Intelligence Test

I got this off of a strip of paper that came in the mail. It's pretty fun. :)

1. A lady read a book, turned the light out and went to sleep. In the morning, when she saw in the newspaper that a ship had sunk drowning all on board, she committed suicide. Why?
   
   
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   She was a lighthouse keeper.



2. A young man entered a bar and asked for a glass of water. The person behind the bar produced a gun and pointed it at the man. He replied, "Thank you," and walked off. Why?
   
   
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   He had the hiccups.



3. Imagine you are driving a Mercedes at 100 mph. The steering locks. The doors lock. The brakes fail. You can't get out. You're heading for a 1,000-foot cliff! What do you do?
   
   
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   You stop "imagining."



4. 2+2+5=247. Add one small line to make the sum correct.
   
   
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   Put a line on the first "+" from the top left, making it into a "4."



5. Luke had it before. Paul had it behind. Ladies have it at the beginning. Abraham Lincoln had it twice. Doctor Lowell had it before and behind. He had it twice as bad behind as he had it before. What is it?
   
   
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   It is the letter "L."



6. A man on horseback went on a two-day trip. He left on Tuesday and arrived home on Tuesday. How could this be?
   
   
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   The name of the horse was "Tuesday."