1. An infinite number of mathematicians are standing behind a bar. The first asks the barman for half a pint of root beer, the second for a quarter pint, the third an eighth, and so on. How many pints of root beer will the barman need to fulfill all mathematicians' wishes?
2. Find the name of a planet hidden in each of the following sentences:
• a) "Steven, use the screwdriver to build those shelves."
• b) Everyone takes a turn in the cage.
• c) "Catherine, you ran us over with your bicycle!"
• d) "Sam, arsenic is poisonous. I read about it on the internet."
3. What two words contain the most letters?
4. Mom baked a cake. Dad ate 1/6 of the cake. Brother ate 1/5 of what was left. Then sister had 1/4 of the remaining cake. After that the dog ate 1/3 of the remaining cake, and finally another kid ate 1/2 of what was left after the dog was finished. What fraction of the whole cake is left for mom to eat? (Alert: math.)
5. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in the middle field?
6. When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.

Example: Begin -> Sour     Answer: The words are Start and Tart.
• a)  area between mountains -->   narrow passage between buildings
• b) spew out -->  leave out  (gross!)
• c) a shape -->  a number

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