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Tough Test 6

1. A weightless and perfectly flexible rope is hung over a weightless, frictionless pulley attached to the roof of a building. At one end is a weight which precisely counterbalances a monkey at the other end. If the monkey begins to climb, what will happen to the weight - will it remain stationary, will it rise or will it fall?

2. How many Canadian provinces border the US?

3. A bottle costs $1 more than a cork. Together, they cost $1.10. How much does the bottle cost and how much does the cork cost?

4. Of the three words orange, octopus, and oil, which word doesn’t belong?

5. A baseball tournament is to be organized in a “round robin” fashion, i.e., every team plays a game against every other team once and only once. If a total of 28 games are played, how many teams participated?

6. What country’s capital is Addis Ababa?

7. Tom is 40, Jerry is 13. How many years ago was Tom four times as old as Jerry?

8. What does Dorothy have to steal from the Wicked Witch of the West?

9. Last weekend, I drove my new bicycle to the park. On reaching the park, I saw that there was a total of 13 bicycles and tricycles there. The total number of wheels on all the cycles was 35. How many tricycles were there in the park?

10. What gets wet when drying?