Friday, 2/20/09
Prepare sheet for Test #8.
Mental Floss.
  1. Find the two six letter words that are combined in each row of letters. Their letters are in the correct order. The words will be antonyms of each other.

  2. a)  JSOYOMFUBELR   b) DASNAGEFERTY   c) USENEARSEYNE
  3. Approximately what percentage of American males, born since the days of George Washington, have been named after him? (+ or - 10%)
  4. What gets bigger the more you take away from it, but smaller the more you add to it?
  5. How can you perform a subtraction from seven so that the result will be even, but without subtracting any odd numbers?
  6. What planets are hidden in the following sentences?
    1. a) Everyone takes a turn during Monopoly.
    2. b) "What hurts?" asked the doctor. "It's my ear," the patient cried.
  7. What word becomes plural when you add an a to the beginning of it?
  8. Figure out what the three things in each set have in common. Each answer is a six-letter word ending in -s. Example:  railroad, animals, music CD:  tracks
Test #8.