What Color is the Bear?

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?

What Do These Three Words Have in Common?

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

How Many Boots?

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?