My first is in FLOWER and in ROSE My second is in FORK and well as HOSE My third is in CROCUS but not in GNOME My fourth is in RAKE never in HOME My fifth is in HOE and also in WEEDS My sixth is in SHEARS though not in SEEDS My seventh is in LADYBIRD not in CREATURE
A painter needed 3 days to paint a room. How long would it take him, working at the same rate, to paint a room twice as large (twice the width and twice the height)?
12 days because the walls would be four times as big as the first room.
If the walls are 10 ft x 10 ft, then each wall has 100 square feet. Adding the four walls makes 400 square feet to paint. Doubling the width and height of the walls to 20 ft x 20 ft means each wall is now 400 square feet, for a total of 1600 square feet to paint. 1600 ft is four times 400 square feet, thus if it took him 3 days to paint 400 square feet, it will take 12 days (or four times as much) to paint 1600 square feet.
As I went through the garden gap, Who should I meet but Dick Red-cap! A stick in his hand, a stone in his throat, If you’ll tell me this riddle, I’ll give you a groat. (Said to be the lyrics to A Cherry)
I slipped down a slippery gap, Found a man with a red cap, He had a stick in his back and a stone in his belly, Riddle me this and I’ll give you a penny.
Chuck and Ruby were going to meet at a hotel for their anniversary dinner, but Ruby didn’t show. Chuck was angry and left her a passive aggressive message on their kitchen table in the form of fifteen matchsticks spelling “hotel” and went to bed. When Ruby got home and saw the matchsticks, she removed one and went to bed. When Chuck woke up the next morning and saw Ruby’s new message, he realized his mistake. Which stick did Ruby remove and what was the new message?
Ruby had removed the top of the T and the new message could be seen upside down from where Chuck sat at his breakfast of sadness and anger. What he saw was 7 3 1 0 4, or 7/31/04, the date of their anniversary. In his excitement, Chuck had gone to the restaurant a day early, on July 30th. All was forgiven by both parties and Chuck and Ruby had a wonderful dinner together. They also promised to buy a whiteboard for the kitchen so they wouldn’t have to use matchstick messages ever again.
A nine-letter word with but one vowel, After I’m used you may need a towel, Tests can be used to learn what I am, Once I am known you can hit a grand slam.
Strengths. It has 9 letters with only one vowel, when you use your strengths the exertion can cause you to sweat, requiring a towel, tests can identify ones strengths and once you know what they are, you can hit a metaphorical grand slam by employing them in an area of your choosing.
