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Stumped on the answers to the brain teasers in the previous article? Well, wait no more. The answers are below.
MAIN RIDDLE: A father and son are in a car accident. The father dies instantly. The boy, in critical condition, is rushed to the nearest hospital for emergency surgery. The surgeon looks at the child aghast and says, "I can't operate on him! He's my own son!" Who is the surgeon?
ANSWER: His mother.
1. How could the 22nd and 24th U.S. Presidents have the same parents, but weren't brothers?
ANSWER: Grover Cleveland was elected twice to be the 22nd and 24th U.S. president.
2. How can you use the letters in NEW DOOR to make one word?
ANSWER: ONE WORD.
3. Railroad crossing, look out for the cars. Can you spell that without any Rs?
ANSWER: T-H-A-T.
4. How could all of your cousins have an aunt who is not your aunt?
ANSWER: She's your mother.
5. Johnny's mother had four children. The first was April, the second was May, and the third was June. What was the name of her fourth child?
ANSWER: Johnny.
6. Imagine you are in a sinking rowboat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive?
ANSWER: Quit imagining.
7. There was an airplane crash, every single person died, but two people survived. How is this possible?
ANSWER: They were married.
8. That attorney is my brother, testified the accountant. But the attorney testified he didn't have a brother. Who is lying?
ANSWER: Neither. The accountant was his sister. (Ha! Got you twice on the sexism now, didn't we!)
9. What came first, the chicken or the egg?
ANSWER: Dinosaurs laid eggs long before there were chickens.
10. How far can you walk into the woods?
ANSWER: Halfway. After that, you're walking out of the woods.
MAIN RIDDLE: A father and son are in a car accident. The father dies instantly. The boy, in critical condition, is rushed to the nearest hospital for emergency surgery. The surgeon looks at the child aghast and says, "I can't operate on him! He's my own son!" Who is the surgeon?
ANSWER: His mother.
1. How could the 22nd and 24th U.S. Presidents have the same parents, but weren't brothers?
ANSWER: Grover Cleveland was elected twice to be the 22nd and 24th U.S. president.
2. How can you use the letters in NEW DOOR to make one word?
ANSWER: ONE WORD.
3. Railroad crossing, look out for the cars. Can you spell that without any Rs?
ANSWER: T-H-A-T.
4. How could all of your cousins have an aunt who is not your aunt?
ANSWER: She's your mother.
5. Johnny's mother had four children. The first was April, the second was May, and the third was June. What was the name of her fourth child?
ANSWER: Johnny.
6. Imagine you are in a sinking rowboat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive?
ANSWER: Quit imagining.
7. There was an airplane crash, every single person died, but two people survived. How is this possible?
ANSWER: They were married.
8. That attorney is my brother, testified the accountant. But the attorney testified he didn't have a brother. Who is lying?
ANSWER: Neither. The accountant was his sister. (Ha! Got you twice on the sexism now, didn't we!)
9. What came first, the chicken or the egg?
ANSWER: Dinosaurs laid eggs long before there were chickens.
10. How far can you walk into the woods?
ANSWER: Halfway. After that, you're walking out of the woods.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 7)
9-15-2010 @ 8:24PM
Karen said...Missed the one about Johnny, duh me, and the one about chicken and egg, since Genesis says God made the animals, didn't say He put eggs on earth.
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9-15-2010 @ 8:49PM
QuarterbackX said...You can think of it like this then. All chickens come from eggs, but
not all eggs have chickens. Meaning as each egg was hatched the animal
become more and more like a chicken untill one egg finally hatched a chicken.
9-15-2010 @ 8:58PM
Dusty 754 said...Genesis also does not mention anything about reproducing except the few words go forth and multiply. But let's assume that Genesis is NOT part of the riddle.
9-28-2010 @ 6:53AM
Stevie said...The bible also didn't say anything about dinosaurs...
9-15-2010 @ 9:52PM
becca said...Thought the same thing...Adam and Eve were not created as babies but adults.
9-16-2010 @ 2:17AM
steve said...I made it easy. In the sentence the chicken came first...so the chicken came first !!
9-15-2010 @ 8:29PM
JoAnn Curry said...LOVE THE RIDDLES,KEEP THEM COMING!!!!
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9-15-2010 @ 8:55PM
jaxon said...Agreed.
9-16-2010 @ 1:01AM
HUH said...Yes indeed. I must admit that most of those come from my grade school days. Main problem with not comingup with the answers is too much thinking. I did enjoy going over them. Hope that there are some more and soon.
9-16-2010 @ 5:47AM
D. said...A man looking at a picture says to others around him "brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father (pointing at picture) is my father's son. So who is the person in the picture?
9-15-2010 @ 9:04PM
Nancy said...i only missed the one about the chicken and the egg --i.e the dinosaur?? -- that was lame if you ask me!!
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9-15-2010 @ 9:26PM
Theresa said...I missed the one about the woods. DANG IT!!! And I agree about the chicken and the egg thing..LAME..
9-15-2010 @ 10:02PM
John said...Yes, Evolution is VERY lame!!
9-16-2010 @ 2:46AM
Chad said...I was posed the chicken and egg question a month ago. I said egg, since dinosaurs laid eggs 65million+ years ago. Eventually, after many millions of years, the eggs hatched a new species (chickens) and they couldnt mate with the previous species that laid them. The person looked at me weird and asked where god fits in. I recommended a trip to a local museum to observe the fossil records and get some education. Glad to see I am not the only one that realized this riddle has already been solved.
9-16-2010 @ 5:16AM
turnerst21 said...the answer was not Dinosaur, it was egg, think about it.
9-15-2010 @ 9:16PM
Cristy said...A plane crashes on the border of the US and Mexico. In which country would you bury the survivors?
scroll down...
You don't bury survivors, silly! :o)
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9-15-2010 @ 11:35PM
irony said...With the woods I would think of it this way: Once you walk half way then the other half is out of the woods....am i right?
9-16-2010 @ 5:19PM
Lea said...LMAO! Got Me!
And I did so well w/the others :(
9-16-2010 @ 12:49AM
Linda said...That was funny, had to go tell that one to family.
9-16-2010 @ 11:19AM
v said...lol omg good one im so lame i didnt know the answer my boyfriend got it right in a sec