How smart are you? Put your answers to these riddles on a separate page, then scroll down to the 2nd message for the answers. Don't cheat!!! 1. How can you arrange for 2 people to stand on the same piece of newspaper and yet be unable to touch each other without stepping off the newspaper.
2. How many 3-cent stamps are there in a dozen?
3. A rope ladder hangs over the side of a ship. The rungs are one foot apart and the ladder is 12 feet long. The tide is rising at 4 inches an hour. How long will it take before the first 4 rungs of the ladder are underwater?
4. Which would you rather have: a gallon jar full of nickels or a gallon jar half-full of dimes?
5. Steve has 3 piles of sand and Mike has 4 piles of sand. All together, how many do they have?
6. In which sport are the shoes made entirely of metal?
7. If the Vice President of the United States should die, who would be President?
8. How can you throw a golf ball with all your might and -- without hitting a wall or any other obstruction -- have the ball stop and come right back to you?
9. According to most state laws, the attempt to commit a certain crime is punishable, but actually committing the crime is not. What is the crime?
10. Find the English word that can be formed from all these letters:
P N L L E E E E S S S S S
11. How many times can you subtract 2 from the numeral 9?
12. If you take 2 apples from 3 apples, how many apples will you have?
13. If you are standing on a hard floor, how can you drop an egg 3 feet without breaking the egg?