HOW CLEVER ARE YOU ?

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 100, 18 August 1944, Page 6

HOW CLEVER ARE YOU ?

Here are some problems, with a few catch questions as well. Think before you speak; and if you cannot answer, turn to the answers elsewhere in this page. 1. A horse and a dray cost £55. The horse cost £50 more than the dray. llow much did the dray cost? '2. A little. Indian and a big Indian were walking down a path. The little -Indian is the big Indian's son. The big Indian is not the little Indian's father. Who is it? 3. A monkey is at the bottom of a 80-foot well. Each day he jumps up three feet and slips back two. At that rate, when will the. monkey : reach the top of the well? 4. I have two minutes in which to catch a train, and two miles to • go. l v f 1 go the iirst mile at the rate . of 30 miles per hour, at what rate i must I go the second mile, in order , to catch the train? . „ ( . The number of eggs in a baskct doubles every minute. The bas- ' kct is full of eggs in an hour. When was the • basket half full? ] A .shepherd has 17 slicep. All but nine died. How many did he have left? c A rope ladder 10 feet long is hanging over the side of a ship. The rungs are a foot apart, and the bottom rung is resting on the surface of the ocean. The tide rises at the rate of six inches an hour. When will the first three rungs be covered Avith water?