[y66]

Denmark, Kangaroo, Orange

by Kevin Griffith

Pick a number from one to ten. Okay, now multiply that number
by nine. You will have a two-digit number. Add those two digits.
Now subtract five from that number. Take that number and find
its corresponding letter in the alphabet (1=A, 2=B, etc.). Now
think of a country that begins with that letter. Now name an
animal that begins with the last letter of the country. Finally, name
a fruit that begins with the last letter of that animal.

Reprinted with permission at the Writer's Almanac.

[jikl]

This is deeply flawed. D is always the default answer, from here you have Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica and Dominican Republic. From here there are so many possibilities, almost everyone will come up with Denmark first, from a New Zealander will probably finish with Kiwi and Indigo for example.

Sean

[jdonn]

Djibouti, Irish Setter, Raison

[Winstonm]

Pick a number from one to ten.
I pick one.

Okay, now multiply that number
by nine.
9X1=9

You will have a two-digit number.
9 is now a two-digit number?

Perhaps this works better with a number from 2-9 or between 1 and 10?

[Gerben42]

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Pick a number from one to ten.

N

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Okay, now multiply that number
by nine. You will have a two-digit number. Add those two digits.

Okay, I get 9 because the digit sum of 9N is divisible by 9 and 0 or 99 is not allowed.

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Now subtract five from that number.
Take that number and find
its corresponding letter in the alphabet (1=A, 2=B, etc.).

So I get a D

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Now
think of a country that begins with that letter.

Dominican Republic

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Now name an
animal that begins with the last letter of the country.

Cheetah

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Finally, name
a fruit that begins with the last letter of that animal.

I have to look that one up, can I go back?