A POP QUIZ

20 correct – Genius; 17 Correct – Above Normal; 15 correct – Normal

                   QUESTIONS

1. Do they have a 4^th of July in England?
2. How many birthdays does the average man have?
3. Some months have 31 days; how many have 28?
4. A woman gives a beggar 50 cents; the woman is the beggar’s sister, but the beggar is not the woman’s brother. Why?
5. Why can’t a person living in the USA be buried in Canada?
6. How many outs are there in an inning?
7. Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow’s sister? Why?
8. Two men play five games of checkers. Each man wins the same number of games. There are no ties. Explain.
9. Divide 30 by ½; add 10. What is the answer?
10. A man builds a house rectangular in shape. All sides have a southern exposure. A big bear walks by. What colour is the bear? Why?
11. If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have?
12. I have two S. coins totalling 55 cents. One is not a nickel. What are the coins?
13. If you have only one match and you walked into a room where there was an oil burner, a kerosene lamp and a wood burning stove – which would you light first?
14. How far can a dog run into the woods?
15. A doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half hour. How long would the pills last?
16. A farmer has 17 sheep and all but 9 die. How many are left?
17. How many animals of each sex did Moses take on the ark?
18. A clerk in the butcher shop is 5’ 10” tall. What does he weigh?
19. How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
20. What was the President’s name in 1950?

    

21. How long did the Hundred Years War last?
22. Which country makes Panama hats?
23. From which animal do we get catgut?
24. In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
25. What is a camel’s hair brush made of?
26. The Canary Islands in the Pacific are names after what animal?
27. What was King George V1’s first name?
28. What colour is a purple finch?
29. Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
30. How long did the Thirty Years War last?

                                            ANSWERS

1. Yes 2. One 3. All of them (12) 4. The beggar is her sister. 5. He can’t be buried if he isn’t dead. 6. 6 7. No –because he is dead. 8. They aren’t playing each other. 9. 70  10. White. The house is at the North Pole and so is a polar bear. 11. 2  12. 50 cent piece and a nickel. One is not a nickel but the other is. 13. the Match  14. Half way; then he is running out of the woods. 15. one hour 16. 9   17. None – Noah took them on the ark, not Moses. 18. Meat 19. 12  20. Same as it is now. 21. 116 years, from 1337 to 1453. 22. Ecuador 23. From sheep and horses 24. November; the Russian calendar was 13 days behind ours. 25. Squirrel fur. 26. The Latin name was Insularia – Island of the Dogs. 27. Albert. When he came to the throne in 1936 he respected the wish of Queen Victoria that no future king should ever be called Albert. 28. Distinctly crimson 29. New Zealand 30. Thirty years of course;  from 1618 – 1648.