Puzzle 1
If I was in Florida and dropped a heavy ball into a bucket of water which was at a temperature of 45 °F and dropped another identical ball into an identical bucket of water at a temperature of 25 °F …
… which ball would hit the bottom of the bucket first?
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Remember that the question uses Fahrenheit °F.
Answer
The ball would reach the bottom of the 45 °F bucket first because the water is frozen in the 25 °F bucket!
Puzzle 2
How many cubic feet of earth are removed …
… to make a hole 4 feet wide by 7 feet long by 2 feet deep?
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56 cubic feet (= 4 x 7 x 2).
We usually ask how much earth there is in a hole, which of course there is none!
Puzzle 3
These words have had their vowels (AEIOU) removed, can you replace them to find some animals:
pnd
frrt
s ln
hdghg
chth
tdpl
ttr
plr br
lprd
grff
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The first word ends with the letter A.
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pnd = panda
frrt = ferret
s ln = sea lion
hdghg = hedgehog
chth = cheetah
tdpl = tadpole
ttr = otter
plr br = polar bear
lprd = leopard
grff = giraffe
Puzzle 4
A donkey is tied to a rope 6 feet long and there is a bale of hay 8 feet away.
How can the donkey get to the hay if he does not bite or undo the rope?
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The other end of the rope is not tied to anything!
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