Saturday, March 6, 2010

CAN YOU ANSWER THIS?
Credit: GAMES Magazine
Henry Hook

1. Where will you find the letters: C, D, E, F, L, O, P, T, and Z, and no others?
2. Why did Orville Wright, and not Wilbur, make that first flight at Kitty Hawk?
3. Statues of heroes on horseback sometimes show the horses rearing. What is the significance of the horse's position?
4. In cost per acre, which was a better bargain---Alaska or the Louisiana Purchase?
5. In number of sales per year, what company is the world's largest manufacturer of feminine apparel?

Answers:

1. On a standard Snellen eyechart
2.The choice was decided by a coin toss. (History does not record who won the toss.)
3. It indicates how the rider died. Four hooves on the ground, died naturally. One hoof raised, died of battle wounds. Two hooves raised, died in battle.
4. Alaska, at 2 cents per acre. Louisiana cost 3 cents per acre.
5. Mattel, which sells over 20 million outfits for Barbie Dolls annually.