Friday, 5/16/14
Prep Sheet for Test #27 :
Warm Ups: ____/16  ____/10
Euphemisms: +_____   Other Extra Credit:

Mental Floss. (All reruns. Husker Du?)

1. A house painter paints numbers on all the new houses in a neighborhood from 1-100. How many times does he have to paint the digit 9? (Not a trick.)
2. A boat has a ladder hanging off the side that has six rungs. Each rung is one foot apart. The bottom rung is one foot from the water. The tide rises at 12 inches every 15 minutes. High tide peaks in one hour. When the tide is at its highest, how many rungs are under water?
3. A fish weighs 10 pounds plus half its weight. How much does it weigh? (Not a trick; just math.)
4. A heavyset man who works in the butcher's shop is 6'2" tall. He has a 42" chest and a 34" waist, and size 12 feet. What does he weigh?
5. I am a rock group that has 4 members, all of whom are dead, one of which was assassinated. What am I?
6. What are the elusive characters? Missing two letters or numbers?
   W A T E __ M __ L O N
   (In other words, what letters go in the blanks. The answer is not R and E.)
   

Test #27.

YEE #2