Have a Great Weekend

Some cogs are tigs.
All tigs are bons.
Some bons are pabs.
Some pabs are tigs.
Therefore, cogs are definitely pabs.--- TRUE or FALSE?

Keep It Simple

I know a word of letters three, add two and fewer there will be?

A Little Bit of Math

A bank customer had $100 in his account. He then made 6 withdrawals, totaling $100. He kept a record of these withdrawals, and the balance remaining in the account, as follows:

$ Value of Withdrawals	$ Value of Balance remaining
$50	$50
25	25
10	15
8	7
5	2
2	0
---	---
$100	$99

When he added up the columns as above, he assumed that he still had $1 in the bank. Was he right?

The Ship is Sinking

On a fine sunny day a ship was in the harbor. All of a sudden the ship began to sink. There was no storm and nothing wrong with the ship yet it sank right in front of the spectators eyes. No one tried to help the sailors on board, despite plenty of witnesses.

What caused the ship to sink?

This is one of those 'lateral' thinking problems, so there could be many possible solutions. What's yours?

She Held Him Underwater For 5 Minutes

A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.

How can this be?


BTW, How was your Thanksgiving?

Turkey Trivia

Last year we had Thanksgiving trivia. This year it will be all about the turkey.

Since I'll be off for the rest of the week, I just wanted to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving! (if you celebrate it... if not, I hope you have a great week!). Answers for the trivia questions are below.

1. Where was the turkey first domesticated?
2. What is a female turkey called?
3. What is a male turkey called?
4. What great American statesman lobbied to make the turkey the national symbol?
5. What sound does a female turkey make?
6. What sound does a male turkey make?
7. About how many feathers does a mature turkey have?
8. How fast can wild turkeys run?
9. Can wild turkeys fly? If so, how fast?
10. What is the name of the skin that hangs from a turkey's neck?

Answers

1. Mexico and Central America
2. a hen
3. a tom
4. Benjamin Franklin
5. click
6. gobble
7. 3,500
8. 25 mph
9. Yes, up to 55 mph
10. wattle

Words in Common

What do the following words have in common?

Ahoy, blow, chin, defy, erst, flux, gist, hint, imps, know, lops, most.

Can you provide a five-letter word having the same property? How about a six-letter one?