#215 Trivia Tuesday
Set by Zoe Mensch
The team members were assembled for their regular meeting with their eccentric manager.
鈥淏efore we get to the main agenda, we鈥檒l observe our weekly 鈥楾rivia Tuesday鈥. Today鈥檚 trivia titbit is that the month and day are the same number. It is 4 April, which is the fourth day of the fourth month. How about that?鈥
The rest of the office rolled their eyes. 鈥淪eems like the boss forgot until the last second again,鈥 whispered Grace. 鈥淚 guess he just got lucky with the date.鈥
Clancy thought for a moment. 鈥淪adly, it isn鈥檛 the only time this year when he鈥檒l be able to use the same kind of 鈥榯rivia鈥 for Trivia Tuesday.鈥
Without looking at a calendar, can you work out how many more Trivia Tuesdays after 4 April will fall on the nth day of the nth month?
Solution next week
#214 Seven up!
Solution
The number is 7630.
Call it ABCD. BCD is divisible by 7, and since ABCD is also divisible by 7, A can only be 7. Similarly, since ABC is divisible by 7, there can be no remainder when D is divided by 7, so D can only be 7 or 0 鈥 and 7 is already ruled out as no digit is duplicated. The number BC must therefore also be a multiple of 7, i.e. 14, 21, 28, 35 etc. The sum of the digits in the number that is made by adding all digits of the code is only 7 if B and C are 6 and 3: In other words, 7+6+3+0=16, and the digits 1+6=7.
Quick quiz #195
set by Bethan Ackerley
1 What name is given to the wave-like contractions that move food through the digestive tract?
2 What is the only sea without a coastline?
3 What colour flame is produced when potassium is burned?
4 The hair-like appendages that protrude from human sperm cells are known as what?
5 In what year did the first crewed flight in space take place?
Quick quiz #195
Answers
1 Peristalsis
2 The Sargasso Sea
3 Lilac
4 Flagella
5 1961