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Q.
You are on an island where two tribes live. The members of one tribe
always tell the truth and the members of the other tribe always lie. You are
at a fork in the road and you need to know which way to go to get to your
destination. At the fork you meet a member of each tribe. You are allowed to
ask only one question. What question must you ask to get the answer you
need?
Pirate Pete had been captured
by a Spanish general and sentenced to death by his 50-man firing squad.
Pete cringed, as he knew their
reputation. They were such bad shots that they would often simply maim their
victims, leaving them to bleed to death. This thought made Pete beg for
mercy.
“Very well, I have some
compassion. You may choose where the men stand when they shoot you and I
will add 50 extra men to the squad to ensure someone will at least hit you.
Perhaps if they stand closer they will kill you quicker, if you’re lucky,”
snickered the general. “Oh, and just so you don’t get any funny ideas, they
can’t stand more than 20 ft away, they must be facing you, and you must
remain tied to the post in the middle of the yard. And to show I’m not
totally heartless, if you aren’t dead by sundown I’ll release you so you can
die peacefully outside the compound. I must go now but will return tomorrow
and see to it that you are buried in a nice spot, though with 100 men, I
doubt there will be much left of you to bury.”
After giving his instructions
the general left. Upon his return the next day, he found that Pete had been
set free alive and well. “How could this be?” demanded the general. “It was
where Pete had us stand,” explained the captain of the squad.
Jane wants to make some toast for her breakfast.
Unfortunately, her toaster is broken.
Q. Can you
turn bread into toast by changing one letter at a time? Each step must
create a valid word in the English language. Jane made the change in 7
steps. Can you do as well ... or better?
A soldier is surrounded by enemy soldiers and he’s the only one of his unit left.
As he is digging into the
ground for protection from enemy fire he finds an old lamp. In desperation
he rubs it. Out pops a genie. The genie grants him one wish, however there
is a catch. The genie says, “Whatever you wish for, each enemy soldier will
get two of the same thing.”
The soldier
ponders a while and thinks: ”If I get a machine gun they get two. If I get a
tank they get two!” He then rubs the lamp again and out pops the genie.
“Well,” the genie asks “have you made up your mind?”
I have said the soldier. The genie grants his wish and the soldier walks off
to safety.
Q. What
did the soldier ask for to help him get away?
A
coin dealer was offered some ancient gold coins. Look, the seller pointed
out these coins are really old, there were minted in 544 BC. The coin dealer
immediately called the police and had the seller arrested for attempting to
sell fake coins
Q. How did the coin dealer know that the coins were fake?
Two men working at a construction site were mad at each other. Finally, at lunch
break, they confronted one another. One man, obviously stronger, said “See
that wheelbarrow? I’m willing’ to bet $100.00 (that’s all I have in my
wallet here) that anything you can wheel to that cone and back, I can wheel
twice as far. Do we have a bet?”
The other man, too dignified to decline, accepted the challenge. He looked at
the objects lying around: a pile of 400 bricks, a steel beam, the 10 men
that had gathered around to watch, and a stack of bags of concrete mix; he
thought for a while, and then decided what to load.
“All right,” he said, and revealed what he would load.
That night, the
stronger man went home thoroughly teased and $100 poorer.
Q.
What did the other man load into the wheelbarrow?
Q. Every morning a
man leaves his apartment on the 10th floor and goes down in the lift to
work. When he gets back in the evening, if he is alone in the lift, he gets
off at the 7th floor and walks up the stairs to the 10th. Why?
Q. The Pope has one but he does not use it. Your father has one and both he and
your mother use it. Nuns do not need it. Arnold Schwarzenegger has a big
one. Michael J. Fox’s is quite small.
What is it?
Q. There is a set of 10 books on a shelf. Each book has 100 pages. A worm eats
from page 1 of book 1 to page 100 of book 10. How many pages did the worm
eat?
Q. You enter a house late at night. Inside there is an oil lamp, a gas heater and a
stove full of wood. You only have one match, which should you light first?
Get the answer here
To live your best life be true to the YOU, that you want to be.
Live with passion. Change your life from making a living to making a difference.
Live up to the reputation that you want to have.
Johan Campbell
The Corporate Healer
Your
Life and Business Coach
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What you can get from me
Consulting - Coaching - Counselling - Mediation of disputes - Chairing
of Disciplinary enquiries - Labour Law advice and training - Policy development
- Management and leadership training - Sales training - Empower personal development workshops
- Empower Team Synergy creation workshops
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