How Many Letters In the Alphabet
How many letters are there in the alphabet?
Hint: Not 26
11. The phrase “the alphabet” has 11 letters.
The Long River
How many times does the letter S appear in the name of the longest river in the world?
Zero. The Nile is the longest river in the world. Some claim the Amazon as the longest, but that too has no “S”es (that looks weird but I don’t know how else to write the plural of “s”). The Mississippi is the 4th largest river in the world according to a href=”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rivers_by_length”>Wikipedia.
Quick Mental Math
Solve this math problem in your head. Divide 30 by a half, then add 10.
70. It’s not 25 because dividing by a half is the same as multiplying by 2.
Two Days of the Week Starting With T
What two days of the week start with âTâ, other than Tuesday and Thursday?
Today and tomorrow.
What Has Wheels and Flies?
What has wheels and flies, but is not an aircraft?
A trash truck. I heard this one when I was a kid. Still a classic!
An Answer With No Questions
You answer me, although I never ask you questions. What am I?
A phone.
The Yolk of the Egg
Which is correct to say, “The yolk of the egg are white?” or “The yolk of the egg is white?”
Neither. Yolks are yellow.
A Foot On Each Side
What has a foot on each side and one in the middle?
A yard stick.
What Do You Serve?
What do you serve that a polite recipient would immediately send back?
A ball, when you’re playing tennis, volleyball, table tennis, etc.