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1.

Romeo and Juliet are found dead in a room. The only things in the room are water, broken glass, and a window. How did they die?

John, age 12, USA
Mckenna, age 10, USA
Jerika, age 11, USA
 
2.

What does this say?

  L  
  A  
  Y  
  I  
  N  
  G  
J O B

Briana, age 10, USA
 

3.

What does this say?

N
E
V
E
S

Elise, age 12, USA
 

4.

You are participating in a race. You overtake the person in second place. What position are you in now?

Danoo, age 12, Malaysia
Kaylyn, age 13, USA
 

5.

There were three men on a business trip. They entered a hotel and paid for the room. The room was 30 dollars. After the men were settled the manager realizes he charged them too much, it should've been $25. He gives the bell hop 5 dollars and tells him to bring it to the men. The bell hop sticks two dollars in his pocket and gives each men $1 dollar. If each man payed $10 and got 1 back they payed $9. If 3x9 is 27, and 27+2 is 29 where did the other dollar go?

Lauren, age 9 , USA
 

6.

A man went into a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early. Everyone at the party who drunk the punch subsequently died of poisoning. Why did the man not die?

Emmanuel, age 11, Philippines
 

7.

You have a fox, a chicken and a sack of grain. You must cross a river with only one of them at a time. If you leave the fox with the chicken he will eat it; if you leave the chicken with the grain he will eat it. How can you get all three across safely?

Emmanuel, age 11, Philippines
 

8.

What does this say? ar up ms

Robert, age 10, America
 

9.

What does this say?

H   DINNER
S   DINNER
A   DINNER

W

  DINNER

Avery, age 11, America
 

10.

What kind of dress has numbers?

Amelia, age 13, USA
 

11.

What is black, white, and red all over?

Jeniifer, age 13, USA
Hannah, age 8, USA
 

12.

A guy calls someone but didn't use a phone. Explain.

Cassie, age 9, Canada
 

13.

I'm as light as a feather yet an average man can't hold me more than one minute. What am I?

Jannelle, age 10, Australia
 

14.

There were 3 rather large ladies standing under one small umbrella but not one of them got wet. How is that possible?

Aous, age 12, Canada
 

15.

What has a face and arms but no nose, ears, mouth, eyes, or a body?

Azalea, age 14, USA
 

16.

What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it and if you eat it you'll die?

Azalea, age 14, USA
 

17.

A woman bought a house in Seattle. She then drives to Sydney. It only takes her 10 mintues. How?

Penelope, age 12, Australia
 

18.

An old, very rich woman dies. She gives all her money to her grandchildren. At the end of her will she tells them she has a diamond that she has hidden. Here is the clue she left: It is in a cylinder surrounded with hundreds of squares. Where did she hide the diamond?

Jordan, age 9, USA
 

19.

What does this mean? 2th dk

Jojo, age 13, North America
 

20.

What does this say?

0
--------
Ph.D.

Ed.D.

Ryan, age 13, USA
 

21.

Jon is the father of Peter
Peter is the son of Jon.
So Jon is the ____ of the father.

Andrea, age 13, Canada
 

22.

What goes up but never comes down?

Paige, age 16
 

23.

Some months have 31 days, how many have 28?

Hannah, age 10, USA
 

24.

The fishmonger is 1.8 meters tall. He wears size 8 shoe and wears XXL shirts. What does he weigh?

Doris, age 10, New Zealand
 

25.

What comes next in this set of letters O, T, T, F, F, S, S, E, _?

Anonymous
 

26.

What is black and white and can't fly?

C.S., age 13, USA
 

27.

What is heavier, a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?

Teri, age 12, Australia
 

28.

There was a boy born in 1820 but he is only 12. How is this possible?

Kennedi, age 10
 

29.

What does dimity mean?

George, age 8, USA
 

30.

Though a man deliberately jumped off a ten story building, he was niether injured nor killed in the fall. How can this be?

Preston, age 13, USA
 

31.

A red house is made from red bricks. A blues house is made from blue bricks. A yellow house is made from yellow bricks. What is a green house made from?

Ashley, age 16, USA
 

32.

I am a noun, but I am not a person, place, or thing, and I am something only you know. What am I?

Ankle, age 21, Germany

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