Back-To-School: Pop Quiz!




Pop Quiz!!


Here we have found 10 stumpers for you.  Please don't cheat and use the internet- try to figure them out yourself!  We'll be back later in the month with the answers!


  1. Start with the sequence of non-zero digits 123456789. Place plus or minus signs between them so that the result of thus described arithmetic operation will be 100.
  2. Name four days of the week that begin with the letter "t".
  3. What word has five letters but is pronounced as only one?
  4. I have 2 arms, but fingers none.  I have 2 feet, but cannot run.  I carry well, but found I carry best with my feet off the ground.  What am I?
  5. What is big and yellow and comes in the morning to brighten mom's day?
  6. You are in a room with 3 monkeys.  One monkey has a banana, one has a stick and one has nothing.  Who is the smartest primate?
  7. I am part of the bird that is not in the sky.  I swim in the ocean yet remain dry.  What am I?
  8. What is half of 2 + 2?
  9. Forward I am heavy, backward I am not.  What am I?
  10. What always runs but never walks, often murmurs, never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats?


Please keep the game fun for everyone and do not post the answers in these comments!  We'll be revealing the answers later in the month!