The document provides explanations for 10 "brain twisters" or riddles that involve misleading or ambiguous wording. It also explains the solutions to 5 additional riddles about the passing of time. The riddles are designed to trick the reader by leaving important details undefined or open to misinterpretation. The explanations then clarify the actual meanings and provide the logically correct solutions.

1. Brain Twister – Answers
Men and Women at Work and Play
1. Digging Holes – Twisted question….you can’t dig “half a hole”.
2. Games of Checkers – Twisted question…..the two men aren’t playing with each other so they can each win
games with the other players.
3. Rectangular House – Twisted question…..all four sides can have a southern exposure only if the house is built at
the North Pole.
4. Farmer and his Sheep – Twisted question…..if all but nine die, then that leaves those nine living.
5. Moses and the Ark – Twisted question…..It wasn’t Moses that built the Ark, it was Noah.
6. Clerk at the Butcher Shop – Twisted question…..we don’t know how much he personally weighs, but we do know
that he weighs “meat.”
7. Woman applying for a job – Twisted question…..I’ll take that deal as well. If the boss doubles your pay each day,
by the 14th day your daily pay will be $81.92 and you will have a total cumulative year-to-date earnings of
$163.83 which beats the $140 cumulative at $10/day. Look at Day 20 !.!.!
Earnings Rate Doubles Each Day Earning $10 per Day
Rate of Cumulative Rate of Cumulative
Payday Pay Total Payday Pay Total
Day 1 0.01 $0.01 Day 1 10.00 $10.00
Day 2 0.02 $0.03 Day 2 10.00 $20.00
Day 3 0.04 $0.07 Day 3 10.00 $30.00
Day 4 0.08 $0.15 Day 4 10.00 $40.00
Day 5 0.16 $0.31 Day 5 10.00 $50.00
Day 6 0.32 $0.63 Day 6 10.00 $60.00
Day 7 0.64 $1.27 Day 7 10.00 $70.00
Day 8 1.28 $2.55 Day 8 10.00 $80.00
Day 9 2.56 $5.11 Day 9 10.00 $90.00
Day 10 5.12 $10.23 Day 10 10.00 $100.00
Day 11 10.24 $20.47 Day 11 10.00 $110.00
Day 12 20.48 $40.95 Day 12 10.00 $120.00
Day 13 40.96 $81.91 Day 13 10.00 $130.00
Day 14 81.92 $163.83 Day 14 10.00 $140.00
Day 15 163.84 $327.67 Day 15 10.00 $150.00
Day 16 327.68 $655.35 Day 16 10.00 $160.00
Day 17 655.36 $1,310.71 Day 17 10.00 $170.00
Day 18 1310.72 $2,621.43 Day 18 10.00 $180.00
Day 19 2621.44 $5,242.87 Day 19 10.00 $190.00
Day 20 5242.88 $10,485.75 Day 20 10.00 $200.00

2. 8. Coins Dated 435 B.C. – Twisted question…..the terms A.D. and B.C were not devised until Pope Gregory XIII
created the Gregorian Calendar which is still the standard today. There was no “B.C.” designation and therefore
could not have been shown as a date on coins.
9. Hotel Room Keys – Twisted question…..No money is missing. The 3 travelers paid a total of $27, making $25
for the hotel and $2 for the clerk. There is no missing $1.
10. Campers counting forward one week – Twisted question…..Joey knew that the sun wouldn’t be out in exactly
one week because he started his counting at midnight as stated in the question.
The Passing of Time
1. Fourth of July in England – Of course they have a fourth of July in England, they just don’t celebrate it like we do
in the USA.
2. Died after his eighteenth birthday at the age of seventy-six – He was born on February 29 during a leap year.
18x4 = 72 plus the four years he had already lived when he celebrated at his first birthday party.
3. Three pills – He starts the clock when he takes his first pill. The second pill comes 30 minutes later. And the
third pill comes after the next half hour……which is really one hour since he started.
4. Months with 28 Days – All months have 28 days, but only February is limited to 28 days except on leap year.
5. How many Birthdays does an average man have? Not a specific number, he has one per year like most people.