The 2023 Christmas Quiz

As always, our final Tip of the year is the Christmas Quiz.

I’ll send the answers to you tomorrow.

All the best to you and your family for Christmas and the New Year.

See you in 2024…

Question One

One of the people who Geraldine loves most in the world binds her to a chair. But Geraldine doesn’t mind at all. Why not?

Question Two

Tom and Jack own a cube-shaped wooden container. It has plain walls – with no writing or markings on them. It has no lid. It’s approximately half-full of milk.

Tom thinks the container is more than half full. Jack thinks it’s less than half full.

Without measuring implements, and without removing any milk from the container, how can they easily check who is correct?

Question Three

If it takes two men two days to dig two holes, how long will it take four men to dig half a hole?

Question Four

The letters in the number ‘FOUR’ are not in alphabetical order. Yes, ‘F’ appears in the alphabet before ‘O’, and ‘O’ before ‘U’. But ‘R’ appears before ‘U’ in the alphabet, so the letters aren’t all in alphabetical order. Two questions:

• What is the smallest number, whose letters all appear in alphabetical order?
• What is the smallest number, whose letters all appear in reverse alphabetical order

Question Five

What lives if it’s fed, but dies if you give it a drink?

Question Six

Maia owns a beautiful pear tree. She sells the fruit to a nearby school. The school has called her to see how much fruit is available for them to buy. Maia knows that the tree’s trunk has 24 branches. Each branch has exactly 12 boughs. And each bough has exactly 6 twigs. Since each twig bears one piece of fruit, how many plums will she be able to deliver to the school?

Question Seven

What is it that – when you have it – you want to share it. But when you share it, you don’t have it any more?

Question Eight

Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on earth?

Question Nine

Megan always tells the truth. Emma always lies. One of them said, “The other one said she is Emma”. Who said it?

Question Ten

If a doctor gives you three pills, and she tells you to take one pill every half hour, how long will they last?

Question Eleven

Amelie and Theo were in a 100 metre race. When Amelie crossed the finish line, Theo was only at the 90 metre mark. Amelie suggested they run another race. This time, Amelie would start 10 metres behind the starting line. All other things being equal – in the second race, will Theo win, lose, or will it be a tie?