| Question | Answer |
| (C)I have a triangle that has three angles which are all square numbers. What are the angles? | 100-64-16
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(N)After you unload all your coins onto the kitchen table, you discover something surprising. You have exactly the same number of pennies, 10p, 20p, and 5p, totaling 6 pounds and 12 pence. How many of each coin do you have? | 17
| (C)If 8 crows can steal 8 buttons in 8 minutes, how many buttons can 16 crows steal in 16 minutes? | 32
| (P)The ages of a father and son add up to 66.The father\\\\\\\'s age is the son\\\\\\\'s age reversed.How old could they be? | 42and24
| (V)1011 in binary is what in base ten? | 11
| (W)Can you replace the question marks with maths symbols ( + - / x) and make the equation correct:(9 ? 1) ? (7 ? 6) ? (8 ? 4) = 3 | (9 - 1)-(7 - 6)-(8 - 4)=3 | (T)What was the name of the German encryption machine used in World War 2 that the English thought was a ‘riddle’? | ENIGMA
| (K)Cryptography is an ancient Greek Word meaning what? | HIDDEN WORDS
| (P)The British made the first computer to break German codes. It was huge. What was it called? | COLOSSUS
| (I)The British intercepted a famous telegram that caused the USA to declare war on Germany in 1917. What was the telegram’s name? | ZIMMERMANN
| (Y)During the American War of Independence who was the leader of the American army who used spies to crack the British codes? | GEORGE WASHINGTON
| (C)Which famous Roman General and Emperor invented his own type of code that still has his name today? | JULIUS CAESAR
| (U)Substitution Ciphers (code keys) were broken by which famous Arab Mathematician? | AL KINDI
| (C)Mary Queen of Scots’ letters were intercepted and de coded in which famous plot? | BABINGTON PLOT
| (I)What was the ‘coloured’ Japanese code from World War II? | PURPLE
| (G)What was the name of the seafaring (5x8) British department responsible for breaking German codes in World War One? | ADMIRALTY ROOM 40
| (P)A lamp and a bulb cost 32 pounds. The lamp is 30 pounds more than the bulb. How much is the lamp? | 31
| (K)What number does the Roman numeral MMLXIV represent? | 2064
| (W)How many sides does a hexaheptacontagon have? | 76
| (U)What is the product of a bakers dozen and the difference between a gross and a 4 scores? | 832 |
