Sunday, 9 November 2025

Silly answers

 

Silly answers

1: An average hen’s egg is two inches long and weighs five ounces.
 An average peacock’s egg is exactly twice the length and two and a half times the weight.
Which has the greater circumference?

Peacocks do not lay eggs. Peahens do.

2: What is impossible to hold for half an hour yet weighs almost nothing?

Your breath.

3: Eight crows were on a wall. After a farmer shot one, how many crows were left?

One. The dead one. The rest flew away.

4:  What is the next letter in the sequence O T T F F S?

S. They are the initial letters of the numbers one, two, three, four, five, six. The next is seven.

5: What is full of holes but holds water?

A sponge.

6: I’m halfway up inside a building that has no windows or balconies, but I have a wonderful view of the city around me. What sort of building am I in?

A multi-storey car park.

7: Mr Smith eats three eggs a day. He never buys eggs, he doesn’t keep chickens, and no-one gives him any eggs. Where does he get his eggs?

Mr Smith keeps ducks and eats duck eggs.

 

 

  

30 comments:

  1. 😂 now they make perfect sense

    ReplyDelete
  2. Very clever. I got the breath one correct but didn't think the dead crow would still be there, I assumed he would fall off the fence. and I should have remembered about the sponge.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Yes, I had the first three.

    ReplyDelete
  4. When are you starting your Christmas crackers factory?

    ReplyDelete
  5. The very idea of a duck egg makes me a little ill. I'm not sure why.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Face slap myself when reading the answer to number one.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Protest: Most multi storey car parks I've been in had no views at all...! (I don't have a car though, so my experience is limited...)

    ReplyDelete
  8. I got the breath and crows but didn’t put much thought into it. I more or less shrug my shoulders and move on, knowing that I am not very good at such.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Reading the answers today, they all seem so obvious but I only got one right yesterday

    ReplyDelete
  10. The secret to getting all those answers is not to overthink the questions.

    ReplyDelete
  11. As usual, I got a couple, then I tended to overthink the rest!

    ReplyDelete
  12. I got more than I expected. But oh dear, missed the peacock, even though I know a similar trick question about peacocks and eggs. Sigh.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Groan, they're the kind of questions you should get all correct but never do!

    ReplyDelete
  14. I only got the breath and wasn't even sure about that one :-)

    ReplyDelete
  15. I am a tad embarassed I did not know these answers, and extremely embarassed I missed the last three

    ReplyDelete
  16. This was fun! I think both zero and one work for #3.

    ReplyDelete
  17. I was right about the last one. lol

    ReplyDelete
  18. Oh dear ... I only got three! Never mind, this was fun :)

    All the best Jan

    ReplyDelete
  19. Haha, feeling dumb, yet entertained.

    ReplyDelete
  20. Lol thanks. When you know the answers they seem so easy

    ReplyDelete
  21. I was pretty useless at those - only got duck eggs.🙄

    ReplyDelete
  22. I got three, and I'm feeling pretty smug about it! Thank you for sharing

    ReplyDelete
  23. Well done again, everyone. 😁

    ReplyDelete
  24. Hehe, what allows you to look through walls ? .........(a window)

    ReplyDelete



Thank you for visiting. I love to read your comments and really appreciate you taking the time to respond to posts.

I will always try to repay your visit whenever possible.