Riddle Competition

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XV, Issue 125, 2 May 1925, Page 10

Riddle Competition

Why is a black heu more clever than a white hen? Because it can lay a white egg anti a white hen cannot lay a black egg. —Prize of 1/- to Jean Ebbett (ago 12 years), 201 Townshend Street. Hastings. There is a little green house, and inside the green one there is a little black house, and in the little blacK house there is a little brown house, and inside the brown house there is a little yellow house, aud inside the yellow house there is a little white bouse and in the littlo white house there is a little heart. What is it? Answer: A walnut. —Red certificate to Marion PrestonThomas (age 12 years) “Lulworth,” Havelock North. What river runs between two seas? Tho river Thames, because it runs between Battersea and Chelsea. —Orange certificate to Marjorie Bateman (age 11 years), Paki Paki. A river has a mouth but has no tongue. What has a tongUQ and no mouth ?-'~-A boot. —Mervyn Bate mean (ago 13 years), Paki Paki. What is the difference between a looking glass and a bathing machine? In one you see the face, and in the other vou face the sea. —Walter Bateman (ago 4 years), Paki Paki. I washed my hands in water, That neither rained nor ran. J dried them on a towel, That was neither wove nor spun. I washed them in the dew. And dried them in the sun. —Walter Pullar (age 10 years), 615 Heretaunga Street, Hastings. As I was walking across London bridge I met a Westminster scholar. He took off his hat and drew off his gloves. Pray can you tell me the name of the Westminster scholar?—Andrew’. —Laura Beale (age 10 years), 407 Fitzroy Avenue, Hastings. AN ARITHMETICAL NIGHTMARE. If seven men can dig a well In twenty days, how long Would 3s 6d take to sail From London to Hong Kong? If eighty monkeys made a plan Twelve cocoanuts to fry. How man*- pigs would be required To fill a ten-ton sty? If John and Thomas own a field, In size 3 pints 1 pole Take 5 from 4, and what is then Tho square-root of the whole? These are the kind of sums I’m set, When I’m asleep at night The Head himself. I moan to say, Could never get ’em right! —Nancy Hickling (age 12 years), 606 Ellison Road, Hastings. I My first is a beverage, my second i is a measure for beer, my whole is a domestic article.—Tea-pot. —J. Holderness (age 12 years). Kitchener Street, Hastings. What three letters spell a flower?--P.N.Y. (Peony). —Jean Yorke (age 12 years), 1002 Tomoana Road, Hastings. What is the oldest piece of ffurniture in the world — Tho multiplication table. —Ruth Small (age 11 years), Te Mata Road. Havelock North. Whw» is it that cricketers and footballers are rarely poultry fanciers?— Because cricketers hate ducks and footballers don’t like fouls. —Jean Steven (age 9 years),. Otane. Which is the easiest house to lift?— A lighthouse. —Jlarjorie Ward (age 10 years), Kaiapo Road, Hastings. ®*®*®*®*®*®*®*®*®»®*