Q1. One man shows another, the portrait of a gentleman and tells him: “I have neither borthers nor sisters, but this mans father is the son of my father.” Who is the man in the painting?
Q2. How can you arrange for two people to stand on the same peice of newspaper and yet be unable to touch other without stepping off the news paper?
Q3. Six glasses are in a row. The first three are filles with milk and the last three are empty. By moving only one glass, can you arrange them so that the full and empty glasses alternate in a straight line?
Q4. I can sizzle like bacon, I am made with an egg, have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg. I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole. I can be long, like a flag pole, yet fitin a hole. What am I?
Answers
A1. Himself.
A2. Place the newspaper underneith a door. And on either side, the people will stand on the newspaper in two separate rooms.
A3. Take the second glass that is filled with milk. Then poor half into the fifth glass and then place the second glass back in its place.
A4. I am a snake.