Solve These In 30 Seconds

Solve These In 30 Seconds
By Edward Raymond
December 2007

Using two unpainted wooden cubes (child’s blocks), can you mark each face with a numeral so that they can be used to display the day of the month (from 01 to 31 inclusive) when set two together on a display table?
Both hands of a 12 hour clock are together exactly at Noon (12 o’clock). What is the exact time when they next are together?
Using three blocks, can you mark each face with a letter so that three cubes placed together can be used to display the three-letter abbreviation for each calendar month?
On a 12 hour clock with a sweep second hand, when will all three hands be together again if they were together at the Noon hour?
Which of the following poker hands is the best? The worst? (Regular 52 card deck, no jokers).
1. AS AH AD KS KH
2. AS AH AD QS QC
3. AS AH AD QS QH
4. AS AH AD 6S 6C
5. AS AH AD 3S 3C
During an eclipse of the Sun, in which direction does the Moon’s shadow move across the Earth?
When standing front of a full length mirror, your image is reversed; raising your right hand raises the left hand of the image, etc. Why does the mirror reverse from side to side and not from top to bottom?