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Post by Kimmy on May 9, 2010 10:03:48 GMT
Look like we shall never know. The site are messing about with the questions and answers replacing them with the same question numbers. I will look for another set of questions.  |
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Post by Kimmy on May 9, 2010 10:13:18 GMT
9) Two policemen are parked in a one-way street looking for traffic violations. They see a taxi driver going in the wrong direction, but they do nothing to stop him. Why?  |
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Post by liz on May 9, 2010 11:30:19 GMT
9. Because he is walking?
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Post by Kimmy on May 9, 2010 21:55:09 GMT
 Well done Kevin. Found the answer to question 176. Derek was the culprit.
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Post by Kimmy on May 9, 2010 21:57:14 GMT
9. Because he was walking.  |
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Post by Kimmy on May 9, 2010 21:58:20 GMT
Puzzle 178 Below you will find 15 well-known seven letter words, with only their endings remaining. Can you determine the words? ....nst ....nip ....fth ....rno ....dox ....sil ....nac ....iem ....arb ....ior ....bey ....van ....ipt ....dth ....nox  |
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Post by Kevin THFC on May 10, 2010 20:50:21 GMT
....nst
PARSnip
....fth
....rno
PARAdox
....sil
....nac
....iem
....arb
BOUDior
....bey
CARAvan
....ipt
....dth
EQUInox
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Post by liz on May 11, 2010 7:11:53 GMT
against
parsnip
----fth
----rno
paradox
----sil
----nac
requiem
rhubarb
----ior
disobey
caravan
receipt
breadth
equinox
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Post by Kimmy on May 11, 2010 9:32:45 GMT
Against, parsnip, twelfth, inferno, paradox, utensil, almanac, requiem, rhubarb, warrior, disobey, caravan, receipt, breadth, equinox.
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Post by Kimmy on May 11, 2010 9:42:45 GMT
Puzzle 179 If I give you seven apples, you will then have five times as many as I would then have, however, if you give me seven apples, we will then both have the same number of apples. How many apples do I currently have?  |
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Post by Kevin THFC on May 11, 2010 17:46:39 GMT
You have 14 apples I have 28
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Post by Kimmy on May 12, 2010 10:35:05 GMT
I have 14 apples and you have 28 apples. |
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Post by Kimmy on May 12, 2010 10:35:38 GMT
Puzzle 181 At a recent school fete, 500 people attended and £500 was raised. The prices were as follows: Fathers £2.00 Mothers £3.00 Children £0.48 More mothers than fathers turned up. How many children were there?  |
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Post by Kevin THFC on May 12, 2010 19:06:52 GMT
375 kids
And for completeness 55 Dads and 70 Mums
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Post by liz on May 13, 2010 8:16:24 GMT
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Post by Kimmy on May 13, 2010 11:13:44 GMT
375 children: 70 mothers and 55 fathers. |
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Post by Kimmy on May 13, 2010 11:15:31 GMT
Puzzle 182 In the local wood there are a number of trees. On these trees there are a number of birds. The local game keeper knows that there are as many birds on each tree as there are trees in the wood. He also knows that there are between 2000 and 2100 birds in total. How many trees are there in the wood?  |
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Post by liz on May 14, 2010 7:14:22 GMT
182. 45 trees (2025 birds = 45 on each tree)
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Post by Kimmy on May 14, 2010 9:23:15 GMT
45 trees: and therefore 45 x 45 = 2025 birds. |
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Post by Kimmy on May 14, 2010 9:23:46 GMT
Puzzle 183 Can you find a five digit number which is four times its reverse? |
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Post by Kimmy on May 15, 2010 10:13:29 GMT
183. Again the site has been changed. Will make a note of the answer in future.  |
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Post by Kimmy on May 15, 2010 10:16:26 GMT
Puzzle 176 Dodgy Dave, our local DIY expert, is renovating the local hospital. He has to number each of the rooms in the hospital with plastic numbers. However, he has run out of the number 9. How many 9's must Dave buy in order to number all 999 rooms?  |
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Post by liz on May 16, 2010 11:03:22 GMT
176. 100
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Post by Kimmy on May 16, 2010 12:11:37 GMT
176. He required 300 9's. Start with: 9, 19, 29, 39, 49, 59, 69, 79, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 - which has 20 9's. We then repeat this for 100, 200, 300, up to 900 - which is 200 9's. But from 900 to 999 we have an extra 100 9's as each starts with a 9. So the total is 300. |
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Post by Kimmy on May 16, 2010 12:17:38 GMT
Puzzle 185 Dodgy Dave did such a good job of the housing estate, he was asked to paint the room numbers on all of the doors of the fourth floor of the local hotel. He painted all of the numbers from 400 to 499. How many times did he paint the number 4?  |
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Post by liz on May 18, 2010 8:33:59 GMT
185. 119
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Post by Kimmy on May 18, 2010 18:21:36 GMT
120 times: don't forget rooms 440-449.
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Post by Kimmy on May 18, 2010 18:24:44 GMT
Puzzle 187 During a recent trip to the zoo I found an area which had both zebras and pelicans. I counted 43 heads and 120 feet, how many of each were there?  |
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Post by Kevin THFC on May 18, 2010 21:02:53 GMT
26 Penguins 17 Zebras
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Post by Kimmy on May 19, 2010 11:24:37 GMT
There were 17 zebras and 26 pelicans. |
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Well done Kevin.
