1. Animal Numbers
If cat + dog = 7, and rat + mouse = 31, what does alligator + bird equal?
Answer:
3. In each equation the numerical position in the alphabet of the first letter of each word is used. Thus alligator + bird is 1 + 2, or 3 (the "a" in alligator is the 1st letter of the alphabet and "b" in bird is the 2nd).
2. I Am Six Yet One
What English word has the letter "i" in it six times?
Answer:
Indivisibility.
3. Und Then What?
What five letters can you add "und" to - at the beginning and end - to create a common English word? (und_____und)
Answer:
ERGRO. Put the three letters in front of it, and the same three letters behind to form "underground."
4. A Backwards Tongue
There is a palindrome (a word that is spelled the same forward and backwards) which is also the name of a language. What is it?
Answer:
Malayalam, spoken in parts of India.
5. Aeouarrgh!
Name an English word with five consecutive vowels.
Answer:
The word "queueing" may be the only one.
6. The Gift Of No Sunrise
In the middle of the night a man gets out of bed, walks to the yard and puts something in a bag. He then gets in his car, drives across town to his friend's house and rings the doorbell. His friend answers and the man says, "Here, you wanted it, so its yours." The man then smiles and drives home. As a result of all this, though, he never sees another sunrise in his life (but yes, he is alive). How can you explain this?
Answer:
The man put his rooster in the bag and gave it to the friend who had admired it. Now he could sleep in peace at last until well after sunrise.
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