Imagine you’re alone in a boat with a large hole in the bottom. Sharks are swimming around you on all sides and the boat is sinking fast. How do you survive?
Stop imagining ;)
What falls but never breaks and breaks but never falls?
Night and day.
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
Three numbers, 16, 14 and 38, need to be assigned to one of the rows of numbers below. Where do the numbers belong?
A 0
6
8
9
3
B 15
27
21
10
19
C 7
1
47
11
17
Hint: This is not a mathematical problem. The numerical values are irrelevant.
The rows indicate the shape of the number. Row A is rounded, B is mixed and C is linear. Thus, 16 belongs in row B, 14 in row C and 38 in row A.
The rows indicate the shape of the number. Row A is rounded, B is mixed and C is linear. Thus, 16 belongs in row B, 14 in row C and 38 in row A.
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?
Happy Birthday. When you sing Happy Birthday, you say the person’s name as part of the song.
Happy Birthday. When you sing Happy Birthday, you say the person’s name as part of the song.
Marcus was 15 years old in 2010. In 2015 he was only 10 years old. How is this possible?
The years are B.C., so 2015 came before 2010.
The years are B.C., so 2015 came before 2010.
Twice four and twenty blackbirds sitting in the rain.
After shooting a quarter of the birds, the rest would fly off, so the remaining birds, brutally shot by you, would be:
(2 × (4 + 20)) / 4 = 12
After shooting a quarter of the birds, the rest would fly off, so the remaining birds, brutally shot by you, would be:
(2 × (4 + 20)) / 4 = 12
What has three feet but no head?
A yard stick (it’s 3 feet long).
A yard stick (it’s 3 feet long).
I am seen in the water
Blue.
Sometimes I’m a sphere,
What am I?
The moon. A full moon is a sphere, a crescent moon looks like a banana, and sometimes the moon is not visible at all.
The moon. A full moon is a sphere, a crescent moon looks like a banana, and sometimes the moon is not visible at all.