SERIOUS QUESTIONS (SET - 5)

Below are some mind boggling questions that can be fun to answer. These are serious questions and have serious answers unlike my other "Riddles" where you may have to think of a non-serious answer. Some of these are very easy while some of them are really tough but once you know the answer everything is easy. Remember these questions to impress someone or may be to win yourself in a gathering. please me the questions and I would include it here with your (the author's) name and contact address. Now enjoy, test your brain and have fun. Don't feel bad if you cannot answer any question as no one can the first time.

If you were to put a coin into an empty bottle and then insert a cork into the neck, how could you remove the coin without taking out the cork or breaking the bottle?
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Simply push the cork into the bottle and shake the coin out.
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Look at me. I can bring a smile to your face, A tear to your eye, Or even a thought to your mind. But, I can't be seen. What am I?
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THE PAST.
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What is one thing that all wise men, regardless of their religion or politics, agree is between heaven and earth?
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The workd "AND".
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Which one of the following words does not belong with the others and why?
Father, Brother, Mother, Aunt, Cousin, Sister, Uncle
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Cousin - all of the others refer to a gender
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The ages of a father and son add up to 66. The father's age is the son's age reversed. How old could they be? (3 possible solutions)?
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51 and 15 ; 42 and 24 ; 60 and 06.
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How many grooves are there on each side of a standard 33 1/3 record album that has six songs on each side?
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There is one groove on each side. When you put the needle on the album it follows one groove from the beginning to the end. If there were more than one groove, the needle would stop at the end of each groove.
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Professor Pratorious was visiting his sister, when his young niece, Mary, showed him a list of all the American Presidents in order. As Pratorious looked at the list he mentioned to Mary that of the first five American Presidents, (George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe,) three died on July 4th. Mary looked at the list and said, "I bet that one of the three was James Monroe." Pratorious was surprised that Mary knew this. Since Mary had no knowledge of how or when James Monroe died, how could she have been so sure he was one of them?
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Since Pratorious stated three of the first five American Presidents died on the fourth of July. Mary knew the fifth must be one of the three or else Pratorious would have said three of the first four. She knew the name of the fifth President by reading it off the list.
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What is the next number in this series?
1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221,......?
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"312211" Reason: It starts with 1 (first number) the next number describes the previous number. One one or 11 (second number) the third number describes the one before it. Two ones or 21 (third number) and the process continues. So the last number would be one that describes 111221 which would be three ones - two twos - and one one or 312211.
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What word, when written in capital letters, is the same forwards, backwards and upside down?
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"NOON"
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John was very tired after a long day of work. He went to bed at 10 p.m., wound his alarm clock and set it for noon the next day. Since John fell asleep almost immediately, how many hours of sleep did he get before the alarm woke him?
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Two hours. Wind-up clocks can't be set more than 12 hours in advance
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