brain teaser....

[Rusthall Seagull]

A boat has a ladder that has six rungs, each rung
is one foot apart. The bottom rung is one foot from
the water. The tide rises at 12 inches every 15
minutes. High tide peaks in one hour. When the
tide is at it's highest, how many rungs are under water?

 

[Braders]

none? (edited because of typo)

 

[Normal Rob]

none

 

[Johners]

None

 

[Highfields Seagull]

None (assuming the boat has the ability to float on the water).

 

[Rusthall Seagull]

none

Normal Rob - You are a brainy one indeed....

Answer - None, the boat rises with the tide

 

[jmc]

what happens if it has a hole in the bottom and sinks at 1 foot an hour - how many rungs are above the water in the same timescale?

 

[Rusthall Seagull]

Anyone for anymore I'm bored....

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

All of them!

 

[jmc]

On my way back from St Ives, I passed 7 cows with 7 calves, each calf with 7 sheep, each sheep had 7 dogs with 7 shepherds and each shepherd had 7 wives with 7 kids with 7 knives...

How many people where going to St Ives?

 

[Yorkie]

1. Just you

 

[Braders]

On my way back from St Ives, I passed 7 cows with 7 calves, each calf with 7 sheep, each sheep had 7 dogs with 7 shepherds and each shepherd had 7 wives with 7 kids with 7 knives...

How many people where going to St Ives?

none! , they were all leaving too , you were just faster

 

[readingstockport]

None, St Ives is a shit hole so you turned round and went somewhere more interesting instaed

 

[jmc]

1. Just you

close but no cigar

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

You have two traditional hourglass-type egg timers...

One timer takes 7 minutes for the sand to run through, and the other takes 11 minutes. You need to boil an ostrich egg which takes exactly 15 minutes.

How can this be done using the two timers?

 

[readingstockport]

Have an omlette instead.

 

[jmc]

set them both going at same time - when 7 minute one is finished you have 4 minutes left - start cooking your egg - when 11 minute timer finishes turn over 11 minute timer - viola 15 minutes.....

 

[Titanic]

Can you name someone who has played football for England (full international level) and Rugby League for Hull KR ?


[edited to correct spelling of RUGBY!)

 

[jmc]

no! - rugby HA!

 

[The Large One]

Gary Mills