The Young Chronicle: For 1st Graders April 3rd, 2015 | Page 2

Page 2 The Young Chronicle APRIL FOOLS DAY As the world celebrates All Fools Day on April 1, Here is a list of head scratchers that will provide some moments of sheer fun! 1. A 10 foot rope ladder hangs over the side of a boat with the bottom rung on the surface of the water. The rungs are one foot apart, and the tide goes up at the rate of 6 inches per hour. How long will it be until three rungs are covered? Never. The boat rises as the tide goes up. ____________________ 2. A boy kicks a soccer ball. It goes 10 feet and comes back to him. How is this possible? He kicked it up. ____________________ 3. A rooster laid an egg on top of the barn roof. Which way did it roll? It didn't roll - roosters don't lay eggs. ____________________ 4. How can a man go eight days without sleep? No problem, He sleeps at night. ____________________ 5. How many legs does an elephant have if you count his trunk as a leg? Four. Because calling the trunk a leg doesn’t make it a leg. ____________________ 6. If you divide 30 by half and add ten. What do you get? 70! Think about it. What does half really mean? It's 0.5! What is 30 divided by 0.5? 60! Now 60 + 10 = 70. ____________________ 7. Abhi's father has five sons named Ten, Twenty, Thirty, Forty...Guess what would be the name of the fifth? Abhi ____________________ 8. What can you never eat for breakfast? Dinner. ____________________ 9. Who's bigger: Mr. Bigger, Mrs. Bigger or their baby? The baby, since he is a little Bigger. ____________________ 10. You have a cup placed on a table. You are pointing towards the North and the cup is facing towards the South. On which side is the cup's handle? No matter in which position the cup is, its handle will always be on the outside! ____________________