Denmark, Kangaroo, Orange

[y66]

Denmark, Kangaroo, Orange

 

by Kevin Griffith

 

Pick a number from one to ten. Okay, now multiply that number

by nine. You will have a two-digit number. Add those two digits.

Now subtract five from that number. Take that number and find

its corresponding letter in the alphabet (1=A, 2=B, etc.). Now

think of a country that begins with that letter. Now name an

animal that begins with the last letter of the country. Finally, name

a fruit that begins with the last letter of that animal.

 

Reprinted with permission at the Writer's Almanac.

[jikl]

This is deeply flawed. D is always the default answer, from here you have Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica and Dominican Republic. From here there are so many possibilities, almost everyone will come up with Denmark first, from a New Zealander will probably finish with Kiwi and Indigo for example.

 

Sean

[jdonn]

Djibouti, Irish Setter, Raison

[Winstonm]

Pick a number from one to ten.

I pick one.

 

Okay, now multiply that number

by nine.

9X1=9

 

You will have a two-digit number.

9 is now a two-digit number?

 

Perhaps this works better with a number from 2-9 or between 1 and 10?

[Gerben42]

Pick a number from one to ten.

 

N

 

Okay, now multiply that number

by nine. You will have a two-digit number. Add those two digits.

 

Okay, I get 9 because the digit sum of 9N is divisible by 9 and 0 or 99 is not allowed.

 

Now subtract five from that number.

Take that number and find

its corresponding letter in the alphabet (1=A, 2=B, etc.).

 

So I get a D

 

Now

think of a country that begins with that letter.

 

Dominican Republic

 

Now name an

animal that begins with the last letter of the country.

 

Cheetah

 

Finally, name

a fruit that begins with the last letter of that animal.

 

I have to look that one up, can I go back?