More silly questions

 

More silly questions (answers tomorrow)

Out of time again, so I’ve resorted to someone else’s work – that well-known person called A Non.

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1.     1.  Tom and Ella emerged from playing in the cellar. Tom’s face was clean, but Ella had a dirty smear on hers. Why was it only Tom who went to wash his face?

2.   2.  A man looked out of a window. He was desperate to open it, but knew that doing so would kill him. Why?

3.   3.Why are 1984 bottles of whisky more valuable than 1977 bottles?

4.   4. U.se three identical digits to make a simple addition for which the answer is 12. You cannot use the digit 4. What is the answer?

5.   5. The fire alarm sounded in a ten-storey building. Chris was working in the building, but did not make for the stairs. He jumped out of the window. How did he survive?

6.   6. Kate loved the colour yellow. All the walls in her bungalow were  primrose yellow. The doors and skirting boards were a darker yellow. The carpets and soft furnishings were daffodil yellow. Her plates and mugs were lemon yellow. Even her bath towels and kitchen towels were golden yellow. What colour were her stairs?

7.   7. You enter a deserted house late at night. Inside you find an oil lamp, a gas fire and a stove full of wood. You only have one match. Which should you light first?