WEEK 1
Rhonda will go see ballet but not the opera. Her favourite number is eight and she doesn't like nine. She likes salmon but not trout. She hates Mondays and likes Wednesdays. Does she use a comb or a brush?
WEEK 2
What word has 5 letters but is pronounced like only one letter?
WEEK 3
An 18-wheeler truck is crossing a 4 km bridge that can only support
10,000 kilograms and that's exactly how much the truck weighs.
Halfway across the bridge a 30 gram sparrow lands on the cab, but the
bridge doesn't collapse. Why not?
WEEK 4
WEEK 4
Bobby bets John $100 that he can predict the score of the hockey game before it starts.
John agrees, but loses the bet.
Why did John lose the bet?
WEEK 5
Here are three series of letters.
Each letter in each series is the first letter of a word.
The words in each series are related.
What are the next three letters in each series?
1) O, T, T, F, F, . . .
2) S, M, T, W, . . .
3) D, N, O, S, A, . .
WEEK 6
WEEK 6
A worker at a butcher shop stands five feet ten inches tall and
wears size 13 sneakers.
What does he weigh?
TERM 3 - 2015
WEEK 1/2
The rope ladder of a boat hangs over the side of the boat and just
reaches the water. Its rungs are 20cm apart.
How many rungs will be under the water when the tide rises 1.2 metres?
For each of the following four words, come up with another English word that uses
all the same letters but in a different order.
The four words you come up with must all rhyme with each other.
ONSET
NEWS
WRONG
HORNET
A farmer in Australia owns a beautiful pear tree. He supplies fruit to a nearby
grocery store. The store owner has called the farmer to see how much fruit is
available for him to purchase.
The farmer knows that the main trunk has 24 branches. Each branch has 12
boughs and each bough has 6 twigs. Since each twig bears one piece of fruit, how
many plums will the farmer be able to sell?
I do not have any special powers, but I can predict the score of any football game
before it begins.
How can I do this?
WEEK 5/6
I can sizzle like bacon,
I am made with an egg,
I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg,
I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole,
I can be long, like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole.
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WEEK 7/8
I'm the part of the bird that's not in the sky.
I can swim in the ocean and yet remain dry.
What am I?
WEEK 8/9
Hundreds of years ago, a clever thief was charged with a crime against the king and sentenced to death. But the king decided to be a little lenient, so he let the thief choose his own way to die. What way should the thief choose?
WEEK 9/10
How can you take nine toothpicks and make ten without
adding to or breaking any of the toothpicks?
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