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  2. BRAIN BRIGHTENERS THE TWO CLUBS

    Two clubs were formed. The first had 15 members and it was agreed upon to dine in fours until all possible combinations had been formed. The second had ...

    Article : 73 words
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    Advertising : 429 words
  4. FALSE BALANCE.

    A false balance was used to weigh some meat. Put on one pan of the scale the meat seemed to weigh 16lb., and a weight of 20¼lb. was indicated when the ...

    Article : 50 words
  5. THE WINNING ENTRY.

    While in Egypt I made purchases for my family for Christmas amounting to 34 piastres. I tendered an Egyptian pound note (100 piastres) as the only ...

    Article : 112 words
  6. A WEIGHTY PROBLEM.

    Two hunters wishing to determine the weight of a fox they had caught balanced a plank on a fence and then balanced each other on the plank. They then ...

    Article : 71 words
  7. PLACING POSTS.

    By placing posts two feet apart around his garden a gardener found that he was in need of 100 more. If, however, they were placed at intervals of three feet ...

    Article : 49 words
  8. AEROPLANE SPEEDS.

    An aeroplane flying round a square course covers the first side at 100 m.p.h., the second at the rate of 200 m.p.h., the third at the rate of 300 m.p.h. and the ...

    Article : 54 words
  9. MULTIPLICATION.

    Multiply £2/15/ by £2/15/. What is the answer? ...

    Article : 13 words
  10. A POETIC POSER.

    What is it that so often proves The basis of your thoughts? A thousand things you think of now, Will then be all forgot. ...

    Article : 81 words
  11. A PARADOX.

    Take 45, subtract 45 from it and leave 45. How is it done? ...

    Article : 18 words
  12. ABOUT THE PUBS.

    A man went into a pub and said to the barman, "Give me as much money as I have in my pocket and I'll spend 6d." The barman agreed. This was repeated ...

    Article : 66 words
  13. BRAIN BRIGHTENERS.

    Most people have stored away in their memory a pet puzzle that they "put over" their friends on appropriate occasion. Send ...

    Article : 93 words
  14. PLAYING POSSUM.

    A possum is sitting on a log 10 feet long and three feet in circumference. As the log rolls down a hill a distance of 50 feet, the possum goes from one end ...

    Article : 56 words
  15. ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S POSERS.

    (a) That, that is, is; that, that is not, is not; is not that so? (b) He said that that "that," that that man wrote, was incorrect. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 757 words
  16. A PUZZLERS' LEAGUE.

    ALL the world loves a brain brightener. The pages of history are damp from the efforts of those ardent souls who have determined not to let themselves be beaten ...

    Article : 550 words
  17. A BRIGHT PUPIL.

    An inspector who was very proud of his general knowledge was examining a class. "If any child can ask me a question I cannot answer I will give him five ...

    Article : 76 words
  18. IT LEGGED OUT.

    Two legs sat on three legs, one leg on two legs. In came four legs, snatched up one leg. Up jumped two legs, snatched up three legs and threw three legs at ...

    Article : 57 words
  19. A DAY'S OUTING.

    Two fathers and two sons, on a visit to the city, decided upon a day's outing. To save time it was agreed that each should give one of the fathers a ...

    Article : 82 words
  20. TRIANGLES.

    Determine by equations of the second degree the sides of two dissimilar triangles, each having an area of five acres, each having a perimeter of 200 rods and each ...

    Article : 62 words
  21. THE CUNNING COSTER.

    Competition between two costers was very keen. Alf had bought oranges which he retailed at three for a penny, showing a good profit. Bill had secured ...

    Article : 87 words
  22. ARITHMETICKLERS.

    What is the quickest way of writing 1,000 in eights? ...

    Article : 14 words
  23. A CRYPTIC NOTE.

    What is the meaning of the following note which was sent from one man to another? ...

    Article : 24 words
  24. A LINOTYPE LAPSE.

    A certain paper reported a speaker as saying "It was and I said not but." Evidently something was left out. Who was at fault—the speaker, the reporter or the ...

    Article : 43 words
  25. REPLACE THE NOUGHTS.

    Replace the noughts in the number 60,801 so that the number you make will be exactly divisible by 79. What is the required number? ...

    Article : 31 words
  26. ONE FOR RIPLEY.

    Any number when multiplied by a certain figure either contains that figure one or more times or produces numbers that when added together will total up to that ...

    Article : 44 words
  27. CONCERNING WEIGHTS.

    (a) A chicken weighs two pounds and ¾ of its weight besides. What is its weight? (b) A grocer wishes to weigh off ...

    Article : 68 words
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    BRISBANE, April 6.—By the will of the Right Rev. St. Clair Donaldson, Bishop of Salisbury (England) and previously Archbishop of Brisbane, £1,000 is ...

    Article : 92 words
  29. BOATING.

    A boat sails downstream at the rate of 15 miles per hour. If the trip up the river takes four hours more than the trip down how far did the boat travel? ...

    Article : 36 words
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