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In a contest, there are four fruits (an apple, a banana, an orange, and a pear) which have been placed in four closed boxes (one fruit per box). People may guess which fruit is in which box. There were 123 participants in the contest. The results are; 43 people guessed none correctly, 39 people guessed one correctly and 31 people have guessed two correctly. How many people guessed three correctly and how many people guessed all four correctly?
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It is not possible to only get three correct because the fourth would also be correct. Therefore, the answer would be (123-43-39-31 = 10) 10 people guessed all four correctly.
In a pond, there are some flowers with some bees hovering over them. If both the following statements are true: 1. If each bee lands on a flower, one bee doesn't get a flower. 2. If two bees share each flower, there is one flower left out. How many flowers and bees are there?
Answer:- 4 bees and 3 flowers.
In Ancient Egypt, what music did the mummies like most?
Answer:- Wrap Music.
In camps about the centre I appear; In smiling meadows seen throughout the year; The silent angler views me in the streams, And all must trace me in their morning dreams, First in the mob conspicuous I stand, Proud of the lead, and ever in command. What am I?
Answer:- The letter M.
In the back yard, there is a hollow stump, that contains six ears of corn. If a healthy squirrel carries out only three ears each day, how many days will it take to empty the stump?
Answer:- Six. Each day the squirrel will carry out the two ears on his head plus one ear of corn.
In what year did Christmas Day and New Year's Day fall in the same year?
Answer:- It happens every year.
In yon vast field of cultivated space, I there am found with members of my race; Decapitate me - if you've no objection - You then will find what brings me to perfection; Take one more cut, and then you'll plainly see What Iam destined, day by day, to be. What am I?
Answer:- WHEAT HEAT EAT
Iron roof and glass walls, burns and burns but never falls. What is it?
Answer:- A lantern.
It doesn't bark, it doesn't bite but it still won't let you in the house. What is it?
Answer:- A lock.
It floats like a log. It look likes a log. But it isn't a log. What is it?
Answer:- An alligator.
It goes up, but at the same time goes down. Up toward the sky, and down toward the ground. It's present tense and past tense too, come for a ride, just me and you. What is it?
Answer:- A See-Saw.
It has a long neck, a name of a bird, feeds on ships cargo, and is not alive. What is it?
Answer:- A crane.
It has five wheels, though often think four, You cannot use it without that one more, You can put things in it, you can strap things on top, You can't find it in the market, but you can still go shop. What is it?
Answer:- A car.
It has rib bones and back bones. It swallows human beings whole, then spits them out alive. What is it?
Answer:- A house.
It shouts along the street, hasn't any lungs, It tugs at leaves and hurls them at people old and young. What is it?
Answer:- The Wind.
