Ripped from my mother’s womb, Beaten and burned, I become a blood thirsty killer. What am I?
Iron ore.
Six men are carrying boxes holding six cats and each cat has 6 kittens. How many legs are there in total?
1020. There are 6 men with 2 legs each, for a total of 12 legs. There are 36 cats with 4 legs each for a total of 144 legs. There are 216 kittens with 4 legs each for a total of 864 legs 12 + 144 + 864 = 1020.
1020. There are 6 men with 2 legs each, for a total of 12 legs. There are 36 cats with 4 legs each for a total of 144 legs. There are 216 kittens with 4 legs each for a total of 864 legs 12 + 144 + 864 = 1020.
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
Use each clue to identify a famous person who last name ends in the letters T-O-N, like George Washington.
1. Friends star 2. Cotton Club bandleader 3. Batman and Beetlejuice lead 4. Blonde, buxom country music legend
Halfway there!
5. Steamboat developer 6. Author of The Age of Innocence 7. Found of a Kmart rival and a Club 8. She lead a news website called The (her last name) Post
1. Jennifer Aniston 2. Duke Ellington 3. Michael Keaton 4. Dolly Parton
Did you do well so far?
5. Robert Fulton 6. Edith Wharton 7. Sam Walton 8. Arianna Huffington
1. Jennifer Aniston 2. Duke Ellington 3. Michael Keaton 4. Dolly Parton
Did you do well so far?
5. Robert Fulton 6. Edith Wharton 7. Sam Walton 8. Arianna Huffington
A man says his dog can jump over his house. No one believes him but he is right. How is that possible?
The dog can jump over his dog house.
The dog can jump over his dog house.
What is the smallest number of queens required on a chess board to attack all squares?
5. To see where they need to be placed, check out the diagram on Wolfram’s Queens Problem page.
Apples for leather, leather for silk, silk for tobacco, all to get milk.
Bartering.
By Sef Daystrom
Bartering.
By Sef Daystrom
You can see nothing else When you look in my face, I will look you in the eye And I will never lie.
What am I?
Your reflection.
The Barber of Seville shaves all men living in Seville. No man living in Seville is allowed to shave himself. The Barber of Seville lives in Seville.
Who shaves the Barber of Seville?
Nobody. The Barber of Seville is a woman. Female barbers are rare, but they exist .
And for more fun with barbers, check out the Barber paradox .
Nobody. The Barber of Seville is a woman. Female barbers are rare, but they exist .
And for more fun with barbers, check out the Barber paradox .
If 6 bike makers can assemble 9 bikes in a day and a half, how many of them would it take to assemble 270 bikes in 30 days?
9. Each bike maker can assemble one bike a day.
9. Each bike maker can assemble one bike a day.