Plank
27-10-2006, 11:28 AM
Anyone else watch Brainiac? Theres a new series on Sky One on Thursdays at 8pm! :big_grin:
Here are a few of 'Tickle's Teasers' from the website..
If 75% of all accidents happen within 5 miles of home, why not move 10 miles away?
If a cat always lands on its feet and buttered bread always lands butter side down, what would happen if you tied buttered bread on top of a cat?
If you take a shower, where do you put it?
If you stole a pen from a bank then would it still be considered a bank robbery?
Is French kissing in France just called kissing?
Why is it that rain drops but snow falls?
Why are boxing rings square?
Why is it called pineapple, when's there neither pine nor apple in it?
On the periodic table, why do some elements have symbols with letters that aren't even in the word?
Where does the white go when the snow melts?
How can you hear yourself think?
How can someone 'draw a blank'?
If an orange is orange, why isn't a lime called a green or a lemon called a yellow?
Why did Superman wear his underpants on the outside of his tights?
Does anyone actually kill two birds with one stone?
If you have x-ray vision, and you can see through anything, wouldn't you see through everything and actually see nothing?
If it is a 50 mph per hour wind and you drive your car at 50mph downwind, if you stick your head outside would you feel the wind?
If you were on a plane going the speed of sound and walked from the back of the plane to the front, would u be walking faster than the speed of sound?
What does OK actually mean?
If the universe is expanding, what is it expanding into?
Why is it we have the weight of the world on our shoulders but have to get it off our chests?
If someone can't see, they're blind and if someone can't hear, they're deaf, so what do you call people who can't smell?
Do cows drink milk?
If you were born exactly on 12:00 midnight on December 31st – January 1st, which year would you say you were born in?
Do people with big eyes see at a wider range than people with smaller eyes?
If a criminal turns himself in shouldn't he get the reward money?
What would happen if everyone was to flush their toilet at the same time?
Do glow-in-the-dark objects stop glowing when somebody turns the lights on?
Why is it you're 'in' a film, but you're 'on TV'?
Do ducks sneeze?
What are those little things on the end of your shoelaces called?
Why can't we sneeze with our eyes open?
Why are there dents in a golf ball?
Shouldn't there be a shorter word for "monosyllabic"?
Why does an alarm clock 'go off' when it begins ringing?
Would a fly without wings be called a walk?
Do cows have calf muscles?
Why is it so hard to remember how to spell 'mnemonic'?
Why does your nose run and your feet smell?
Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
Which way does a compass point in space?
Can bald men get lice?
What would happen if you were to feed a pig some bacon?
Why is it that when babies are born they only weigh like 7lbs yet the mum weighs 30lbs more?
If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches?
Can someone give up lent for lent?
What did cured ham actually have?
Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
Can you write in pencil on an eraser?
Can crop circles be square?
http://www.skyone.co.uk/programmes/brainiac/
Here are a few of 'Tickle's Teasers' from the website..
If 75% of all accidents happen within 5 miles of home, why not move 10 miles away?
If a cat always lands on its feet and buttered bread always lands butter side down, what would happen if you tied buttered bread on top of a cat?
If you take a shower, where do you put it?
If you stole a pen from a bank then would it still be considered a bank robbery?
Is French kissing in France just called kissing?
Why is it that rain drops but snow falls?
Why are boxing rings square?
Why is it called pineapple, when's there neither pine nor apple in it?
On the periodic table, why do some elements have symbols with letters that aren't even in the word?
Where does the white go when the snow melts?
How can you hear yourself think?
How can someone 'draw a blank'?
If an orange is orange, why isn't a lime called a green or a lemon called a yellow?
Why did Superman wear his underpants on the outside of his tights?
Does anyone actually kill two birds with one stone?
If you have x-ray vision, and you can see through anything, wouldn't you see through everything and actually see nothing?
If it is a 50 mph per hour wind and you drive your car at 50mph downwind, if you stick your head outside would you feel the wind?
If you were on a plane going the speed of sound and walked from the back of the plane to the front, would u be walking faster than the speed of sound?
What does OK actually mean?
If the universe is expanding, what is it expanding into?
Why is it we have the weight of the world on our shoulders but have to get it off our chests?
If someone can't see, they're blind and if someone can't hear, they're deaf, so what do you call people who can't smell?
Do cows drink milk?
If you were born exactly on 12:00 midnight on December 31st – January 1st, which year would you say you were born in?
Do people with big eyes see at a wider range than people with smaller eyes?
If a criminal turns himself in shouldn't he get the reward money?
What would happen if everyone was to flush their toilet at the same time?
Do glow-in-the-dark objects stop glowing when somebody turns the lights on?
Why is it you're 'in' a film, but you're 'on TV'?
Do ducks sneeze?
What are those little things on the end of your shoelaces called?
Why can't we sneeze with our eyes open?
Why are there dents in a golf ball?
Shouldn't there be a shorter word for "monosyllabic"?
Why does an alarm clock 'go off' when it begins ringing?
Would a fly without wings be called a walk?
Do cows have calf muscles?
Why is it so hard to remember how to spell 'mnemonic'?
Why does your nose run and your feet smell?
Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
Which way does a compass point in space?
Can bald men get lice?
What would happen if you were to feed a pig some bacon?
Why is it that when babies are born they only weigh like 7lbs yet the mum weighs 30lbs more?
If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches?
Can someone give up lent for lent?
What did cured ham actually have?
Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
Can you write in pencil on an eraser?
Can crop circles be square?
http://www.skyone.co.uk/programmes/brainiac/