It Costs an Arm and a Leg
The Ask a Silly Question
by Randy Cohen in
GAMES July/August 1981
1. How blind is a bat?
B. Partially blind
2. How long a way is it to Tipperary?
C. Clonmel, Tipperary, in Southern Ireland is 3,381 miles from Manhatten
3. How cheap is a cheap joke?
A. $2 million dollars per episode for prime TV Comedy
4. What is the cost of an arm and a leg?
D. At a mannequin supply house, legs go for $20
5. How much is a bellyful?
B. 2 quarts for the average adult
6. How many is as many as the hairs on your head?
C. Blondes average 140,000 hairs on their heads.
(Brunettes average about 105,000 hairs,
redheads about 90,000 hairs,
and the hairs on an ex-catcher vary).
7. How early is the early bird?
A. It rises about a half hour before dawn
8. How high is the moon?
D. On the average, 238,857 miles from earth
9. How deep is skin deep?
B. 1/16 to 1/8 inch deep
10. How slow is a snail's pace?
C. Land snails move about two inches per minute
11. How fast is greased lightning?
C. 299,792 kilometers per second (the speed of light).
12. How heavy is a ton of bricks?
A. 2000 pounds
13. How would you drink if you drank like a fish?
B. You wouldn't. Fresh water fish don't drink water, they absorb it; alcohol kills them.
14. How light is a feather?
A. Duckfeathers weigh .013 to .063 grams