1.
The word, "mineral," can be spelled using only the letters found in the word, "parliament."
2.
This
sequence of four words, "triangle, glove, clock, bicycle,"
corresponds to this sequence of numbers "3, 5, 12, 2."
3.
27
minutes before 7 o'clock is 33 minutes past 5 o'clock
4.
The
word, "slackers," is spelled by using the first letters of the words
in the following sentence: "Silent large anteaters calmly kiss each
roasted snack."
5.
If
written backwards, the number, "one thousand, one hundred
twenty-five," would be written "five thousand, two hundred
eleven."
6.
Gary
has only forty-eight dollars, but he can buy a bicycle that costs one hundred
twenty dollars, (disregarding tax) if he borrows fifty-seven dollars from Jane
and fifteen dollars from Jill.
7.
A
round wall clock that has been rotated until it is hanging upside down will
have a minute hand that points to your right when it is two forty-five
8.
If
the word, "quane," is understood to mean the same as the word,
"den," then the following sentence is grammatically correct:
"Looking out from my quane, I could see a wolf enter quane."
9.
If
Richard looks into a mirror and touches his left ear with his right hand,
Richard's image seems to touch its right ear with its left hand.
10.
.
If you leave the letters in the same order, but rearrange the spaces in the
phrase, "Them eats on," it can be read as, "Theme at son."
11.
The
words, "auctioned, education, and cautioned," all use the exact same
letters
12.
John
weighs 85 pounds. Jeff weighs 105 pounds. Jake weighs 115 pounds. Two of them
standing together on the same scale could weigh 200 pounds.
13.
The
seventh vowel appearing in this sentence is the letter "a."
14.
Nine
chickens, two dogs, and three cats have a total of forty legs
15.
Sixteen
hours are to one day as twenty days are to June's length
16.
In
the English alphabet, there are exactly four letters between the letter
"M" and the letter "G."
17.
If
the word, "TAN," is written under the word, "SLY," and the
word, "TOT," is written under "TAN," then the word,
"SAT," is formed diagonally.
18.
By
removing seven letters from the word, "motherhood," the word,
"home," can be formed.
19.
If
a thumb is a finger, then three gloves and three shoes normally hold
thirty-five fingers and toes
20.
The
words, "every, how, hand, ever," can form common compound words
using, respectively, "one, ever, finger, more."
21.
If
Monday is the first day of the month, the very next Saturday is the fifth day
of the month.
22.
Three
of the following numbers add up to the number 31: 17, 3, 2, 19, 5.
23.
Fred
will be four blocks from his starting place if he travels two blocks north,
then three blocks east, and then two blocks south.
24.
The
following words are the opposites of words that begin with the letter R:
unreal, street, grasp, unwind, wrong.
25.
.
The following, disregarding punctuation, is spelled the same forwards as it is
backwards: "Drat Saddam, a mad dastard!"