I'm not sure they're after accuracy, but more scope for potential thought processes. I'm quite fond of "away from the sand" because it's humourously true.
Not as provocative an answer I'd have liked for the monkeys question but I suppose it is the truth.
Q: A man walks 100 miles due North towards the magnetic pole. He then turns to bearing 090 and walks for twice as long at two thirds of the rate of progress.
If he started walking at 12.00 midnight on the 1st January, and ended his journey 89 hours later in the center of Trafalgar Square, what was he standing on just before he started walking?