810-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 16,1989 Tricky Quiz For Holiday Fun 1. You go to bed at eight o’clock in the evening and set the alarm to get up at nine in the morning. How many hours sleep does this allow you? one hour 2. Do they have a fourth of July in England? Yes, every calendar has a July 4, 3. How many birthdays does the average man have? one, after that he has a birthday anniversary 4. Why can’t a man living in Miami, Florida, be bur ied west of the Mississippi? because he isn’t dead 5. One month has 28 days, of the remaining 11 months, how many have 30 days? 11 months 6. If you had only one match and entered a room where there was a lamp, an oil heated and some kin dling wood, which would you light first? the match 7. How far can a dog run into the woods? half way after that he’s going out 8. A farmer has 17 sheep; all but nine died. How many did he have left? nine 9. How many animals of each kind did Moses take along on the ark? none, Noah took the animals in the ark, not Moses 10. A woman gave a beggar 50 cents. The woman is the beggar’s sister, but the beggar is not the woman’s brother. Why? the beggar is her sister 11. Is it legal in North Carolina for a man to marry his widow’s sister? he can’t because he’d be dead 12. How many men on a baseball team, and how many outs in an inning? six, because each team has three 13. If a doctor gave you three pills and told you to take one every half hour, how long would they last? Answers to the Christmas tune quiz 1. Jingle Bells 2. Winter Wonderland 3. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 4. Joy to the World 5. Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer 6. O Come All Ye Faithful 7. I’m dreaming of a White Christmas 8.0 Christmas Tree 9. Who’s Child Is This 10. We Three Kings 11. Deck the Halls 12. Three Ships Come A Sailing 13. O Holy Night 14. Noel 15. Away in the Manager 16. 24 Days of Christmas 17.1 Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 18. All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth 19. Chestnuts Roasting Over An Open Fire 20. It Came Upon the Midnight CJear 21. It’s Snowing 22. Silent Night 23.0-Little Town of Bethlehem 24. Hi Ho Silver o Nome That Christmas Tune 11 s % >/ __^---|Vy?]^QL *j oo t> & ~r> m * & 1 hour 14. If you have two U.S. coins totaling 55 cents, and one of the coins is not a nickel, what are the two coins? one of the coins is a 50 cent piece the other is a nickel 15. Take two apples from three apples. How many do you have? two apples 16. A man said he found a coin marked 46 B.C. Is he lying or telling the truth? lying*, because they didn’t know when CHHst would be born in 46 B.C. 17. There is a house with four southern exposures. There is a bear running toward the house. What col or is the bear? white, because it’s at the North Pole 18. A butcher stands 6’4” tall and wears a size 12 shoe. What does he weigh? meat 19. You’re driving a bus. At the first stop four get on and six get off; at the second stop, two get on and four get off; at the third stop 12 get on and 1 gets off and at the last stop 1 gets on and 4 get off. How old is the driver? your age, because you’re driving the bus / \ -JF >TX nr rz~~t. TyZ M I )o IAB C D E FG'HN KM NO PQRS TUV W X Y 50- (\ci2if\ 3) £ s®® hum pu IS I »/•» fry *csd .<s^ V ‘Pgr Hi at r jr oaa& vaguer tsT* *l r \io tCEfAS-R ’ | \ h. usi ms~i 7S _s_ jc}-.^ is|a?|n£i] i° 1 151-s E!M D|l3 2o! llpl 2V '• I Reader’s Write Dear Readers, Hi, my name is Linda Mae Stolt zfus. My teacher’s name is Dor othy Kauffman. I love school. We live on a farm. My brother’s name is Steven, age 15. My sister’s are Anna Ruth, 11; - and Katie Ann, 2. I am 11. My mom and dad are Sam and Emma. Merry Christmas! Linda Stoltzfus Parkesburg Dear Readers, My name is Marlin K. Stoltzfus. I’m 6 years old. 1 go to Cambridge School. My teacher’s name is Katie Stoltzfus. I have three brothers: they arc older than me and their names are Jesse, 16; Ivan Lee, 15; and Mervin, 11.1 have two sisters. They are older than me. Their names are Susan, 18; Sadie, 9. I have to put the milkers together. We have seven work horses and two mules. Good-bye everyone. Marlin Stoltzfus Narvon EscSi
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