Friday, July 1, 2016

Multiple Choice, Part IV

Series IX: Multiple Choice: Puzzle 4



Continuing our multiple choice quiz.  
Each question can be solved by guessing a rule.
These can be hard, so hints will be given each week on Thursday.
The solution to the entire quiz will not be given until the end of the unit. 


Question 10:
One man goes swimming, two go waterskiing, and four go diving.
Five and six go....

  1. Swimming
  2. Waterskiing
  3. Diving
  4. None of the above


Question 11: 

St. Francis: “I’ll have fries with that, please.”
St. Bernard: “Make them very well done, please.”
St. Matthew: “How much change will I get back from $2.00?”
St. Nicholas:
 
  1. "None."
  2. "5 cents."
  3. "10 cents."
  4. "25 cents."  


Question 12:
Old MacDonald had a monstrous cow, a glow-in-the-dark pig, an unbalanced sheep, twenty-eight horses, and…

  1. A waterproof dog.
  2. A psychoanalytic cat.
  3. An emphatic mouse.
  4. A migraine headache.

Hints for IX, 3

(Note:  Full solution at the end of the quiz,next week...)

Question 7 Hint:  What mnemonic could possibly have an opposite?
   
Question 8 Hint: Is there an order?
   
Question 9 Hint: Maybe they're not Trump and Clinton. All we really know about them is their first names.

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Saturday, June 25, 2016

Multiple Choice, Part III

Series IX: Multiple Choice: Puzzle 3



Continuing our multiple choice quiz.  
Each question can be solved by guessing a rule.
These can be hard, so hints will be given each week on Thursday.
The solution to the entire quiz will not be given until the end of the unit. 


Question 7:
The opposite of the mnemonic "Charlie Tried Prune Juice For His Cough," is ...
  1. Thirty days hath September...
  2. Mother Very Easily Made a Jam Sandwich...
  3. Monday's child is fair of face...
  4. GAS PILE


Question 8: 
 I am away for the entire summer: July, June, and August. I will eat lunch, dinner, and breakfast on the deck. Dinner is usually a salad, followed by an entree, dessert, and then an appetizer. I am busy weekdays, Friday through Saturday, but you can join me on the weekend, ...
  1. Tuesday and Wednesday
  2. Monday and Sunday
  3. Thursday and Wednesday
  4. Sunday and Thursday



Question 9:
Donald and Hillary argued in the kitchen: it was a draw.
Donald and Hillary battled in the dining room: she won.
Donald and Hillary debated on the stairs: he won.

Donald and Hillary face off at noon...   
  1. She'll win.
  2. He'll win
  3. It'll be a draw.
  4. I never vote; it only encourages them.