What is it?

Last Problem:

What is the common link between these words:

threshold, taciturn, signature, redress, misspelling, lambaste, hockey, decoration

Answer:

Each word is made up of two shorter words which are joined by a common letter. The second word starts on the same letter as the first word ends on. threshold => thresh and hold, taciturn => tacit and turn, etc.

Today’s Problem

A tiger, a snake, a moose , a bear, and a turtle have one. An eagle, a walleye, and an elephant have two. Humans don’t have any. What is it?

What is Common?

Last Problem:

What is the fewest number of colors you can use to color a map of the U.S. without using any of the same colors on connecting states – no border lines have the same color on both sides?

Answer:

The answer is “4” – you can have virtually any map, real or imagined, where no borders will touch a common color, using only 4 colors.

Today’s Problem:

What is the common link among these words:

threshold, taciturn, signature, redress, misspelling, lambaste, hockey, decoration

How Many Colors?

Last Problem:

If your mother is named Sandy, and she only has 4 daughters, what is the name of the other daughter if the other three are named Penny, Nickle and Dime?

Answer:

“your own name” – even if you are a male, this situation is about a woman with 4 daughters – meaning you would be a daughter for the purpose of the story.

Today’s Problem:

What is the fewest number of colors you can use to color a map of the U.S. without using any of the same colors on connecting states – no border lines have the same color on both sides?

What is the Daughter’s Name?

Last Problem:

Steve Cramer was moving a piano into a 5 story apartment which required a crane which lifted the piano up high enough so it could be placed through the window of the fifth story apartment.

Unfortunately, a cable breaks and the piano falls and lands on an innocent man who happened to be walking by on the sidewalk. A few moments later, the man gets up and is ok, but the piano is a loss. How did the man on the sidewalk not get hurt?

Answer:

The man is in a cartoon. This is how he can get up and walk away from harm!

Today’s Problem:

If your mother is named Sandy, and she only has 4 daughters, what is the name of the other daughter if the other three are named Penny, Nickle and Dime?

Piano Moving into a Five Story Apartment

Last Problem:

A mute person goes into a shop and wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing his teeth he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done.

Next, a blind man comes into the shop who wants to buy a pair of sunglasses; how does he  indicate what he wants?

Answer:

He just has to open his mouth and asks…. It’s really very simple….

Today’s Problem:

Steve Cramer was moving a piano into a 5 story apartment which required a crane which lifted the piano up high enough so it could be placed through the window of the fifth story apartment.

Unfortunately, a cable breaks and the piano falls and lands on an innocent man who happened to be walking by on the sidewalk. A few moments later, the man gets up and is ok, but the piano is a loss. How did the man on the sidewalk not get hurt?

How Do the Blind Communicate?

Last Question

You are participating in a race. If you overtake the last person, what position are you in?

Answer:

If you answered that you are second to last, then you are wrong.  Tell me, how can you overtake the last  person?

Today’s Problem:

A mute person goes into a shop and wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing his teeth he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done.

Next, a blind man comes into the shop who wants to buy a pair of sunglasses; how does he  indicate what he wants?