Thursday 14 August 2014

Daily dollar

The 10 Dollar Question.
Ceva jumps on the Helter Skelter at
the top and slides to the bottom.
Through what size angle does she
slide?
(a) 360°
(b) 720°
(c) 900°
(d) 1080°
What a ride!!


The Helter Skelter on the Brighton Pier in
England is very famous.
It has been there for a long time and
many people have had rides on it.
Through what size angle would Pierre
turn when he slides down it?
(e) 360°
(f) 540°
(g) 720°
(h) 900°


The 30 Dollar Question.
This old Helter Skelter was
built on the pier in
Llandudno, North Wales.
It is very popular during the
summer.
When Gavin and Stacey
came to North Wales,
Stacey had a ride on this
Helter Skelter.
Through what angle did she
turn in her ride down the
Helter Skelter? 
(i) 360°
(j) 540°
(k) 720°
(l) 1080°


The 40 Dollar Question.
The Helter Skelter on
Brighton Pier is pictured
here. We can see Joy sliding
as she comes around the
corner. Through what angle
does she turn in the
picture? 
(m) 90°
(n) 180°
(o) 270°
(p) 360°


The 50 Dollar Question.
This Helter Skelter is
unusual in that there are
two slides wrapped around
each other.
It is on Cleethorpes Beach
on the east coast of
England. Through what
size angle does a person
turn as they slide from the
top to the bottom?
(q) 180
(r) 360
(s) 540
(t) 720

The 60 Dollar Question
This photo is of the Helter Skelter at
Saughton Park, Edinburgh and was
taken over 100 years ago in 1908.
It looks like great fun in those olden
days too.
Look at the people watching and
how they are dressed.
Through what size angle would the
boys on the slide turn as they come
down this wooden Helter Skelter?
(u) 180
(v) 360
(w) 540
(x) 720
Does this Helter Skelter still exist?
Check it out !!


The 90 Dollar Question.
This Helter Skelter is drawn around the
tallest building in London and Europe. It
has 87 floors and stands 306 metres tall.
In 2013 a picture of The Shard with a
Helter Skelter drawn around it featured
in the London newspapers.
It was April 1st and it was an April fools
joke.
People calculated for anyone sliding
down it they would reach speeds of 120
kilometres per hour. For this they would
need special mats and probably special
high speed suits!
Through what angle would the sliding
person turn as they came down this
mythical Helter Skelter?
(y) 360
(z) 1800
(aa) 1980
(bb) 3600




The 20 Dollar Question. 
One of these knots is not a knot.
Which knot is it ?
(a) Red
(b) Blue
(c) Green


The 20 Dollar Question.
Two of these knots are not knots.
Which two are they?
(a) Red and blue.
(b) Blue and green.
(c) Red and green. 


The 40 Dollar Question. 
This very famous clock is in
the St Pancras Railway
Station in London.
Lots of movies have this
clock in them.
What time is it ?
(a) 11 - 20
(b) 11 - 40
(c) 7 - 58



The 60 Dollar Question. 
The start of this century was a day
celebrated through-out the world.
Your parents will remember it !!
What day of the week was 
January 1st, 2000 ?
Saturday 




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