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Are there more 2s or 8s in the numbers from 1 to 50,000? Show Answer

An errand boy was collecting boxes of cakes for the Summer Fair. He collected boxes from various people in his local village and each box was labelled in Roman Numerals with the number of cakes in the box. By the time the errand boy had collected the last box, he was quite hungry, and really needed to eat at least one cake. Luckily the last box was marked with an underlined XI, meaning there were 11 cakes in it. He had the brain wave of turning the box around and underlining the number again to give the impression there were IX, that is 9 cakes. However, after eating the 2 cakes, he was still hungry. How can he change the number shown on the box again and eat more cakes? Show Answer

This is an annoying paragraph, in which you try and work out what is unusual about it. This paragraph has a quandary though. A solitary word has found a way to slink into this paragraph, to fox your fun, by going against all my jazzy plans. What is that word? Don't try to run a utility to assist you, that would spoil all of my attempts to absorb all of your avid skills in this mind blowing prank. Show Answer

My local bus company has recently expanded and no longer has enough room for all of its buses. Twelve of their buses have to be stored outside. If they decide to increase their garage space by 40%, this will give them enough room for all of their current buses, plus enough room to store another twelve in the future. How many buses does the company currently own? Show Answer

Albert married Carol. Steven married Katie. Bob married Virginia. Who did Simon marry: Teresa, Charlotte or Lisa? Show Answer

Which is larger: the tenth root of 10, or the cube root of 2? Show Answer

I have 55p in my pocket. Can you tell me what two coins they are if I say that one of them is not a 5p coin? Note: This might be a tricky question. Show Answer