Are You Smarter Than A Flying Gator? by Kevin Kremer Page A

Gator Mikey’s Amazing Adventure, and this is FOX & Friends!”
    â€œAnd Gator Mikey is at Walt Disney World this morning,” Brian Stillspeed announced. “Right now, you’re watching a live shot of the famous gator flying about 50 feet above Adventureland at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. My own kids are going to be
so
excited when they see Gator Mikey on TV this morning. They love Walt Disney World, and they love Gator Mikey!”
    â€œThe same for my kids,” Gretchen Johannson added. “If you went to bed last night, you probably don’t know that Gator Mikey visited three more locations in the dark after he left St. Augustine. We will catch you up on those visits in just a moment.”
    Alisyn Cantaloopa yawned. “I stayed up and watched the whole thing. I wouldn’t have missed it for anything.”
    Steve asked, “Alisyn, would you like to give ourviewers a little more information before you start snoring away?”
    â€œOh, sure. Gator Mikey arrived in Orlando about 25 minutes ago. The Disney World people have decided to open up the park one hour early this morning, at 8:00 a.m. That would be in about 52 minutes. Right now, you can see some of the thousands and thousands of people starting to converge on the Orlando area in their cars—”
    â€œWOW!” Gretchen exclaimed. “There’s Gator Mikey flying over Cinderella’s Castle in Fantasyland!”
    â€œUnbelievable!” said Steve. “The Magic Kingdom has never seen this kind of magic!”
    â€œNo doubt,” Brian said. “We’ve got Walt Disney World. We’ve got Gator Mikey flying overhead singing one of my favorite songs, ‘It’s a Small World After All.’ It simply doesn’t get much better than this!”
    â€œThe song seems to be so pertinent for a flying gator with Gator Mikey’s abilities,” Steve added.
    â€œGator Mikey seems to have changed the lyrics somewhat,” Gretchen noted. “Let’s listen in for a few moments as he sings with that beautiful Elvis voice of his.”

    It’s a world of kind people,
    A world with a rising sun,
    It’s a world with a flying gator,
    A world of fun,
    There’s so much that we share,
    That it’s time that we care,
    In this small, small world ...
    Brian wiped tears from his eyes. “That was beautiful,” he said. “I love that song.”
    â€œBrian,” said Steve, “we’re getting word now that Air Force One has landed at the Orlando International Airport. The President, Governor Trust, and Sarabiskota are on their way to Walt Disney World at this moment.”
    Gretchen said, “As we continue to watch Gator Mikey fly over Walt Disney World, this might be a good time to talk about his three visits last night. Those of you who didn’t stay up last night and like to solve the clues yourselves may want to mute your televisions and look away for about five minutes as we show the clues and the edited version of Gator Mikey’s visits. We’ll begin right now by putting the three clues on the screen for you.”
    Brian read the clues to the television viewers:
Sebastian the Ibis’s team’s nickname
Indian word meaning
laughing waters
Cow Ford
    â€œNow,” Steve said after the clues were displayed, “here we go with the edited tape of Gator Mikey’s visits last night.”
    â€œHurricanes! Miami is the home of this beautiful University of Miami, whose teams are nicknamed the Hurricanes! Their mascot is an ibis because an ibis is the last animal to take shelter before a hurricane.
Hurricanes
is a good nickname for a Florida university because many hurricanes seem to be attracted to Florida. This is my question: Throughout history, out of every ten hurricanes that have made landfall in the United States, how many have hit Florida? Is it A, two out of every ten; B, four out of every ten; or C, five out of every