupid Questions
« Reply #14 on: Jul 23rd, 2016, 7:48am » |
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on Jul 23rd, 2016, 4:36am, alien2 wrote:Or you said 'a bench' rather than 'the bench' and so Nobody knows the answer.
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Corrected, 'the bench'.
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Re: Ten Stupid Questions
« Reply #15 on: Jul 23rd, 2016, 5:24pm » |
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The dog's temper.
Wait, wrong question, but related.
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Re: Ten Stupid Questions
« Reply #16 on: Jul 23rd, 2016, 7:21pm » |
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rmsgrey is correct.
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Re: Ten Stupid Questions
« Reply #17 on: Jul 24th, 2016, 2:50am » |
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on Jul 19th, 2016, 5:37pm, Lupin wrote:
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What was the name of the President of the United States in 1962?
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1962 was a moment lost in time like tears in the rain. And just like the Pacific ocean, which has no memory, I too remember not this president. But I am certain that he was but a man, serving a great nation in order to preserve democracy, pride and dignity.
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Re: Ten Stupid Questions
« Reply #18 on: Jul 24th, 2016, 11:51am » |
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on Jul 24th, 2016, 2:50am, alien2 wrote:
1962 was a moment lost in time like tears in the rain. And just like the Pacific ocean, which has no memory, I too remember not this president. But I am certain that he was but a man, serving a great nation in order to preserve democracy, pride and dignity. |
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Indeed, JFK was a very capable president and deservedly admired by almost everyone.
But, what was the name of the President of the United States in 1962?
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Re: Ten Stupid Questions
« Reply #19 on: Jul 25th, 2016, 1:04am » |
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on Jul 24th, 2016, 11:51am, Lupin wrote:
(...) what was the name of the President of the United States in 1962? |
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There were several presidents to-be?
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Re: Ten Stupid Questions
« Reply #20 on: Jul 25th, 2016, 8:49pm » |
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on Jul 25th, 2016, 1:04am, alien2 wrote:
There were several presidents to-be?
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In 1962 there were nine presidents to-be. One of them didn't speak.
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Re: Ten Stupid Questions
« Reply #21 on: Jul 26th, 2016, 12:45am » |
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on Jul 25th, 2016, 8:49pm, Lupin wrote:
In 1962 there were nine presidents to-be. One of them didn't speak. |
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Perhaps the one who did not speak was the best president.
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