Midweek Mindbenders 27 April
1 A rope ladder hands down the side of a beautiful yacht anchored in a harbour. The bottom rung is touching the water, The distance between the rungs is 20 cm and the ladder is 108cm long. The tide is rising at a rate of 15cm per hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top.
2 Forward I am heavy but backward I am not. What am I?
3 Paul is a butcher, he is 6feet tall and has size 10 shoes, what does he weigh?
4 A Sundial is a time piece with the smallest number of moving parts, which time piece has the most?
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Answer 1 It will never reach the seventh rung from the top as the boat will rise and fall on the tide.
Answer 2 A ton – backwards this reads 'not'
Answer 3 Meat
Answer 4 An hourglass- thousands of grains of sand
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