Ten Problems

I met 5 men today each with a unique name:

Albert S. Hawkins
John D. Hawkins
James I. Hawkins
Colin K. Hawkins
and Daniel Hawkins, who would not give me his middle initial.

Nevertheless I was able to work out the initial.

What was it?

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Even though I have the same name, I can be many things such as music, mathematics or cloth.

I can even be an object thrown by a referee to indicate a penalty.

I can be an extension of the wrapper shaped to finish the head of the cigar.

In England, I’m more refined, because I can be a five-pound note.

What am I?

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What is represented below?

I was a clean being
Yet inquisitiveness shook me,
Made me depart.
I was good,
I was kind
I just kibitzed
And lost my due time.
Many existences I was said to have
Yet when I showed my interest
It was the last thing
My eyes ever saw.
Now I’m gone, gone for good
Never more shall I be chased
Never more shall I chase my woolly ball
No more shall cross my path again
And no more misfortunes shall I bring.

How far can a dog run into the forest?

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Suzie and Jorge were performing an operation. The concentration was intense. Suzie had the tool and reached in for the bone but buzz, she had failed. In the end Jorge had completed the operation, with tons of mistakes. No stitches were needed, no scars were left, no cuts were made. How could this be?

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Yellow with aspirin,
that’s stuck on my skin.
I’m never alone,
side by side with my kin.

I always bear seed,
which I never need.
And golden Fall crown,
that drops to the ground,
though I am just a weed.

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I have three sisters, and all of us are mothers. My sister Kay has two nephews and three nieces. My sister Jane has one nephew and three nieces. My sister Belle has one nephew and five nieces. I have one daughter. How many nephews and nieces do I have?

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Your job is to fill in the blank spaces. The second word will be the first word reversed (e.g. tar & rat)

Ok, let’s get started!

As he was packing the _____ he noticed a few _____ on his arm.

He got a _____ for putting the papers in the _____.

She was so _____ she forgot to make the _____.

The poor man had to _____ next to the pile of orange ______.

The _____ was wearing a _____ so he could be recognised.

The _____ had made just one _____ in their class project - they had forgotten to add the flag at the back.

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For Show and Tell at school, Mary told her class that today was the birthday of both her father and her grandfather and that they were exactly the same age. Her teacher said that was impossible, but Mary insisted she was right. Can you explain how she could be right?

Riddle 1:

I am always hungry,
I must always be fed,
The finger I touch,
Will soon turn red

Riddle 2:

Ripped from my mother’s womb,
Beaten and burned,
I become a blood thirsty killer.
What am I?

A completely black dog was strolling down Main Street during a total blackout affecting the entire town. Not a single streetlight had been on for hours. Just as the dog was crossing the middle line a Buick Skylark with 2 broken headlights speedily approaches his position, but manages to swerve out of the way just in time. How could the driver have possibly seen the dog to swerve in time?

Beulah died in the Appalachians while Craig died at sea. Everyone was much happier with Craig’s death. Why?

Bobby’s mother had three children. If her first child was named April and her second child was named May, what was her third child’s name?

Solution

A man with a phobia about doctors notices a large black growth has appeared on his head. Even though he has no medical or surgical experience he manages successfully to remove the growth. How?