Are you awake? #5

Question 1 How many eggs can you put in an empty basket?

Answer One. After that, it’s no longer empty. One. After that, it’s no longer empty.

Question 2 How can you throw a ball as hard as you can and have it come back to you? (No walls, no person to throw it to and there’s nothing attached to the ball.)

Answer Throw it straight up. Throw it straight up.

Question 3 There was a window cleaner who was cleaning a window on the 25th floor of a skyscraper. He suddenly slips and falls. Even though he is not wearing a safety harness and there is nothing to slow him down, he suffers no injuries. How do you account for that?

Answer He was inside. He was inside.

Question 4 A man is twenty years old but has only had five birthdays. How is that possible?

Answer He was born on February 29. He was born on February 29.

Question 5 You have two normal U.S. coins that add up to 35 cents. One of the coins is not a quarter. What are the two coins?

Answer A dime … and a quarter. A dime … and a quarter.

Question 6 A grandfather is telling his grandson war stories. "At the end of World War 1, I was awarded for my bravery after saving a group of my men," the grandfather says. "You see, we were fighting in northern France and one of our enemies threw a grenade at us. I managed to pick it up and throw it away before it exploded. So right after the war ended, a General gave me a sword, engraved with the words 'Awarded for Bravery and Valor, A True Hero, World War 1'." The grandson thinks about the story for a minute and then says "Grandpa, that story can't be true!" How did the grandson know?

Answer When the War ended in 1918, people couldn’t know there would be a second World War. When the War ended in 1918, people couldn’t know there would be a second World War.

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