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Little GEM's
Common School Magazine |
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Contents
Page 1:
Language Corner:
Regional Sayings and Useful English, Maltese, and German Words and Sentences Page 2: Holidays in Germany, Malta, and England Page 3: Everyday Life: A German Pupil's Day Page 4: Interview: The Dockyard in Wewels- fleth: an Interview With a Worker Page 5: The Isle of Wight and England Page 6: Xghajra and the Maltese Islands Page 7: Wewelsfleth and its Surroundings Page 8: Comenius Trips: Mrs Scannura, Mrs Grech, and Mr Kitching in Wewelsfleth and Project Meetings in Malta and England Page 9: Our Local Editorial Boards Introduce Themselves Page 10: Riddles Page 11: Jokes Page 12: Clubs at Shanklin School Page 13: News from Shanklin School |
Page 10: Riddles
(Solutions next time) by Rebekah, Shanklin Board, and Ludwig and Elina, Wewelsfleth Board What is dangerous and swings through the trees? Any idea?
Eight chickens, twelve Küken and six wolves are going to a meeting in the forest. So how many animals will participate in the meeting?
A
foreign woman asks a little girl how many brothers and sisters she has.
The girl answers: "I have as many brothers as sisters." Her brother,
however, tells the woman that has as got twice as many sisters as
brothers. How many boys and girls belong to their family?
Two fathers and two sons went on a hunting trip. Each of them was able to bring home two animals whereas they had shot only six animals. How is that?
The Stolen Car There was a man in a big city who wanted to cross a road. Whilst he was watching the cars passing by he suddenly realised that one car had been stolen. How could he know that? Equals ??? 123 + 78 - 73 - 45 + 544 = ???
The Juice Dealers Two juice dealers get 10 pints of a brandnew juice out noone had never ever sold before. Each of them wants to take home 8 pints in order bottle it and to sell the juice in his shop. In order to sort out which quantity equals to 8 pints they only have two jars at their disposal: one 10 pint jar and one 6 pint jar. They are only allowed to take the juice home if they are able to exactly divide it using these jars. They must not schätzen. What can they do in order to get the juice? |