My BrainBashers electronic world atlas has developed another fault.
I listed five countries, and how far away each was from England, and here are the results:
Australia 500 miles
Peru 8,000 miles
India 4,500 miles
Scotland 9,500 miles
France ? miles
At the recent interdepartmental jam making contest, four lucky candidates took part to make the juiciest strawberry jam.
As it happens, the person who came last was the oldest. Glen was three years older than the person who came second. Drew was neither the oldest nor the youngest. Emery finished ahead of the 27-year-old, but didn't win. Alex was also unlucky this time, and didn't win either.
The ages of the contestants were 24, 27, 30 and 32.
Can you work out who finished where, and how old they were?
Hint
Light travels over 186,000 miles each second.
Answer
Miles travelled by light in a second.
Reasoning
Light travels over 186,000 miles per second.
There are 2.54cm in an inch, 12 inches in a foot, 3 feet in a yard, and 1760 yards in a mile. So there are 2.54 x 12 x 3 x 1760 = 160,934.4cm in a mile.