How did you do?
1. You have a 3 litre jug and a 5 litre jug. You need to measure out exactly 7 litres of mulled wine for your guests. How do you do it?
Answer: Fill the 5 litre jug with mulled wine, pour it into the 3 litre jug until the 3 litre is full, leaving 2 litres in the 5 litre jug. Now pour out the mulled wine in the 3 litre jug. Pour the 2 litres of mulled wine (in the 5 litre jug) into the empty 3 litre jug. Fill the 5 litre jug. You now have exactly 7 litres!
2. One snowy night, Sherlock Holmes was in his house sitting by a fire. Suddenly, a snowball came crashing through his window, breaking it. Holmes got up and looked out the window to see three neighbourhood kids who were brothers run away. Their names were John Crimson, Mark Crimson and Paul Crimson. The next day, Holmes got a note on his door that read “? Crimson. He broke your window.” Which of the three brothers should Holmes question about the incident?
Answer: Mark Crimson: “?” = question MARK, so the note on the door reads “Question Mark Crimson. He broke your window.”
3. How many gifts, in total, did I receive during the Twelve Days of Christmas – according to the song?
Answer: 364
4. Two trains are on the same railroad track; one is headed east the other west, they both leave the station at 1:00 and are travelling at the same speed. Yet they didn’t crash into each other. How can this be?
Answer: They went at the same time but one went at 1:00 in the afternoon and one went at 1:00 in the morning.
5. How can you throw a ball as hard as you can and have it come back to you, even if it doesn’t bounce off anything? There is nothing attached to it, and no one else catches or throws it back to you.
Throw it up in the air.