Using Common Sense

[Steel Horse Cowboy]

These are common sense questions with common sense answers. Take your time and think and you should get them right.

 

 

 

 

 

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1. Why are 2009 dollar bills worth more than 2008 dollar bills?

 

 

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2. Johnny's mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child's name?

 

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3. There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall and he wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?

 

 

 

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4. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

 

 

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5. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet?

 

 

 

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6. What word in the English Language is always spelled incorrectly?

 

 

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7. Billy was born on December 28th, yet his birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible?

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8. In California, you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?

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9. If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

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10. Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white" or "The yolk of the egg is white"?

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11. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in another field?

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Here are the Answers

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1. Why are 2009 dollar bills worth more than 2008 dollar bills?

Answer: ‘2009 dollars’ is one dollar more than ‘2008 dollars’.

 

 

2. Johnny's mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child's name?

Answer: Johnny of course

 

3. There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall, and he wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?

Answer: Meat.

 

4. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

Answer: Mt. Everest; it just wasn't discovered yet.

 

5. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet?

Answer: There is no dirt in a hole.

 

6. What word in the English Language is always spelled incorrectly?

Answer: Incorrectly

 

7. Billy was born on December 28th, yet her birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible?

Answer: Billy lives in the Southern Hemisphere

 

8. In California, you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?

Answer: You can't take pictures with a wooden leg. You need a camera to take pictures.

 

9. If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

Answer: You would be in 2nd. Well, you passed the person in second place, not first.

 

10. Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white" or "The yolk of the egg is white"?

Answer: Neither, the yolk of the egg is yellow

 

11. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in another field?

Answer: One. If he combines all of his haystacks, they all become one big stack

 

[SilvrT]

Those were just too easy !!

[Yammer Dan]

Didn't even wake me up...

[greg_in_london]

Sorry - I got them too - maybe I'm getting older...

[Marcarl]

I wish I was that smart!!!

[greg_in_london]

I used to be a teacher and sometimes set questions whose main purpose was to remind the kids to read what the question actually aid.

 

The smart thing was changing career before it finished me off...

[saddlebum]

Is it spring yet?

[Herb In Texas]

Guess I ain't so smart. I answered 9 on the last one.