Maths Problems – Week Two Question 1 If the cold tap alone would fill a bath in 20 minutes and the hot tap alone would fill a bath in 30 minutes, how many minutes would it take to fill the bath with both the cold and hot taps on? Question 2 The six angles of … Continue reading →

Week One Maths Challenge Solutions Solution 1 By the time the faster car starts the slower car will have travelled one hour at 40 m.p.h. and so will be 40 miles ahead. The faster car will catch up at a rate of 10 m.p.h. and hence will take 4 hours to catch up these 40 … Continue reading →

Easy Peasy Quiz  submitted by Pamela Sharpe. 1. Which Artist is famous for a Painting of Sunflowers? 2. How many Islands are off the Northumberland Coast? 3. Paul Newman starred in a film where he ate Eggs..What was the Film called??and how Many Eggs did he eat? 4. Gruyere is a Cheese from Which Country? … Continue reading →

Just a reminder to submit your musical requests to Chris at the following e-mail address (U3Aseahamdistrict@gmail.com) against the following categories: Classical Showtunes Film Scores Music from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s The next zoom meeting will run today at 5pm see all the details here Continue reading →

Phobias – Answers 1. Astraphobia A. Fear of stars B. Fear of Vauxhall Astras C. Fear of thunder and lightning* D. Fear of flying 2. Venustraphobia A. Fear of beautiful women* B. Fear of insect-eating plants C. Fear of being conned out of money D. Fear of colliding with the planet Venus 3. Cryophobia A. … Continue reading →

As the Quizzes have proved so popular here is something a little bit different, I will continue to post these weekly if there is enough interest. Maths Challenge Take part the maths challenge, with problems and puzzles posed by Gordon Burgin, Andrew Holt and David Martin, U3A Maths and Stats Subject Advisor. Download here The … Continue reading →

Topic: Classical Jukebox II – Thursday June 11th @ 5pm Following on from our last Classical Jukebox session, we invite you to send in your musical requests and we will include them in our next session. All we ask is that you introduce your request in the meeting (What it is , Who its by, … Continue reading →