The bingo-like casino game keno involves picking 1 to 20 numbers from a card containing the numbers 1 to 80. Twenty numbers are then chosen at random. The odds of correctly selecting 20 numbers out of 20 are about 3.5 quintillion to one. How long are those odds?
A British social psychologist has recently completed the first World Map of Happiness, on the basis of a worldwide survey of 80,000 people, plus analysis of statistics on health, wealth and access to education. According to this study, the three happiest countries are all located in:
A) Europe
B) North America
C) Asia
D) South America
Wednesday’s answer: At least two of Aesop’s fables, “The Man, the Boy and the Donkey” and “The Father and His Two Daughters,” have morals that are essentially “You can’t please everybody.”
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