Friday, 12/04/09
Prepare sheet for Test #12. Record Pink Sheet score (/10).
Mental Floss.
  1. If you multiply together the number of fingers on one person's right hand to another person's to another person's until you get the product of the fingers on the right hands of everyone in the world, what is the most likely product?   For instance, one person has 5 fingers, and his friend has 5 fingers. The product is 25. Another person with 5 fingers would make the product 125. This goes on until everyone's finger number is multiplied.  What's the answer? Estimate what the final product would be. (Current world population is about 6.8 billion. Alert: MATH)
  2. When is 30 plus 30 equal to 1?
  3. How can you perform a subtraction from seven so that the result will be even, but without subtracting any odd numbers?
  4. Change the position of just one of the words below so that all the words are in an alphabetical sequence:

    5. llama, phoenix, hyena, alligator, beaver, elephant, tortoise, antelope
  5. Where do you leave a "place" by closing the window?  (On a _____.)
  6. What do these sentences translate to?

    7.   "A research team proceeded towards the apex of a natural geologic protuberance, the purpose of their expedition being the procurement of a sample of fluid hydride of oxygen in a large vessel, the exact size of which was unspecified. One member of the team precipitously descended, sustaining severe damage to the upper cranial portion of his anatomical structure; subsequently the second member of the team performed a self rotational translation oriented in the same direction taken by the first team member."
  7. In a small town in the country, a male cow swallowed an explosive device. The town newspaper had a front page story about it. Which one-word headline did they use?  a) Shocking!   b) How?  c) Dangerous!  d) Terrifying!  e) Abominable!  f) What?  g) Horrible!    WRITE OUT THE ANSWER; DO NOT JUST PUT THE LETTER.
Test #12