Stipend Quiztime~

[Regris Kallen]

A train enters a tunnel at 7 o'clock. Another train enters the exact same tunnel, also at 7 o'clock, on the same day. The tunnel only has one track, no passing places, and no other means for trains to pass, around, over, or under. However, both trains make it to the other end of the tunnel, untouched. How did they do it?

You have two hourglasses, a 4 minute glass and a 7 minute glass. You want to measure 9 minutes. How do you do it?

If two hours ago it was as long after 1 o'clock in the afternoon as it was before 1 o'clock in the morning, what time is it now?

A girl is running home. As she is running, she sees a man with a mask, so she runs back to where she came from. Why?

If you were to put a coin into an empty bottle and then insert a cork into the neck, hwo could you remove the coin without taking out the cork or breaking the bottle?

You threw away the outside and then cooked the inside. Then, you ate the outside and threw away the inside. What are you eating?

Two boxers are in a boxing match (Regular boxing, not kickboxing). The fight is scheduled for 12 rounds, but ends after 6 rounds after one boxer knocks the other out. The odd thing was, is no man threw a punch. How is this possible?

In 1990 a person is 15 years old, yet in 1995 that same person was 10 years old. How can this be?

A man lies dead in an alley with a tape recorder next to him and a gun in his hand. A police officer saw him and picked up the tape recorder in hopes of determining the man's cause of death. He pushes play on the recorder and hears the man's voice say "I'm ending my life because I went bankrupt," followed by a gunshot. The police officer marks it down as a homocide. Why?

A man takes a car to a hotel, but as soon as he reaches the hotel, he is declared bankrupt. Why?


First person to PM me all the correct answers or most answers by next week wins 1000 PCs or a divisible of under the case of a tie.

[Regris Kallen]

Damn, that was fast. Maullar gets 1000 PCs.

[Regris Kallen]

1) One entered at 7 a.m. and the other at 7 p.m.

2) Start both timers simultaneously.
When the four minute runs out, start it again.
When the seven minute runs out, begin timing nine minute interval.
Let the remaining minute fall through the four minute and run it twice more.

3) 9 p.m.

4) She was on a baseball diamond.

5) Push the cork into the bottle until it clears the neck, then shake the coin out.

6) An ear of corn.

7) They're women.

8) He was born in 2005 B.C.E.

9) He pushed the play button and immediately heard sound, implying that the tape was rewound before the police got there.

10) He was playing Monopoly and the car and hotel were on the Monopoly board.