I run fore to aft on one side of a ship and aft to fore on the other. What am I?
The name of the ship.
Beulah died in the Appalachians while Craig died at sea. Everyone was much happier with Craig’s death. Why?
Beulah and Craig were hurricanes.
Beulah and Craig were hurricanes.
Fill in the missing numbers in this number series.
16, 26, ?, 43, 50, ?, 61, 65, ?, 70, 71
The method to create the series is start by adding 10, then decrease the addend by 1 for each new number in the sequence. That gives us:
16 + 10 = 26 26 + 9 = 35 35 + 8 = 43 43 + 7 = 50 50 + 6 = 56 56 + 5 = 61 61 + 4 = 65 65 + 3 = 68 68 + 2 = 70 70 + 1 = 71
The method to create the series is start by adding 10, then decrease the addend by 1 for each new number in the sequence. That gives us:
16 + 10 = 26 26 + 9 = 35 35 + 8 = 43 43 + 7 = 50 50 + 6 = 56 56 + 5 = 61 61 + 4 = 65 65 + 3 = 68 68 + 2 = 70 70 + 1 = 71
Apples, ice, and flowers can do it. Pears, stones, and coins can’t.
Float.
By Sef Daystrom
What breaks on the water but never on land?
A wave.
Shorter than my four siblings, but easily the strongest, sometimes I wear a funny hat.
A Thumb.
By Sef Daystrom
While driving his car a man slams on the brakes when he sees, in the middle of the street, a diamond studded door, a gold door and a silver door. Which door does he open first?
His car door
What happened on September 10th, 1752 in Britain?
Nothing happened that day. It didn’t exist due to the transition from a Julian calendar to Gregorian.
Read more here .
Nothing happened that day. It didn’t exist due to the transition from a Julian calendar to Gregorian.
Read more here .
Fill in the blanks to make three common, English words (no plurals). The answers are a person, a place and a thing, in that order.
1. _ _ L F B A _ _ 2. _ _ _ C K Y A _ _ 3. _ _ O D P E _ _ _ _
1. HALFBACK 2. BRICKYARD or STOCKYARD 3. WOODPECKER
1. HALFBACK 2. BRICKYARD or STOCKYARD 3. WOODPECKER
My days are in the summer When you’ll eat me when I’m hot In fact I’ll even eat myself Where battles tough are fought But when you find me in a fight ‘Twill be high in the sky And if you catch me napping I suggest you let me lie When you’re bad come to my house From Ma get thoughts profound Am I big or am I small? Some say I’m just a pound.
Dog. Dog days, hot dog, dog pound, dog fight.
Dog. Dog days, hot dog, dog pound, dog fight.