My current age, is the age of my 14 year-old brother plus one third of my age. How old will I be when my brother is twice his current age?
I will be 35. I am currently 21.
x = my current age
x = 14 + x/3
3x = 42 + x
2x = 42
x = 21 (so 14 years later, I'll be 35)
The dwarves and Snow White sit down for a bite.
How fast can you guess what she serves her guests next?
What does this represent?
EMPLOY_ _ _ T
What five-letter word sounds like six letters when pronounced?
Cello. The pronunciation of c is ‘ch’, making it sound like the word has 6 letters.
A word square is a combination of words that can be spelled horizontally and vertically.
The most well known is called the Sator Square (in Latin):
S A T O R
A R E P O
T E N E T
O P E R A
R O T A S
What five words complete this word square?
I T C H E S
T _ _ _ _ _
C _ _ _ _ _
H _ _ _ _ _
E _ _ _ _ _
S _ _ _ _ _
Thrust, Crisco, Hussar, Escape and Stores.
Making this lovely word square below:
I T C H E S
T H R U S T
C R I S C O
H U S S A R
E S C A P E
S T O R E S
I am and yet cannot,
I’m an idea, yet can rot,
I’m two but none,
On land but on sea.
What am I?
A paradox / pair of docks.
Fill in the blanks with the same 4 letters to make 5 different words.
A ____ old woman on ____ bent, picked up her ____ and away she went. “____ my son” she was heard to say, “what shall we do to ____ today?”
A vile old woman on evil bent, picked up her veil and away she went. “Levi my son” she was heard to say, “what shall we do to live today?”
Apples, ice, and flowers can do it.
Pears, stones, and coins can’t.
What can you catch but not throw?
Your breath or an illness (a cold, virus, the flu etc).
If you were to spell out the numbers, how far would you have to go before encountering the letter A?
One thousand (or one hundred and one, depending on how you pronounce it).