One strand dangles.
Braids
By Sef Daystrom
Old Mother Twitchet had one eye
A needle and thread.
What other letter fits in the following series
B C D E I K O X ?
The letter H. It completes the list of letters that are vertically symmetrical. In other words, you can fold the top half of the letter over the bottom half and everything lines up.
The letter H. It completes the list of letters that are vertically symmetrical. In other words, you can fold the top half of the letter over the bottom half and everything lines up.
Here are five rolls of dice, with their score.
Roll #1 – Score: 6
Roll #2 – Score: 4
Roll #3 – Score: 4
Roll #4 – Score: 8
Roll #5: 0
This is what you know:
1. The name of this game is significant (Petals Around the Rose)
How is the score determined?
The solution is to count the dots (petals) surrounding the center dot (the rose).
Only odd numbers have a center dot, so even numbers (2, 4 and 6) are worth zero.
1 doesn’t have any surrounding dots, so it too is worth zero.
The three has two dots surrounding the center, so it’s worth two.
A five has four petals around the rose making it worth four.
The solution is to count the dots (petals) surrounding the center dot (the rose).
Only odd numbers have a center dot, so even numbers (2, 4 and 6) are worth zero.
1 doesn’t have any surrounding dots, so it too is worth zero.
The three has two dots surrounding the center, so it’s worth two.
A five has four petals around the rose making it worth four.
If every letter of the alphabet is worth its numerical value (A=1, B=2, C=3), what’s a common 11-letter word whose letter values total only 52?
Abracadabra
You have one of me and I’m easy to touch,
Yet you’re told to watch me, or get your friends’.
You can throw me out but not away,
What am I?
Your back. You have one and it’s easy to touch but hard to look it. A common phrase is to “watch your back” and it’s common to “have your friend’s back.” When apologizing, you often want to take back what you said. You can throw out your back, but you can’t throw it away. And back pain causes people pain every day.
Your back. You have one and it’s easy to touch but hard to look it. A common phrase is to “watch your back” and it’s common to “have your friend’s back.” When apologizing, you often want to take back what you said. You can throw out your back, but you can’t throw it away. And back pain causes people pain every day.
He has married many women but has never married. Who is he?
A priest.
When Randolph asked Hilda how old she was, Hilda replied that in two years she would be twice as old as she was five years ago. How old is Hilda?
Aside from the potential response that it’s rude to ask the age of a lady, the answer can be worked out mathematically.
x + 2 = 2(x – 5)
Aside from the potential response that it’s rude to ask the age of a lady, the answer can be worked out mathematically.
x + 2 = 2(x – 5)
Find a single letter that replaces the first letter in the two words of each row to make two new words. What word is formed by combining the new letter of each row?
For example: PLANK _ BRISK
The new letter is F, making FLANK and FRISK. And F would be the first letter of the answer.
AMBER _ KNITS
1. U – UMBER and UNITS
The new word is USED.
1. U – UMBER and UNITS
The new word is USED.
Rearrange the letters of each word in the phrase below to form a well-known saying.
BERETT ELTA NATH RENEV
Better Late Than Never
