Training Tips: Warm Up Your Brain
Here are some trivia questions to get your brains warmed up on a cold training day:
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1.Months of the year that begin on a Sunday (other than February in non-leap-years) always have five Sundays. What other notable feature do they (including all Februarys) contain?
2. What connects these words?... Dram, Colon, Won, Dong, Kip.
3. What is the only US state which borders with just one other US state?
4. What are these cities?
5. Cryptic anagram puzzles(the clues are in the questions):
ANSWERS:
1. Months of the year that begin on a Sunday (other than February in non-leap-years) always have five Sundays. What other notable feature do they (including all Februaries) contain?
Friday the 13th
2. What connects these words?... Dram, Colon, Won, Dong, Kip.
They are currencies (as at May 2005), specifically: Dram (Armenia), Colon (Costa Rica, El Salvadore), Won (North Korea, South Korea), Dong (Vietnam), Kip (Lao People's Democratic Republic, formerly Laos).
3. What is the only US state which borders with just one other US state?
Maine
4. What are these cities?
Cryptic anagram puzzles answers (the clues are in the questions):
(Scroll down for answers)
1.Months of the year that begin on a Sunday (other than February in non-leap-years) always have five Sundays. What other notable feature do they (including all Februarys) contain?
2. What connects these words?... Dram, Colon, Won, Dong, Kip.
3. What is the only US state which borders with just one other US state?
4. What are these cities?
- City of Magnificent Distances
- City of the Angels
- Empire City
- Monumental City/Charm City
- Mormon City
- Quaker City
- Soul City
- Windy City
- Motor City
- Music City
5. Cryptic anagram puzzles(the clues are in the questions):
- dirty room
- here come dots
- lost cash in, me
- alas, no more z's
- I'm a dot in place
- eleven plus two
ANSWERS:
1. Months of the year that begin on a Sunday (other than February in non-leap-years) always have five Sundays. What other notable feature do they (including all Februaries) contain?
Friday the 13th
2. What connects these words?... Dram, Colon, Won, Dong, Kip.
They are currencies (as at May 2005), specifically: Dram (Armenia), Colon (Costa Rica, El Salvadore), Won (North Korea, South Korea), Dong (Vietnam), Kip (Lao People's Democratic Republic, formerly Laos).
3. What is the only US state which borders with just one other US state?
Maine
4. What are these cities?
- City of Magnificent Distances - Washington DC
- City of the Angels - Los Angeles, CA
- Empire City - New York, NY
- Monumental City/Charm City - Baltimore, MD
- Mormon City - Salt Lake City, UT
- Quaker City - Philadelphia, PA
- Soul City - Harlem, New York, NY
- Windy City - Chicago, IL
- Motor City - Detroit, MI
- Music City - Nashville, TN
Cryptic anagram puzzles answers (the clues are in the questions):
- dirty room = dormitory
- here come dots = the morse code
- lost cash in, me = slot machines
- alas, no more z's = snooze alarms
- I'm a dot in place = decimal point
- eleven plus two = twelve plus one