James makes a bet with Laura that he can use any name she can think of in a song she will recognize with the original lyrics. Laura takes him up on the bet and loses. What song did James sing to win?
Her birthday is December 31st. Today is January 1st so she was 7 two days ago, and turned 7 last year. Now she’s 8 and will turn 9 this year. And next year she’ll turn 10.
For example, if today is 01 Jan 2015:
30 Dec 2014 = age 7 (two days ago) 01 Jan 2015 = age 8 (today, she turned 8 on 31 Dec 2014, which was last year) 31 Dec 2015 = age 9 (her birthday this year) 31 Dec 2016 = age 10 (her birthday next year)
Fence. Fences keep ne’er-do-wells out and protect people inside. A fence is a person who buys stolen goods to later resell them for a profit. Those who fence practice the sport of fencing. En garde! And people don’t like it when you sit on the fence in a heated debate. (Believe me, I speak from experience)
The man is playing monopoly, and landed on the Go To Jail space. An alternative version of this is, “A man stops his car in front of a hotel and immediately knows he is bankrupt.” The answer is the same, that he’s playing Monopoly, but this time he landed on a space with a hotel and didn’t have enough money to pay the bill.
What is the highest product that can be generated by multiplying two numbers while only using each digit once (1 through 9)? For example, 12345678 * 9 = 111,111,102