February 23, 2011

Random Wordplay for Wednesday 2/23/11

300 Sextillion.

Used in a multiple choice question: "300 Sextillion is ...

A) ... the latest calculation in dollars for our deficit.
B) ... the decibel level I used today at the Jewel grocery store when they told me they wouldn't scan the fake rewards card that they've always used (because I had forgotten mine at home, but more of that on Saturday -- it's a rant and a half just waiting to happen).
C) ... the latest and truest calculation of the amount of stars in our galaxy.
D) ... what you call it when a host of cotillion girls have an orgy.
E) ... 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000."

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE JEWEL PREFERRED CARD:
https://www.jewelosco.com/contact/faqs/preferred-cards.jsp

UP GOES THE DEFICIT:
http://www.aolnews.com/2010/10/15/f/

THAT MEANS INCREASED CHANCE FOR ALIEN LIFE:
http://www.examiner.com/astronomy-in-cleveland/300-sextillion-stars-major-nasa-announcement-about-alien-life-today

[Note: the answer is E. You may have chosen C, but that's a trick distractor answer (hey, give me a break -- I work in test prep) as it's the new number of stars in the universe and not the galaxy.]

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