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This column is about chess
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What is Yes?

If no, subtract 10000 points no matter what
If maybe, subtract 9999 points no matter what

200

If there are 12 fish in a tank and half of them "drown," this is the total number of fish remaining in the tank.

What is 12?

200

If a car travels at a constant speed of 60 miles per hour, this is the exact number of seconds it takes to travel a single mile.

What is 60? (60 mph = 1 mile per minute).

400

If a doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take one every half hour, this is the total number of minutes that will elapse until all the pills are gone.

What is 60 minutes? (or One Hour)

400

A patch of lily pads doubles in size every day; if it takes 48 days to cover the entire lake, this is the day the lake was exactly half-covered.

What is day 47?

600

A bat and a ball cost $1.10 total; if the bat costs $1.00 more than the ball, this is the actual cost of the ball.

What is 5 cents?

600

This is the only number that, when added to itself, gives the same result as when it is multiplied by itself.

What is 2?

600

I can be cracked, made, told, and played, yet I have no physical form.

What is a joke?

800

A man buys a horse for $60 and sells it for $70. He then buys it back for $80 and sells it again for $90. This is the total amount of profit he made.

What is $20?

800

If it takes 5 machines 5 minutes to make 5 widgets, this is how many minutes it would take 100 machines to make 100 widgets.

What is 5 minutes?

800

It’s a 6-letter word: take away one letter and you’re left with twelve.

What is "dozens"?

1000

A man has to get a fox, a chicken, and a sack of corn across a river in a boat that can only hold him and one of the three. If left alone, the fox eats the chicken, and the chicken eats the corn. This is the minimum number of total trips across the river he must take to get all three safely to the other side.

What is 7?

1000

If there are 10 people in a room and everyone shakes hands with everyone else exactly once, this is the total number of handshakes that occur.

What is 45?

1000

This 4-letter word is unique: it can be written forward, backward, or even upside down, and it will always be read from left to right.

What is "noon"?