A farmer needs to cross a river with a fox, a chicken, and a bag of cornmeal. He has a small boat that can only carry himself and one item at a time.
If left alone together on either bank without the farmer present:
The fox will eat the chicken.
The chicken will eat the cornmeal.
How can he get everything safely to the other side?
Take the chicken across to the far bank (leaves fox and cornmeal together on the near bank—safe).
Return empty-handed to the near bank.
Take the fox across to the far bank.
Bring the chicken back to the near bank (leaves the fox alone on the far bank—safe).
Take the cornmeal across to the far bank (leaves fox and cornmeal together on the far bank—safe).
Return empty-handed to the near bank (leaves the chicken alone on the near bank).
Take the chicken across to the far bank.
What word in the English language does the following: the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great man, the first six letters signify a drug, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word?
Last week, the local Primary school was visited by the Government School Inspector who was there to check that teachers were performing well in their respective classes. He was very impressed with one particular teacher. The Inspector noticed that each time the class teacher asked a question, every child in the class put up their hands enthusiastically to answer it. More surprisingly, whilst the teacher chose a different child to answer the questions each time, the answers were always correct.
Why would this be?
The children were instructed to ALL raise their hands whenever a question was asked. It did not matter whether they knew the answer or not. If they did not know the answer, however, they would raise their LEFT hand. If they knew the answer, they would raise their RIGHT hand. The class teacher would choose a different child each time, but always the ones who had their RIGHT hand raised.
