[Jack Simth]

Originally posted by Wardad:
* There's no trick or surprise.

Actually, there is something of a trick: the first section will ALWAYS yield a 4, and hence a D:

Originally posted by Wardad:
Think of a number from 1 to 10
Multiply that number by 9

So we have either 9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, 72, 81, or 90 (assuming a counting number is selected, anyway)

Originally posted by Wardad:
If the number is a 2-digit number, add the digits together

9 is a one digit, leave it alone; 1 + 8 = 9; 2 + 7 = 9; 3 + 6 = 9; 4 + 5 = 9; 5 + 4 = 9; 6 + 3 = 9; 7 + 2 = 9; 8 + 1 = 9; 9 + 0 = 9; 9 is the ONLY option at this point.

Originally posted by Wardad:

Now subtract 5

9 - 5 = 4; again, it will always be a 4 here.

Originally posted by Wardad:

Determine which letter in the alphabet corresponds to the number you ended up with

(example: 1=a, 2=b, 3=c,etc.)

a,b,c,d
D will always be selected, if a person't math is honest, they know their abc's, and they pick an integer in the initial range. Past that point, it is a matter of familiarity. Shakespeare made Denmark well known, the kangaroo is the first animal people usually think of if asked for an animal begining with 'K' as it goes in almost all of the ABC's books, and is just an odd word. Orange is a common choice for the same reason.

It's only freaky until you start analizing it. After that, it makes perfect sense that ~ 98% of the population will go with the predicted selections.