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Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. New York

This book is dedicated to our family's California connection,
Jane and George Cleveland.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Plublication Data

Townsend, Charles Barry.
World's trickiest puzzles / by Charles Barry Townsend.
P. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-8069-0964-1
1. Puzzles-Juvenile literature. I. Title.
GV1493.T69 1995
793.73-dc2O 95-17934
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AC

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Published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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©1995 by Charles Barry Townsend
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Contents

Introduction ....
................ .. 4
Puzzles ......... ................ .. 5
Answers ........ ................ 103
About the Author ................ 127
Index ........... ................ 128
Introduction
Greetings, fellow puzzle enthusiasts. This book is some-
thing of a milestone for me, being the tenth volume in my
series of puzzle books for Sterling. When I set out to write
these books I intended to present my readers with a col-
lection of the finest puzzles and problems that have chal-
lenged thinking people for the past 100 years. This vol-
ume adds another 96 brain-busters to the list. Not all
these puzzles are venerable problems of the past. I've cre-
ated several new items, as well. You'll also find over a
hundred detailed and amusing illustrations to liven up
the presentation.
In this book you'll travel back in time to our favorite
diner to match wits with Hash House Harriet, check out
the spying methods of J. Pinkerton Snoopington, play a
game of checkers with Mr. Fogg, learn how Joan Crawford
would handle a job application, and attend the "Riddle
Ball" at the famous old Palm House. Then it's off for a
Mediterranean cruise, a stop in the Old West for a Flam-
ing Comet cocktail, and then a chance to win a wager
against that Prince of Con Men, J. Wellington Money-
bags. Other problems deal with phrenology, archaeology,
the Second World War, chess, the circus, farming, and
the machinations of a Mad Scientist. All in all, you're in
for an exciting adventure in Puzzleland.
Find a nice comfortable chair, a supply of pencils and
paper, and hang a "Do Not Disturb" sign on your door for
the next few hours. It's time to do battle with The World's
Trickiest Puzzles!
PUZZLES
World's Trickiest "Checkers"
Puzzle

Mr. Fogg is a hard man to beat. At their last game the

senator thought he had a sure win but Fogg made short
work of him. It was Fogg's move and he was playing the
black checkers. White was moving up the board while
black was moving down. What were Fogg's winning
moves?
World's Trickiest "Joan
Crawford" Puzzle
"Just listen to this question on yourjob applicationformt
'What is the only word in the dictionary that begins with
SEX and has nothing to do with either sex or six?' What
jerk thought up this quiz? I'm a woman of the 30s who's
shouldered her way past hundreds of men in dozens of
pictures. No two-bit psychological test is going to stop me
this time either. And furthermore, what's the answer to
that dumb question anyway?"
-I -
"But, Ms. Crau
but, Ms. Crawfi
but, but, but. .
1

7
World's Trickiest
"Stereoscope" Puzzle
World's Trickiest
"Stereoscope" Puzzle

Calven Collectable, while checking out a new batch of

stereoscope views, noticed that the picture on the right
side of the card wasn't the same as the one on the left.
Eleven items were missing. Can you find them?
9
World's Trickiest "Ladder"
Puzzles
"In 'Ladder Puzzles' you're required to change the top
word into the bottom word by changing one letter at a
time as you go down the ladder. Each change must
produce a new word."
I I

'These are great boards you made up, Mike! We can use
them at next week's Puzzle Fair!Linda, how many
'Ladder Puzzles' have we made up sofar?"

"Sofar, Biff we havefive puzzles. They are: infour

moves change SICK to WELL; infive moves change BIRD
to NEST and PIG to STY, and, finally, in six moves
change MINE to COAL and CITY to FARM. Do you have
any more to add, Mike?"
World's Trickiest "Dragon"
Puzzle
"So I had these three knights trapped inside Old Misery
Cave. I had them pinned up against the wall with my tail
and I said, 'I'm Cedric, the guardiandragon of St. Basil's
treasure. Answer the following three questions correctly
and the gold is yours. Fail, and you'll never leave this
cave alive.
1. What song do you get when you cross the Ape
Man with a zebra?
2. How do you make a hippopotamusfloat?
3. In thefollowing series of numbers what number
comes next:1, 4, 3 ... ?'
"Now, you in the poorly fitting suit of armor, what's your
answer to thefirst question?"

1k

11
World's Trickiest "Tea
Chest" Puzzle

This old chestnut is called "The Enchanted Tea Chest

Puzzle." The small paper box pictured here is constructed
of six rectangular pieces of light cardboard. Playing cards
are perfect for it. The two narrow ends of each card are
folded up at a ninety-degree angle. The rest of each card
should form a perfect square. Once you've "locked" the
six cards together you'll find that the box is quite secure
and can be thrown around without having it fall apart.
No glue is used in the construction. It's easy to put to-
gether when you know how, but the novice will have his
hands full trying to solve it. If you need help you'll find it
in the Answers section.
World's Trickiest
"Restaurant" Puzzle

Every Monday the Good Samaritan Club would meet for

lunch. Before the check arrived the Benson twins would
always be called away on business. On the day that
Freddy took his bath, the remaining diners were pre-
sented with a bill for $80.00. It was their custom to divide
the bill up equally among those present. To cover the
Benson twins' share, each member had to pay an addi-
tional $2.00. How many people originally sat down to
lunch?
13
World's Trickiest
"Quotation" Puzzle

It's been reported that when the fa-

mous German spy of World War I, Mata
Harn, was being questioned about her
activities she coyly answered with the
famous quotation hidden in the frame
of letters that surrounds this page. To
find it, start at any letter and go around
the frame twice, reading every other
letter.
World's Trickiest "Kite"'
Puzzle

It's relaxation time down at the Puzzle Club and Mr.

Okito, the resident expert on Japanese puzzles, is show-
ing off his latest creation. Can you beat the other "ex-
perts" to the solution? How many different-size equilat-
eral triangles are in the kite's construction?
15
World's Trickiest "Hidden
Word" Puzzles

Pa then SaBwv
Hidden in the comments at the bottom of each picture is
the locality of the incident depicted. You have one minute
to find the name of each place.
World's Trickiest "Sledding"
Puzzle

X" I*_1

Harry and Harriet barely missed meeting up with the

Brody Bunch while participating in the West Orange
Downhill Sled Races. Over a measured one-mile course
Harry's new sled made the run two and a half times faster
than the Brodys' older bobsled. Harry and Harriet beat
them out by six minutes. Given these scant facts, can the
reader figure out how long it took each contestant to run
the one-mile course?
17
World's Trickiest "Bow Tie"
Puzzle

For years "Bow Tie" Barlow made-and won-hundreds

of bets on the speed with which he could tie a perfect bow
tie. However, last night he met his match when J. Wel-
lington Moneybags drew the above picture of a bow tie
and bet Barlow he couldn't duplicate the drawing using
one continuous line that didn't cross itself at any point
or go back over any part already drawn. Could you have
succeeded where Barlow proved to be all thumbs?
World's Trickiest "Stick"
Puzzle

Over the years the above problem seems to have been a

sure attention getter. All you need are 36 ice cream sticks
and a lot of patience. Lay out the sticks, as shown above,
so that they form thirteen squares. Now, remove eight
sticks so you're left with just six squares.
19
World's Trickiest "Famous
Sayings" Puzzle
"A MAN. A PLAN, A CANAL-PANAMA."

"ABLE WAS I ERE I SAW ELBA."

LIN --711
XUL
9I
Trip

What do these two famous sayings by prominent leaders

of history have in common?
20
World's Trickiest "Riddle"
Puzzles
"What was the greatestfeatof strength?"

"Who is bigger, Mr. Bigger, or his baby?"

"When is a boat like a heap of snow?"

"Why is an old one-dollar watch like a river?"

During the "Riddle Ball," at the Palm House in 1896,

whenever the music stopped you asked your partner a
riddle.
21
World's Trickiest "Diner"
Puzzle

Well, here we are at our favorite diner in Bloomfield, New

Jersey. And there's Hash House Harriet calling out a cus-
tomer's order using the colorful diner lingo of years gone
by. We've arranged the sentence to form an interesting
puzzle for you to solve. Replace each letter with a number,
using the same number each time the same letter ap-
pears, to make a correct mathematical expression. Also,
see if you can figure out what the order is for.
World's Trickiest "Golf Tees"
Puzzle
"Ever since Andrew MacDivot made that golf tee bet with
me last week I can't concentrate on my game. At this
rate, I'll never win anotherclub tournament!"
1/

-I
V

Nelda Niblick, the lofty amateur women's champion of the

Idle Hours Country Club, has been put off her game by
one of Andrew MacDivot's famous 19th-hole wagers. He
bet Nelda a new set of irons that she couldn't arrange 24
golf tees in such a manner that they would form four per-
fect squares. Can you help her beat MacDivot at his own
game before tee-off time?
23
World's Trickiest "Word
Square" Puzzle
"Beware, problem solvers! It is I, the Masked Puzzler,
and I'm back to challenge you with one of the world's
oldest word puzzles. Picturedon my mask is a six-
letter word square. The same six words appear both
horizontally and vertically. To cloud your minds so you
can't see the answer, I've scrambled the letters in each
of the words. However, I'm not without a modicum of
mercy. Below are helpful hints regardingthe meaning
of each word."

[P S E E CICA
X UA S T R I
Il I TPC R I I

D|X E C

1. What a famous magician did.

2. An extra load to bear.
3. He who sits in judgment.
4. The best clothing.
5. Having something in common.
6. To outdo all others. (Old spelling)
World's Trickiest
"Matchstick" Puzzle

Here is the arrival of the American Puzzle Club at the

1879 International Exhibition in Sydney, Australia. The
matchstick puzzle on the side of the balloon won first
prize. The problem is to arrange 14 matches so they form
five diamond-shaped figures all the same size. The
matches cannot be broken or overlapped in any way.
25
World's Trickiest "Puzzle
Spy" Puzzle

Also at the exhibition was the infamous J. Pinkerton

Snoopington, seller of puzzle secrets. With his patented
invention, the Snooper Phone, he could eavesdrop on
puzzle officials as they were making up contest ques-
tions. Let's listen in, too. ". . .Then we're all agreed: Ques-
tion number 25 is, 'What word is formed if we add the
same three letters to the front and the back of the letters
--- ERGRO----? The word thus formed is familiar to
everyone living in London."
Let the record show that Snoopington was thrown out
of the country before he could peddle his info. Do you
know the answer to this purloined question?
World's Trickiest "Word"
Puzzle
"An excellent meal, my good crustacean!However, I
seem to have left my wallet down below. How about a
small wager, say double-or-nothing,for the price of the
bill?"

"You're always short of clams, Mr. Bass. Twice this

week you've hooked me like this. Very well, what's the
wager?"

"I'll bet you can't tell me what the words fedora, upon,
sprouts, andjihad have in common before Mildred
and Ifinish thisfine bottle of kelp wine!"

1I 11

Can the reader net the answer before closing time?

27
World's Trickiest "Cloth"
Puzzle

Barton Bolt is having his problems. The store's draper bet

him he couldn't take a square piece of cloth of any size
and cut it into several pieces that could then be used to
form three smaller squares of material. The draper said
Barton could make only two straight cuts across the
cloth. Finally, one of these squares was to be formed by
sewing two of the pieces together along one edge of the
material.
Can you weave a solution to Barton's problem?
World's Trickiest
"Beheading" Puzzle

Professor Albert is explaining how his new "Word Be-

heading" opera is to be sung. The work is derived from
the old "Beheading" game where the puzzler is told to
chop off the first letter of a word in order to form another.
Here are the subjects of the eight arias to be sung:
1. Behead to ascend and leave ascend.
2. Behead shut to make mislay.
3. Behead rebuke to make chilly.
4. Behead a server to make a beam.
5. Behead a vessel to make part of a fence.
6. Behead a vehicle to get an animal.
7. Behead a noisemaker and get a drink.
8. Behead a vessel and get a belt holder.
29
World's Trickiest "Betting"
Puzzle
'That was afine meal, Arbuthnot. Well worth the
$111.00 the bill comes to. Why don't we have a wager
to determine who gets to payfor it? I'll bet you the cost
of ow- two dinners that you can't calculate in your
head in 15 seconds what two-thirds of three-fourths of
the bill comes tol"

"You're on, WendeU. Start timing me nowl"]

7'
yr

The reader is also on the clock.

so
World's Trickiest
"Telephone" Puzzle

Back when the telephone was young, a boy could have

his own private line for only a dollar. That would get him
two Perfection Transmitters, three hundred feet of wire
and a dozen loops to hold the wire on the posts. Try to
match that bargain today.
3I
World's Trickiest "Ports of
Call" Puzzle

Gwendolyn Globetrotter is back from her three-week tour

of the Mediterranean. Her tour docked at 10 of the most
famous cities in the region. We've made a puzzle of her
travels by scrambling the letters in the city names that
appear on her luggage stickers. Let's see if you can un-
scramble them before Gwendolyn can find a cab out of
the airport.
World's Trickiest "Bar
Room" Puzzle

Many a strange concoction was served up in the Gold

Rush saloons of the Old West. Here we see a mixologist
dispensing a flaming libation called a "Flaming Comet."
After one you're seeing stars. Newcomers were given a
chance to get one free if they could come up with the
$1.15 using only six coins. The hitch was that with these
coins you couldn't make change for a dollar, a half dollar,
a quarter, a dime or a nickel. You have until the flames
die down to solve this one, pardner!
33
World's Trickiest "Money"
Puzzle

Mayor Brogan was a man of great honesty. The other day

he went into his favorite haberdashery store and said to
the man in the hat department, "I want that $10.00 hat
in the window. If you lend me as much money as I have
in my pocket I'll buy it."
The salesman said OK and gave him the money. The
mayor then paid cash for the hat. Next he went to the suit
department and bought a $10.00 jacket using the same
proposition. On the way out he stopped in the shoe de-
partment and bought a $10.00 pair of shoes, paying in
the same way. When he left the store he had no money in
his pockets.
How much money did Brogan have when he first en-
tered the store?
World's Trickiest "Rebus"
Puzzle
"Well, Farquhar,here is thejumping-off placefor our
special agents. The last coded message we received
was: 'CaptainBBBB arrived in the DWDEDSDTD
today with his CCCC.' Have you heard anything more
about their whereabouts?"

I apparently never
emy. My agent
thefollowing
ain BBBB mission

Can you decipher the above coded messages being dis-

cussed by these two turn-of-the-century secret service
agents?
35
World's Trickiest "Nails"
Puzzle

During the renovation of the old Abelard mansion the lo-

cal handyman, Hiram Ballpeene, won a peck of bets with
his nail puzzles. Take the one above, for instance. Hiram
laid out 16 finishing nails in the form of five squares and
bet the masonry foreman lunch for a week that he
couldn't move one of the nails to a new position so six
squares would be formed. Try to plumb the answer before
quitting time.
World's Trickiest
"Weighing" Puzzle
"Tis is really a neat puzzle that yourfather. Professor
Kane, challenged us to solve. We have tofind out
which one of these nine lead weights was incorrectly
made. Eight of them each weighs exactly 16 ounces,
while the ninth one weighs only 15314 ounces!"

'That's right, Mike, and we're only allowed to use this

scale when lookingfor the short weight. The problem
would be easy if we could weigh two of them at a time
until wefound the light one, but Dad said we had to
do it in just two weighings. I think now's the timefor
one of your patented hunches!"

37
World's Trickiest "Fishing"
Puzzle

Four of the guests at Ma Boscomb's boarding house-

Calvin, Wylie, Emmet, and Quentin-went fishing down
at Moran's Creek. Altogether they caught 10 fish. When
they gave their catch to Ma to put in her freezer she no-
ticed that:
1. Calvin had caught more than Quentin.
2. Wylie and Emmet gave her as many fish as Calvin
and Quentin.
3. Calvin and Wylie had caught fewer fish than Em-
met and Quentin.
Given these facts can you figure out how many fish
each of the boarders caught that day?
World's Trickiest "Poor
Sport" Puzzle
"I beat you again, Lionel, and I'll always beat you,
whether it's in cards, chess, or any other of life's
endeavors that may find us pitted against one
another!"
.. I
I
I"Confound it, Jeffreys, they ought to invent an
iperspir to combat your offensive personality.
The only thing that you really excel in is being the
world's greatest men-!"
_/

In the above acerbic exchange Jeffreys finally got the bet-

ter of Lionel by challenging him to play an old word game.
The two partially completed words in his rejoinder are
missing the same three letters at the beginning and end.
The letters are also in the same order. Each word has a
different set of letters to find.
39
World's Trickiest "Sport"
Puzzle

Norma Nettlesworth was the acknowledged queen of

women's amateur sports during the 1902 social season
in Newport. She won or captained the winning team in no
less than 20 events. She was particularly good at sports
that employed a hard, solid ball.
Years later, while being interviewed about that season,
she said, "I recall 12 events that were played with a solid
ball that year. If you can name at least nine of them I'll
consider you well versed in competitive sports."
I believe the reporter failed her test. Would the reader
care to take up the challenge?
40
World's Trickiest "What"
Puzzles

When the Watts gave one of their famous riddle dinner

parties you were expected to come with at least a half
dozen "What" questions to help enliven the festivities.
41
World's Trickiest "Toy
Train" Puzzle
7 2 3

6 7 8
Pictured here are eight old Lionel toy train locomotives
and cars. We've linked them together with six lengths of
track so we can present the reader with an interesting
problem in car switching. First, place two dimes on cars
1 and 3, and then place two pennies on cars 6 and 8.
Moving one coin at a time along the tracks, make the
coins change places. At no time can any two of these coins
be on the same car at the same time. You have to solve
this puzzle using no more than 16 moves.
World's Trickiest "Legacy"
Puzzle
"Gee, Your Hono
you solve their pi

Judge Fineum had been called in to solve a tricky estate

problem. It seems that a wealthy gentleman, on the verge
of death, was told by his wife that his two ne'er-do-well
sons, Reggie and Farnsworth, were rushing home to be
with him at the end. On hearing this the old man had the
following will drawn up: If the first to arrive was Reggie,
he should receive two-thirds of the estate and the mother
one-third. However, if Farnsworth arrived first then he
would receive one-third and the mother two-thirds. As it
turned out, the old man died within minutes of signing
the will and the next day both sons arrived together at
the doorstep. How was the estate to be divided, taking
into account the wishes of the father, as stated in his will?
It was decided that only Judge Fineum could solve this
dilemma. What was his solution?
43
World's Trickiest "Doodle
Art" Puzzles

'IDOODLE ARTl
i I

When the crops have been harvested and things get slow
around the farm, Cy Corncrib likes to go to town and
catch up with any cultural events that may be happening.
One day they were have a showing of Doodle Art down at
the library. The two pictures that Cy is shown here study-
ing are among the oldest examples of this type of puz-
zling. What do you think these pictures represent?
44
World's Trickiest "Quilting"
Puzzle

This is another delightful problem by that great turn-of-

the-century puzzler, Sam Loyd.
"The children have worked all of their names into a
wonderful patch quilt, which they are going to present to
their teacher. Commence wherever you please and go
from square to square, and see how many names you can
discover. You can move vertically, horizontally, or diag-
onally around the quilt. However, each letter can only be
used once in any one name. In our picture if you start at
the letter N, and follow the line, you will spell out the
name NANCY. See if you can find all of the other kids'
names in her class."
45
World's Trickiest "Note"
Puzzle

0-K'-I
-

FRIENDS SIR, FRIENDS,

I
STAND YOUR DISPOSITION;
I BEARING
A MAN THE WORLD
Is
CONTEMI PT, WHILST THE
RIDICULE.
ARE
AMBITIOUS

YOUR OBEDIENT SERVANT,

ALGERNON BETSALOT.

The above cryptic note, penned to his bookmaker, was

Algernon's way of crowing after paying up his racing
debts. Can you decode this ancient rebus within the time
it took for Algernon to pick the losing nag in the next race?
46
World's Trickiest "Maze"
Puzzle

_________I

This puzzle, while not being very hard to solve, is certainly

a curiosity. We found it in an 1857 copy of The Magician's
Own Book. After entering the maze try to reach "Rosa-
mond's Bower" in less than 60 seconds.
47
World's Trickiest "Candle"
Puzzle
"I wish Mr. Wainscoat, our sexton, wouldn't tempt me I
with these puzzles on Saturday night. I'll never finish
my sermonfor tomorrow if this one proves to be
difficult. And how in the world was he able toffuse
these candles together, anyway?"
<\ II
\ \4I

Reverend I.N. Spire is faced with a dilemma. The sexton

wagered him lunch that after laying out 12 candles in the
shape of a church and tower he couldn't then shift five of
the candles to new positions that would leave him with
three squares of equal size. I have a feeling the parishion-
ers are in for a short sermon on Sunday.
World's Trickiest "Triangle"
Puzzle

49
World's Trickiest "Square"
Puzzle
"Well, Monsieur Count de Numburrs, how did you do
with the previous 'mangle' puzzle? I bet it took you 60
minutes, instead of 60 seconds, to solve it. Here's
anotherproblem to test your skills withv 'How many
squares will you find on an ordinary chessboard?You
can have up to 60 days to figure it out.' "
I
"As usual, my dear Count de Pomade, your wit is as
light as an English plum pudding. Even Flfi here
knows that there are 64 squares on a chessboard. No,
wait a minute. There are 65, or is it 70, or maybe 75?
Anyhow, your question is stupid and I refuse to
answer it!"

--F
-
-

-N
4-S41--

The reader has six minutes to find the answer.

50
World's Trickiest "Vowel"
Puzzle
"Well, Freddy, did you get the book editor'sjob down
at the Helenium Press?"

"I'm afraid not, Drucilla.Even my old school tie carried

no weight after Iflunked their 'Split the Vowels' test.
Imagine losing out on a swelljob like that because of
faulty eye/hand coordination!"
^. 8
I - I '

-.

During the test, Freddy was given a sheet of paper that

had been divided into 25 squares. The squares contained
the vowels A, E, I, 0, and U repeated five times. The ap-
plicant had to cut this sheet into five pieces, each of
which would contain a set of these five vowels.
Care to try your luck at getting the position that Freddy
missed?
51
World's Trickiest "Wager"
Puzzle

J. Wellington Moneybags dropped into the Jolly Ribman

Steak House the other night and caged a meal on the
house when he beat out the proprietor, Biff Wellington,
with the following nifty wager. After folding a sheet of pa-
per in half twice along the dotted lines indicated above,
he handed it to Biff and said; "I've folded this sheet of
paper over two times, which gives us four thicknesses of
paper. I'll bet you even money you can't tell me before-
hand how many pieces of paper you will end up with if
you cut this packet in half. Will there be 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6
pieces? You must cut the packet down the center on a
line parallel to either of the folded edges. Now, do we have
a bet, or are you too chicken to take me on?"
52
World's Trickiest "Motoring"
Puzzle

Here we see Aunt Hattie out for a drive in her 1903 Benz
Parsifal. She's headed for Atlantic City with her husband,
Barstow, and their driver, Uncle Mohr. Later on, after
lunch, a weary Aunt Hattie once again asked her hus-
band where they were. "Well, Barstow, we've reached
Forked River. How much further is it to Atlantic City?"
"Hattie, my answer to that is the same as the one that
I gave to you at the Raritan River 76 miles ago!"
"Really, Barstow, if I'd known that the distance be-
tween Maplewood and Atlantic City was so far I'd have
gone to Lake Hopatcong instead!"
From the above information can the reader calculate
the total distance that Hattie had to travel to reach the
fabled boardwalk at Atlantic City?
53
World's Trickiest
"Archaeology" Puzzle
"Well, Petrie, what do you think of my hunch now? I told you
that if we dug here we'd find the Tablet of the Scribes!"

"Quite right, Hawkings. If memory serves me correctly, the

fledgling scribe had to place the above seven hieroglyphic
symbols seven times within the Grid of Harmony. No
individualsymbol was to appearmore than once in any one
horizontal row or vertical column. Furthermore, they could not
be repeated in either of the two great diagonals."

(The reader can take this test by using the letters "A"
through "G" instead of trying to draw the symbols.)
54
World's Trickiest
"Phrenology" Puzzle
"Let me introduce myself. I am 'Phrenology Man,' the
world's most successful quiz show contestant. I know
all, see all, and, if the price is right, tell all. The
following ten questions can all be answered with
words starting with the letter 'L.' Let's see if you can
equal the perfect score I made on my last show."
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1. A sea monster.
2. IPype of eel.
3. A male servant of low rank.
4. Tricks of a stage magician.
5. To beat soundly.
6. A quick, little old man.
7. Found between September 23 and October 21.
8. Turn-of-the-century drug.
9. Small tree-dwelling monkey.
10. An intricate network of winding passages.
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World's Trickiest "Fencing"
Puzzle
"Land sake, Emma, do you know what Zebediah is up
to now? He wants to divide the fruit orchard withfour
[.1,
straightfences so he can graze the horses there!"

"And that's not all! He says thefourfences will create

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I
eleven enclosures and each enclosure will contain one
apple tree. I know thefences can cross each other, but
I can'tfigure out where they go. After these pies are
done let's see if we can solve this problem!"

V-
I

The reader is invited to grab a post hole digger and meet

us down at the orchard.
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World's Trickiest "Doggie"
Puzzle

Here's a lost doggie that's really in trouble. Aunt Agatha's

pet, Basil, has wandered away from home and become
lost in the woods. Basil is so scared, he looks like a cub-
ist's rendering of a canine. Can the reader help Basil get
back home by cutting the drawing of him into two pieces
and then reassembling them to form a square? Cut along
the straight lines that make up the helpless pup.
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World's Trickiest "WWII"
Puzzle

Churchill Roosevelt Stalin Hitler Mussolini

Year of birth 1874 1882 1879 1889 1883
Age in 1944 70 62 65 55 61
Took office 1940 1933 1924 1933 1922
Years in office 4 11 20 11 22
Total 3,888 3,888 3,888 3,888 3,888

Can the reader explain this coincidence?

World's Trickiest "License"
Puzzle

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World's Trickiest "Chess"'
Puzzle
"And, really, the audacity of the young pup wasjust too
much to bear! After I soundly thrashed him infour
straightgames he had the temerity to challenge me to a
battle of chess problems. Well, I wasn't averse to
relieving the insolent whelp of afew dollars, so I
acquiesced with alacrity. Now, get this. The first problem
he dared me to solve was thefamous Knights Problem.
You know, the one where you have to figure out the
maximum number of knights you can place on a
chessboardwithout any two being able to attack one
another?That one cost the young scamp dearly!"
I

In case the reader has forgotten, a knight can move up or

down the chessboard either two squares horizontally and
one square vertically or one square horizontally and two
squares vertically. With this in mind what do you think
was Philip Fopingham's answer to this poser?
World's Trickiest "Mad
Scientist" Puzzle
'This, Victor, is Claude Smythe, the cur that humiliated
me before the faculty of Carfax University last night. In
an attempt to discredit my theories, he openly chal-
lenged me to solve the trivial mathematicalpuzzle
chalked on the board here behind me. To solve it, you
must rearrangethe four figures in the math problem so
they equal 100. You can add plus or minus signs if you
wish. I still haven't solved it, but who cares now? Soon
Smythe willjoin my army of living skeletons. Victor, pre-
pare my instruments. There's honest work to be done!"

How could Professor Bentbrain have turned the tables on

Smythe and solved this problem at the meeting?
OL1
World's Trickiest "Enchanted
Vase" Puzzle

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Pictured here is the famous 19th-century French magi-

cian Charles De Vere. During a spirit seance De Vere is
receiving a puzzle message from the great beyond. Can
you help him solve this mysterious-sounding problem?
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 World's Trickiest
"Substitution" Puzzle

+ WAY t
,S TOPS

The coming of the streetcar was quickly followed by a pro-

liferation of traffic signs. Here we have the first recorded
"Four Way Stop" sign. A local puzzle enthusiast drew a
line under the word "WAY' and added a plus sign, turning
the sign into a substitution problem. In case you're not
familiar with this type of puzzle, you must substitute
numbers 0 through 9 for the letters in the sign. The cor-
rect result is a correct addition problem. The same num-
ber must be used for each occurrence of the same letter.
a3
World's Trickiest "Tea"
Puzzle

Pictured above is Mr. Foo Ling Yu, the owner of the Spicy
Tea Export Company. Mr. Yu was a great puzzler and en-
joyed stumping the foreign agents who came to see him.
He claimed that with a simple balance scale and four dif-
ferent iron weights he could weigh out any amount of tea
in whole pounds, from one pound to 40 pounds. Can you
determine the weight of each of these four weights and
how Mr. Yu used them?
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World's Trickiest "Circus"
Puzzle

The above circus act is entitled "Splendiferous Stunts of

Superlative Spelling." The ringmaster challenges the
reader to make at least ten words that deal with the circus
out of the 16 letters painted on the balls. You have until
the Grand March begins to solve this one.
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World's Trickiest "Hurdles"
Puzzle

Welcome to the "Hurdle Maze" competition. To solve this

event the runner must find the shortest route to the finish
line over an even number of hurdles. The sum of the num-
bers on the hurdles jumped must be the greatest amount
possible. Each square box represents a hurdle.
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World's Trickiest "Clock"
Puzzle

Back in 1887 the Puzzle Club of America was finally

linked, ocean to ocean, with the latest Edison-improved
ticker tape machines. Here we see Phineas Potts scan-
ning a new puzzle coming into the club's New York office
from Chicago. Let's see if we can help Potts send the cor-
rect answer back to the Windy City.
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World's Trickiest
"Gambling" Puzzle

Here we see an eastern dude being relieved of his spare

change by that famous railroad cardsharp Poker Alice
Ivers. When the pigeon tired of losing at poker, Alice
would lay out 13 cards in a circle and bet him even money
that she could beat him in a game of "Ring Around the
Rosie." In this game each player, in turn, could remove
from the circle one card or two cards next to one another.
The player who picked up the last card was the winner.
What was Alice's winning strategy in this so-called even-
money game of chance?
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World's Trickiest "Mental"
Puzzle
31 18 10 27 14 31 18 27 14
12 24 16 28 20 12 24 16 128 20
13 30 22 9 13 30 22 19 26
19 11 23 15 32 19 11 23 1S 32
25 17 29 21 8 25 17 29~ 8
31 18 10 27 14 31 18 710 27 14
12 24 16 28 20 12 24 16 28 20
13 30 22 9 26 13 30 22 26
19 11 23 15 32 19 11 23 32
29! 8
When you've
mastered this
problem you'll
be able to bill
yourself as the
"Mental Marvel."
Cut out a square of card-
board that is just large enough to cover four of the above-
numbered squares. While your back is turned have
someone place it on the chart so it covers four of the num-
bers. When you turn around and glance at the chart you
are able to tell them instantly the sum of the four covered
numbers. How is it done?
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World's Trickiest
"Checkerboard" Puzzle

i- I

Pop Bentley, owner of the "We Got It General Store!",

came up with a new puzzle to beat Cy Corncrib with. He
glued nine white checkers and a black king to a check-
erboard and cut the board into eight pieces. He then chal-
lenged Cy to rearrange the eight pieces so that the king
would be able to jump all nine white pieces in a single
move. You have until planting time to solve this one.
World's Trickiest "Stone
Carver" Puzzle

From the information given in the above conversation can

you figure out how many workers there were in the team?
71
World's Trickiest
"Conundrum" Puzzles
'What is the most religiousfish in the sea?"

"What has eight wheels but carries only one person?"

"In what country was thefirst doughnutfound?"

"What part of London is found in France?"

"How did Jonahfeel when the whale swallowed

him?"

When the California Conundrum Club hit town in 1891

for the North American Puzzle Convention, they spent the
day before the competition sightseeing along Fifth Ave-
nue and honing their riddle-solving skills. Hop on and
join in the fun!
World's Trickiest "Egg"
Puzzle
i -i I !.1,.: Xu

Albert, the unchallenged prince of butlers, has done it

again. For the second year in a row he is being honored
by the Puzzle Club for submitting the winning gastro-
nomic puzzle. His problem was: "How would you boil a
fifteen-minute egg if you had only two sand timers, one
that ran for 11 minutes and another that ran for 7 min-
utes, to time it with?" Once again Albert received a stand-
ing ovation and a glass of the bubbly for this one. The
reader is invited to join the party and crack the problem
before dessert is served.
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World's Trickiest "Star"
Puzzle

The mentalist, pictured here in another era, is about to

solve the famous "Star of Salamanca" coin puzzle. The
object is to place a coin on any empty numbered circle
and then, moving along one of the lines, to pass over the
next circle, and to then lay the coin on the next empty
circle. Continue along in this fashion until all the circles,
numbered 1 through 9, have been covered by coins.
World's Trickiest "Stirrer"
Puzzle
"I tell you, Thelma, you missed all the excitement! An
hour before you arrived, Boynton took Norbertfor a
cool $1,000 on a wager. He put nine cocktail stirrers
down infront of Norbert and bet him he couldn't
arrangethem toform seven equilateraltriangles. After
15 minutes Norbert wrote him a check and stormed out
of the bar. Boynton's down at the bank trying to cash
it now."

75
World's Trickiest
"Underwater" Puzzle
"No, Miranda, her age is not 38. You must try harder.
Remember, five years ago Mrs. Bellows was five times
older than her daughter, Cecily. Now she is only three
times as old as Cecily. What is Mrs. Bellows' age
today?"

This has to be one of the strangest acts in the history of

entertainment. Billed as Professor Nemo and Miranda,
the Underwater Puzzlette, they toured North America and
Europe answering every puzzle put to them from the au-
dience. As Miranda could only surface between ques-
tions, she had to find the correct answers quickly and
bubble them to the professor or face a watery end. Can
you help her ascertain Mrs. Bellows' current age?
World's Trickiest "Wand"
Puzzle

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World's Trickiest "Poker"
Puzzle

A pigeon like Maynard comes along all too infrequently.

In this "game," the player who receives the twenty-five
cards must arrange them into five pat poker hands. A pat
poker hand is one with three-of-a-kind or better in it. Al-
though this sounds like a tough thing to do, you can
probably do it eight or nine times out of 10.
First, deal the cards face-up onto the table in five rows
of five cards each. Then it's best to look for three-of-a-
kinds first, then straights and flushes. You'll be surprised
how easy it is to find five pat hands. The hard part is to
find someone like Maynard to play with.
Another game is for both players to take 25 cards and
each make up five pat hands. The contestants then bet
on who has the most winning hands.
World's Trickiest "Quibble"
Puzzle

Mike and his friends are researching a problem in the

Puzzle Club library. Let's see if we can give them a hand.
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World's Trickiest "Farm"
Puzzle
'Ebenezer, I'll trade you six pigsfor a horse. You'll
I ,thenhave twice as many animals as I'll have."
I I
"Hold on, Zebediah. I'll trade you 14 sheepfor a horse.
You'll then have three times as many animals as I'll
have."

Listening to these three horse traders, you should have

enough information to figure out how many animals each
of them now owns.
World's Trickiest "Planets"
Puzzle

venu5
eARTH
mAR5
To commemorate the recent conjunction of the planets
Venus, Earth, and Mars, Willard Starfinder, amateur as-
tronomer and well-known puzzler, has posted the follow-
ing problem on his bulletin board. He wrote the names of
these planets in the form of a subtraction problem. Re-
place each letter with a number, using the same number
for the same letter wherever it appears, so you end up
with a valid mathematical expression. You have until the
next conjunction to solve it.
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World's Trickiest "Church
Jumble" Puzzle
"But really, Mildred, I had every intention of taking
you out to dinner tonight. Unfortunately I got carried
I
away at the church's Jumble Sale today and spent
every last cent I had. Here's what happened: I spent a
dollar to get into the sale. Next I spent half of what I
had leftfor a radio. I then spent $2.00for a
knockwurst sandwich. I then spent half what I had left
for a picture of a windmill. Being still hungry, I bought
a piece of boysenberrypiefor $2.00. I then browsed
through a stack of books, where Ifound an old Fred
Feamot story I had never read, and I purchaseditfor
half of the money I had left. I next purchaseda lemon
ice for $2.00. While eating it I perused the odds-and-
ends table, where Ifound a very nice comb that I
boughtfor half of what I had left. By this time it was
time to go. On the way out of the church I put my last
dollar in the poor box and came straightover here."

"Cuthbert, if we ever get married-whichseems

doubtful-I'll manage the money. Now tell me how
much money you originally took to the Jumble and
how much uou spent for each of the four items."
World's Trickiest "Card"
Puzzle

Mike Miller, along with Linda Kane and Biff Bennington,

is shown here relaxing in the Puzzle Club's game room.
Mike is challenging them to discover the values of the
face-down cards he's just dealt out. The reader is invited
to play along. For the sake of clarity, assume that the
clues pertain to the cards as they face the reader.
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World's Trickiest "Pyramid
of Karnak" Puzzle

It is written that upon the return of Pharaoh Horemheb,

after a great victory over the enemies of Egypt, the royal
scribes commemorated the battle by creating the now-
famous Pyramid Puzzle of Karnak. To solve this ancient
problem you must rearrange the numbers one through
nine so the total of the four numbers along any one side
of the triangle will be 20.
World's Trickiest "Anagram"
Puzzles
[ "Are you ready to orderfrom Me a No Study, Sir?" )
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"I'll start with a Dad Saw Floralandfollow that with

But Marge Has Tripe."

cAIiLI

Fred and Alice are celebrating his promotion with a night

out at the famous Anagram Club, where all the dishes are
written as anagrams on the menu. Can you decode their
orders? (Anagrams are words or groups of words where
the letters have been mixed up to form new words. For
example, the word "meals" could be made into the word
"Salem.")
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World's Trickiest "Train"
Puzzle
No. 463. NEW YORK. 0 18, 19117. Price 5 Cents

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OR.AFTER THE
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__ __- . __ - --- HIGH

Fred Fearnot, hero of the dime novel, needs your help

fast! Fred and his friends have captured the Train Wreck-
ers Gang. Now he has to save the afternoon passenger
train. He's too far away to flag down the work train just
coming out of Dead Man's Tunnel. However, the daily
passenger train is just entering the other end of the tun-
nel and is travelling at 75 miles per hour. The tunnel is
one-half mile long. It will take 6 seconds for the train to
completely enter the tunnel. If Fred runs his fastest he
can reach the tunnel's exit in 27 seconds. Will this be fast
enough for him to flag down either the engineer or the
brakeman in the caboose?
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World's Trickiest "Charade"
Puzzle

The author is caught catnapping between problems. The

first five lines of the verse he is dreaming about give clues
to the spelling of a word. The last line supplies a final hint.
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World's Trickiest "Word
Pyramid" Puzzle

A MONTHLY JOURNAL

The year is 1907 and Will Goldston, editor of Magician, a

monthly journal, is challenging his readers to solve a
"Word Pyramid" puzzle. Using the seven letters A D D E
G L N, you must form seven words, starting with a one-
letter word at the top of the pyramid. Each subsequent
word, going down, must use all of the letters in the pre-
ceding word plus one new letter.
World's Trickiest "Spy"
Puzzle

Over 90 years ago two spies met briefly at a costume ball

at the Hotel Intrigue in London. Lucretia whispered "Fly
for your life!" They were both caught sneaking out of the
hotel. Later, in his cell, Ludwick, who was a great puzzler,
concocted a problem out of Lucretia's warning. First he
wrote "Fly for your life" as an addition problem. Then to
solve it he tried to substitute numbers for the letters. The
same number had to be given to each occurrence of the
same letter. (Hint: I = 1 and 0 = zero.)
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World's Trickiest "Q" Puzzle
'"Thefirst 'Q' word is QueWi" I
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SPIP
BOV

Waldo Quackenbush, noted society juggler, has added a

new twist to his act. While balancing on his precarious
perch he answers all puzzles put to him. The one he is
pictured here working on is the famous "Q" puzzle. To
solve it, he must find five-letter synonyms that begin with
the letter "Q," for the 20 words listed below. Waldo has
found the first one. Can you help him with the other nine-
teen?
1. subdue 6. nimble 11. swallow 16. secluded
2. pen 7. repeat 12. scruple 17. tremble
3. measure 8. doubt 13. seeming 18. monarch
4. share 9. game bird 14. entirely 19. twist
5. line 10. singular 15. search 20. oddities
World's Trickiest "Circle"
Puzzle

Zeppo the clown, a fool of renown, has a problem I'm sure

you'll like. In our picture we find him balanced on top of
two barrels. The barrels are shown in outline for a reason.
Cut these two barrels into four equal pieces of the same
size and shape. (You will cut each barrel into two pieces.)
Now, the fun begins. Rearrange these four pieces into a
perfect circle.
Try to finish before Tamara the Tiger finishes off Zeppo.
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World's Trickiest "Poem"
Puzzle
.

"Really, Lionel, I'm most disappointed. You should

have solved my little puzzle in a thrice. Now stop your
pouting and listen carefully to every word I say:
The beginning of eternity,
The end of time and space,
The beginning of every end,
The end of every place."

Now, what is this little poem all about?

World's Trickiest "1995"
Puzzle

Mike Miller and his friends are shown here arriving for
the 1995 Puzzle Convention. The kickoff puzzle deals
with the digits of the date: 1, 9, 9, and 5. The contestants
must set down these digits, in the order given, along with
the signs for addition, subtraction, division, multiplica-
tion and square root, to form math expressions equal to
1 through 10. For example:
(1 X(9+ V9))-5= 1

You have 45 minutes to find the other nine expressions.

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World's Trickiest "Fours"
Puzzle

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Professor Flunkum's students know that if they chalk an

interesting problem on the wall outside his study window
he's apt to get so caught up in it that he'll miss his clas-
ses. Right now he's trying to figure out how to arrange
five fours and one plus sign so the result equals 55. If you
figure it out, don't tell the professor. His students are
hard on snitches.
World's Trickiest "Hippo"
Puzzle
"Er, excuse me, but I've gotten myself in a bit of a pickle.
My foot seems to bejammed behind a tonsil or something.
However, If you could get me out of here I'd be most
grateful. Why, I'll even tell you how to make the number 7
even. Now, that's even better than money, isn't it? Wait,
don't go away! I'll throw in an anagramtoo. "

How do you make 7 even, anyway?

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World's Trickiest
"Balloonist" Puzzle
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have a bit of a wait w
rescue chaps get here ,1
puzzles! The other dai
Russian man who hac
The first son, Rab, wa
The second son, Ymra
soldier, and the third
sailor. From thesefaci
tell what the third son
was?"

'That's a nifty
problem, Mr.
Wainwright. While I'm
cogitatingover it, see
if you canfigure out ,, I
what plant standsfor
the number 41" K--'

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The above just goes to show that you can't keep a good
puzzler down or, in this case, up.
World's Trickiest "Store"
Puzzle
"Let's see now. I have a dollar to spend and I think I'll
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purchase an assortmentof colored thread. First, give
me some two-cent blue spools. Next, I'll take ten times
as many one-cent red spools as I took blue spools.
Finally, I'll take the balance of my money infive-cent
green spools. And please hurry! My carriageis double-
parked at the curb!"
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THE LITTLE STOREKEEPER'S
OUTFIT, WITH CASH CARRIER
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Pt
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It's Christmas time in 1902 and the Bartholomew kids

have received a Franklin Play Store set complete with toy
money, products to sell and an overhead cash carter.
Neville is in charge of making change while Bascomb
waits on his sister, Fleurette. Back in those days a dollar
went a long way, no pun intended. Can you figure out
just how many spools of each type of thread were pur-
chased during the above transaction?
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World's Trickiest
"Automaton" Puzzle

The Victorian automaton, "Psycho," is attempting to

solve the famous "Ten-Digit Number" problem. In the first
box, place a digit that is equal to the number of zeroes
in the whole number. In the second box, place a digit
equal to the number of ones in the number. Continue in
this manner until you've filled in the complete ten-digit
number.
World's Trickiest
"Subtraction" Puzzle
"Now who wrote this subtractionproblem on the
mirror?I know it's wrong, but the Mad Hatter insists
I'm looking at it the wrong way. He says that if I study
itfrom the correct angle it will be perfectly correct. I
know he's in this mirror somewhere but Ijust can't
find him. Thisjust gets curiouserand curiouser."

-34/ 1+

Can you help Alice find the solution to this problem so

she'll be one up on the Mad Hatter?
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World's Trickiest "Balancing
Card" Puzzle
'Thefollowing small item is one that has won me
many a pint of ale over the years. When someone is
anxious to make a wager with you, hand him a
playing card and challenge him to balance it upright
along one of the long edges of the card. Specify that
the card must remain upright, in the center of the
table, for at leastfive seconds. Nothing else must
touch the card in any way."
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A lesson in card betting from that famous magician of the

early 1800s, Professor Anderson, the wizard of the North.
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World's Trickiest "Contest"
Riddles

The time is May, 192b. The place is the offices ot Eng-

land's premier magic magazine, The Magic Wand, and the
editor, George Johnson, and his friends are having a rid-
dle contest. Let's listen in!
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World's Trickiest "Party"
Puzzle

A group of partygoers on their way to a puzzle and joke

soiree stopped off at the local magic store to purchase
some game prizes. Each purchased one item. Each item
cost the same price, which was between $1.00 and $4.00,
and the price contained an even number of cents. The
total amount spent by the group, before taxes, was
$20.30. How many people were in the group and how
much did each item cost?
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ANSWERS

103
"Checkers" Puzzle (page 6). Mr. Fogg's winning moves
were: 7 to 10, 15 to 6, and 4 to 8. The white checkers were
then locked in and couldn't make a move, thereby giving
the game to the black side.
"Joan Crawford" Puzzle (page 7). The only word that
answers the test question is sexton. A sexton is a church
official in charge of maintaining the church and church
property. He sometimes rings the bells and, in days gone
by, he also dug the graves.
"Stereoscope" Puzzle (page 8). Starting at the upper
left part of the picture, you'll find that 1) the bird is miss-
ing from the wall torch, 2) one of the juggling balls is miss-
ing, 3) the king's drinking cup has disappeared from his
right hand, 4) the left candle on the wall is out, 5) the
troubadour's lute is missing its strings, 6) the trouba-
dour's left shoe is missing, 7) the shadow cast by the trou-
badour's right leg is missing. Starting at the lower left of
the picture, 8) the dog's dog-tag is missing, 9) no wine is
coming out of the jug, 10) the man on the right edge of
the picture has lost his moustache, and 11) the man at
the top of the table has lost the wafer in his right hand.
"Ladder" Puzzles (page 10). 1) SICK, SILK, SILL,
SELL, WELL; 2) BIRD, BIND, BEND, BENT, BEST, NEST;
3) PIG, WIG, WAG, WAY, SAY, STY; 4) MINE, MINT, MIST,
MOST, MOAT, COAT, COAL; 5) CITY, CITE, MITE, MATE,
FATE, FARE, FARM.
"Dragon" Puzzle (page 11). The answers to the dra-
gon's puzzles are: 1) "Tarzan Strips Forever!" 2) You make
a hippopotamus float with a large glass and a lot of root
beer. 3) When spelling the numbers in the given series,
each number is spelled with one more letter than the last:
1 = one; 4 = four; and 3 = three. Therefore, the next
number in the series should be spelled with six letters.
That number, in ascending numeric order, would be 11
(eleven).
"Tea Chest" Puzzle (page 12). In this example, to con-
struct the Enchanted Tea Chest use six pieces of Bristol
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board 21/2" x 31/2" (Fig. 1). Crease and fold the two narrow
ends, as indicated by the dashes, to form flaps A and B.
After all six pieces have been folded in this manner, place
one of them on the table, flap-side-up. Next, take two
more pieces and slip their ends under the piece on the
table (Fig. 2). Hold these two pieces up with one hand
while taking the next two cards and slipping their plain
edges down inside flaps A and B of the bottom piece. You
have now formed the other two sides of the box (Fig. 3).
Turn the flaps of these last two pieces around C and D of
the pieces shown in Fig. 2.
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Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Fig. 4

Now for the top of the box. Take the final piece and,
with the flaps facing down, place it on top of the construc-
tion in Fig. 3. You should now have a box that looks like
the one pictured in Fig. 4. Tighten the box by pressing all
of the flaps down against the sides. The box can now be
tossed about without fear of its coming apart.
Entertain your friends by exhibiting the assembled
box, taking it apart, and challenging them to put it back
together again. Also, paste holiday wrapping paper over
the six pieces to create a colorful and unusual puzzle.
"Restaurant" Puzzle (page 13). Ten people sat down
to lunch. Each one's share of the $80.00 check was
$8.00. After the Benson twins skipped out, leaving eight
diners, those remaining had to add $2.00 each to their
share to cover the balance. Thus, each of the eight paid
$10.00.
"Quotation" Puzzle (page 14). Starting with the "A" at
the lower left side of the picture, read around the frame
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counterclockwise. The famous quotation that Mata Hari
used was from She Stoops to Conquer, a play by Oliver
Goldsmith, and reads, "Ask me no questions, and I'll tell
you no fibs."
"Kite" Puzzle (page 15). You'll find a total of 31 equi-
lateral triangles contained in the construction of Mr. Oki-
to's kite. Broken down they are:
1. 16 small triangles
2. 7 triangles made up of 4 smaller ones
3. 3 triangles made up of 9 smaller ones
4. 4 triangles made up of 16 smaller ones
5. 1 large outer triangle.
The hardest of the triangles to find is the seventh one,
made up of four smaller triangles. You'll find it in the cen-
ter of the kite with the three points of the triangle touch-
ing the centers of the lines that make up the inner tri-
angle that is composed of 16 smaller triangles.
"Hidden Word" Puzzles (page 16). The locale of the
top picture is Colorado. "Did you ever see such a color?"
"A downright brick red, isn't it."
The second place is Athens, Georgia, that is. "Pa then
saw Esau kissing Kate."
We are indebted to Sam Loyd, America's greatest puz-
zler, for these two turn-of-the-century gems.
"Sledding" Puzzle (page 17). It took Harry and Harriet
four minutes to finish the mile, while the Brodys covered
the course in 10 minutes, a difference of six minutes.
Thus, Harry's sled was two and a half times faster than
the Brodys'.
"Bow Tie" Puzzle (page 18). (See drawing.)
"Stick" Puzzle (page 19). The following drawing tells
all. And remember, we didn't specify that the six squares
all had to be the same size. (See drawing.)

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"Famous Sayings" Puzzle (page 20). It's doubtful if
either of these famous gentlemen ever uttered the sayings
attributed to them. However, the one thing the sayings
have in common is that they are both palindromes. That
is, the sentences are the same when read backward or
forward. Another example is "Madam, I'm Adam."
"Riddle" Puzzles (page 21). 1)WheelingWestVirginia;
2) the baby is a little bigger; 3) when it is adrift; 4) because
it doesn't run long without winding.
"Diner" Puzzle (page 22). "Stir two! Wheat!" is a plate
of scrambled eggs with whole wheat toast. Below is one
way to solve this problem:
9 7 5 4
7 1 3
1 046 7
"Golf Tees" Puzzle (page 23). The following drawing
shows how Nelda formed four perfect squares with 24 golf
tees to win a new set of irons from MacDivot. (See draw-
ing.)

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"Word Square" Puzzle (page 24). (See drawing.)

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"Match Stick" Puzzle (page 25). The following draw-

ing shows how the 14 matches are laid out to form five
diamond figures all the same size and shape. (See draw-
ing.)

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"Puzzle Spy" Puzzle (page 26). The answer that came
over the Snooper Phone was, UNDERGROUND. As for the
hint, in London they call the subway the underground.
"Word"Puzzle (page 27). The four words each contain
three consecutive letters that appear in reverse alpha-
betical order: FEDORA, UPON, SPROUTS, JIHAD.
"Cloth" Puzzle (page 28). The solution to the draper's
puzzle is to lay out the square of cloth and cut it twice
along lines A-A and B-B. These lines are drawn from a
point one-third up and one-third across on the sides of
the square where they intersect. You are then left with
squares 1 and 2. The third square is created by taking
pieces 3 and 4 and sewing them together along their long
edges. This forms a square that is equal in size to square
2.

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"Beheading" Puzzle (page 29). 1) arise, rise; 2) close,
lose; 3) scold, cold; 4) tray, ray; 5) Grail, rail; 6) tram, ram;
7) drum, rum; 8) sloop, loop.
"Betting" Puzzle (page 30). Two-thirds of three-quar-
ters is always equal to one half of any given amount.
(2/3 X 3/4) x $111.00 =
6/12 x $111.00 =
1/2 X $111.00 = $55.50
"Telephone" Puzzle (page 31). In the new family there
were four boys and three girls.
"Ports of Call" Puzzle (page 32).
EASGILR = ALGIERS (Algeria)
CSIANIO = NICOSIA (Cyprus)
LASNEP = NAPLES (Italy)
RHOTCNI = CORINTH (Greece)
CVALIENA = VALENCIA (Spain)
UNASLIBT = ISTANBUL (Turkey)
NUOTOL = TOULON (France)
RDLAEXAIAN = ALEXANDRIA (Egypt)
UYERSCAS = SYRACUSE (Sicily)
ZNIGABEH = BENGHAZI (Libya)
"Bar Room" Puzzle (page 33). The six coins that
would get you one on the house are: one half dollar, one
quarter and four dimes.
"Money" Puzzle (page 34). The mayor started out with
$8.75 in his pocket. The hat clerk lent him $8.75, giving
him $17.50. After paying $10.00 for the hat, he then had
$7.50 in his pocket. Next, the suit salesman lent him
$7.50, giving him $15.00. After paying $10.00 for the
jacket he then was left with $5.00. Finally, the shoe sales-
man lent him $5.00, giving him $10.00 which he used to
pay for the shoes. This left the mayor nicely outfitted but
as broke as last election's promises.
"Rebus" Puzzle (page 35). The first message, fully de-
coded, reads: "Captain Forbes arrived in the West Indies
today with his forces."
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 The second message reads: "Captain Forbes mission a
bust. He ran backward and forward across the island like
a stranger in paradise, finding no one."
If you cracked those codes, you may be CIA material.
"Nails" Puzzle (page 36). This problem has seven cor-
rect answers. If you move any one of the seven interior
nails (those marked with an 'X') to the empty position in
the center bottom row of nails, you will then have a layout
that contains four small squares (each made up of four
nails) and two large squares (each made up of eight nails).
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"Weighing" Puzzle (page 37). Here's how Linda and

Mike solved Professor Kane's problem. First they divided
the nine weights into three piles of three weights each.
They then put two of these piles on the scale, one pile on
each side. If either of the piles went up in the air, then
that pile must contain the light weight. If they balanced
evenly then the third pile had to contain the light weight.
Either way, after the first weighing, Mike and Linda knew
which pile contained the light weight. For the second
weighing they selected two of the coins from the light
group and placed one on each side of the scales. If the
scales balanced, then the third coin was the light one;
otherwise the coin on the side of the scales that went up
was the coin they were looking for. Either way, Mike and
Linda solved the puzzle in two weighings.
"Fishing" Puzzle (page 38). Our fishing fools chalked
up the following totals for the day: Emmet = 4 fish, Cal-
vin = 3 fish, Quentin = 2 fish, and Wylie = 1 fish.
"Poor Sport" Puzzle (page 39). The first word is AN-
TIPERSPIRANT. The second is TORMENTOR.
"Sport" Puzzle (page 40). The 12 sports employing a
solid hardball that Norma conquered that summer were:
1) Baseball; 2) billiards; 3) bocce; 4) bowling; 5) cricket;
6) croquet; 7) field hockey; 8) golf; 9) handball; 10) la-
crosse; 11) pocket billiards; 12) polo.
"What" Puzzles (page 41). 1)A cat has claws at the tip
of its paws; a comma has its pause at the end of a clause.
2) The letter "A," because it makes her hear. 3) DK (decay).
4) Bacon. 5) X-P-D-N-C (expediency).
"Toy Train" Puzzle (page 42). The sixteen individual
moves are as follows: I to 5, 3 to 7, 7 to 1, 8 to 4, 4 to 3,
3 to 7, 6 to 2, 2 to 8, 8 to 4, 4 to 3, 5 to 6, 6 to 2, 2 to 8,
1 to 5, 5 to 6, and 7 to 1.
"Legacy" Puzzle (page 43). After looking over the will,
Judge Fineum said, "What the deceased had in mind was
that if Reggie should arrive at the house first, then he
should get twice as much of the estate as his mother.
Secondly, if his brother Farnsworth should arrive first
then the mother was to get twice as much as Farnsworth.
In either case the son who arrived second was to get noth-
ing. However, since they both arrived at exactly the same
time, I suggested that we divide the estate into seven
parts and divide it accordingly: Reggie would get four
parts, the mother two parts and Farnsworth one part.
This would be an equitable division of the estate that
would follow the stipulations outlined in the will. Every-
one went away more or less happy."
"Doodle Art" Puzzles (page 44). The first picture de-
picts an army officer, swagger stick tucked under his
arm, walking into his house with his dog. The second pic-
ture is an early rebus and reads, "Be independent, but
not too independent." The "B" is in the "D" and is pen-
dant. The cigarette is a "butt" and the "2" is in the "D"
and is pendant.
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"Quilting" Puzzle (page 45). Sam Loyd listed 17
names in his original presentation of this puzzle. To date,
we have been able to find 35 names. There may be, and
probably are, more. However, readers able to come up
with twenty or more names have solved this puzzle ad-
mirably. My listing is as follows: Ann, Anna, Annie, Cary,
Cindi, Diana, Diane, Dinah, Edna, Enid, Ina, Jane, Ja-
nel, Jean, Jenny, Judy, Jule, Lea, Lena, Mae, Maia, Mary,
Maud, Minna, Minnie, Minny, Nan, Nana, Nancy, Nina,
Rae, Raina, Rana, Rania, Rue.
"Note" Puzzle (page 46). Algernon's note to his book-
maker reads as follows: "Sir, between friends, I under-
stand your overbearing disposition; a man even with the
world is above contempt, whilst the ambitious are be-
neath ridicule."
I take it that the man even with the world was Algernon
after paying off his debt, while the ambitious man be-
neath ridicule was the bookmaker who was always
hounding him. Unfortunately for Algernon, I'm sure fate
soon set him back where he was less than even with the
world.
"Maze" Puzzle (page 47). The following route will
quickly take you to Rosamond's bower. (See drawing.)
'Candle" Puzzle (page 48). As it turned out, the rev-
erend made short work of the sexton's puzzle. The can-
dles to be moved are indicated by the broken lines in the
drawing below. (See drawing.)

"Triangle" Puzzle (page 50). There are 29 triangles in

the rug design Biff challenged Mike to solve. We've la-
belled the points in the design 1 through 9. Below are
listed the three points associated with each of these tri-
angles. (See drawing.)
1II 1 Q7 ')qr 070 A0r_

127 139 236 289 468

128 145 237 349 357
567 129 159 239 359
579 134 178 256 367
789 135 179 257 6

"Square"Puzzle (page 49). Consider that the smallest

square is one unit wide by one unit high. There are 64 of
these squares. Next, we have squares that are two units
by two units. There are 49 of these squares. The break-
down is as follows:
1 X 1 = 64
2 x 2 = 49
3 x 3 = 36
4 x 4 = 25
5 x 5 = 16
6x6= 9
7x7= 4
8x8= 1
Total - 204 squares
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"Vowel" Puzzle (page
(pa 51). In the following drawing,
the heavy lines denote
deno- the edges of the he five pieces. Each
piece contains the letters
le, "A," "E," "I,'1111011
"O" and
and "U."
"U." (See
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"Wager" Puzzle (page
(pa 52). Biff said
id you'd be left with
four pieces ..... . and he ewer is three pieces,
I lost. The answer
regardless of which way v you cut the packet in two.
"Motoring" Puzzle (page 53). Aunt int Hattie travelled
114 miles to reach Atlantic City. Thee following diagram
reach.P
drawing.)
tells all. (See drawing

Raritan
Raritan Point Pleasant Forked Atlantic
Atlantic
Maplewood
Maplewood River
River Beach River city
City
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miles : 19
19
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"Archaeology" Puzzle (page 54). The answer that
Hawkings and Petrie came up with is pictured below. (See
Hawking (See
drawing.)

"Phrenology" Puzzle
Puzz] (page 55). 1)) Leviathan; 2) 2) lam-
prey; 3) lackey; 4)
4) legerdemain;
Ii 5) lambaste; 6)
6) lepre-
7) Libra (zod:
chaun; 7) (zodiacal sign); 8) laudanum; 9) lemur;
Ludanum; 9) lemur;
labyrinth.
10) labyrinth.
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"Fencing" Puzzle (page 56). The following drawing
shows Zebediah's solution to this grazing problem. (See
drawing.)

"Doggie" Puzzle (page 57). Here's how to return Basil

to his own backyard. Cut along the heavy lines in figure
1, below. Take the right-hand piece, rotate it clockwise
90 degrees, and fit it up against the left-hand piece. You
will now have a happy Basil back in his own yard looking
out at the world through the front gate. (See drawings.)
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"WWII" Puzzle (page 58). This only appears to be a co-

incidence. The year in question is 1944. If we take the
birthday of anyone born before 1944 and add the per-
son's age to the year of birth, the result will always be
1,944. So, if we take the year a political figure entered
office and add the number of years the figure served to
this number-once again, only up to 1944-the total will
be 1,944. Adding these two totals together gives 3,888,
the totals in the chart. Try making up your own "coinci-
dence" charts using world leaders of today.
"License" Puzzle (page 59). The first "one" goes across
the first two "ones" in the license plate to form the letter
"H." The second "one" goes up against the "3," forming
the letter "B." The plate now reads "HOBO," a type of old-
time tramp.

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"Chess" Puzzle (page 60). The total number of knights
that can be placed on the board without any two being
able to attack one another is 24. The following drawing
shows their placement. (See drawing.)
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"Mad Scientist" Puzzle (page 61). He could have

turned the tables on Smythe by . .. turning the chalk-
board upside down. The numbers are now in a new ar-
rangement giving us the expression 81 plus 19, which
equals 100. (See drawing.)

"Enchanted Vase" Puzzle (page 62). This is another

one of those problems that makes use of Roman numer-
als. To start, one-third of TWELVE would be the letters
LV, which in Roman numerals equals 55. Next, one-fifth
of SEVEN would be the letter V, which in Roman numer-
als is equal to 5. Thus, 55 divided by 5 equals 11, as
stated by the genie of the vase.
"Substitution" Puzzle (page 63).
1 9 5 6
+ 8 3 4
2 7 9 0
"Tea" Puzzle (page 64). The four weights were 1
pound, 3 pounds, 9 pounds, and 27 pounds. Fu Ling Yu
would sometimes have to put weights on both sides of the
scale when weighing out certain amounts. Some exam-
ples are:
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 Left side of Right side of
scale scale
7lbs. = 1+ 9 3 + 7lbs.oftea
12 lbs. = 3 + 9 12 lbs. of tea
15lbs. = 27 9 + 3 + 15lbs. oftea
20 lbs. = 27 + 3 1 + 9 + 20 lbs. of tea
"Circus" Puzzle (page 65). The ringmaster came up
with 16 circus-related words. If you can find more, you're
eligible for top billing. Here's what he found: acrobat; bal-
ance; band; bear; beast; cage; clown; dancer; dogs; giant;
lion; net; ring; seal; tent; and tiger.
"Hurdles" Puzzle (page 66). The shortest route over
an even number of hurdles is twelve hurdles. Since there
is more than one route using twelve hurdles, we must
find the one with the largest number total. That total is
36, and the route is indicated below by following the dot-
ted line. (See drawing.)

"Clock" Puzzle (page 67). Big Ben strikes three times

in succession four times a day. The times are: 3 a.m.; 3
p.m.; 12:30, 1, and 1:30 a.m.; and 12:30, 1, and 1:30
p.m. Implicit in the question is the grouping of three
strikes of the clock in a given period. Not specified was
the stipulation that the intervals between strikes had to
be of the same duration. In the first two cases, 3 a.m. and
3 p.m., the interval between strikes was about one sec-
ond. In the second two cases the interval between strikes
was 30 minutes. Still, all four occurrences fulfill the prob-
lem as presented on the ticker tape.
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"Gambling" Puzzle (page 68). The player who goes
second can be a sure winner if he, or she, knows the se-
cret. Here it is: If the pigeon goes first and removes one
card, the sharper removes two cards. If the pigeon re-
moves two cards, the sharper removes one card. In either
case, when the sharper removes his cardss, he makes
sure the circle is divided into equal semi-circles each con-
taining five cards. From that point on, the sharper re-
moves from the opposite semi-circle the same number of
cards the pigeon removes. This way, the sharper always
takes up the last card and wins the bet.
When the sharper goes first, he removes just one card
from the circle and waits for the opportunity to divide the
cards in the circle into two contiguous sections, each sec-
tion containing the same number of cards. With a little
practice the sharper should be able to win 8, 9 or even 10
times out of 10 games. Unless, of course, he runs up
against another player who is in the know. When this
happens it's best to change trains and look for greener
pastures. (See drawing.)

"Mental" Puzzle (page 69). This is one trick you can

do over and over again without fear of revealing the se-
cret. The following example provides the modus operandi.
In the chart below, we've darkened the squares that con-
tain the numbers 8, 25, 14 and 31. The sum of these
numbers is 78. These numbers would be covered by the
small cardboard square. Now, if you move diagonally by
two spaces from any of the corners of this small square,
the second small square you come to will contain the
number 22. (These small squares that are two diagonal
spaces away are called key numbers. We've circled them
in our example.) Take the key number and subtract it
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from 100. You get 78, the sum of the four covered num-
bers. That's all you have to do to discover the sum of any
covered four numbers on the chart. Regardless of where
the four covered numbers are located on the chart, you
will always be able to see at least one of the diagonal key
numbers. (See drawing.)
31 18 1274 1w0 27114
i2 24 1612812X112124 v6282
13 3C 9 26113130 a9 12E
19 11 2 15 32119111 23 15 32
25 17 2921 8 2517 29 2
31 18 1027 14 31118 10271
1224 1628 X120 2 1 28
39C26 13 30E-2
912315 32 19 11 23153
S12921 8 25117 291218

"Checkerboard"Puzzle (page 70). In the drawing be-

low we've rearranged and renumbered the squares in the
solution to make it easier to give you the jumps in the
winning move. Black jumps 8 to 15, 15 to 24, 24 to 31,
31 to 22, 22 to 15, 15 to 6, 6 to 13, 13 to 22, and 22 to
29. (See drawing.)

"Stone Carver" Puzzle (page 71). The stone-carving

team totalled three sculptors at full strength. If three can
carve a calendar in three months, one can carve it in nine
months, and nine can carve it in one month.
"Conundrum" Puzzles (page 72). 1) The holy mack-
erel; 2) old-fashioned roller skates; 3) Greece (grease);
4) the letter "N"; 5) down in the mouth.
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"Egg" Puzzle (page 73). When the water boiled, Albert
dropped the egg in and turned both sand timers over.
After the sand in the seven-minute timer ran out he
turned it over once again. At this point, four minutes of
sand was left in the 1 1-minute timer. When the sand in
the 1 1-minute timer ran out, four minutes of sand was
in the bottom of the 7-minute timer. Albert turned this
timer over and when the sand in it ran out, a full 15 min-
utes had passed and he removed the egg from the water.
"Star"Puzzle (page 74). The following nine moves will
win the day. The first position is where the coin is origi-
nally placed. The second is where it ends up after hopping
the intervening circle: 2 to 4; 8 to 2; 5 to 8; 3 to 5; 9 to 3;
7 to 9; 1 to 7; 6 to 1; and 10 to 6. (See drawing.)

"Stirrer"Puzzle (page 75). Where there are stirrers,

there are olives, and these are needed to solve this prob-
lem. First, take three stirrers and three olives and use
them to form one equilateral triangle. The stirrers are
stuck in the olives to hold the construction together. Lay
the triangle on the bar and stick three more stirrers in
the three olives. Tilt them so that they come together at
the top, forming a pyramid. Cap the ends with another
olive. You now have a four-sided triangle made up of equi-
lateral triangles. Next, tilt the construction over onto one
of its sides and, using the last three stirrers, build an-
other pyramid and cap it with an olive. You now have a
structure that is composed of seven equilateral triangles.
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It's best to use extra-large olives when solving this puzzle.
(See drawing.)

"Underwater" Puzzle (page 76). Mrs. Bellows is 30

years old and her daughter, Cecily, is 10. Today, Mrs.
Bellows is three times as old as her daughter. Five years
ago, when she was 25 and Cecily was 5, she was five times
as old as her daughter.
"Wand" Puzzle (page 77). Three of the wands are re-
moved from the original setup and reassembled to form
a single new triangle. (See drawing.)

"Quibble" Puzzle (page 79). A "quibble" puzzle is usu-

ally one that has a tricky solution. That's the case with
this one. To solve it, when you add the 2 to 191 you first
draw a line under the 1 on the right and then you put the
2 under it. The number now reads 191/2, which, of course,
is less than 20. In other words, when you added the 2 to
the 191 you just didn't sum the two figures together. Now
you know what "quibbles" are all about!
"Farm" Puzzle (page 80). Zebediah has 11 animals,
Ebenezer has 7 animals and Absalom has 21 animals.
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"Planets" Puzzle (page 81). Here's the answer that
Willard came up with.
5 4 7 3 9
-4 6 l 2 0
8 6 1 9
"Church Jumble" Puzzle (page 82). Young and hap-
less, Cuthbert went to the Jumble with exactly $45 in his
pockets. The radio cost him $22; the picture cost $10; the
book went for $4; and the pocket comb set him back $1.
The way to solve this problem is to work backwards from
the dollar he put in the poor box as he left.
"Card" Puzzle (page 83). The four face-down cards,
left to right, are King of Hearts, Jack of Diamonds, Queen
of Spades and Ace of Clubs. (See drawing.)

"Pyramid of Karnak" Puzzle (page 84). The following

drawing shows one solution to this puzzle. (See drawing.)

"Anagram" Puzzles (page 85). First off, let me say that

this is not an Italian anagram club although Henri asked
them if they were ready to order from Today's Menu.
Fred's order should read Salmon Steak and Carrot Raisin
Cake. Alice's order should read Waldorf Salad and Ham-
burger Patties. After that puzzle you're allowed a five-
minute trip to the refrigerator before going on to the next
problem.
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"Train" Puzzle (page 86). At 75 miles per hour the
passenger train can travel one-half mile in 24 seconds.
(There are 3,600 seconds in an hour. Divided by 75 miles
per hour, we get 48 seconds for the train to travel one
mile. Thus a half-mile can be travelled in 24 seconds.)
This means that the engine will emerge from the tunnel
three seconds before Fred reaches the exit, too late for
him to catch the engineer's eye. However, since it took six
seconds for the train to completely enter the tunnel it will
take six seconds before the last car, the caboose, will exit
from it. This makes a total of 30 seconds from the time
Fred started running towards the tunnel exit. Since Fred
could reach the exit in 27 seconds he had three seconds
to spare, long enough to catch the brakeman's attention
and save the train.
"Charade" Puzzle (page 87). The word that the six
clues point to is . .. EBONY. Each of the first five clues
refers to letters in words.
"Word Pyramid" Puzzle (page 88). In puzzles of this
type there is usually more than one solution. We give the
following solution, starting at the top word and working
down: A, LA, ALE, GALE, ANGLE, DANGLE, and GLAD-
DEN.
"Spy" Puzzle (page 89). The following is Ludwick's so-
lution to this problem. There may be others.
5 9 8
5 0 7
+ 8 0 4 7
9 1 5 2

"9" Puzzles (page 90).

1) Quell 6) Quick 11) Quaff 16) Quiet
2) Quill 7) Quote 12) Qualm 17) Quake
3) Quart 8) Query 13) Quasi 18) Queen
4) Quota 9) Quail 14) Quite 19) Quirk
5) Queue 10) Queer 15) Quest 20) Quips
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"Circle" Puzzle (page 91). Cut the barrel outlines
along the dotted lines as shown in Figure 1. Rearrange
the four pieces as shown in Figure 2. (See drawings.)

Fig. 1 Fig. 2

"Poem" Puzzle (page 92). The poem is about the letter

"E."

"1995" Puzzle (page 93). There is sometimes more

than one way to arrange the signs and digits to equal a
specific value. We give you the ones that Mike came up
with.
1) ( x (9 + ))-5 =1
2) (1 + 9) - (>9 + 5) =2
3) - 1 + (( 9 x 9) - 5) = 3
4) (-1 + 9) - (9 - 5) =4
5) (1 + 9x9) - 5 =5
6) 1 + (9 - 9) + 5 = 6
7) ((1 x 9) + 9) - 5 =7
8) 1 + 9 -( ) =8
9) 1 + (9 ÷ ) + 5 =9
10) - 1 - +9 + 9 + 5 =10
"Fours" Puzzle (page 94). Here's the solution Profes-
sor Flunkum finally came up with. Make-up class is Sat-
urday, 7:00 a.m.
44 + = 55
4
"Hippo" Puzzle (page 95). Take away the letter "S"
from the word "SEVEN" and you're left with "EVEN."
You've made seven even.
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"Balloonist" Puzzle (page 96). This is a famous puzzle
by the great Lewis Carroll. The first son, Rab, being a
lawyer, worked at the bar, his name spelled backwards.
Ymra's name certainly fit his profession, seeing that it
was Army spelled backwards. So, the third son, who
joined the Navy, should logically be named Yvan, a good
Russian name.
In our second problem the plant in question is Ivy. It's
pronounced I-V, which together is IV, the Roman nu-
meral for 4.

"Store" Puzzle (page 97). Bascomb filled Fleurette's

order by giving her five two-cent blue spools, fifty one-
cent red spools, and eight five-cent green spools. This
neatly came to $1.00, which made an easy transaction
for Neville, the cashier.

"Automaton" Puzzle (page 98). The answer that Psy-

cho came up with is 6,210,001,000. Note that the first
digit, 6, is equal to the number of zeros in the number.
The second digit, 2, is equal to the number of ones in the
number. The third digit, 1, is equal to the number of twos
in the number and so on.

"Subtraction" Puzzle (page 99). Alice found the so-

lution when she passed through the looking glass. Once
inside she looked back and found that the subtraction
problem when reversed now read, "Nine minus one
equals eight," which, of course, is correct. A tea party is
called for after that one. (See drawing.)
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"Balancing Card" Puzzle (page 100). When it's your
turn to try the stunt you merely bend the card until it
assumes a slight curve and then place it on the table. It
will stand there for hours if left undisturbed. If the person
you're betting with had tried to fold the card, explain to
him that folding and creasing the card is not allowed.
Chances are that he will not think of merely placing a
slight bow in the card, and you, of course, will not men-
tion to him that this is indeed permissible.

"Contest" Riddles (page 101). 1) A sponge; 2) in the

Arkhives (archives); 3) the Mississippi River; 4) when he
is out of patients (patience).
"Party" Puzzle (page 102). There were seven party-
goers in the group and each item purchased cost $2.90.
Seven times $2.90 comes to $20.30, the total amount of
the purchases as given in the problem.

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About the Author
Charles Barry Townsend has been writing books dealing
with puzzles, games and magic for 26 years now. He is
the author of 22 books, including The World's Most In-
credible Puzzles, The World's Hardest Puzzles, The
World's Greatest Magic Tricks, Great Victorian Puzzle
Book, and The World's Most Perplexing Puzzles, all pub-
lished by Sterling Publishing Company. Mr. Townsend
lives in Mill Creek, Washington, where he spends a good
deal of his time thinking up ways to confound and enter-
tain readers like you.
Pictured below are the author and his dog, Jackie.
They'vejust finished a new word puzzle featuring Jackie's
favorite after-dinner treat. The puzzler has to change the
word "milk" into the word "bone" in four moves. This puz-
zle is similar to the one presented on page 10. Jackie also
wants to remind the reader not to miss the "Doggie" puz-
zle on page 57, which is presented by Jackie's friend
Basil.

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Index
Answer pages are in italics

1995,93, 124 Money, 34, 109

About the Author, 127 Motoring, 53, 114
Anagram, 85, 122 Nails, 36, 110
Archaeology. 54, 114 Note, 46, 112
Automaton, 98, 125 Party, 102, 126
Balancing Card, 100, 126 Phrenology, 55, 114
Balloonist, 96, 125 Planets, 81, 122
Bar Room, 33, 109 Poem, 92, 124
Beheading. 29, 109 Poker, 78, 121
Betting, 30, 109 Poor Sport. 39, 111
BowTie, 18, 106 Ports of Call, 32, 109
Candle. 48, 113 Puzzle Spy, 26, 108
Card, 83, 122 Pyramid of Karnak, 84, 122
Charade, 87, 123 Q, 90,123
Checkerboard, 70, 119 Quibble, 79, 121
Checkers, 6. 104 Quilting, 45, 112
Chess, 60. 116 Quotation, 14, 105-106
Church Jumble, 82, 122 Rebus, 35. 109-110
Circle, 91, 124 Restaurant, 13, 105
Circus, 65, 117 Riddle, 21, 107
Clock, 67. 117 Sledding, 17, 106
Cloth, 28, 108 Sport. 40. 111
Contest, 101, 126 Spy, 89, 123
Conundrum, 72, 119 Square, 50. 113
Diner, 22. 107 Star, 74, 120
Doggie, 57, 115 Stereoscope, 8-9, 104
Doodle Art, 44, 111 Stick, 19, 107
Dragon, 11, 104 Stirrer, 75, 120
Egg, 73, 120 Stone Carver, 71, 119
Enchanted Vase, 62, 116 Store, 97, 125
Famous Sayings, 20. 107 Substitution, 63, 116
Farm, 80, 121 Subtraction, 99. 125
Fencing, 56, 115 Tea, 64, 116-117
Fishing, 38, 110 Tea Chest, 12, 104-105
Fours, 94, 124 Telephone, 31, 109
Gambling, 68, 118 Toy Train, 42, 111
Golf Tees, 23, 107 Train, 86, 123
Hidden Word, 16, 106 Triangle, 49, 113
Hippo, 95, 124 Underwater, 76, 121
Hurdles, 66, 117 Vowel, 51, 114
Joan Crawford, 7, 104 Wager, 52, 114
Kite, 15, 106 Wand, 77. 121
Ladder, 10. 104 Weighing, 37, 110
Legacy, 43, 111 What, 41, 111
License, 59, 115 Word Pyramid. 88, 123
Mad Scientist, 61, 116 Word Square, 24, 108
Matchstick, 25, 108 Word, 27, 108
Maze, 47, 112 WWII. 58, 115
Mental, 69, 118-119

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