RIDDLES

1) When John was six years old, he hammered a nail into his favourite tree to mark his height Ten years later at age sixteen, John returned to see how much higher the nail was. If the tree grew by five centimetres each year, how much higher would the nail be?

2) There is a clothing store in Bartlesville. The owner has devised his own method of pricing items. A vest costs $20, socks cost $25, a tie costs $15 and a blouse costs $30. Using the method, how much would a pair of underwear cost?

3) Something very extraordinary happened on the 6th of May, 1978 at 12:34 a m What was it?

4) Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

5) : What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

6) 81 x 9 = 801. What must you do to make the this equation true?