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Aviva’s Trip

Aviva was planning to take a trip around the world. She liked names that were similar to hers, so she made a list of places she would like to visit.

However, one of these places doesn’t belong. Which one is it?

Arrawarra, Australia
Caraparac, Peru
Daba Qabad, Somalia
Krape Park, United States
Nagubugan, Philippines
Oktahatko, Florida
Ilokano, Polynesia

The Elephant in the Room

This is a real story from “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” which happened in ancient China almost 2000 years ago:

One day, Sun Quan gave king Cao Cao an elephant as a present. Cao Cao was very pleased and he rushed to see the arrival of the elephant with his seven year old son and his [...]

Double Deaths

Beulah died in the Appalachians while Craig died at sea. Everyone was much happier with Craig’s death. Why?

Location, location, location!

Which location from group A, belongs in group B, and why?

GROUP A

Australia
Cyprus
France
Great Britain
Hong Kong
Japan

GROUP B

United States
China
Egypt
Kuwait
Norway

 

World Capitals

The following clues give definitions for world capitals. These definitions describe what the capitals (just the city) sound like they would mean.

1) This capital is a recently opened store for cooked meats.
2) This capital is plant-covered bovine.
3) This capital is a tool used for fighting.
4) This capital is a royal weight.
5) This capital is a [...]

Strange New Words

What is strange about the words in the group below, apart from the fact that they are all four letters long?

NEAR
LAME
ARMS
CAME
DEAL
GAIN
WINE
SCAR
HIND

 

Another Max Gaetanno Mystery

The Gaetanno family of Chicago is entertaining their cousin Sylvio, who is visiting from Naples. After staying for several days, Sylvio is getting ready to leave, when he presents the Gaetannos with a gift. It is a lamp that Sylvio claims is a very valuable antique that has been in his family for 70 years. [...]

What am I?

I am like a gigantic dragon winding through deserts, grasslands and plateaus, and am well over 2,500 years old.
I am high, strong and massive and have a grey and blue color, but parts of my body are now in ruins and have disappeared, although sections of me that still remain have great historical significance.
I began [...]

Altered States

I’m going to list nine states of the union: Maine, Vermont, New York, Iowa, Florida, Texas, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming.

 

The question is, what makes these states different from all the others?  I’ll give a hint. You don’t have to think twice to know that Mississippi and Alabama are not eligible to be on this list.

 

Cross Country

Below are seven countries, whose letters have been scrambled. Once you have unscrambled the letters, the first letters of each of the countries can then be scrambled to make another country. Can you find this country?

AADNORR
AEHIIOPT
CEEEGR
AAAACDGMRS
ANORWY
AAIMNOR
EEMNY