test your smarts

 SCORING GUIDE

 20 Correct - Genius
   
 17 Correct - Above Normal
  
 15 Correct - Normal
  
 8 Correct - Nincompoop
  
 6 Correct - Moron
  
 3 Correct - Idiot
  
 
 ****************** Questions **************** 
  
 1. Do they have a 4th 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. How come? 
  
 5. Why can't a man living in the USA be buried in Canada? 
  
 6. How many outs are there in an inning? (This is baseball related. 
  
 Jokesters from non-baseball countries get this point for free) 
  
 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 this. 
  
 9. Divide 30 by 1/2 and add 10. What is the answer? 
  
 10. A man builds a house rectangular in shape. All sides have southern 
  
 exposure. A big bear walks by, what color is the bear? Why? 
  
 11. If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have? 
  
 12. I have two US coins totaling 55 cents. One is not a nickel (a five 
cent
  
 piece). 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 one 
would
  
 you light first?
  
 14. How far can a dog run into the woods? 
  
 15. A doctor gives you three pills telling 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 feet 10 inches 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? 


 ****************** 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 so it is a polar bear. 
  
 11. 2
  
 12. 50 cent piece and a nickel. (one is a nickel, the other one is not a 
  
 nickel)
  
 13. The match.
  
 14. Half way. Then he is running out of the woods. 
  
 15. 1 Hour
  
 16. 9
  
 17. None - Noah took them on the ark, not Moses. 
  
 18. Meat
  
 19. 12
  
 20. Same as it is now - Bill Clinton.