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Questions

1. What two words formed from different arrangements of the same five letters, can be used to complete the sentences below?

    
The archaeologist searched through the last ______________ of earth and realized it was not the ____________ city she was looking for.

2. Can you find a word that becomes plural when you add one “S” to it and becomes singular and changes gender when you add two “S’s”?

3. The 23 letters below can be anagrammed into a five-word phrase often used to start a meeting. What is the phrase?

     B D E E E F F H I I N O R R R S S S S T T U O

4. Following the pattern, fill in the missing number below.

     May 5    October 11    March 9    April ?

5. Why are 2004 silver dollars worth more than 2003 silver dollars?

Answers

1. layer, early 

2. prince (princes, princess) 

3. THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS 

4. 8 (Consonants are worth 2; vowels are worth 1.) 

5. Because 2,004 silver dollars is more than 2,003 silver dollars (the quantity, not the year, of course).