In 2014, Howard returned from his football game later than normal and Trudy, his Mom, was concerned. She asked what position he played, and he said he was a lineman. She asked what team they played and he said the Bears. She asked if anything strange had happened, and he said no. She asked what the score was and he said their team won, 14-1. Satisfied, Trudy sent Howard up to bed. The next morning Trudy told her husband Mick about her conversation with Howard. Mick’s face turned red and he stormed up to Howard’s room.
Mick knew Howard was lying about being at the football game because in American football it’s impossible to score just 1 point (before the 2015 one-point safety rule). A score of 2 is the lowest possible score (awarded for a safety). In fact, 1 is the only impossible score in football. You can score 2 points for a safety, 3 points for a field goal and 6 points for a touchdown, with an extra point for the field goal. You also have the option to go for another touchdown for a 2-point conversion. With 2, 3, 6 and 7 you can generate any other number except for 1.
For example, here are ways a team could score from 2 to 10 points. 2 = safety 3 = field goal 4 = 2 + 2 5 = 3 + 2 6 = touchdown 7 = touchdown and extra point attempt 8 = touchdown and two point conversion 9 = touchdown and field goal 10 = touchdown, extra point attempt and field goal
Joe and Andrea want to copy three 60-minute cassette tapes. They have a 2-cassette recorder to copy the tapes, allowing them to copy two tapes at a time. Each side takes 30 minutes to be copied, so two tapes can be copied in an hour and the third will take another hour. Andrea bets Joe she can copy all three tapes in 90 minutes. Does she win the bet?
In the first 30 minutes Andrea copies the A sides of tape 1 and 2. In the second 30 minutes, she copies tape 1 side B and tape 3 side A (finishing Tape 1). In the last 30 minutes, she copies tape 2 side B and tape 3 side B.
Lucrezia Borgia invited a prospective victim to lunch. They ate a hearty meal of roast venison, with a selection of fresh vegetables, all washed down with the finest wine imported from Bordeaux, France.
After the meal, they ate figs and freshly picked grapes.
“Just one apple left”, said Lucrezia, “I insist you have it.
“No”, said the guest, “I couldn’t”.
“Tell you what”, said Lucrezia, “we’ll share it”, and promptly sliced the apple in two with her sharpest knife. The guest and Lucrezia started to eat their respective halves when the guest’s eyes rolled towards the ceiling and he fell over, dead.
“Another victim successfully dispatched,” thought Lucrezia.
I stretch as far as a football field, Yet I fit in the palm of your hand. I will make you bleed if you don’t use me often. You put me in your mouth but don’t eat me, Then you throw me away.
Floss. It typically comes in 100 yard packs, which fit easily in your hand. If you don’t floss regularly, your gums will bleed. You use floss in your mouth then throw it away when you’re done.
A. When a car is driven forwards the wheels rotate counter-clockwise. B. If a clock is put forward 1 1/4 hours the minute hand moves through 450° C. When a clock reads 4.10 the acute angle between the hands is exactly 60°
A. False – The near-side wheels rotate counter-clockwise, but the far-side wheels rotate clockwise. B. True C. False – The acute angle is a little more than 60° because by the time the minute hand reaches 10, the hour hand will have moved slightly past the 4.
Hans made a meandering journey from Paris to Roye. On the first day, he went half of the distance. On the second day, he went one third of the remaining distance. On the third day he went three quarters of the remaining distance. The next day he traveled half of the remaining distance and was left with 5 kilometers to get to Roye. How far was the entire journey?
Day 1 – 60 km (60 km remaining) Day 2 – 20 km (40 km remaining) Day 3 – 30 km (10 km remaining) Day 4 – 5 km (5 km remaining) Day 5 – 5 km (arrives in Roye)