1. Calculate the smallest limb diameter on a persimmon tree that will support a 10 pound
possum.
2. Which of the following cars will rust out the quickest when placed on blocks in your
front yard? A) '66 Ford Fairlane B) '69 Chevrolet Chevelle C) '64 Pontiac GTO
3. If your uncle builds a still that operates at a capacity of 20 gallons of shine per
hour, how many car radiators are necessary to condense the product?
4. A woodcutter has a chain saw that operates at 2700 rpm. The density of the pine trees
in a plot to be harvested is 470 per acre. The plot is 2.3 acres in size. The average tree
diameter is 14 inches. How many Budweiser Tallboys will it take to cut the trees?
5. If every old refrigerator in the state vented a charge of R-12 simultaneously, what
would be the decrease in the ozone layer?
6. A front porch is constructed of 2x8 pine on 24-inch centers with a field rock
foundation. The span is 8 feet and the porch length is 16 feet. The porch floor is 1 inch
rough sawn pine. When the porch collapses, how many hound dogs will be killed?
7. A man owns a house and 3.7 acres of land in a hollow with an average slope of 15%. The
man has 5 children. Can each of the children place a mobile home on the man's land?
8. A 2-ton truck is overloaded and proceeding down a steep grade on a secondary road at 45
mph. The brakes fail. Given the average traffic loading of secondary roads, how many
people will swerve to avoid the truck before it crashes at the bottom of the mountain?
*For extra credit, how many of the vehicles that swerved will have mufflers and uncracked
windshields?
9. A coal mine operates an NFPA Class 1, Division 2 Hazardous Area. The mine employs 120
miners per shift. A gas warning is issued at the beginning of 3rd shift. How many cartons
of unfiltered Camels will be smoked during the shift?
10. How many generations will it take before cattle develop two legs shorter than the
others because of grazing along a mountainside?
11. At a reduction in gene pool variability rate of 7.5% per generation, how long will it
take a town that has been bypassed by the interstate to breed a country-western singer?
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