Trivia and Brainteasers

1. Why are manholes covers round?

2. You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position do you finish?

3. If you overtake the last person, then you finish in what place?

4. A man builds a house rectangular in shape. All sides have a southern exposure. A big bear walks by. What color is the bear? Why?

5. If you have only one match, and you walked into a dark room where there was an oil burner, a kerosene lamp, and a wood burning stove, which one would you light first?

6. How many animals of each set did Moses take on the ark?

7. Name the only sport traditionally played in America which the ball is always in possession of the team on defense, and the offensive team can score without touching the ball?

8. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

9. Where are the lakes that are referred to in the "Los Angeles Lakers"?

10. It's the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh. What is it?
11. There's one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends. What is it?

12. In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle?


My cousin, Mark, brought these home from his class. Some of these were pretty obvious to me, but some I TOTALLY didn't get! Take a few days to think about them...