Answer as many of these questions as you can in five minutes:


1. If you see a duck behind a duck, a duck in front of a duck and a duk in the middle, what is the smallest possible number of ducks?

2. Some months have 30 days and some have 31 days. How many have 28 days?

3. You have only got one match so when you enter a dark room where there is a candle, a gas heater and some small pieces of wood, which do you light first?

4. Your doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half an hour. How long will they last?

5. Famer John had 17 sheep. All but nine of them died. How many has he got now?

6. Divide 30 by 1/2, add 10 and double it. What is the total?

7. Peter lives in a beautiful rectangular house with fantastic views to the South from every side. One day, he sees a big bear walking past the house. What colour is the bear?

8. How many animals of each species did Moses take into the Ark?

9. If take two apples away from three apples, how many apples do you have?

10. If you drive a bus from London to Glasgow, a distance of 900 miles, starting with 45 passengers, but dropping off seven in Birmingham and 16 in Newcastle where you pick up eight more before stopping in Edinburgh where half the passengers left on the bus get off, what is the name of the driver?

11. I was born in Scotland but I moved to England when I was very small. I went to school in Canada and University in the USA. After graduation, I went to Japan where I got married before going to work in Russia. I retired and went to live in Germany and died on holiday in Paris. What am I?



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