The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-06

SO you THINK YOU'RE SMART?

l. An automobile travelled 100 miles with a bad
ly punctured tire. but neither the driver nor other
occupants were aware of ii. How could that be?
2. A waiter found a gold collar-button beside a
table after two customers nance Smith and
Brown, neither of whom he had ever seen before,
had their luncheon. That evening, when Smith
and Brown entered the dining-roon, the wait~
ignored Smith and handed the collar-button to
Brown, saying, II think this is yours, sir" Why
Brown?
8. Live is to evil as won is to now and trap is
to -?
4. Would you be better off if your wages were
first cut 1879 and then restored 1929, or first in
creased by 1922 and then cut 1879?
S. An author recently committed an error by
writing Man Fridays footprint is more easily
remembered than all the rest Of Robinson Crusoe."
What's wrong about that?
6. Mrs. Gotrox had an antique jewel-box con-
tanning twelve articles. A thief took away three
of the contents. How many of the valuable articles
was Mrs. Gotrox left with?
Z. An Arab had three sons. The first, Rab, was
a lawyer; the second, Ymra, was a soldier; the
third was a sailor. What was the latter's name?
8. If you were given the two words "hot" and
dog" you could put them together as the COM
pound "hotdog." Form eight other such COM
pounds, using the following Is words: Black, side,
mail, shoe. walk, horn, field, train, day, pipe,
Smith, out, cake, ball, break, snow.
9. John doesn't walk while working. He doesn't
use an automobile, train, bicycle, plane or any
other type of wheeled vehicle. Yet he travels an
average of IL miles a day on his job. Howl?
10. Marmaduke was caught without an umbrel-
la and was nowhere near a canopy, so he stood
hatless in the rain for five minutes, waiting for the
street car. Yet when he got aboard his hair wasn't
wet. Why?
II. A dealer in autographs was offered a Ger
man document signed by Hitler and dated
Cologne, December 80, 1882" He had never seen
Hiter's handwriting but he promptly pronounced
it a forgery. Why?
IL. An owl, a bat and a cat are in total darkness.
Which sees better?
13. Jose's home town was a o~ne-story jail. When
Jose was imprisoned there in an empty cell lit by
a window ten feet from the floor, the only way he
could think of breaking out was via the roof. Yet
he escaped by digging a hole in the floor. Explain.
IA. Make a surname merely by rearranging the
letters of these words: USE AN ARM.
Is. If the first Thursday after the first Monday
in November falls on the 9Th, what day of the
week will November l be?
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