Which of the following names does not belong: (a) October, (b) the Dead Sea, (c) Greenland, (d) the West Indies or (e) Li’l Abner?
—Judy Miller, Willoughby, Ohio
Wrap your brain around this one, readers! The answer appears in the next paragraph.
October is the 10th month, not the eighth, as its name implies. Greenland is mostly covered with an ice sheet and is not at all green. The West Indies are in the Caribbean, not off the coast of India. And Li’l Abner is big, not small. So the answer is (b) the Dead Sea, which is really, really “dead.” Due to its extremely high salt content, no plants or animals can live in it. Tourists thrive there, however!
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