Nov 10, 2008

What is the Turkey Trot?
A 1900’s dance in which couples circled each other while bobbing their heads and strutting like turkeys.

How fast can wild turkeys fly?
55 mph, but for very short distances.

What is the pouch like area at the front of a turkey’s throat called?
A wattle.

Which of the following is the name for a young male turkey?
A young male is a jake. A tom is an adult male.

Oct 14, 2008

Debit card = B A D    C R E D I T

Retirement = T I M E   R E N T E R

Oct 3, 2008
About 12%! Now that's the power of compounding!

Sept 3, 2008
1. Tom Bodett
2. Mark Twain
3. Kurt Vonnegut
4. Jane Addams

Aug 4, 2008
Many people who ride horses carry whips. They crack the whip while they ride the horse. When a whip is cracked, the tip travels faster than the speed of sound, which makes the loud snap. It actually creates a miniature sonic boom of sorts. The whip breaks the sound barrier, thus, it was broken on horseback.

July 1, 2008
1. The men who signed the Declaration of Independence, who helped draft the United States Constitution or otherwise acted as leaders in the American Revolution, are known as the Founding Fathers or Fathers of our Country.

2. John Adams, Thoughts on Government, 1776.

3. Elbridge Thomas Gerry.

4. George Washington and James Madison. Thomas Jefferson was in France, serving as U.S. Minister to that country, and John Adams was serving as U.S. Minister to Great Britain and also did not sign it.

June 5, 2008
1. True. According to www.aquaticcommunity.com, jellyfish have been around for more than 650 million years—longer than dinosaurs.

2. True. According to www.nationalgeographic.com, most sea stars are carnivores. It’s astonishing, but they actually consume their prey outside of their bodies. A sea star uses tiny, suction-cups on its feet to pry open clams or oysters. Then, its stomach emerges from its mouth, slips inside the clam or oyster shell, and engulfs the prey. Once it digests, the stomach is pulled back into the sea star.

3. False. Coral polyps are translucent. Coral reefs get their colorful hues from algae. When a reef is stressed by a temperature change or by pollution, coral polyps reject the algae and that causes the reef to look bleached.

May 1, 2008
1. folly
2. changing
3. dead
4. Fish and visitors
5. preaches
6. said
7. enemy, friend
8. immortal

April 8, 2008
1.Moose (Mousse)
2. Bear (Bare)
3. Lion (Lyin')
4. Whale (Wail)
5. Boar (Bore)
6. Deer (Dear)
7. Toad (Towed)
8. Lynx (Links)

Mar 3, 2008

Feb 4, 2008
fettuccine
tagliatelle
linguine
spaghetti
farfalle
fusilli
orecchiette
penne
angel hair
conchiglie

Jan 7, 2008
1. Fume Blanc
2. Pinot Noir
3. Merlot
4. Riesling
5. Moselle
6. Zinfandel
7. Chablis
8. Chenin Blanc
9. Cabernet Sauvignon
10. Vermouth

Dec 17, 2007

Poinsettia
Mistletoe
Rosemary

Nov 11, 2007

After a few trials, you can find out only 1 and 8 can be in the middle. Also 2 and 7 should be on the top and bottom. The rest of the numbers should be easily placed. The sequence should be 2 (top), 6, 8, 5 (next row), 4, 1, 3 (another row), 7 (bottom)

Nov 5, 2007

Sand!

Oct 29, 2007

A = 7, E = 1, N = 6, T = 4

Oct 1, 2007

laughs

Sept 24, 2007

Envelope

Sept 17, 2007

1. rose, sore
2. seat, teas
3. stop, Post
4. tier, tire
5. spat, past

Sept 10, 2007

1. pauper
2. agony
3. cupid
4. austria
5. curling
6. magnum

Aug 27, 2007

Dirham
Dollar
Escudo
Forint
Koruna
Kwacha

Aug 13, 2007

Mt. Rushmore

Aug 6, 2007

Second place! Many people think the answer is First place, but he would only be in First place after he passes the First place rider.

July 16, 2007

1. CHiPs
2. Emergency!
3. The Flying Nun
4. Taxi
5. Eight is Enough
6. Little House on the Prairie
7. Soap

July 9, 2007

The answer is: Nothing!

July 2, 2007

1. July 2. The Second Continental Congress declared independence from Great Britain on July 2, 1776, by passing Lee’s Resolution. The Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence—a greatly expanded version of the resolution—on July 4.
2. The President of the Second Continental Congress was John Hancock.
3. Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and James Monroe all died on the fourth of July.

June 25, 2007

June 11, 2007

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June 4, 2007

1. Broadway
2. Ellis Island
3. Madison Square Garden
4. Wall Street
5. Yankee Stadium

May 21, 2007

This problem gives the illusion of guessing an unknown number, but the unknown has been cancelled mathematically.
( X + 7 - 2 - X ) × 4 - 2 = 18

May 14, 2007

The message was "loose bricks in left wall." The message was put backward with words related to time in between.

This is how the message looks when separated:
ll watch awtfe clock lnisk sundial cirbe timer sool

If you take out watch, clock, sundial, and timer, this is what is left:
llawtfelniskcirbesool

Look at this backwards and this is what you have:
loose bricks in left wall

Bonnie took out the bricks and escaped in the night. Then, she put the bricks back where they were.

May 7, 2007

Amen!

April 30, 2007

U472BMT
Try prounouncing it. "U Four Seven Two B M T"

April 23, 2007

The answer is 4100. Most people get 5000 as result, because of the hurry. The tens and the hundreds are mixed up in the last step (4090 plus 10).

April 16, 2007

This single sequence in fact consists of two sequences: the first sequence is 2-3-4-5-... and the second sequence is 9-18-36-72-... . To make the puzzle harder, all ciphers have been placed apart. Conclusion: the next term in the sequence is a "2".

April 9, 2007

1. The tax code of the United States. It’s not even close. The Gettysburg Address has about 270 words. The Declaration of Independence has about 1,400 words. The Oxford English Dictionary has about 620,000 words (not counting definitions). The U.S. tax code has grown from 11,400 words in 1913, to nearly 7 million today. So much for simplification.

2. Sweden. In 2004, Sweden’s taxes were 51.3% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Swedish taxes pay for: social insurance, allowances, health care, social services and education.

3. Mexico. In 2005, Mexico’s taxes were 9.3% of its GDP. One reason that some experts think Mexico’s economy has had trouble growing is because of poor infrastructure, which may be, in part, the result of low taxes

April 2, 2007

Divide all pieces of gold into 3 groups:
Group 1: 27 pieces,
Group 2: 27 pieces,
Group 3: 26 pieces.

Put up groups 1 and 2 on to the scale and weigh them. If they are balanced, then divide group 3 into 3 groups: 9, 9, 8 pieces for each group. Otherwise divide the lighter group into 3 groups: 9, 9, 9 pieces for each group.

Put up sub-group 1 and 2 onto the scale and weigh them. If they are balanced, then divide group 3 into 3 groups: 3, 3, 2 pieces for each group. Otherwise divide the lighter group into 3 groups: 3, 3, 3 pieces for each group.

Put up sub-group 1 and 2 onto the scale and weigh them. If they are balanced, then divide group 3 into 2 groups: 1 piece for each group. Otherwise divide the lighter group into 3 groups: 1 piece for each group.

Put up 2 pieces onto the scale and weigh them. we can find out which one is lighter immediately. If they are balanced then the last piece must be the lighter one.

March 19, 2007

The next element of      is   .

If you look closely at the objects, you will see that the first is the number 1 back to back with its mirror image. The second object consists of the number 2 and its mirror image, and so on....

March 12, 2007

March 05, 2007
6, he makes 5 originals from the 25 butts he found, and after he smokes them he has 5 butts left for another cigar.

February 12, 2007
Geoffrey Chaucer composed a poem to celebrate the engagement of King Richard II in 1381. The Parliament of Fowls connected the idea of romance with St. Valentine’s Day by declaring that it was the day all birds choose their mates.

February 5, 2007
Excuses, Excuses!

January 22, 2007
Each alphabet on the top has straight lines only. Each alphabet in the box has mixed straight lines and curves. Each alphabet at the bottom has curves only.
Therefore, S goes to the bottom, T, V, W, X, Y, Z go to the top, U goes into the box.

January 16, 2007
We know that Mr Yellow was not wearing a yellow tie because of his statement.
He also was not wearing the green tie because the one wearing the green tie agreed to his statement. Therefore, Mr Yellow was wearing a brown tie. Mr Green was wearing a yellow tie. And Mr Brown was wearing the green tie.

January 8, 2007
42857.

January 3, 2007
06 & 60 ... 15 & 51 ... 24 & 42

December 18, 2006
Frosty the Snowman.

December 4, 2006
Cruelty and cutlery.

November 20, 2006
6 hours were left in the day.

November 13, 2006
The friends paid $27 dollars ($9 each). The two dollars the bellhop kept should be subtracted from this amount, not added to it. If you add the $5 that was returned by the clerk ($3 were received by the friends and $2 were kept by the bellhop) to the $25 the friends paid, you have $30.

October 30, 2006
RHYTHM

October 23, 2006
Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn
The ancient Babylonians chose to organize their calendar around 7 days of the week, and each day corresponds to one of the seven "planets" visible to the naked eye. Saturday is ruled by Saturn.

September 25, 2006