November Brain Teasers

Posted 11/2/15:
1.  What 3 letters can be rearranged to form a beverage, a verb, or a homonym? (Is that term still used?)
2.  A plane crashes on the border of USA and Canada.  Where do they bury the survivors?

Repeats from Nov ’14:  For newcomers and those with good memories.  🙂

3.  What are the next two letters in this sequence?  O, T, T, F, F, S, S, ___, ___

4.   A man was changing a tire when he stumbled and kicked the hubcap holding the four nuts holding the tire in place, and they all rolled into a nearby sewer drain.  Just as he was cursing his fate, a passing boy made a suggestion which enabled the man to drive off (in his own car).  What was the boy’s idea?

Posted 11/9/15:
5.  Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain in the world?
6.  The day before yesterday, Chris was 27 years old.  Next year, he’ll turn 30.  How is this possible?
7.   (Suggested by subscriber Mike Brown).  A fish’s length is 8 inches plus half its length.  How long is the fish?
Posted 11/16/15:
8.  How much is 30 divided by 1/2 plus 3?
9.  The king of Persia is giving his new minister of interior defense a tour of the city.  As they are walking the king points at a beggar with a donkey and says “that man is the richest man in the city apart from me”.  The minister asks how and the king replies that he seems to be smuggling something but we don’t know how or when he does it.  The minister makes a plan to have the guards search the man whenever he goes in or out of the city, but this plan doesn’t work.  What does the man smuggle?
10.  If you had to swallow a pill every half-hour, how long would it take you to swallow three pills?
Posted 11/23/15:
11.  What day would yesterday be if Thursday was four days from day after tomorrow?
12.  If you were to rip pages 48-54 out of a book,  how many sheets of paper would you take out?

BONUS

What size container would it take to hold 5000 gumballs, each of which has a 0.5-inch diameter?

(For subscriber Janet Garrett, this was a ‘real world’ problem, and she sent the problem to me.  I believe I got an answer for her, but I had so much fun, I decided to share.  Solutions are not expected to be EXACT, just reasonable, and suitable for the ‘real world’ solution.  PRIZES will be awarded for correct solutions.)

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Reminder:  Official deadline for  ALL BT submissions in November  is noon, Wednesday Nov 25th. (Late submissions accepted if Answer Sheet hasn’t been prepared, but no promises.)  Solutions will appear on Monday, Nov 30.