Fun with Words

Today is a day for fun! Wouldn’t it be nice to wake up every day and think that way?

Let’s see if you know these phobias, groups, and brain teasers.

Phobias:

Astraphobia         Fear of thunder and lightning

Ataxophobia        Fear of disorder or untidiness

Chionophobia      Fear of snow

Nosocomephobia Fear of hospitals

Porphyrophobia   Fear of the color purple

 

Groups and Their Names:

A group of fish is called a school.

A group of toads is called a knot.

A group of chicks is called a clutch.

A group of giraffes standing still is called a tower.

A group of giraffes in motion is called a jenny.

 

Brain Teasers:

1.       What word of six letters contains six words beside itself, without transposing a letter?

2.       When does Friday come before Thursday?

3.       What English word contains all five vowels and the letter y?

4.       Two women apply for a job. They look exactly alike. On their applications they list the same last name and address. They were born to the same parents, on the same day, same month, and same year. Everything is identical. The receptionist says, “You must be twins.” They say, “No.” How is that possible?

5.       What makes this number unique: 8,549,176,320?

 

 

 

Answers to the brain teasers:

1. Herein.

2. In the dictionary.

3. Revolutionary

4. Two from a set of triplets.

5. It has each number, zero through nine, listed in alphabetical order.

Nancy Roe
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