MINDBENDERS

1 Olivia is on her way to deliver a parcel. If she travels at 40mph, she’ll arrive five minutes early. If she travels 10mph slower, she’ll get there on time. How far away is she?

2 What connects the Labour Prime Ministers Gordon Brown, Harold Wilson and Ramsay MacDonald?

3 Jane buys equal numbers of 30p, 40p and 45p chocolate bars for £12.65. How many chocolate bars did she buy altogether?

4 Which animator may RETAIL GRIMLY?

5 What is the time if, half an hour ago, it was four times as many minutes past nine o’clock as it now is minutes to one o’clock?

6 Which is the odd one out: Hera, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto?

7 In a school, 60 children own pets and a third of these children are boys. If there are 30 boys in the school with no pets, and a fifth of the girls in the school have no pets, how many children are there in the school?

8 Starting with add a letter and shuffle to make a new word each time until you reach FOREIGN.