Friday, 2/20/09
Prepare sheet for Test
#8.
Mental Floss.
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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.
a) JSOYOMFUBELR
b) DASNAGEFERTY c) USENEARSEYNE
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Approximately what percentage
of American males, born since the days of George Washington, have been
named after him? (+ or - 10%)
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What gets bigger the more you
take away from it, but smaller the more you add to it?
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How can you perform a subtraction
from seven so that the result will be even, but without subtracting any
odd numbers?
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What planets are hidden in the
following sentences?
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a) Everyone takes a turn during
Monopoly.
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b) "What hurts?" asked the doctor.
"It's my ear," the patient cried.
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What word becomes plural when
you add an a to the beginning of it?
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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
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a) trombone, playground, microscope
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b) rupture, school year, good
fortune
Test #8.