NES Christmas Quiz 2016 - Answers

Here you go…

Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year.

Cheers,
James 

Good Luck! 

Question 1

Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion are meeting the Wizard in the Emerald City in 17 minutes. They must all cross a bridge to get there.

All four begin on the same side of the bridge. You must help them cross to the other side.

It’s night time and it’s pitch black. There is one torch. A maximum of two people can cross at one time. Any party who crosses – either 1 or 2 people – must have the torch with them. The torch must be walked back and forth – it can’t be thrown etc.

Each person walks at a different speed. A pair must walk together at the rate of the slower person’s pace:

• Lion – 1 minute to cross 
• Scarecrow – 2 minutes to cross 
• Tin Man – 5 minutes to cross 
• Dorothy –10 minutes to cross 

For example: if Lion and Dorothy walk across first, they’d take 10 minutes (the pace of the slower one – Dorothy). If she then returns with the torch, a total of 20 minutes have passed and they’ve missed the wizard.

• Lion and Scarecrow cross = 2 minutes (total = 2) 
• Lion goes back = 1 minute (total = 3) 
• Dorothy and Tin Man cross = 10 minutes (total = 13) 
• Scarecrow goes back = 2 minutes (total = 15) 
• Lion and Scarecrow cross = 2 minutes (total = 17) 

(alternative answer: swap Lion and Scarecrow)

Question 2

Three switches outside a windowless room are connected to three light bulbs inside the room. You don’t know which switch turns on which bulb.

How can you determine which switch is connected to which bulb, if:
You’re outside the room with the door shut
You can touch as many switches as you like
But are then only allowed to enter the room once?

Turn on switch #1, leave it for a minute, and then switch it off again. Then turn on switch #2 and immediately enter the room:

• Switch #2’s bulb will be on 
• Switch #1’s bulb will be off, but warm to touch because it was on for the previous minute 
• Switch #3’s bulb will be off and cold 

Question 3

If you drop a small marble into an empty wine bottle and replace the cork, how would you get the marble out of the bottle without taking out the cork or breaking the bottle?

Push the cork into the bottle, and shake out the marble

Question 4

A table tennis ball falls into a tight deep pipe. The pipe is only a bit wider than the ball, so you can’t use your hand. How would you take it out, with no damage?

Fill the tube with water so the ball floats to the top

Question 5

A five letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it. What’s the word?

Short

Question 6

How can you throw a ball as hard as you can, and make it stop and return to you, without it hitting anything and with nothing attached to it?

Throw it straight up in the air

Question 7

A farmer owns a beautiful pear tree. He supplies the fruit to a nearby shop. The shopkeeper asks the farmer how much fruit is available for him to buy.

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 deliver?

None. It’s a pear tree, not a plum tree

Question 8

What can you hold in your right hand but not in your left hand?

Your left elbow

Question 9

Where does JASON appear in the calendar?

The initial letters of five consecutive months – July, August, September, October, November

Question 10

In which sport are the shoes made of metal?

Horse racing

Happy Christmas!

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