1. You are an astronaut on the moon; you discover your watch has stopped. What time do you set it?
Answer You set it to coincide with GMT or what’s called Zulu time a standard time used in aviation when crossing time zones.
2. You are again an astronaut tens of millions of miles away from anything. Houston radios that there is an asteroid heading your way and you nee to steer the craft straight up to avoid a collision. Which direction is UP?
Answer There is no “UP.” Up is a relative term.
3. You are on your way to work and the radio states it is currently 0°F and forecast it will be twice as cold tomorrow. What will the temperature be tomorrow?
Answer “Cold” is a relative term. Cold is the absence of heat you cannot measure the absence of anything. A thermometer measures degree of heat not cold or quantity of heat. -32° or -64° is not twice 0° if it was then converting to C° or F° would not result in different numbers (try using 10°F the result is the same)
4. You are a Russian international commercial airline pilot, you are approaching Mexico City airport and you call to the control tower. What language to you use?
Answer Because of international aviation safety law all international pilots must be able to speak English & use it when approaching a foreign airport.
5. You are camped at a place you have never been. You walk 1 mile due south and spot a bear, you trail it exactly 1 mile due east and shoot it. It drops dead on the spot. You walk 1 mile due north to your camp for help in getting the bear back to camp. You buddy asked what color is the bear? What color IS the bear?
Answer The path makes an equilateral triangle the only place on earth this would work out to come to the starting point is the poles. The only bears at the North Pole are White.
6. I have in my hand change I just got from Wal-mart. It totals 55¢ one is not a nickel. What are the two coins?
Answer Half Dollar & Nickel (one is not a nickel, the other one IS)
7. In the heading above what do the letters TMTOMH mean?
Answer I got….Too Much Time On My Hands!