What English word has three consecutive double letters?
Bookkeeper (or bookkeeping). An alternate, tricky, answer could be Woollen (where W is a “double u”).
Bookkeeper (or bookkeeping). An alternate, tricky, answer could be Woollen (where W is a “double u”).
An 18-wheeler is crossing a 4 kilometer bridge that can only support 10,000 kilograms and that’s exactly how much the rig weighs. Halfway across the bridge a 30 gram sparrow lands on the cab, but the bridge doesn’t collapse. Why not?
Since the bridge is 4 kilometers long, the halfway point would be 2 kilometers. The 18-wheeler would have used much more than 30g of fuel to drive 2 kilometers.
Since the bridge is 4 kilometers long, the halfway point would be 2 kilometers. The 18-wheeler would have used much more than 30g of fuel to drive 2 kilometers.
What word of five letters has only one left when two letters are removed?
Any 5-letter word with the word ‘one’ somewhere in it. Examples include shone, stone, alone, money, loner, phone or ornery. Note it doesn’t say there is only one letter left, but only ‘one’ left. Tricky tricky.
Any 5-letter word with the word ‘one’ somewhere in it. Examples include shone, stone, alone, money, loner, phone or ornery. Note it doesn’t say there is only one letter left, but only ‘one’ left. Tricky tricky.
If you are running in a race and pass the person in second place, what position are you in?
Second place. If you guessed first place, the person in first place is still there. But I’m sure you’re catching up.
Second place. If you guessed first place, the person in first place is still there. But I’m sure you’re catching up.
Downward grows the root.
Wayward.
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Rearrange the letters in the words “new door” to make one word.
“new door” can be rearranged into “one word”
“new door” can be rearranged into “one word”
If you were to spell out the numbers, how far would you have to go before encountering the letter A?
One thousa nd (or one hundred a nd one, depending on how you pronounce it ).
One thousa nd (or one hundred a nd one, depending on how you pronounce it ).
Peppino bought a new hat and Tito asked what day he bought it. Peppino replied, “If yesterday was tomorrow, today would be Tuesday.” On what day did Peppino buy his hat?
Thursday. Yesterday (from Thursday) is Wednesday, which is tomorrow with respect to Tuesday.
Thursday. Yesterday (from Thursday) is Wednesday, which is tomorrow with respect to Tuesday.
What 5-digit number satisfies the following requirements?
1. No zeroes
33264.
There are several ways of solving this. One way is to represent each spot with a letter, A – E.
Then you have these equations:
A = B
By simplifying, you get:
4 * A + 3 * C = 18
Plug in values for A and C to find that A = 3 C = 2.
33264.
There are several ways of solving this. One way is to represent each spot with a letter, A – E.
Then you have these equations:
A = B
By simplifying, you get:
4 * A + 3 * C = 18
Plug in values for A and C to find that A = 3 C = 2.
What begins and has no end? What is the ending of all that begins?
Death or decay.