1. How many two dollar stamps are there in a dozen?
2. Two mothers and two daughters go to a pet store and buy three cats. Each female gets her own cat. How is this possible?
3. What building has the most stories?
4. Six glasses are in a row. The first three are full of juice; the second three are empty. By moving only one glass, can you arrange them so empty and full glasses alternate?
5. What can you put in a wood box that will make it lighter?
6. A doctor and a nurse have a baby boy. But the boy’s father is not the doctor and the mother is not the nurse. How can it be?
7. What is so fragile even saying its name can break it?
8. While walking across a bridge I saw a boat full of people. Yet on the boat there wasn’t a single person. Why?
9. When can you add two to eleven and get one as the correct answer?
10. A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
11. Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, in the same month and year and yet they’re not twins. How can this be?
12. A girl who was just learning to drive went down a one-way street in the wrong direction, but didn’t break the law. How come?
13. Why can’t a man living in the USA be buried in Canada?
14. One big hockey fan claimed to be able to say the score before any game. How did he do it?
15. What word describes a woman who does not have all her fingers on one hand?
16. One brick is one kilogram and half a brick heavy. What is the weight of one brick?
17. The more there is the less you see. What is it?
18. How can a woman in New York, without getting a divorce or becoming a widow, or otherwise legally separated, legally marry 10 men?
19. Many have heard it, but nobody has ever seen it, and it will not speak back until spoken to. What is it?
20. You are given 18 silver coins but you find out that one of the coins (you don’t know which) is fake and weighs less than any of the others. How can you be able to detect the false coin using a normal balance scale only three times?

A selection of questions for you to take a stab at. Some of them really simple, others a bit more difficult. If you would like to know the answer to one of these questions, email me at the address listed above.