What do these three letter combinations have in common?
DE
HI
MN
Hint: These combinations don’t have it in common.
AK
IN
WY
They are the only three US state abbreviations whose two letters are next to each other in the alphabet.
DE – Delaware
HI – Hawaii
MN – Minnesota
They are the only three US state abbreviations whose two letters are next to each other in the alphabet.
DE – Delaware
HI – Hawaii
MN – Minnesota
Three little letters
A paradox to some.
The worse that it is
The better it becomes.
A pun.
What is placed on the table, cut and passed but never eaten?
A deck of cards. You play card games on a table, cut the deck, then deal (or pass out) the cards, but you only eat the snacks.
A deck of cards. You play card games on a table, cut the deck, then deal (or pass out) the cards, but you only eat the snacks.
The owner of the butcher shop is five foot ten inches tall, has brown hair and wears size 11 1/2 shoes. He is married and has two children, one boy and one girl. What does he weigh?
Meat. The rest of the details were merely distractions. Butchers weigh meat at a butcher shop.
Meat. The rest of the details were merely distractions. Butchers weigh meat at a butcher shop.
How is 7 different from the rest of the numbers from 1-10?
7 (seven) is the only one with two syllables.
7 (seven) is the only one with two syllables.
Alive without breath,
As cold as death,
Clad in mail never clinking,
Never thirsty, ever drinking
A fish.
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
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
What is three-eighths tortoise, two-fifths onion and two-sixths tomato?
Toronto
3/8 tortoise = TOR (the first three letters)
2/5 onion = ON (the first two letters)
2/6 tomato = TO (the first two letters)
Toronto
3/8 tortoise = TOR (the first three letters)
2/5 onion = ON (the first two letters)
2/6 tomato = TO (the first two letters)
I am broken before you use me,
I brighten your day until I die.
What am I?
Glow sticks that you have to break to start glowing, then they fade out (die).
Glow sticks that you have to break to start glowing, then they fade out (die).
Three lives have I.
Gentle enough to soothe the skin,
Light enough to caress the sky,
Hard enough to crack rocks.
Water.