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If it rained for forty days and forty nights, and the animals entered in pairs at a rate of thirty pairs per day. How many days did it take Moses to get all three hundred and sixty animals onto the Ark?

Dunno, but he must have loaded the Giraffes last as they would be the only ones with their heads still out of the water.

I dunno, I'd better ask Noah. Gwynne

Your on the right track Guinevere. Would you like to elaborate on your answer? Aileen

I'll have a go,but i'm not firing on all cylinders today. Is it 9 days,or is it a trick question?

I'm being very generous here Arthur. Wrong answer. Look at the question again and then at Guinevere's answer. Aileen

Moses didn't put the animals on the ark, Noah did

Moses didn't build the ark - Noah did. So Moses had nothing to do with it. Gwynne

Yes you intelligent cheeky chunky monkey, sweety out the jar for you. Try this one: If a man's mother in law can marry his son, and a woman's father can marry her sister in law, can a man marry his widow's sister? Aileen

Sorry if I was too subtle first time round. Gwynne

No 'cos he'd be dead. Gwynne

You were on the ball that time Guinevere. Here's another: Five men were travelling along a lane. It began to rain. Four of the men quickened their step and got wet. The fifth man did not quicken his step but remained quite dry. He did not have an umbrella or hat. How can this be?

Was he in a coffin? Gwynne

You are too good at this Guinevere. Try this one then: If an average hen's egg is 5cm long and weighs 300 grams, and an average peacock's egg is exactly twice the length and 2.5 times the weight, which has the greater circumference? Aileen ps I'm going to put the kettle on, back in a few minutes.

It would be a miracle of nature to find a peacock's egg. Peahens lay eggs not peacocks Gwynne

Are you sure you lot are not with the CIA? These are the sort of lateral questions they get asked when training. Okay what about this one: When a boat is at anchor, five of the rungs on the rope ladder over its side are underwater. If the rungs are 30cm apart and each one is 3cm thick, how many rungs would be underwater four hours later, if the tide rises at 35cm per hour?

It would be the same - the boat floats on the water. Gwynne

Still 5 rungs as the boat rises with the tide.

I can't get the better of you lot today can I? A basketball player lies dead in his driveway next to his mailbox. He has shot himself. On close inspection the police realise that the mailbox was connected to his death, and that this is now a murder investigation. What did they discover?