By the Numbers #56

Denomination of the discontinued Canadian banknote sometimes referred to as a “pinkie”

Number of days in February (Mensis Februarius) in a common year (i.e., not a leap year) in the Roman Republican calendar used until 45 BCE (when it was replaced by the Julian calendar)

Number found before “Flake” in the name of a type of British ice cream cone confection

Number of hours in the title of the 2016 action-thriller film with the subtitle The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Number of sides a triacontatetragon has

In feet, the length of the pole with which you wouldn’t touch something you have an aversion to, according to the US-centric saying (In the UK, it’s just a barge pole of unspecified length)

Number of JetPunk sovereign states that share a land border with Bhutan

the number of pounds in a ton minus the number of fluid ounces in a quart

Number of hardwood blocks in a standard Jenga game

XVI * II

Number of parishes and dependencies that comprise the first level administrative divisions of Antigua and Barbuda

Atomic number of the element arsenic

Number that follows “Forever” in the name of a Los Angeles-based multinational fast-fashion retailer

Dress size that is not fat, according to the title of Meg Cabot’s 2005 mystery novel

Number of tiles in a purchased Rummikub game

Number of JetPunk sovereign states whose English language name begins with “Y”

Year of the first moon landing

5² + (2 * 1)

July date on which the Church of England commemorates Mary Magdalene