Two boys weighing 50 pounds each and their older brother weighing 100 pounds wish to cross a river. Their boat will only hold 100 pounds. How can they all cross the river in the boat?
Two 50lb boys cross, one comes back.
Two 50lb boys cross, one comes back.
Rearrange the letters of each word in the phrase below to form a well-known saying.
BERETT ELTA NATH RENEV
Better Late Than Never
Where do you find that 100 is less than 99?
On a microwave. Most microwaves will run for a minute if you enter 100, but will run for a minute and 39 seconds if you enter 99.
100 is also less than 99 in an ordered ranking, where 1 is first, and 100th is a lower rank than 99th place.
On a microwave. Most microwaves will run for a minute if you enter 100, but will run for a minute and 39 seconds if you enter 99.
100 is also less than 99 in an ordered ranking, where 1 is first, and 100th is a lower rank than 99th place.
Two children were playing checkers and each played five games. Both children won the same number of games yet there were no ties. How is this possible?
They weren’t playing each other.
They weren’t playing each other.
The answer to each clue is a single, 100-point word, or a word whose letters add up to 100, with a = 1, b = 2. I wrote this word value calculator so you can easily check your guesses.
i. Peanut butter tastes like this.
i. nutty
i. nutty
Reaching as high as your neck, waist, or knees,
What are they?
Shallows
By Sef Daystrom
What begins and has no end? What is the ending of all that begins?
Death or decay.
A clock loses exactly ten minutes every hour. If the clock is set correctly at noon, what is the correct time when the clock reads 3:00pm?
3:36pm. For every 60 minutes of real time, the clock moves 50 minutes. Put another way, 60/50 = 1.2 real minutes per slow-clock minute.
In order for the clock to show 3:00pm, 180 of its slow minutes have to pass. 1.2 * 180 clock minutes = 216 real minutes or 3 hours and 36 minutes.
3:36pm. For every 60 minutes of real time, the clock moves 50 minutes. Put another way, 60/50 = 1.2 real minutes per slow-clock minute.
In order for the clock to show 3:00pm, 180 of its slow minutes have to pass. 1.2 * 180 clock minutes = 216 real minutes or 3 hours and 36 minutes.
From that which comes within itself,
A spider. The silk comes from within the spider, and the “table” (web) is often built in corners like there are on a bookshelf.
By Sef Daystrom
A spider. The silk comes from within the spider, and the “table” (web) is often built in corners like there are on a bookshelf.
By Sef Daystrom
I don’t exist unless you cut me, but if you stab me I won’t bleed. I hate no one yet am abhorred by all. What am I?
A fart.