“When you drop a playing card on the table”, you demonstrate to a spectator, “it lands on 1 side or the other. Can you drop it, from a height of at least 1 foot, so it lands on its edge?”
Bend the card (90 degrees, widthwise). Carefully drop it and it should land on edge! It’s best to use a joker, so you don’t ruin a good card. You can also do this with a business card, index card, small piece of cardboard, etc.
It’s back to school time, so here is an interesting literacy puzzler. What is unusual about these 3 sentences? Do you know what they are called? Both fickle dwarves jinx my pig quiz. Quick fox jumps nightly above wizard. Five quacking zephyrs jolt my wax bed.
Professor Wordsmith says that the letter that comes right after AB in the alphabet is E. How can this be?
Here’s a puzzler to warm you up on a chilly day. How much tea does the average size tea kettle hold?
Set a cup of water on the table. Cover it with a sheet of newspaper. Claim that you can drink the water without touching the newspaper! Sounds impossible? Here’s how:
Hold a pencil in each hand. Close 1 eye. Can you bring the pencil points together so they touch?
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