1. A customer in a restaurant found a dead fly in his coffee. He sent the waiter back for a fresh cup. After a sip he shouted “This is the same cup of coffee I had before!” How did he know?
2. “I guarantee,” said the pet-shop salesman, “that this parrot will repeat every word it hears.” A customer bought the parrot but found it would not speak a single word. Nevertheless, the salesman told the truth. What is the explanation?
3. This little poem by Bennett Cerf includes every letter in the alphabet but one. Which letter is missing?
A jovial swain should not complain / Of any buxom fair
Who mocks his pain and thinks it gain / To quiz his awkward air.
4. Why are 1998 pennies worth more than 1997 pennies?
5. A man lives on the 100th floor of an apartment building. On rainy days he rides the elevator all the way up. However, on sunny days, he goes half way and takes the stairs the rest of the way. Why?
6. A repeat from last time – this one is too much fun to not have any takers!! GEOGRAPHY FUN: A) Missouri is tied with one other state for the title of ‘state with borders the most other states.’ Can you name the other state, and can you tell how many states they border? B) Missouri is also one of EIGHT states that start with the letter M. Can you name the other seven? C) There are also eight states beginning with the letter N, but they kinda have to ‘cheat’ to do it? Why is that?
7. Write the numeral for 8 trillion, forty million, two.
8. Which weighs more – a pound of feathers or a pound of lead?
9. 0.1 + 0.2 x 0.3 – 0.4 ÷ 0.5 = _______ ?
10. The first 10 numbers in the sequence 3, 33, 333, 3333, . . . are added. What is the digit in the thousands place of the sum?
11. Find a fraction between 3/7 and 4/9.
12. If I count at the rate of one number a second, how long (to the nearest year!) will it take me to count to a billion?
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