Ted the Snob

Ted, who was a bit of a snob, just had to dress things up.

"I was creating a happy song on my entire journey to a place of monetary deposity," he told Judy.

"Honestly, Ted, why can't you just say it normally!" replied Judy.

What was Ted doing?

Palindromic Sentence

Insert the letters from FAMILIES MASS SALE into the phrase below to form a complete palindromic sentence. Palindromic sentences read the same backwards and forwards. For instance, "Madam, I'm Adam".

_ A - _ _ - _ _ - S _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ S - _ - _ _

To make this look (somewhat) right, I'm putting a dash (-) in between each word. Each missing letter is underlined. Sorry if it makes it unclear.

The Farmer Had Hundreds

The same five letters can be anagrammed (is anagrammed a word?) into four different words that fill in the blanks in the sentence to make (somewhat) good sense.

The farmer with hundreds of _ _ _ _ _ , deeply _ _ _ _ _ about the amount of rainfall, and _ _ _ _ _ around with artificial watering systems when the ground is dry enough to _ _ _ _ _ him about the possibility of crop failure.

What are the missing words?

Which Fruit Does Not Fit

Which does not belong in this group:
Apple, Grape, Banana, Cherry, Pear

Which Animal Does Not Fit

Which animal does not fit with the others?

1. Chamois
2. Tiercel
3. Impala
4. Fennec
5. Gerbil
6. Jerboa

Break a Rope

Under what conditions would a rope be most likely to break?

a. 20 men of equal strength with 10 pulling on each end.
b. 10 of the same men pulling on one end and the other end being fastened to a tree.
c. It makes no difference.

Weakest Player

Tom beats Joe at pool, but loses to Sue.  Hillary usually wins against Joe, sometimes against Tom, but never against Sue.

Who is the weakest player?