A Horse with Nine Legs

What is wrong with the following argument? Do you know the name of the error being made?

"One horse has four more legs than no horse. No horse has five legs. Therefore, one horse has nine legs."

Digging Up the Past

A friend of yours returns from an archaelogical dig in Italy and shows you a coin she dug up. the coin looks very old and is inscribed with thte words "47 B.C." Your friend offers to sell it to you for just $20. Do you take her up on the offer?

Outrunning the Tiger

Two explorers are walking in the jungles of India. They come to a clearing, where they see a tiger. The tiger snarls and starts to approach them. Quickly, one of the exploreres diges into his pack, pulls out running shoes, and starts putting them on. the other explorer looks at him quizzically and says, "Surely you don't think you can outrun a tiger?"

"I don't think I can outrun the tiger," replies the explorer, "but these running shoes will still save my life."

How will the running shoes save him?

An Empty Riddle

The more you take away from me, the bigger I become. What am I?

Choose Your Manner of Death

while traveling to a foreign country, you inadvertently break one fo that country's capital laws. you are brought before a judge who explains that you will be put to death. The law states that you have some choice in the manner of your death. You are asked to make a single statment. If that statement is true, you will be put in the electric chair. If that statement is false, you will have your head chopped off.

What can yo usay to avoid being executed altogether?

Eleven Guests In Ten Beds

A small hotel has ten beds. One evening, eleven broghrers show up at the hotel. Not wanting to turn any of them away, the hotel staff comes up witha brilliant solution. He asks the first two brother to lie in the same bed temporarily. he then puts the third brother in the second bed, the fourth brother in the third bed, the fifth brother in the fourth bed, and so on, until he puts the tenth brother in the ninth bed. that leaves the tenth bed free, soo he then goes to fetch the second brother from the first bed and allows him to sleep there.

Describe why this is or is not possible.

Improvident Proverbs

For each of the following five pairs of proverbs, explain whter you think the apparent contradiction between them can be reconciled, and if so, how.

"Absence makes the heart grow fonder' vs. "Out of sight, out of mind"
"Look before you leap" vs. "He who hesitates is lost"
"You're never too old to learn" vs. "You can't teach an old dog new tricks"
"It's better to be safe than sorry" vs. "Nothing venture, nothing gained"
"Many hands make light work" vs. "Too many cooks spoil the broth"