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Yesterday’s Problem:
What doesn’t belong?
who, what, when, where, why, which, banana
Answer:
What – the question told you so: “what doesn’t belong”
Today’s Problem:
The day before yesterday I was 14 years old. Next year I’ll be old enough to drive (at least in most states) . What is today’s date and when is my birthday?
Last Problem:
Two boys who were playing in the playground, slipped on some wet grass and landed partly in mud and partly in wet grass. When they got up, one boy’s face was all muddy; the other’s face was clean. Yet the one with the clean face is the one who went directly to wash his face. Why?
Answer:
The boy with clean face saw the boy with dirty face, and assumed his face was dirty, too. The dirty boy saw the clean boy and figured he was clean, as well. So the one who thought he was dirty went to get washed up.”
Today’s Problem:
What doesn’t belong?
who, what, when, where, why, which, banana
Yesterday’s Problem:
A hunter spotted a bear due east. Taken by surprise, he ran directly north, and then looked to see that the bear hadn’t moved. As he steadied and took aim at the bear, he aimed directly south. What color is the bear?
Answer:
The man must have shot the bear from the north pole, making it a polar bear, which would be white.
Today’s Problem:
Two boys who were playing in the playground, slipped on some wet grass and landed partly in mud and partly in wet grass. When they got up, one boy’s face was all muddy; the other’s face was clean. Yet the one with the clean face is the one who went directly to wash his face. Why?
Last Problem:
What is common about these words:
ark, bitter, cow, hat, sift, wallow, waxing
Answer:
Add one letter to each word and you get a name of a bird: Lark, bitterN, cRow, Chat, sWift, Swallow, waxWing
Today’s Problem:
A hunter spotted a bear due east. Taken by surprise, he ran directly north, and then looked to see that the bear hadn’t moved. As he steadied and took aim at the bear, he aimed directly south. What color is the bear?
Last Problem:
What do the following words have in common?
salad, turkey, room
Answer:
Add a common word and it means something different: dressing. salad dressing, turkey dressing, dressing room
Today’s Problem:
What is common about these words:
ark, bitter, cow, hat, sift, wallow, waxing
Yesterday’s Problem:
There are 4 steel-toe boots and 8 hiking boots in a dark closet. How many boots have to be pulled out so that there is a matching pair?
Answer:
3 – you may pull one steel-toe out, then the next boot may be either a steel-toe or a hiking boot. If it’s a steel-toe, then it only took 2 boots. If the 2nd boot is a hiking boot, then the next boot will match either the steel-toe or the hiking boot – so the 3rd pair will match one of the other boots for certain.
Today’s Problem:
What do the following words have in common?
salad, turkey, room
Last Problem:
Complete the phrases below:
Fill in the words for the capital letters:
D. and N. of the G.F
D. in a Z.C.
H. in a D.
Answer:
Days and Nights of the Great Flood
Digits in a Zip Code
Hours in a Day
Today’s Problem:
There are 4 steel-toe boots and 8 hiking boots in a dark closet. How many boots have to be pulled out so that there is a matching pair?
Last Problem:
A bottle and cork cost 21 pence and bottle costs 20 pence more than the cork. What does each cost?
Answer:
Cork costs 1/2 pence, Bottle costs 20 1/2 pence.
Today’s Problem:
Complete the phrases below:
Fill in the words for the capital letters:
D. and N. of the G.F
D. in a Z.C.
H. in a D.