Q.1. New Shoes :
One day, two mothers and two daughters went shopping for shoes. Their shopping spree was successful.
— each bought a pair of shoes, and all together, they had three pairs. How is this possible ?
Ans : Only three people went shopping: a grandmother, a mother, and a daughter.
— but remember that the mother was the grandmother's daughter!

Q.2. Sea Rider :
The rope ladder of a boat hangs over the side of the boat and just reaches the water. Its rungs are 8 inches apart. How many rungs will be under the water when the tide rises 4 feet ?
Ans : When the tide rises 4 feet, the boat and its ladder will also rise. So no rungs will be under the water.

Q.3. Outsmarting the Donkey :
Ram tied two sacks of salt to the back of his donkey and headed for the market to sell the salt. On the way, Ram and the donkey passed a stream. The donkey jumped in to cool himself. As a result, much of the salt dissolved into the water, ruining the salt for Amir but improving matters for the donkey because his load became much lighter. Ram tried to get to the market on the following days, but the donkey always ruined the salt. Finally, Ram decided to teach the donkey a lesson. He once again set out with the donkey and the two sacks. What did Ram do differently this time so that after that day the donkey stopped taking a swim ?
Ans : Ram loaded the sacks not with salt but with sand. When the donkey jumped in the stream and got the sacks wet, they became much heavier.

Q.4. Animal Numbers :
If cat + dog = 7, and rat + mouse = 31, what does alligator + bird equal ?
Ans : 3, In each equation the numerical position in the alphabet of the first letter of each word is used. Thus alligator + bird is 1 + 2, or 3 (the "a" in alligator is the 1st letter of the alphabet and "b" in bird is the 2nd).

Q.5. 'I Am Six Yet One.'
What English word has the letter "i" in it six times ?
Ans : Indivisibility.

Q.6. Und Then What ?
What five letters can you add "und" to - at the beginning and end - to create a common English word ?
(und_____und)
Ans : "ERGRO" Put the three letters in fron of it, and the same three letters behind to form "underground."

Q.7. Backwards Tongue :
There is a palindrome (a word that is spelled the same forward and backwards) which is also the name of a language. What is it? Answer: Malayalam, spoken in parts of India.

Q.8. Aeouarrgh !
Name an English word with five consecutive vowels.
Ans : The word "queueing" may be the only one "Q".

Q.9. The Gift Of No Sunrise
In the middle of the night a man gets out of bed, walks to the yard and puts something in a bag. He then gets in his car, drives across town to his friend's house and rings the doorbell. His friend answers and the man says, "Here, you wanted it, so its yours." The man then smiles and drives home. As a result of all this, though, he never sees another sunrise in his life (but yes, he is alive). How can you explain this ?
Ans : The man put his rooster in the bag and gave it to the friend who had admired it. Now he could sleep in peace at last until well after sunrise.

Q.10. A to Z
Guess the sentense which contains all the letters of english alphabet.
Ans : "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"