Critical Thinking Questions

1. If you went to bed at 8:00 at night and set your wind-up alarm clock to get up at 9:00 in the morning, how many hours of sleep would this permit you to get?_____________

2. Do they have a 4th of July in England? ____________

3. How many birthdays does the average man have? ___________

4. Why can't a man living in Charlotte, NC be buried west of the Mississippi River? ________

5. If you only had one match and you entered a room in which there was a kerosene lamp, an oil burner and a wood burning stove, which would you, light first? _____________

6. Some months have 30 days, some have 31 days. How many have 28 days? _________

7. If a doctor gave you three pills and told you to take one every half hour, how long would it take for all three pills to be consumed? ______________

8. I have in my hand two US coins totaling 55 cents. One is not a nickel. What are the coins I have? __________

9. A farmer has 17 sheep. All but nine are stolen. How many does he have left? ___________

10. Two men playing checkers. They played five games without a draw, and each man won the same number of games. How do you explain this? ___________

11. Take two apples from three apples and how many do you have? ___________

12. How many animals of each species did Moses take aboard the Ark? ________

13. You are driving and pass a cemetery. On the average, how many people do you think are deceased? ___________

14. A man rides a horse into a hotel on Friday, stays for three days and leaves on Friday. How did he do this?

15. Which weighs more: A pound of feathers or a pound of rocks?