1) VerbalRatios. The VR for this month is:
Standing on Principle is to Blind Stubbornness, as Blind Stubbornness is to X?
2) In Camelot, as is well known, it always and only rains after sundown. We therefore see a worm wriggling uphill at a rate of three inches per hour during Camelot’s twelve daylight hours. But it slides back again at night. The slideback speed is two inches per hour. If the hill in question is twenty feet high, how long does it take the worm to reach the top?
3) Arrange the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 in succession to produce 100. Use each digit only once, but you may use plus and minus signs as you please.
4) A pack of cards is divided into two unequal portions, and the players are told truthfully that if a card is drawn from portion A, the odds would be two to one against it being a red card. The players, however, include a card sharp who palms a red card from portion B and shifts it to portion A. The sharp watches the game proceed and figures correctly that the odds, after the shift, are two to one against a random card from portion B being black. This allows the sharp to know how the pack was originally divided. How was it originally divided?
AnswersToAprilQuiz
1) The prince should take a gem from the box labeled diamonds and rubies. If the gem is a diamond, the box must really contain diamonds alone. The box labeled diamonds and rubies must contain rubies alone, and the box labeled rubies will contain both. If the gem is a ruby, the same principles apply. 2) strength. 3) You will need at least four weights: 1, 3, 9, and 27 grams.
