Golden Opportunity

It has a golden head
It has a golden tail
but it hasn't got a body.

What is it?

Help Win an iPad2

Hi all,
I never do this, but I'd like to make a personal appeal.  My daughter was entered into a contest to win an iPad2.  She painted a pottery piece at PYOP for her teacher at school.  The lady who runs it liked it enough to enter it into her summer contest to win an iPad2.  At six years old, that would be quite a prize.

If you have a facebook account, please head on over to the PYOP album (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150194490771739.307688.40310146738) and like here photo (the one with the butterfly).  In case you're wondering, it's a dunk mug.  You can put cookies down at the bottom, for dunking!

Thanks for helping out!  We'll be back to our puzzles on Monday.  Happy father's day to all the dads out there!

Ants on a Board

There are 100 ants on a board that is 1 meter long, each facing either left or right and walking at a pace of 1 meter per minute.

The board is so narrow that the ants cannot pass each other; when two ants walk into each other, they each instantly turn around and continue walking in the opposite direction. When an ant reaches the end of the board, it falls off the edge.

From the moment the ants start walking, what is the longest amount of time that could pass before all the ants have fallen off the plank? You can assume that each ant has infinitely small length.

Reindeer Line

There are nine reindeer, all in a line.  Can you figure out the order?

Comet behind Rudolph, Prancer and Cupid. Blitzen behind Cupid and in front of Donder, Vixen and Dancer. Cupid in front of Comet, Blitzen and Vixen. Donder behind Vixen, Dasher and Prancer. Rudolph behind Prancer and in front of Donder, Dancer and Dasher. Vixen in front of Dancer and Comet. Dancer behind Donder, Rudolph and Blitzen. Prancer in front of Cupid, Donder and Blitzen. Dasher behind Prancer and in front of Vixen, Dancer and Blitzen. Donder behind Comet and Cupid. Cupid in front of Rudolph and Dancer. Vixen behind Rudolph, Prancer and Dasher.

This one is from Kevin.

Generous Buzz

When Buzz gathered his 2001 records for his CPA, he found that he had made six donations, each for a different amount of money and totaling $1500, to six local youth sports teams, including a softball team. Given the data below, can you find how much in sports deductions Buzz has for 2001: the contribution to each team and the sport the team plays?

1. Buzz donated twice as much to the basketball team as he did to the Knights.
2. The contribution to the Comets was less than that to the football team.
3. For his donation to the soccer team, which was $50 more than he gave the Rovers, the soccer team advertised Buzz's gas station on the back of their jerseys.
4. The Lions got $150 more from the service station operator than the baseball team did.
5. The smallest donation of the six was for $50.
6. The Hawks received twice as much money from Buzz as the soccer team.
7. Before actually seeing the receipts again, Buzz thought that his largest donation had been $600 and that he had given the hockey team $250; he found that the largest contribution was for less than $600 and that the hockey donation was for less than $250.
8. Buzz gave the Knights $50 more than he gave the Devils.
9. The largest donation wasn't the one to the youth basketball team.

Six of One

The expression, "Six of one, half a dozen of another," is commonly used to indicate that two alternatives are essentially equivalent, because six and a half dozen are equal quantities. But are "six dozen dozen dozen" and "a half dozen dozen dozen" equal?

There are 5 ships in a port

The greek ship leaves at six and carries coffee.
The ship in the middle has a black chimney
The English ship leaves at nine.
The French ship with a blue chimney is to the left of a ship that carries coffee.
Right to the ship carrying cocoa is a ship going to Marseille.
The Brazilian ship is heading for Manila.
Next to the ship carrying rice is a ship with a green chimney.
A ship going to Genoa leaves at five.
The Spanish ship leaves at seven and is to the right of the ship going to Marseille.
The ship with a red chimney goes to Hamburg.
Next to the ship leaving at seven is a ship with a white chimney.
The ship on the border carries corn.
The ship with a black chimney leaves at eight.
The ship carrying corn is anchored next to the ship carrying rice.
The ship to Hamburg leaves at six.


Which ship is going to Port Said?
Which ship is carrying the tea?