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  2. ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S POSERS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 906 words
  3. BRAIN BRIGHTENERS THE WINNING ENTRY.

    Punctuate and quote the following so that it reads sensibly:—That that is is that that is not is not is not that so. (b) He said that that that that that man ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 45 words
  4. MUNDARING SHOW.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 926 words
  5. A TRAVELLING FLY.

    Two cyclists, 20 miles apart, start riding towards each other at the same time, A travelling at eight miles per hour and B at 12 miles per hour. At the same ...

    Article : 95 words
  6. THE TIME FACTOR.

    (a) How many times in the course of a day does the minute hand of a watch overtake the hour hand. (b) If it takes six seconds for a clock ...

    Article : 51 words
  7. A RHYTHMIC RIDDLE.

    Here is a puzzle that was specially prepared for "But Not Goodbye." I hope its turns his hair grey as his did mine. He is happy in all weathers, ...

    Article : 68 words
  8. MOVING MATCHES.

    In the diagram a number of matches are shown arranged to form five squares. The problem ls to make four squares by moving only three matches. How is ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 37 words
  9. SPLITTING THE NOTE.

    Although the following sounds at first to be impassible it isn't. Divide £1 into shillings and sixpences so that there is one more sixpence than shillings. How ...

    Article : 36 words
  10. CAN YOU?

    It is required to find four words of 10 letters each which contain "can" in the positions shown. Clues to the complete words are given after each. ...

    Article : 51 words
  11. BRAIN BRIGHTENERS.

    The interest demonstrated by readers in various Brain Brighteners that have appeared in recent issues is responsible for ...

    Article : 118 words
  12. THE VILLAGE SIMPLETON.

    The village simpleton, when asked what day of the week it was, replied: "When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, to-day will be as far from Sunday as today ...

    Article : 54 words
  13. MORE THAN A MATCH.

    Arrange six matches in the shape of a hexagon. Now add three more matches and arrange the nine so that they present another regular six-sided figure. ...

    Article : 36 words
  14. MONEY MATTERS.

    Two clerks, A and B, were employed in en office at the same time. A's salary was £1,000 per year, with an increase of £100 per year. B's salary was also to ...

    Article : 65 words
  15. ORANGES FOR SALE.

    A woman had three sons and sent the three of them to sell oranges. To the eldest son she gave 50 oranges, to the second 30 oranges, and to ths youngest ...

    Article : 68 words
  16. THE SNAIL'S PACE.

    A snail crawled up a wall. He went up two feet each day and slipped back one foot each night. The wall was 12 feet in height. How long did it take the snail ...

    Article : 48 words
  17. WHAT DOES IT MEAN.

    "A handless man had a letter to write, And he that wrote it had lost his sight. The dumb repeated it word for word, And deaf was he that listened and ...

    Article : 45 words
  18. OF COURSE.

    A man and woman met and stopped to chat. "You must be a relation of mine, surely," said the woman. "I am," replied the man, "and how!" ...

    Article : 47 words
  19. MENTAL ARITHMETIC.

    Take the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. Using only three arithmetical signs and leaving the numbers in the order given make them total 100. How ...

    Article : 40 words
  20. A CORKER.

    A button is suspended by a thread in a clear glass bottle. The cork is sealed in the bottle. The problem is to sever the string so that the button falls ...

    Article : 45 words
  21. MY AGE.

    Three times my age three years hence, decreased by three times my age three years ago, results In my present age. How old am I? ...

    Article : 31 words
  22. To Correspondents.

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  23. AN INFANT PRODIGY.

    Can a man be born before his father, grow up and marry his mother? ...

    Article : 21 words
  24. SEVEN NAMES.

    Seven names I have which all belong to me. Without them, what I am, I could not be. ...

    Article : 47 words
  25. A FORMULA

    One example of a formula is 4½ divided by 3 is equal to 4½ minus 3. If 7 is substituted for the 3 what is the other number required? ...

    Article : 34 words
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    VIENNA, March 26.—Elaborate police precautions will be taken to protect the Duke of Windsor from disturbance after his arrival at Hausappesbach on his way ...

    Article : 52 words
  27. THE GOOSE-STEP.

    If there were 20 geese walking in single file how many geese coula say that they had a goose behind them? ...

    Article : 27 words
  28. ARRANGING CARDS.

    Arrange nine cards from the ace to the nine inclusive in three rows of three cards in such a way that they total 15 horizontally, vertically and diagonally. ...

    Article : 40 words
  29. SILVER COINS.

    How much money in silver coins can a man have in his pocket without being able to give exact change for a ten shilling note. ...

    Article : 32 words
  30. SUNRISE AND SUNSET FOR APRIL, 1937.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 480 words
  31. A TON OF STONE.

    It requires 160 stone to make a ton. How then can it be that it requires a ton to make one stone? ...

    Article : 29 words
  32. FITTING LINOLEUM.

    A room measuring eight feet by eight feet can be exactly covered with a piece of linoleum measuring seven feet by nine feet. How is it done? ...

    Article : 33 words
  33. THE BOOKWORM.

    A bookworm attacked three books side by side on a library shelf. Starting at the first page of the first book it ate its way in a straight and direct line to the ...

    Article : 104 words
  34. SHOEING THE HORSE.

    A man took a horse to the blacksmith to be shod. There were four shoes to be put on and seven nails in each. The blacksmith charged ½d. for the first nail ...

    Article : 61 words
  35. AN ORCHARD DESIGN.

    An orchardist sends his employee to plant 19 fruit trees with instructions to plant the 19 trees in nine rows with five trees in each row. How does the employee ...

    Article : 39 words
  36. HOW MANY SHEEP?

    When I asked my neighbour how many sheep he had he replied: "If I had as many more and half as many more and a score, I would have 1,000. How many ...

    Article : 44 words
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