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Hydroboron

What comes next in this sequence:

Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Boron and _______?

Goodnight Moon

On a dark night Harold and Michael were sitting together. Harold was watching an old movie while his friend Michael was reading a mystery novel. Suddenly the power went out and Harold decided to go to bed, but strangely Michael kept on reading.  There was no artificial light around, but Michael kept on reading. How come?

A Sailor’s Dilemma

In 1968, a British sailor named Robin Knox Johnston set off on an around-the-world race. He sailed from England down the Atlantic, around the coast of South Africa, past Australia, across the Pacific, round the bottom of South America, then back up the Atlantic to England.  30,000 miles in 313 days, becoming the first person [...]

Jagged Little Pill

A man is diagnosed with a rare disease. The doctor prescribed two different kinds of pills and said: “They have to be taken simultaneously at bedtime, every night. Take one from one bottle, and one from the other. It’s the interaction of the two pills that is the key to keeping you alive.”

The man had [...]

Elementary

What comes next in this sequence:

Iron, Bromine, Uranium, Argon, ___________ ?

 

Light Speed Mr. Sulu

The speed of light is approximately 671 million miles per hour. How much faster will the light travel if a car is driving 100 mpg and turns on it’s lights vs. a parked car turning on his lights?

Thick Paper

Take a normal piece of paper, exactly 0.1mm thick. Fold it in half, and then in half again, and again, and again. Do this a total of 50 times. How thick would the final paper be?

 

BTW, the answer is not: “it’s impossible.” We know it’s impossible so for the sake of the riddle, we’ll pretend [...]

Hot or Cold

I can be hot or cold,
I keep animals alive,
Even you right now,
Need me to survive,
What am I?

Fruit Juice

There is an apple and a glass of water on the center table. A man is sitting at the table. The water spills and the man gets electrocuted. How?

Soap Box Derby

“My two sons built their cars and wanted to compete against each other at home prior to the real race. I built a simple racetrack using materials I had on hand. However, I only had materials to build a one-lane track.

“I had planned to run the cars individually and use a stop watch to time [...]