THIS WEEK TIMEPASS

So you are njoying your chaitime with a choco bar? Feels tasty? Silly Qn. Anyways, FINISH it first before you read this bit. The average choco bar has not one, but e-i-g-h-t insects’ legs in it!!! Which goes to show, that it’s not only them insects that can bite, we too can bite them – and not just one, but eight of them! Justice avenged, there’s more such trivia to indulge you. Neatly tacked in different Ms such as Marriage, Men, Missus, Mister Mamoo, Miscellaneous and Math. But first, be a brain, and fill in the blanks (clues in brackets) to taste the Magic (!!) in the Ms. You can now reach for your choco…

MARRIAGE

1)Marriage is not a word. It’s a ————. (a life ————)

2)Clint Eastwood on Marriage: Marriages are made in heaven, but so is ——— and ————. (7, 9) (something to do with rain)

3)The secret of a happy marriage remains a ———. (6)

4)All tragedies are finished by a death, all ———— by a marriage – Lord Byron (8)

5)Marriage is an adventure, like going to —: GK Chesterton (3)

MEN
1)Never let a man’s mind wander. Because, it’s too ——— to be out on its own! (6)

2)How do we know men invented maps?
Who else would make an —— into a mile? (something you find in a scale)

3)What do you call a caring, considerate and gifted man?
A ——. (4) (not true!)

4)Why did God create Man first?
a) Practice makes ———. (7)
b) Give us someone to —— immediately! (5) (a finger-pointing, buck passing, game!)
c) There’s a first —— with anything. (5) (sketch)
d) First is the ——, Second is the best! (5)

5)Why don’t men have mid-life crises?
They stay stuck in —————. (11) (youth)

MISSUS
Mandatory Courses A Missus should be REQUIRED to take:

1)———, the Final Frontier: Where No Woman Has Gone Before (7)

2)The Undiscovered Side of Banking: Making ————. (8)

3)Man Management: Minor Household Chores Can Wait Till After The ——. (4) (ESPN?)

4)Communication Skills: ——: The Last Resort, not the First. (5) (what the husband dreads)

5)———— Skills: How to Hang Up (9)

6)TV ———: For Men Only (7)

MISTER MAMOO
1)Why did Mamoo take his pregnant wife to Pizza Corner?
For free ————. (8)

2)How will you identify Mamoo in a submarine?
He will be the only one with a ———— tied to his back. (9) (something you need in a airplane…)

3)How to make Mamoo laugh on Sunday?
By telling him a —— on Thursday. (4)

4)What did Mamoo say when he saw a banana peel?
“Oh, I am going to —— again.” (4)

5)Professor to Mamoo: What do you know about Gandhi Jayanti?
Mamoo: I know about Gandhi, but I don’t know anything about ———. (7)

MISCELLANEOUS
1)What does 98 stand for in Windows 98?
It stands for the number of times it —— in a day. (5) (that’s when you press the re-start button…)

2)————— is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard. (10) (a particular type of writer)

3)             Which brother of Kalidas makes shoes?
—das (6) (just do it!)

4) Do you know — chance and —— chance mean the same thing? (3, 4) (opposites of each other, mean no there’s no or little chance)

4)They are called ——— but they are made for sitting. (what’s the opposite?)
—
MATH
Qn: 111,111,111 X 111,111,111 = ? 12,345,678,987,654,321 (one-2-eight, nine-2-one)
SOLUTION
MARRIAGE:
1) sentence 2) thunder, lightning 3) secret 4) comedies 5) war
MEN
1) little 2) inch 3) Myth 4) a) perfect b) blame c) draft d) worst 5) adolescence
MISSUS
1) Silence 2) Deposits 3) Game 4) Tears 5) Telephone 6) Remotes
MISTER MAMOO
1) delivery 2) parachute 3) joke 4) slip 5) Jayanti
MISCELLANEOUS
1) hangs 2) typewriter 3) Adidas 4) fat, slim 5) stands
MATH
Ans: 12,345,678,987,654,321

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This Week Quiz:

1)Why isn't a person's nose 12 inches long?
Because then it would be a ----. (think on your feet)

2)Who was the fastest runner in all history?
----, because he came first in the ----- race. (see the Eve's Era) (4, 5)

3)Why is a room full of married couples like an empty room?
Because there isn't a ------ person there. (6)

4)What's special about this Finnish word saippuakauppias?
It reads the same ---ward and ----ward.

5)What is it that is put on the table, cut and passed, but never eaten?
------- -----. (7, 5) (this bridge is rummy)

6)What's the difference between a jeweler and a jailor?
A jeweler sells watches, a jailor ------- -----. (7, 5)


Mind Bender
There are six chocolates in a box and half a dozen people in the room. Is there any way to give each person a chocolate and have one remain in the box? (Clue: give the box to the 6th person…)


Do-It-Yourself Magic!
You can now tell one's age and the loose change one has in his pocket (less than Rs 100)! Ask him/her to calculate the following (see illustration) without telling you anything excepting the final result: His age - 28; Double it - 56; Add 5 - 61; Multiply by 50 - 3050; Subtract 365 - 2685; Add pocket change - 2772.
Now ask for the final figure and add 115 to it. The result in this example is 2887 - the first two figures are the person's age, and the last two, the amount of loose change. The formula works in every case!


What's the word?
Fill in the blanks as follows: The first missing word has one letter, the second has two letters and so on. Each succeeding blank space contains all the letters of the previous blank, with one new letter added.
"- don't dispute --," said the selector with the black ---. "Slowly but rapidly he has descended from the top ---- of players. In fact his coach says he is ----- and inattentive in team sessions. His captain hinted that he is finding it tough to ------ his touch. One cannot be ------- about his place in the team either. If he is sacked, I suspect the -------- of his fans will be muted. A former player bluntly said the time has come for the --------- of his career, and asked, 'does he understand the ---------- of commitment and consistency?"


It's so simple!
Smita was waiting for her husband to pick her up in his new Honda City. He was late, dark clouds filled the sky, and it suddenly started to rain cats and dogs. Smita had no umbrella, no raincoat, no hat, and she was nowhere near the bus shelter or canopy. Yet five minutes later, when her husband arrived, she got into the car with her hair and clothes perfectly dry. How was that possible?

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Tongue twisters:
Try and tell the following three times in succession without error:
A bloke's back brake block broke.
A skunk stood on a stump. The stump thunk the skunk stunk, but the skunk thunk the stump stunk.
The seething sea ceasath, and thus the seething sea sufficeth us.

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Chinese Horoscope - Amazingly Accurate

Follow the instruction. Do not cheat or it won't work. Take 3 minutes - and not more than that. Go with your first instincts, while answering - for accurate results. Do not merely read ahead, just do it. Here we go:

Get Pen and Paper.

When choosing names, make sure they are real people you actually know.

Scroll down one line at a time. Don't read ahead, otherwise you will ruin the fun.

On a blank sheet of paper, write numbers 1 through 11 in a column on the left.

Beside the numbers 1 and 2, write down any 2 numbers you want? Do you have a favorite number?

Beside the numbers 3 and 7, write down the names of two members of the opposite sex.

Write any three person's names (like friend, family friend) next to 4, 5 and 6.

Write down four song titles in 8, 9, 10 and 11.

Finally, make a wish.

Are you ready? Here's how the game is interpreted:

The number of people you most tell about this game is found in Space 2.

The person in Space 3 is the one you love.

The person you like but your relationship cannot work is Space 7.

You care most about the person you put in Space 4.

The person you name in number 5 is the one who knows you very well.

The person you named in 6 is your lucky star.

The song in 8 is the song that matches with the person in number 6.

The title in 9 is the song for the person in 7.

The 10th space is the song that tells you most about your mind.

And 11 is the song telling how you feel about life.









Number 1 is your lucky number.