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 INTRODUCTION

his huge collection of puzzles is split into two distinct styles. On each
double-page spread you'll find one or two visual brainteasers and a logic,
or lateral thinking puzzle, too. The brainteasers require you to draw on your
powers of observation, common sense, methodical thinking and patience as
you try to figure out the answer. Remember, it’s not always the obvious choice!
The logic puzzles are a mixed bunch too. Some require mathematical thought,
some simple guesswork and others just a bit of plain old luck. The trick with
them is to never give up — you never know when inspiration will hit you.

he puzzles are in no particular order, so you can solve them from start to
finish, dip in as you feel, or even from finish to start. So get going, and enjoy
the wide variety of puzzles in this book.
PUZZLE1

See p. 248, answer 117 :

 THE DISAPPEARING MAN

ne cold winter morning Jayne was walking down a narrow country lane.
On either side of the lane there were four houses. Jayne noticed that each
house had a different-coloured front door and different-coloured cars parked
in the driveways. Outside one of the houses she noticed a man standing in the
garden. He was very well dressed with a hat and scarf on to keep him warm.
She waved at the gentleman and shouted, “Hello!” and he smiled at her. Later
that day when she came back along the lane she noticed the man again. She
waved to him and said, “It certainly is getting warmer, it doesn’t feel as cold as
it was this morning.’ Thegentleman smiled at her and she went on her way,
counting the cars that passed her as she went. The next day when Jayne went
down the lane she noticed the gentleman had gone. Where?

CLUES
1. He had not gone inside the house or any
other house.
2. He had not walked down the lane in any
direction.
3. He had not driven anywhere by car.

See p. 251, answer 7

 PUZZLE 2

Can you find the odd shape out?

See p. 249, answer 170

 ARISE

ee was exploring a mountain when he slipped and fell. He was 150ft from
the summit when he slipped, but he was at the top after the slip. He did not
climb the rest of the way and he was not lifted to the top by colleagues. How
did he slip to the top?

CLUES
1. He was on the same mountain and the top
was above him.
2. He was not supported by a balloon filled
with hydrogen or helium.
3. No ropes or pulleys were involved.
4. No thermals were involved.

See p. 254, answer 68

 Tae
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To which of these diagrams could you add a single straight line to match the
conditions of the top figure?

See p. 249, answer 145

 HIGH DAYS AND HOLIDAYS

ing Henry wanted to change all of the high days and holidays and called
his ministers together. He decreed that holidays would occur on the high
day and on the low day of each week, and these were Saturday and Friday
respectively. This would involve re-ordering the days of the week according toa
sequence going from high day to low day. What would the new order of days be?

See p. 252, answer 38

 PUZZLE4

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Most anagrams give you a heap of mixed up letters and ask you to sort them
out. This one is different. The letters above
arethe ones you do NOT need to
: complete the puzzle!
See p. 250, answer 176

PUZZLE5

The four main mathematical signs have been left out ofthis equation.
Can you replace them?
See p. 250, answer 184
 THE SHARE-OUT

hree American children were counting the money that they had when they
found that they each had only one value of coin. Each child had a different
value of coin and each had different numbers of coins. They calculated that if
each child gave two of their coins to each of the other two children, they would
all have the same amount of money.

Ifthey finished with $1.80 each, how many of each coin did each child have to
start with?

See p. 255, answer 103

 PUZZLE6

Can you unravel the logic behind these domino pieces

and fill in the missing letter?
See p. 248, answer 122

~ PUZZLE7

A. Los Angeles B. Dallas

C. Houston

D. Kansas E. Chicago

All the suitcases are shown with their destinations. Which is the odd one out?

See p. 244, answer 60

 MY HOMEWORK IS RIGHT!

ta local infant school a teacher gave the children a few maths problems for
homework. The next day the teacher pulled Tom out and told him that he
had all of his wrong.

His answers to the problems set were:

Why did Tom think his answers were right?

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See p. 255, answer 90

 PUZZLE 8

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This grid is made up according to a pattern.

Can you work it out and complete the missing section?

See p. 242, answer 9

 BOB THE MISER’S WILL

ld Bob was a miserly man who never spent his money. His ‘Last Will and
Testament’ stated that he wished to be cremated together with the pro-
ceeds of his estate. He did not wish to give his money to his relatives.

When the will was read, the relatives stated that Bob was not sane when he
made the will. The judge ruled that he was and Bob’s wishes should be fol-
lowed.

The Judge did, however, find a way to comply with Bob's wishes and at the
same time please the relatives. How was this done?

See p. 256, answer 110

PUZZLE 9

See p. 250, answer 173

 A-HAUNTING WE WILL GO!

A. ancient castle had been converted into a hotel. After a few months, many
ghostly sightings had been reported. The manager was under pressure as
many bookings were being lost, but he was getting some business from ghost
hunters. The problem was that he could not guarantee to match the appear-
ances with the right quests, until one day he noticed a pattern in the sightings
and their timings. If he could predict where and when the ghost would appear,
he would keep all of his guests happy.

He found that from January through to March, room number 3 was haunted
every other night. From April through to June, room number 4 was haunted
every third night. From July through to September, room number 9 was visited
by a ghost every fourth night. He then needed to plan which room would be
visited in the last quarter of the year and the frequency. How did he work this
out and what was his answer?

See p. 252, answer 40

 PUZZLE10

Pick up one letter from each bulb in numerical order. You should find the names
of five US states and two dummy letters. What are they?
See p. 243, answer 46

PUZZLE11

Can you spot the cube that cannot be made from the layout above?
u See p. 249, answer 167
 UNEASY PEACE

he warring clans of the Campbells and the McPhersons were brought

together by a marriage between the son and daughter of the opposing
leaders. The clan members, however, were still very loyal to their own clan and
suspicious of the opposing clan. For the first few years all activities among the
clans had an equal number from each clan in the teams of workers. This covered -
building houses, hunting, fishing, cooking etc.

On one fateful day the fishing boat, which had a crew of 30 (15 from each clan,
and headed by the Campbell leader), ran into a bad storm and the boat began
to sink. The head of the expedition agreed with the crew that half of them
would have to take a risk and swim for shore in order to save the boat and the
remaining crew. The head man said that he would be fair in the selection of
those to leave, and that he would line everyone up ina single line formed ina
circle and every ninth person would have to go. The crew agreed, and each was
allotted a position numbered 1 to 30.

How did he line them up so that only McPhersons were left?

See p. 251, answer 2

 PUZZLE12

Can you work out which number the missing hand on clock 4 should point at?
See p. 248, answer 137

PUZZLE13

Can you unravel the logic behind this square and find the missing letter?

See p. 246, answer 91

 THE STRONG SWIMMER

ee swimmer jumped from his boat in the middle of the Mediterranean

Sea. He swam only 100 feet from his boat and then he sank and drowned.
What caused this?

CLUES
. He did not have cramp or any physical or mental health
problems.
. The waves were very light and had no bearing on the tragedy.
. No third party was involved and his death was not because of
an attack by sharks, pirates, etc.
. He did not get tangled in any nets or weeds.
. No other swimmer would have survived in his place.
. The water may have been a few degrees warmer where he

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See p. 253, answer 45

 PUZZLE 14

Can you spot the pattern ofthis grid and complete

the missing section?

See p. 248, answer 115 |

 BROTHER SIMON

rother Simon was a monk of an order that no longer exists. He does,

however, have a new job, which ensures that the old monastery collects
thousands of pounds each year from tourists. After tourists are shown into his
old cell the doors are locked with all the tourists still in the cell. There is a small
window, which is too small to get through, but Brother Simon manages to get
out every time. How does he do it?

CLUES
1. He does not have a key and the lock is not picked. The
door is not opened.
2. The walls are solid with no loose stones.
3. He does not go up or down to escape the room.
4. The room warms up when he leaves the room.
5. |would not go into the room with Brother Simon.

See p. 251, answer 19

 PUZZLE15

A B C

D E

Can you work out which diagram is the odd one out?
See p. 250, answer 179

PUZZLE16

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Each tractor has been working for the time shown. The figure under the tractor
shows how many tons of potatoes have been gathered. Clearly some
strange logic is at work! How many tons has tractor A gathered?
See p. 246, answer 90
 THE KING IS IN HIS ALL-TOGETHER!

We have all heard the song about the king and the magic clothes that only the
most intelligent people could see, but did you know that this has since been
tested in the opposite direction?

A crowd of people who watched a parade saw all of the people in the parade
without clothes on. They were all wearing clothes at the time. How was this
accomplished?

CLUES
1. No hypnosis.
2. No tricks of light or use of special glasses.
3. No use of x-rays.
4. The crowd were not related to Superman.
5. They did not undress or pass by twice.

(20) See p. 255, answer 82

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See p. 247, answer 106

 LOTTERY WINNERS

his week’s lottery was won by a syndicate of 10 people. Between them they
won £2,775,000. They all contributed different amounts into the syndicate
and their winnings were calculated against their contributions. Ifthe amounts
were all different but the cash differences between each step remained uni-
form, what amount did the second-highest winner get given that the sum of
the lowest three amounts was equal to the sum of the top two amounts?

See p. 254, answer 67

 PUZZLE18

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This is another anagram in which we have given you only the letters that are
NOT used. When you have the correct letters you should be able
to make the name of an astrologer. Take care! Two letters are used twice.

See p. 250, answer 177

PUZZLE19

Can you work out the logic behind this square and complete the
missing section?

See p. 246, answer 93

 ANTONY & CLEOPATRA

ne of the guards at a Roman estate found Antony and Cleopatra dead a few
feet away from each other at the end ofthe day. He immediately called
Octavian who confirmed that they were both dead. Octavian ruled out poison
and there was no sign of foul play. He did see a small crack in the floor, which
ran between the two bodies, and concluded that the crack caused their death.
He was right, but how did they die?

CLUES
1. They had not been strangled or suffocated.
2. They were both naked.
3. They were both good swimmers.
4. They did not injure themselves by diving
into an empty bath or swimming pool.

33 See p. 252, answer 36

 PUZZLE 20

Which ofthese layouts could be used to make the above cube?

See p. 249, answer 149

 NYLON BALL- BEARINGS

factory made millions of tiny ball-bearings out of a nylon polymer. These

were incredibly tough and light in weight, as well as very cheap. When a
few dozen were put on a concrete floor they could support a truck. They were
stored in very large wood compartments, which were 15 feet deep. Under
normal circumstances the material used is quite safe and not poisonous. The
death of a worker was viewed rather differently by the coroner. Why?

CLUES
. He was not killed in the manufacturing
process.
_ He did not fall as a result of ball-
bearings being used.
. Nothing hit him or crushed him.
. His death was not caused by toxic
fumes from the material or as a result
of fire.

© See p. 251, answer 6

 PUZZLE 21

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See p. 250, answer 178

 LEVITATING BALLOONS?

family had inflated several different-sized balloons with air and tied the
ends so that they would not deflate. These were left all over their front-
room floor before they went out shopping. When they returned and looked into
their front room from outside the house, they were surprised to see that all of
the balloons were two inches above the floor. Why was this?

CLUES
1. The room and the balloons were at the same
temperature and all of the doors were firmly closed. The
doors had draught excluders fitted.
2. The balloons did not contain any gases that were lighter
than air.
3. The balloons were not held up by strings and no shock
wave was involved.
4. Static electricity or electric charges were not the cause.
5. The cause was not air circulation.

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See p. 252, answer 28

 PUZZLE 22

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a See p. 246, answer 86

 RACETRACK JOE

Osea Joe had been taken into hospital for a serious heart condition. The
nurse who looked after him noticed that he had several betting slips in his
pocket when he was admitted but she thought that these should be kept from
him until he was well. The extra stress, she thought, might upset his recovery.
After two weeks of total rest following his operation, the nurse gave him the
daily newspaper as well as his betting slips and wallet. Looking at his first
betting slip and newspaper, he noted that his first horse had won at 50-to-1
and he had £50 to win on it. When he left hospital his first call was to collect his
winnings of £2500. They refused to pay him, but do you know why?

CLUES
1. There was no time restriction on the betting slip.
2. The bet was valid and he had paid $50.
3. The bookmaker had not disappeared or gone bust.
4. He did not owe $2500, or more, to the bookmaker.
5. He had not made a mistake when filling out his betting slip.
6. The horse had won and was not subject to disqualification.

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See p. 253, answer 55

 PUZZLE 23

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Can you find the odd shape out?

See p. 250, answer 185

 NO FIRE FOR EXPLORERS

N eil and Dave were exploring new territory. They felt a little cold and decided
it was time to build a fire from some newspapers and dry bits of wood,
which they had brought with them. The matches were all unused and dry, but
would not light; their lighters would not work even though they seemed in
perfect condition, and they even resorted to flintsparks and using the sun's rays
through a strong magnifying glass.

Nothing worked. Why?

CLUES
1. They were above ground and in the open.
2. There were no winds or draughts.
3. It was not wet or humid.
4. The newspaper was not wet or damp.
5. All the equipment for lighting the fire was in
perfect condition.

See p. 255, answer 98

 PUZZLE24

Can you unravel the code on this __— ,

book to find its famous author?
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See p. 248, answer 131

PUZZLE
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No. 98

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Monte Carlo Indianapolis

These cars are all racing at famous circuits. Can you work out the number of the
car at Indianapolis?
See p. 246, answer 85
 KING-ELECT

he king had died some time ago and the queen replaced him on the throne
as Head of State. They had two children who were twins. Both were deliv-
ered at birth by caesarean section, and both were born at exactly the same
time.

A king had to be chosen. One of the two was very intelligent and loved by
everyone, but the other was not so bright. He was not liked at all and was not
favoured by the queen or parliament. It was the latter who was chosen. Can you
work out why?

CLUES
1. There were no corrupt motives involved.
2. The constitution was used to elect the king.
3. The intelligent child did not die and was not harmed
or locked away.
4. The queen agreed with the decision.
5. Foreign powers were not involved.
6. Marriage did not form part ofthe decision.

See p. 254, answer 76

 PUZZLE 26

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See p. 249, answer 154
 PROBLEMS WITH AIR POLLUTION

chemical plant had a major fire, which was so ferocious that it took 12 hours
for the fire brigade to get it under control. The police had to evacuate all
the houses within a one-mile radius because the fumes were so toxic that they
would kill anyone who inhaled them within minutes. The wind initially blew
the toxic gases from the west toward the east, and blew constantly for 3 hours
and 20 minutes. The police, however, started to clear the houses to the west of
the plant because this seemed to make a great deal of sense. This evacuation
procedure saved thousands of lives, but then the wind changed to blow from
the east toward the west. Those who had not been evacuated either died or had
serious medical problems. The wind continued to blow in this direction until the
fire was completely extinguished. Only those people living to the west of the
plant died. Why?

CLUES
. It did not rain.
. Deadly toxic fumes were released all the time.
. The toxic fumes were heavier than air and did not
go over and beyond the one-mile danger circle in
the east.
. Nobody in the east had breathing apparatus and
none was evacuated.
. Closing doors and windows did not give total
protection.

See p. 255, answer 101

 PUZZLE 27

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Can you work out which of the above dishes is the odd one out?

See p. 243, answer 35

 HAPPY NEW YEAR AND AGAIN ETC.

tis August and a 26-year-old woman says that she has never missed a New
Year celebration in her life. She also claims to have seen the New Year in 51
times. How could she be telling the truth ifshe was born in June?

CLUES
1. She only counted January the First as a New
Year and other religious or cultural New
Years were not counted.
2. She did not cheat by winding her clock back.
3. Her 26 years were using a modern calendar
and she lived in modern times on the planet
Earth.

See p. 253, answer 44

 PUZZLE 28

Which of these layouts could be used to make the above cube?

See p. 250, answer 181 ‘

 HEAD-ON ANT CRASH

Ae of steel has a line painted on it from one end to the other. It is then
twisted in the middle so that the line is half on one side and half on the
opposite side. The line is painted only as wide as a quarter of an ant’s width.
These ants are intelligent and they are told that they must remain on the line
or perish. The ants are placed at either end of the rod and told to go to the
other end of the rod where they will be fed in safety. Ifthey meet each other,
they will both be killed. How do the ants resolve this problem and achieve
their goals?

CLUES
1. The rod was solid and could not be made
hollow.
2. The ants could not avoid each other ifthey
were both on the line. They could not
jump over each other.
3. Both ants were fed and neither died.
4 The rod was not suspended or spun round.

See p. 251, answer 8

 PUZZLE29

Can you work out the logic

behind this square and fill in the
missing section?

See p. 246, answer 92

PUZZLE30

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The registration plates of all these cars conform to a certain logic. Can you work
out the final plate?
See p. 246, answer 84
 SINKING ROBOTS

ission control had calculated everything down to the last detail.

Experiments conducted on the planet ZOD on a previous visit showed
that the mobile robots would be able to walk on ZOD’s surface. The spacecraft
was, however, blown off course and was forced to land on a planet similar in
size to ZOD. The two robots were ejected before the crash landing and were not
damaged in the descent to the surface. They then sank below the level of the
surface and could not move. What caused this?

CLUES
1. The soil make-up was the same on both planets and the soil
density on the crust of both planets was the same.
2. They did not land on wet ground or water.
3. They did not sink because of impact speed on landing.
4 Ifthey had ejected over ZOD they would not have sunk.

See p. 251, answer 16

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Can you work out the reasoning behind this grid and
complete the missing section?

See p. 250, answer 182

 ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH

aniel’s family were very religious and always went to church on Sundays.
Daniel's father had been asked to relocate because of a job promotion and
they moved the family to a new city on the Saturday. The move was difficult and
took all day, and the whole family, except Daniel, slept in on the Sunday
morning. Daniel felt tired but decided he would find his local church and thank
God for the safe move straightaway, and he would lead the others to church
a little later in the day. The sign outside the church said St Joseph’s Catholic
Church. He entered to find a service was being conducted but he did not
understand a word that was being said. Why?

CLUES
. [twas nothing to do with accents.
. They had not moved to a country outside the USA.
. Daniel was only 10 years old.
The language used in the church was English and not Latin.
He did not have a problem with his ears. He could hear
everything that was said.
The city they moved to was Washington.

See p. 255, answer 88

 PUZZLE 32

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Can you work out which is the odd diagram out?

See p. 249, answer 153

 THE REJECTED RECRUIT

Bie Sam was desperate to work in electronics for the Army. He was one of
the brightest people in his class and excelled in electronics theory. When he
failed to get into his chosen trade in the Army he was devastated. He knew that
he was best qualified yet the Army did not want him. He later received a letter
from the Army offering him a job that could save his colleagues lives, a job that
would involve him using his special gift. Can you work out what this was based
on the clues given below?

CLUES
1. He could not do electronics or signals because he was
colour-blind.
2. He was physically fit and intelligent.
3. His vision was very good, other than his problem with colours.
4 He was young and ideal for combat.

See p. 251, answer 5

 PUZZLE
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Can you work out the reasoning

behind this code and discover the
author
of this book?

See p. 248, answer 123

PUZZLE
34

See p. 249, answer 171

 THE GREAT SOCCER PLAYER RETIRES

great player who had given his club and country years of good service was
honoured by being given a testimonial soccer match between his club and
his country. It was to be his last game before retirement. The match score was
3-2 and he had scored four goals but finished on the losing team. Can you work
out what happened if:

CLUES
1. He scored all of his goals at one end of the stadium.
2. The winning goal was an own goal and it had not
been scored by him.
3. He turned around at half-time to play in the
opposite direction from the way he played in the
first half.

See p. 254, answer 70

 PUZZLE
35

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Can you work out which of these symbols comes next in this sequence?
See p. 247, answer 104

PUZZLE36

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Politiken El Pais The Independent

Each balloon has been sponsored by a famous newspaper. The number is

somehow linked to the paper's name. What is the number of The Independent's
balloon?
See p. 246, answer 78
 THE DEADWOOD STAGE

n the days of the Wild West a prospector was planning to go on the morning
stagecoach to take him back east. He had struck gold and decided to celebrate
in style. That evening he had drunk enough whiskey to make him drunk twice
over. In the morning he was at the saloon on time to get the stagecoach, but it
: would not take him back east. Why was this?

CLUES
| 1. He had a valid ticket and money for the trip.
2. Other people wanted to go back east but nobody stopped them.
| 3. There was plenty of room for him on the stagecoach.
4. It was not a dangerous trip.
| 5. The driver for the stagecoach and the horses left on time.

© See p. 252, answer 34

 PUZZLE37

Can you work out the logic behind

this square and find the missing
number?

See p. 246, answer 80

PUZZLE
38

D E
Can you work out which symbol is the odd one out?

See p. 249, answer 155

o
 RACETRACK CONFUSION

0);the second row of a racetrack starting grid, the driver of car number 7 was
the son of the driver in car 3. They had both clocked the same third-fastest
qualifying time. The driver in car 3was not the father of the driver in car 7. How
was this possible?

| See p. 251, answer 1

 PUZZLE39

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NDY See p. 247, answer 111

PUZZLE40

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PZJVBY

This is another anagram in which we haven given you only the letters you do
NOT need. Find the missing letters, rearrange them, and you should find the
name of the hero of a Gothic novel. The N is used more than once and one other
letter is repeated.

See p. 250, answer 172

 LITTTLE BREEDERS

pa went to a pet shop and asked for a pair of budgerigars. The shopkeeper
sold him a pair of birds who seemed inseparable in the shopkeeper’s cage.
Six months later the man revisited the shop to complain that no eggs had been
produced. The shopkeeper wished to keep the customer happy and gave him
another budgerigar that had just laid eggs and reared the young. Six months
later, the man returned again with a story of disappointing failure. Why did the
hen birds fail to lay a fertile egg?

CLUES
1. There was nothing wrong with any of the birds.
2. They had the right diet.
3. They were all at an age that was right for breeding.
4 It was a quiet and peaceful house.

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See p. 252, answer 26

 PUZZLE 41

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This grid is made up according to a certain pattern.

Can you work it out and fill in the missing section?

See p. 243, answer 42

 THE BROKEN VASE

man’s grandfather died and left him, among other things, a vase.
As soon as he took charge of his inheritance the man smashed the vase.
Paradoxically he was then much better off than he had been before.
How?

See p. 253, answer 54

 PUZZLE42

A is to B as C isto

D E F G H

See p. 250, answer 180

PUZZLE43

TAY /
PLYRR?
Can you work out what the next matchstick man in this series should look like?
See p. 244, answer 53
 LEAKY PIPE

Ag sprung a leak on its underside so thatitleaked 5 gallonsofwater per

hour until the pipe was empty 4 hours later.The leak was not detected
and the pipe was refilled but a second leak, of exactly the same size, occurred
immediately. The pipe was now leaking at a rate.of 10 gallons ’ofwater per hour
but this time it took 3 hours to empty Can you understand why?

See p. 255, answer 92

 PUZZLE44

Can you work out how many rectangles can be found in this diagram
altogether?
See p. 244, answer 56

PUZZLE45

15 15 15
Can you work out how much each shape is worth?
See p. 243, answer 45
 THE BUS DRIVERS

jis bus drivers sit chatting in the staff canteen. One of the drivers leaves the
canteen to meet a young boy waiting outside. A third bus driver entering the
canteen asks the driver with the young boy who the boy is. “He’s my son,’ replies
the bus driver. The third bus driver sits down in the canteen and hears the other
driver in there claiming that the boy is his son too. How can this be? The boy
does not have any step-parents and both bus drivers are telling the truth.

No clues :This one is quite easy.

See p. 254, answer 75

 PUZZLE46

Can'you unravel'the code on the:back.> '

of the pictureto find the name »):)0
of its.artist?

See p. 247, answer 102

PUZZLE47

No. 76. ; = No. 92

= —— 2 =.
Schmidt ~vonun. Perkins

Moreno Pascal

Each car’s number is related to its driver's name. Can you predict which
car Pascal will drive?
See p. 246, answer 79
 THE BOUQUET OF FLOWERS

florist is making up bouquets using roses, carnations, and chrysanthemums.

Twice as many of the bouquets contain carnations only as chrysanthemums
only. There is one more bouquet containing roses only than carnations only.
There is one more bouquet containing all three types of flowers than a mixture
of roses and carnations only. There are exactly the same number of bouquets
containing roses only as a mixture of carnations and chrysanthemums only.
There is one more bouquet containing both roses and chrysanthemums only
than containing chrysanthemums only. Two bouquets contain chrysanthemums
only and 18 do not contain any chrysanthemums.

CLUES
1. How many bouquets contain roses only?
2. How many bouquets contain only two of the three types
of flowers?
3. How many bouquets contain carnations only?
4. How many bouquets contain all three types of flowers?
5. How many bouquets does the florist make in total?

See p. 256, answer 108

 PUZZLE 48

Can you work out which of these cubes cannot be made from the
above layout?
See p. 249, answer 165
 CHARGED BY A BULL

FOr ramblers walked down the lane, past the stream, over the hills to the
edge of a field. The field was full of cattle. Before the ramblers managed to
reach the other side of the field they were charged by a bull. Why did the
ramblers make a formal complaint when none of them suffered an injury?

CLUES
1. They did not run to safety.
2. They were not scared.
3. The cattle took no notice of the ramblers.
4. Bulls had charged others in the past but not for a
period of time.
5. The charging bull was fully fit and fully grown.

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See p. 253, answer 48
 PUZZLE49

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PSTAEELTH |
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The above are all anagrams of American towns. However, two extra letters
have been added to each word. If you collect all the extra letters you will be
able to make another place name. —

ae See p. 242, answer 18

PUZZLE
50

Can you replace the question mark with a letter?

See p. 250, answer 183
 THE FAN

-[\ young boy going to an important soccer match decided to paint his face
green, the colour of his favourite team. His team won the match and he
_ celebrated for hours with his friends after the game. When he got home he
was dismayed to discover that his face was blue and not green. Why?

CLUES
. He was not painted a second time.
. The paint was not affected by ultraviolet light.
. The paint did not dry to blue when it was
applied.
. The paintbrush was clean and had no chemicals
on it.
. The change was not a result of temperature-
sensitive or light-sensitive additives.

See p. 256, answer 106

 PUZZLE 51

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Can you work out which shape is the odd one out?

See p. 249, answer 169

 BIG BILL

B: Bill was extremely tired one evening so he turned the light off and got
into bed. The next morning he awoke to hear on the radio of a terrible tragedy
that happened in the early hours of that morning, killing over 100 people, and it
was all his fault. Why? He did not wake up and he did not sleepwalk.

CLUES
1. The weather outside was bad, with poor visibility.
2. Bill was tired as he had not slept the previous night or
through the day.
3. His alarm bell had been broken and it no longer rang.
4. Ifhe had done the same things the night before, more people
would probably have died.

See p. 251, answer 17

 PUZZLE 52

_FRANKFURTE
RS
A

HAMBURGER _
B

Can you work out which of these dishes is the odd one out?
See p. 242, answer 21
 BUSH FIRE

here was a forest fire in Australia. After the firemen had managed to put out
the fire, the search for bodies began. After two days of searching they found
a man in complete scuba diving gear. Although he was dead, he had not been
burned at all. The forest is 20 miles from any water. How did he get there?

CLUES
1. The man had not walked to where he was found.
2. The man had not been murdered. It was an
accidental death.
3. His wet suit was not burned or melted.
4. The man had several broken bones.

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See p. 255, answer 83

 PUZZLE 53

Can you work out, using the amounts of time specified, whether you have to go
forward or backward at each stage to get from the top to the bottom clock?
See p. 250, answer 187

PUZZLE 54

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See p. 250, answer 186

 THE ARABIAN PRINCE’S CAR

he Arabian prince bought a top-of-the-range car with white leather seats,

state-of-the-art hi-fi, television, and every extra imaginable. It was his pride
/ and joy to own such a car. When he got it he found that it had that ‘new’ smell
so he stuck an air freshener on to the top of the front windscreen, and it dan-
gled from the sucker by means of a string. After only one hour the perfume from
the air freshener gave the car a beautiful smell, and the prince was very happy.
| He decided to drive to his father’s palace in the desert to show him his delight.
~ He left a newspaper on the dashboard and a present on the back seat for his
father. A guard was posted to look after the car. His father was out but returned
2 hours laterto find his son in the palace waiting for him. He rushed his father
into the courtyard to find the car on fire and the guard throwing water over it.
What caused the fire?

CLUES
. The fire started inside the passenger section of the car.
. No electrical or fuel problems existed.
. The present did not contain any flammable materials.
. Firearms and matches were not involved.
. Spontaneous combustion was not the cause.
. [thad nothing to do with chemicals in the air freshener.
. The guard had nothing to do with the cause of the fire.

See p. 254, answer 64

 PUZZLE 55

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Can you work out which pattern this grid follows and
complete the missing section?

See p. 249, answer 164

 MOVING SUITCASES

family on vacation in Florida were on their way back one day to their rented
apartment only to see their empty suitcases placed at the side of the road
almost two miles from the apartment. They stopped their car and inspected the
cases, which had their names on the name labels. Why had their suitcases been
placed at the side of the road?

CLUES
. They had paid their rent and still had one week’s rent
paid in advance.
. They had been away for the day.
. They had not been burgled.
. The landlords did not have the suitcases removed.
. They had left the suitcases in the apartment before
leaving for the day.

See p. 252, answer 37

 PUZZLE56

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On, Ly Ea,
psone letter from each cloud init You should be able toet the names
of five composers.
See p. 243, answer 41

PUZZLE
57

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Secs
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gCUE
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Can you find the column that comes next in the sequence?
See p. 250, answer 175
 AMATEUR SAFE-CRACKERS

ih cowboys, Lightfingers Harry and Desperate Dave, decided that they

would blow open the safe in the town bank, which contained many thou-
sands of dollars. They had never blown a safe before but they knew where they
could get as much gunpowder as they might need. Over a drink in the saloon
they asked a drunk gold prospector how much gunpowder they would need. He
told them about 2 pounds, but Desperate Dave insisted that they used twice the
amount to make sure. They entered the bank, poured the gunpowder, and lit
the fuse. The safe did not open and not a sound was heard. Why?

CLUES
1. All of the gunpowder was used and it ignited. The
powder was dry and they used all 4 pounds.
2. They did not try to soundproof the room and it was not
soundproofed already. People were nearby.
3. The powder was placed on and around the safe, close
enough to get the job done.

See p. 252, answer 41

 PUZZLE 58

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Can you work out what the next fish in this sequence should look like?

See p. 244, answer 52

 THE IMMOVABLE SCREW

Ree decided to repair his wife’s vacuum cleaner (much to her despair,
since he had shown no aptitude with electrical or mechanical problems
in the past). The first
jobwas to remove the screws using his screwdriver.
He ensured that the right size and type of point on the screwdriver matched
the screw head perfectly. He then engaged the screwdriver to the screw
head, applied the necessary force, and turned the handle anti-clockwise. The
screw would not come out and it would not loosen. Why?

CLUES
1. The pressure applied by the husband was adequate
to remove the screw.
. Turning the screw anti-clockwise was the correct way
to loosen and remove the screw.
. Good contact between the screw and screwdriver
was maintained. The screwdriver did not slip off the
screw head.
. The thread in the hole did not get stripped and the
screw was not damaged or deformed.
. His wife was able to undo the screws without any
problems using the same screwdriver and without
lubricants.

See p. 252, answer 27

 PUZZLE59

Can you work out which number should replace the question mark?
See p. 249, answer 144

PUZZLE60

D. 42 KG E.15 KG

The weight of each suitcase is shown. Which is the odd one out?
See p. 245, answer 67
 THE TEA PARTY

jaa calls her daughter to come and play in the house. The little girl
comes running through the front door and decides to have a tea party with
her dolls and teddy bears. After half an hour she is bored with this game, and
decides to go back outside to play with her ball in the front garden. To get to the
front garden she has to go through two front doors. Why?

CLUES
1. The house does not have a porch door.
2. One front door is facing the back wall of the house.

See p. 253, answer 56

 PUZZLE 61

on

Can you work out what the next symbol in this sequence should look like?

See p. 249, answer 160

 TWO BROTHERS

n 1914 there were two brothers of an aristocratic family in England. When

war broke out the first brother volunteered for the army without delay. After
basic training he was sent to the front line. He was an officer and led his unit
with complete distinction for over 12 months. Upon his return for a rest he went
to his family home to find his brother just having a good time. For generations
his family had served their country with honour, but his brother was bringing
shame on the family name. The officer returned to the front and suffered an
injury; while in the hospital he sent a letter to his brother, which caused his
brotherto enlist as a foot-soldier and win medals of distinction and bravery. The
letter sent did not contain a letter or any words from his brother. Yet he knew by
what was in there what it meant. What was in the letter?

CLUES
1. The handwriting on the envelope was not his brother's.
2. It had a postmark that could not be read.
3. His brother did not speakto him to cause him to change his mind.
4. The envelope contained something that weighed no more than
the envelope itself.
5. There was no message on the envelope.

See p. 255, answer 95

 PUZZLE62

How many squares can you find in this diagram altogether?

See p. 246, answer 97

PUZZLE63

In this diagram the four basic mathematical signs (+, -, x, -) have been missed
out. Can you work out what they should be?
See p. 248, answer 136
 THE BATH OF LIQUID

man fell into a full bath of liquid at work. When he got out he was dry, but
he was taken straight to a hospital. Can you explain why he was dry and
why he was taken to hospital?

CLUES
. The liquid in the bath was at room temperature.
. There were warning signs to keep clear.
. It was an accident that caused him to fall into the bath.
. Hehad fallen gently and had not suffered a concussion or any
severe blows.
. The liquid in the bath was 4 feet deep, and little was lost
when he fell in.
. He was not wearing any protective clothing.
. He had not ingested any ofthe liquid.
. He was required to burn his clothes.

See p. 254, answer 77

 PUZZLE 64

Can you work out which of these shapes would fit together with the
shape above? |

See p. 248, answer 116

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 CAR PARK OVERCROWDING
|
} Veda had a car park where all of the 10 spaces were allocated to its
managers. They expanded the business and a new manager joined them.
3 Part of his contract was to have a car-park space, just like the other managers.
How was this achieved ifnobody was asked to double-park?

CLUES
The cars could not obstruct either of the access
roads.
All of the spaces between the cars had to remain
the same.
The extra car could not be parked in a location
away from the front office wall, and all of the
other managers kept their slot.
All of the cars needed to be parked at the same time.

See p. 256, answer 109

 PUZZLE 65

12 19 17 6

7 8 10 5

4 ? 1 6

15. 8 Ya

Can you work out the reasoning behind these squares and replace the
question mark with a number?

See p. 248, answer 120

 THE COURIER’S WAIT

he courier phoned his customerto say that the crate that he had brought
with him weighed one ton, and that they would need lifting equipment
to unload it. He was less than a mile from the delivery point but it would be 6
hours before he could get there. He had covered the 20 miles from the collec-
tion point in just over one hour. Why would it take so much longer to reach the
delivery point given the following clues?

CLUES
1. He was not taking a detour, and there was no traffic between
his current position and the delivery point.
. He was not being held up because of other meetings or people.
3. The delay was not caused by unloading or loading any other
products.
. If it was 5 % hours later, he could make the same journey in 15
minutes.
. The roads in the area were free from traffic congestion and
road works.
. The reason was not due to anything anyone did.

See p. 252, answer 23

 PUZZLE 66

Can you spot the cube that cannot be made from the above layout?

See p. 249, answer 163

o
 LEAP TO SAFETY

Ar sleeping on the top floor of a three-storey house awakes to find

smoke coming under his bedroom door. He gathers as many of his treasured
i possessions as he can possibly hold and leaps out of the bedroom window. Even
though his arms are full, he doesn’t drop or break anything and he does not
{injure himself. Why?

CLUES
1. Some of the items were fragile and would have
broken ifthey had hit the ground.
2. He did not jump on to a ledge on the house.
3. No ladders, ropes, or safety nets were employed.
4. He did not jump into water or soft snow.

See p. 253, answer 50

DOS
- PUZZLE67

Can you find the number that should replace the question mark?

See p. 248, answer 121

PUZZLE 68

SS BGD 9611
= LQN 1916

ma
Ss =
HMJ 1512

GLI 1411 J?

There is a logic to the registration plates of these cars. What is the plate
on the last car?
See p. 246, answer 77

©
 THE CLASS

i ames trudges off to school each morning with his books but he rarely does
homework, and he doesn't achieve high marks in tests either. There are 36
children in his class and 35 of them are good students. Why does James never
get into trouble?

CLUES
1. James is always polite.
2. James has been called to the head's office ona
number of occasions.
3. James is not related to anyone at the school and he
is not a special student.

See p. 251, answer 20

PUZZLE 69

C isto

See p. 246, answer 88 |

©
 A FRUITY PROBLEM

pra has a small collection of artificial fruits on the windowsill. The

apple is rosy red on one side and bright green on the other side, and there
j isa little white stalk sticking out from the top. The peach is a lovely soft warm
shade of pinky-orange, with a larger white stalk. There is also a pear and a deep
j —burgundy-coloured plum. The woman leaves them on the windowsill and goes
out of the room. When she returns halfan hour later she cannot see the fruits at
j all. Why?

j Nobody else has been in the room. Nobody has moved them. There is nothing
blocking her view; the room is clear, and there is no mist.

CLUES
: 1. They had not been stolen.
| 2. They had not been eaten.
3. A telltale clue had been left.
| 4. The room had an unusual smell about it when she returned.
5. Animals and insects had nothing to do with the disappearance.

| Ware's
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See p. 255, answer 85
 PUZZLE70

Can you work out the reasoning behind this square and replace the question
mark with the correct shape?
See p. 243, answer 36

PUZZLE
71

A E
F H
1K
L ?
Can you find the letter that comes next inthis series?
See p. 245, answer 64

©
 DISAPPEARING TREAT

d
A.a sweetshop a young boy was allowed to choose what he wanted. He
came out of the shop happily clutching a full bag. He made a hole in the top
of the bag and began eating. He only ate a small amount of the contents but
within half an hour his bag was virtually empty. He did not drop the bag or its
contents. He did not give any away, throw any away, or transfer the contents
into anything else. Where did the contents of the bag go?

CLUES
1. Only about 5% of the content of the bag had been consumed.
2. The hole in the bag did not let any of the contents out.
3. The contents were not eaten by insects or anything else.

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See p. 252, answer 39

 PUZZLE72

Take one letter from each bulb in order. You should be able to make five
five-letter words related to food.
See p. 243, answer 40

PUZZLE73

> vedere (
on

A | C

Can you work out which diagram would continue the series?
See p. 249, answer 161
 a THE MESSY EATER
uch to his colleagues’ annoyance, Arthur brought fruit to the office each
day for his lunch. He would peel his banana and leave the skin lying
amu
around, drop apple cores all over the floor, spit the pips from his grapes over
other people’s desks, and he was forever squirting people in the eye with
his orange. Arthur still brings fruit to work but no longer gets complaints
from his colleagues. He still eats fruit, he has not done or said anything to his
colleagues, and his colleagues have not changed. Why does he no longer get
complaints?

CLUES
1. He did not work with animals and the office was
normally a clean environment.
2. He no longer used his fingers to hold the fruit.

See p. 254, answer 63

 PUZZLE74

1230m

The diagram gives the speed, number and distance covered for each balloon.
Can you work out the distance for A?
See p. 245, answer 69

PUZZLE
75

Can you work out which of these symbols follows the sequence?

See p. 247, answer 105

© !

\
 THE FABRIC SHOP

i [na curtain shop there are flowered fabrics hanging up in the section marked
‘Floral Designs: All the curtains in various colours but with no pattern on them
i _are in the section marked Plain Fabrics. Why are a pair of curtains with continu-
ous vertical lines down them not in the section marked ‘Striped Fabrics’?

CLUES
1. There was a section marked ‘Striped Fabrics’
2. They were vertical stripes.
3. They had not been misplaced in another section.
4. The customers knew where to find the curtains
they needed.

See p. 252, answer 35

©
 PUZZLE76

Can you unravel this code and find the painter of this picture?

See p. 246, answer 96

PUZZLE77

Can you work out which

number should replace
the question mark in
this diagram?

362,410) 12) 12
See p. 243, answer 26 :

® i
 THE MOUNTAINEERS

family of four were going on a mountaineering holiday. The second

morning they were all found dead in their cabin. The coroner declared that
i they had all died from drowning. The taps in the cabin had not been left on and
the boiler and water storage units were undamaged. There was no sign of any
| foul play. What caused them to drown?

Clues
1. They were many miles from the nearest lake.
2. It had not rained for five days. Not a flash flood.
3. It was not caused by problems with a dam.

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See p. 256, answer 116

 ESSEEER
PUZZLE 78

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[afta]

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Can you work out the reasoning behind this grid and
complete the missing section?

See p. 248, answer 135 |

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 WASHING DISHES

aaa in Leeds had six children and each night of the week one child would
wash the dishes. This task was performed by a different child every night.
On Sundays all the children would draw lots to see who would have the sad
privilege. One child reasoned that it was best to be left the last lot and not pick
at all. She calculated that the first pick would have a 1: 5 choice, the next a 1:
4 choice, the next 1 : 3, etc until she was left with the last lot. The child added
all of the previous factors together and decided that it would be unlikely that it
would be the worst lot left. Was this trick likely to work?

See p. 252, answer 29

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 PUZZLE 79

Which of these cubes can be made from the above layout?

|
See p. 248, answer 128
 1930s

n one early transatlantic flight in the 1930s a plane carrying 20 passengers

had very low fuel reserves when approaching New York from England. It
was a very windy day when the plane arrived, and it could not land where it
was supposed to because of the wind. It was, however, able to land only a few
miles away where the wind had a slightly higher speed. Why was this possible?

CLUES
1. The wind direction for landing at the second landing point was
less favourable. It was more of a crosswind than the wind at the
first landing point.
. The first arrival area had no other vehicles on it and no other
air traffic was involved.
. Air traffic control did not advise of anything being wrong with
the plane, and indeed nothing was wrong with the plane.
. The plane was not diverted because of a low fuel situation.
. The pilot could see why he should divert the plane.

3 Sf

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See p. 253, answer 57

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 PUZZLE80

POLKA | GAVOTTE POLONAISE

A B C

SARABANDE
D E

TANGO ANDANTE
F G

Can you work out which of these musical terms is the odd one out?
See p. 242, answer 20

PUZZLE81

Eer, Eon, Lah,

Lan, ry a.
Take one letter from each cloud in order. You should be able to find five words
from around the world that are in common use in English.

See p. 243, answer 50

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 DANGEROUS NEIGHBOURS?

; he Price family were regarded by their neighbours in Peacefulton as complete

undesirables. At least one of the family would always be terrorizing some
neighbour. The neighbours were too frightened to speak to the police because
of their fear of reprisals based on a long history of previous events. One day the
situation escalated into a much more serious problem when one ofthe Price
family set fire to a neighbour's home. The police questioned all of the
neighbours, but even though some knew who did the deed they would not say.
One neighbour handed a note to a policeman, and he went straight to the right
member of the family. Ifthe family names were Mr Tom
Price (father), Mrs Julie Price (mother),
and the children were James, David,
Mark and Billy, which family
member was arrested?

See p. 255, answer 96

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thequestion
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Seep. 249, answer 151

PUZZLE 83
 THE LAST TRAIN

man went to the railway station to catch the 12:47 train. When he arrived,
he realized that he was not wearing his watch. As he walked past the
a
ticket machines, he saw a clock. The man then thought that he was an hour
and a half early, so he walked away from the platform. A short while later, he
realized his mistake when he missed the train. The clock was correct, so why
did the man think he had been early?

CLUES
1. He did not ask anyone any questions.
2. He had not read anything about delays.
3. His train was on time and had not been re-scheduled.

See p. 254, answer 74

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 PUZZLE 84

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 THE UNLUCKY LOCKSMITH

locksmith was called to an exclusive bank and asked to change the lock on
a room that was used to store valuable documents. The door was to be
a
activated only by the breaking of two low-power laser beams in front of the
door. This would release a steel plate that covered the lock, and the owner could
then use the new special key to open the lock. The system was to be automatic
and re-set itself after use. Just before he had completed his clearing up, the
manager of the bank wanted to check it out and after helping the locksmith
to clear his tools from the storeroom, he was locked into the storeroom. The
locksmith could not get him out. Why?

CLUES
1. The door had closed by accident or by design.
2. The police and fire department had to release the manager.
3. The locksmith had to change the lock again.
4. The locksmith still had the key but he could not make it work,
even though he had tested it before clearing up.
5. The laser beams were only 3 feet apart.

See p. 255, answer 105

 PUZZLE85

F D r

Y xX wl ?
TOO" ye MY Ma deal T. Y
A B C D

Can you work out which letter should replace the question mark?

See p. 248, answer 119

PUZZLE86

Can you work out what the next grid in this sequence should look like?

See p. 244, answer 54

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 THE GLASS HEAD

n recognition of the President's services to his country and for his contribution
to world peace, a huge, two-ton polished glass head of his likeness was
commissioned, the base of which was to be flat to ensure that it did not move
on its plinth. The top of the plinth matched the neck of the glass head perfectly.
An overhead crane with specially padded ropes was used to lift the head on to
the plinth, but then a problem occurred. The two parts had to be positioned
exactly, and the workers could not drag the ropes, since this would chip the
head or base. How did they do it?

CLUES
. They could not use wooden wedges or anything that might
scratch the glass.
. They could not use compressed air since the compressor did not
have the power.
. The ropes had to pass under the neck in 4 places.
. The ropes were made of nylon, which covered a stainless steel
core. They were 2 inches in diameter.
. They could not use suckers or rubber props.

See p. 256, answer 115

 PUZZLE87

Can you work out what the missing section in the last wheel should look like?

See p. 244, answer 57

PUZZLE
88
3 & 4

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9 13 11

A is to B as Cis to

6 7 12 12

3x2 san 13s 6s

19 14 15 13

D E F G

See p. 246, answer 94

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 SURVIVAL OF THE WEAKEST?

hree men were passionately in love with a lady. The woman loved them all
equally, but the passion boiled over and the men agreed that they should
have a duel using pistols. To the victor, the hand of the lady; to the vanquished
and defeated, death, injury, or disappointment.

After agreeing to duel, the odds were stacked against one and in favour of the
other two. As Count Nevermiss was an expert and a perfect shot, he had won
every duel even against better opposition than he was to face that fateful day.
Lord Bullseye was a good shot and a military man. He could be relied on to hit
his target two out of every three shots, while Captain Missalot could only be
relied upon to hit his target once every three shots. They were, however, men of
honour and decided that the rules of the duel gave the poorer shots a chance.
They decided that they would stand and face each other from three points of
a triangle. There was no limit to ammunition, but they would shoot in turn at
either of the opponents with the worst shot going first and the best shot
shooting last.

You are put in Captain Missalot’s position. How do you maximize your chances
of survival with honour? It is you who will shoot first. Who are you going to go
for? Survival depends on good lateral and deductive reasoning.

See p. 253, answer 42

 PUZZLE89

Can you find the letter which

completes this diagram?

See p. 245, answer 75

PUZZLE90

PE
No. 4 15kg
RA
No.7 18kg

Pf
No.3 14kg

PE
No. 8 19kg No. ? 24kg

Each horse carries a weight handicap.

Can you work out the number of the final horse?
See p. 242, answer 15
 A PROBLEM FOR THE FERRYMAN

man leaves his five children with the ferryman and is told that they must all
be taken to the other side of the river in a minimum number of crossings,
such that each of the children has an identical number of one-way trips. The
children are all of different ages and the ferryman can only take himself plus a
maximum of two children at any time. No pair of children of neighbouring ages
can be left in the absence of the ferryman. Only the ferryman can row the boat.
How many trips are needed and what is the sequence?

See p. 251, answer 18

 PUZZLE 91

1|212/3/4/4/1{213|3]4|1|2[2[3/4
3/312/1/4/4/ 312/211 [4/3/3|2/1[4
41112121314] 411/2/313/4/1/212[3
31211/4]41312|2|1/4/3/3l2[1 [4/4
314/11212/3/4/4]1]/213/3/4]112[2
211141413/2/211/4/313/2/1/414[3)
313/4/1/2/2/314/4/1/2/3|3/4]1[2
1/4/413/2/211/4/3/3|2|1/4/4/3[2
213/314/1/212/3/4/4]1[2/3/3]4[1
414/3}2/2iif4a] | | [if4lal3i2i2
112/3/3/4}1/2] | | [4ti[2[3{3l4
413}2/211/4/31 [| | |4/4[3[2{2[1
4]1/2/3/3/411/2| 2/3/44] 1[2[3[3
3]2/21114/313]2| 1/4] 4]3[2[2[ 1/4
4/411/2/3/3/4]1]2[2/3/4/4[1[2[3
212111
2171/4]
413 4/3[2]
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Can you work out the reasoning behind this grid

and complete the missing section?

See p. 243, answer 51

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 HOUSEHOLD ENQUIRY

man enters his house. He asks his daughter, Sally, a question (to which he
does not know the answer). The question is such that whatever the answer,
| right, wrong, true or false, he will know the answer to his question. What was
the question?

CLUES
1. His daughter did not have prior knowledge of the question.
2. She could have answered with any word or words.
3. She was not in the room when the question was asked.

See p. 255, answer 84

 PUZZLE 92

Pick a letter from each bulb in turn and make

the names of five novelists,

See p. 243, answer 30

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 THE PUZZLE KING OF EGYPT

| | heago in the days of the Pharaohs the Puzzle King was a highly favoured
man — so much so that one of the Pharaohs allowed him to design the
/ entrance to his tomb. The Pharaoh said that his tomb must not be plundered
after his death so the design had to deter his people from trying to enter. He
| would also have 200 of his strongest soldiers entombed with him in case he
revived and needed to be released. The design for the entrance is shown below.
| The magic cube would seal the entrance. How did the cube go together before
it was moved into position in the pyramid so that the Pharaoh could get out?

CLUES
1. The cube was solid and made from stone. It was made in two
halves as shown.
2. Dovetail joints were on the faces that you cannot see and are
in central positions. The cube looks the same from each side
view. Each side has the same dovetail joint showing.
3. 200 men could move half of the cube but they
would not be able to move the entire cube.
It took 400 men to move the cube into
place.
4. No outside help was needed.
5. No hinges ortricks were
employed.

See p. 254, answer 66

 PUZZLE93

All these cars started from the

same place and drove to the
cities indicated.
NEW YORK LAS VEGAS
The mileages shown on the 1116 1359
trip meter seem to make no
sense, but the logic comes
from the names of the LOS ANGELES
pes 1728
destinations. Can you work
yy what itis, and CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO
the mileage of the last car? 1233

See p. 245, answer 68

PUZZLE94

1.MRVNOAEC
2.DONIGFEIL
3.TVTALNNARAAI
4.00ENHLINGRA
5.GDIIIVOBOSUNRO

“Here are five anagrams of well-known operas. Hane two additional

letters are hidden in each one, which when put together, make up a new
opera. To help you, the first letter of the new opera is aD (not included in.
any of the anagrams). |
See p. 242, answer 7

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 TARGET PRACTICE

he twins Larry and Pete got up one morning and painted some large targets
on the door of the barn. After the paint had dried, they found that their
cricket ball damaged the door ifthey pitched a fastball. Their rubber and tennis
balls were either lost or of no use because they did not leave a mark to show
where they hit the targets. The twins, who were very competitive, did have
a solution, one that also pleased their parents. They threw balls at the door
for hours and could accurately score every shot without leaving a mess to be
cleared away later and without damaging the paintwork. How was this
possible?

CLUES
1. The balls had no dye and no mud.
2. The balls did not bounce.
3. The twins were told to clear the yard before they could play
ball. This instruction was in their best interest.
4. The children kept clean.

See p. 252, answer 32

 PUZZLE 95

Cc

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D Garr A
A B

N E

V K
F B C ?

C D

Can you find the letter that should replace the question mark?

See p. 247, answer 109

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 SALLY’S WASH

S goes to the bathroom to have a wash. She wants to run a full basin of
water so that she can get a nice lather on the soap, but unfortunately the
plug for the basin has been lost. She cannot find another plug anywhere and
cannot find anything else to fill the plughole. She knows, however, that while
the water from the one tap will not stay in the basin, the water from the other
tap will not run away. Why is this?

CLUES
1. She does not jam the soap in the plughole.
2. The plughole can let out water more quickly than
both taps on full.
3. A few days before and a few days later she could
not have used this idea.
4. She had to run the other tap to clean the basin.

See p. 251, answer 3

 PUZZLE 96

Can you work out the reasoning behind this code and find the artist
of this painting?
See p. 246, answer 87

PUZZLE 97

Sam took a holiday in the United States.

He liked Idaho but hated Texas. ©
He enjoyed Hawaii but not Arkansas.
He loved California but not Wisconsin.

Did he like Illinois?

“ See p.249, answer 158

 HOLD-UP CLUES

| 1g walks into a bar and asks for a glass of water. The barman goes into
the back and then returns to the bar wearing a mask and holding a gun. The
customer thanks him and walks out of the bar without ever having any water.
Why was he satisfied?

| CLUES
1. The barman did not know the customer.
| 2. The customer was not a criminal.
3. The barman did not give or take anything from the
customer, although the customer lost something.

See p. 252, answer 25

 PUZZLE 98

: A . B

C D E

Can you work out which of these cubes cannot be made from the this layout?

See p. 248, answer 118

©
 THE AIRCRAFT
(
|
hy did the men fill
the transatlantic
k‘passenger
jet’s fuselage
with water?

CLUES
. It was safe to do so.
. The jet was not on fire or a fire risk.
. Passengers were at risk prior to this being
done.
. [twas not an emergency procedure after
landing on water.
. It was not a safety drill.

See p. 253, answer 51

©
 PUZZLE99

1113 1725323747?

Can you work out which number comes next in this series?

See p. 249, answer 150

PUZZLE 100

Take one letter from each cloud in order.

You should be able to make the names offive scientists.

See p. 244, answer 58

©
 THE INHERITED HOUSE

gh did not know his uncle had left him Sea View House when he passed
away. He knew that it was a mansion built about 200 metres back from the
cliffs overlooking the sea. He had been there when he was a child, some 30
years ago. Jamie was not close to his uncle, but he was the last surviving rela-
tive. It had taken legal investigators some years to find Jamie, as he worked
overseas. When he saw the mansion again, he was very disappointed. Why?

CLUES
. Ithad been well maintained and was in good order.
. No building had been placed between the house
and the sea.
. The gardens were still in good order.
. The nearby town had prospered.
. It was not sentimental disappointment.
. His uncle had lived there until he died.

(SEAVIEW
|
7

See p. 255, answer 93

 PUZZLE 101

Can you work out which letter

should replace the question mark
in this square?

See p. 244, answer 62

A B
START 3.15 START 3.20

FINISH 2.06 Cc FINISH 1.09

START 5.24

D |
FINISH 2.11
E
START 7.35 START 6.28

FINISH ? FINISH 4.22

All these bikes took part in an overnight race. Something really weird
happened! The start and finish times of the bike became mathematically linked. If
you can discover the link you should be able to decide when bike D finished.
See p. 242, answer 16

©
 A BARGAIN

hy did the multi-millionaire decide to buy land that was over 200 metres
from the seashore?

CLUES
1. It was under the sea.
2. It did not contain any mineral rights and it had
nothing to do with mining.
. There was no oil for hundreds of miles.
. [twas not a port or going to be a port or harbour.
. Ithad nothing to do with swimming rights.
. [twasabargain.

See p. 254, answer 71

 PUZZLE 103

92
a
ow
i
64

Can you work out the reasoning behind these squares and find the
missing number?
See p. 243, answer 32

PUZZLE 104

a Ls
ne ROL
To which of these diagrams could you add a circle to match the conditions
of the top figure?

See p. 249, answer 148

©
 THE FIRE DRILL

A a school in Florida the fire bell sounded for a fire drill. The children and
teachers were orderly and knew what to do. The children did not know that
it was a practice session. The fire department, however, were needed because a
major state of panic ensued. What occurred?

CLUES
1. The teachers and children could not exit the building.
2. The Fire Department knew of the fire drill but they were not
required to be on site for the drill. They were, however,
summoned.
. Many lives could have been endangered by leaving the
school building.
4. Fire was not involved.
. Doors and windows were closed throughout the school.

See p. 256, answer 107

 PUZZLE 105

Which of these shapes fits the above to complete the polygon?

See p. 250, answer 174

©
 DON’T JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS

At was born before his father and he married his three sisters. He did
nothing against the laws of God or man. How was this so?

CLUES
1. He remained celibate all his life.
2. He only had one father but worshipped another.
3. He did not belong to a religious order that
permitted close family or multiple marriages.
4. His father was 30 years older than he.

See p. 253, answer 49

 PUZZLE 106

PE,
BADEN-BADEN
PF.
EPSOM

PE
LONGCHAMP

PF,
SARATOGA
PF.
NEWMARKET

All these horses are about to race at famous courses around the world.
Which is the odd one out?
See p. 242, answer 11

PUZZLE 107

Can you work out the reasoning

behind this diagram and fill in the
last square?

See p. 249, answer 143

 THE MUSICAL END

he entire family gathered around Grandpa’s bed in the hospital at visiting

time as usual. He had been in a coma for a few days but he was not expected
to die in the near future. The piped music in the hospital stopped suddenly and
Grandpa died almost immediately. Why?

CLUES
1. He was hooked up to monitors and drip feeds.
2. He was hooked up to life-support equipment.
3. The equipment did not fail.
4. The power supply to the equipment did not fail.
5. His death was preventable.

See p. 251, answer 13

©
 PUZZLE 108

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Can you work out which of these squares is the odd one out?

See p. 247, answer 103

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 A BODY BAG IN THE SUITCASE

heryl had just met a new boyfriend, Floyd. They met in Las Vegas and got
married after a whirlwind romance. When they loaded up the car she looked
into a suitcase that she had not packed, which had been left in the boot of the
car by her new husband. It contained a bag with a boy’s body in it. The suitcase
had holes in it so that air could get in and the bag was partially open. She did
not leave Floyd or report the incident to the police. Why?

CLUES
1. He told her that she had found his best friend.
. The body bag was used for protection.
. The boy was 7 years old.
. [twas not his son.
. The body was fully dressed.
. Foul play was not suspected even though an arm
had been broken.

See p. 255, answer 89

 PUZZLE 109

Can you find the odd shape out?

See p. 247, answer 108

©
 CARDINAL LOCK’EMUP

he Cardinal was given the king's own writing desk for catching and locking
up a musketeer who, it was alleged, had seduced the queen. The desk was
magnificent, with thousands of inlays and studded with jewels. It had four
crystal inkwells and a drawer for 20 quills. The Cardinal, who was the Minister
for Justice, knew that the musketeer was not guilty, but it suited his plans to
have him executed. On the day before the scheduled execution, three
musketeers had an audience to plead with the Cardinal for leniency. The
Cardinal would not listen so the musketeers made him listen at the end of a
sword and made him write out a release paper, which is shown below.

To The Captain ofGuards

CLUES L authorizethe immediate release
Musketeer Antonio.
1. The musketeers saw the letter te a ea charges made
being written. against him
2. The format and seals for the Signed : Cardinal Lockemup
letter were in order.
. The Cardinal had not anticipated such a move and had not
given special instructions to the Captain of Guards.
. The king and queen did not know what was going on.
. The musketeers did not have an arrest warrant out for them.
. Antonio was the right musketeer and they went to the correct jail.
LS. The Cardinal did not raise the alarm.
NHN

he letter was sealed using the Cardinal's seal, rolled up and sealed again. The
Cardinal was asked to ensure that he would not be disturbed for two hours.
He was then bound, gagged and locked in his room. The three musketeers then
went to collect the other musketeer and were all arrested. Why?
See p. 254, answer 61

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Can you work out the pattern sequence and

fill in the missing section?

See p. 247, answer 101

 THE BURGLAR

burglar climbed into a house but made what was, for him, an unusually
large amount of noise. He ran through the house and identified the owners most
precious treasures and ran out of the house with them. On exiting the house he
found that the police were already waiting for him. The homeowners did not
press charges and the police took the case no further. The neighbours, however,
who had been awakened by the commotion, insisted that the man be arrested.
What was going on?

CLUES
1. The house was alarmed.
2. The noise made by the burglar woke everyone in
the house.
3. He had to get out of the house quickly.
4. He was planning to burgle the house.
5. The judge was lenient.

See p. 252, answer 33

 PUZZLE 111

Can you work out which number should replace the question mark?

See p. 249, answer 152

PUZZLE 112

Can you find the number that comes next in this

series?

See p. 245, answer 65

 THE POLICEWOMAN

he policewoman just watched as a man tried to pick a lock to enter a house.

He failed to get in so he broke a window and gained access.

The policewoman was not on duty and she failed to report the crime. Why?

CLUES
1. She knew the person’s house.
2. She did not follow the incident up when she next
went to work.
3. She liked the people living in the house.
4. She knew that the people living there were in no
danger.

See p. 251, answer 10

 PUZZLE 113

FROGGIT BLEASDALE

OO a
95 LUDLOW T T T

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WINTERBOTTOM
36 GRIMBLE

OB 146
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Each farmer gets a different tonnage per acre. Somehow the number of tons is
related to the letters in his name. How many tons does Grimble get? You need
to find two possible values for each letter.

See p. 244, answer 61

©
 THE REMOVAL MEN

he removal men had been asked to pack and move the contents of a very
expensive house to another even more exclusive area. The house contents
included fine silver and gold cutlery, rare pieces of art and very expensive
collections of stamps. One of the removal men found the temptation too much
and stole a page from the stamp collection. It was the homeowner who was
jailed. How could this be?

CLUES
1. It was not an insurance scam.
2. The removal man did not know the homeowner.
3. The removal man lost his job and was arrested.
4. The value of each of the stamps was over $10,000.

See p. 252, answer 24

 PUZZLE 114

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Which cube can be made from this layout?

See p. 248, answer 114

©
 THE SAVAGE ATTACK

man charged through a crowd of people and ripped off a pretty lady's
blouse, punched her on the chest, and carried her away with him. The
crowd were in shock and nobody tried to stop the man. Why not?

CLUES
1. He had never seen the lady before.
2. The police pursued him.
3. He was not armed and was nota
physically strong person.
4. The police did not arrest him.

See p. 253, answer 53

 PUZZLE 115

Here is another diagam in which we have supplied the letters you do NOT
need to complete the puzzle! When you have decided which letters are missing
rearrange them and you will find a city named after a US President.
Beware! One letter is used twice.
See p. 249, answer 166

PUZZLE 116

22 16 33 - 24 ? _ 32

14 10 (21 15 28 20

20 18 30 27 40 =.
12 18 24
Can you find work out which number should replace the question mark?

See p. 243, answer 33

©
 CHEAP SHOPPER!

pe on a low income wanted to save money on his supermarket bills. He

was useful with a computer and understood how the supermarket system
worked. After going to the supermarket he implemented his scheme. He had a
full trolley of goods and was prepared to pay the price on the register for all of
the goods, yet he was arrested. Why?

CLUES
1. The register asked for £120.25, which he offered to
Pay.
2. All of the goods bought were in tins, jars, or packets.
He did not buy any fruit or vegetables.
3. He declared everything at the till and kept
nothing in the trolley or on his person.

See p. 255, answer 94

 PUZZLE 117

Can you work out the reasoning behind these squares and find the number that
should replace the question mark?
See p. 247, answer 110

PUZZLE 118

Can you find the odd shape out?

See p. 249, answer 147

 FATHER VS SON

Joe’s son was very fit and worked out every day but he was not the brainiest
of individuals. Joe had seen his youth come and go and he was now in his
late 40s and not in good health. He felt that he could still beat his son even ifhe
gave his son a small start. Joe’s son, who would never throw a chance to beat
his father, took up the challenge, but still lost. How?

CLUES
1. Joe was never any good as an athlete.
2. Joe never cheated and did not have any help.
3. It did not involve any motors or sails.
4. Joe’s son did not let his father win deliberately.
5. The son had a 10-second start.

See p. 254, answer 72

 PUZZLE 119

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 THE AWKWARD PIANO

Ifwas a bit of a practical joker and his workmates would always be under
attack from him. One day they had to move a piano and some other items
up the stairs in a department store. Although the piano was heavy, they
decided that they could still put a few things on top of it before they carried it
up the stairs. Alf was going backwards and went up the stairs at the leading
edge of the piano. Joe was at the bottom end and soon ran into a problem. Alf
asked if he could hold the piano in place while he got help. Joe said, “Yes, but be
quick.” Alfrushed off and returned in under a minute pushing something into
Joe’s top pocket. “There,” said Alf, “that should do it!” Joe was not amused. What
had Alf done that he thought might have helped Joe so much? (Not!)

CLUES
1. He used a literal translation of a need for help.
2. It did not help Joe at all and the piano was stuck.
3. Nobody else helped.

See p. 255, answer 104

 PUZZLE 120

Pick one letter from each bulb in order. You can make the names offive artists.

See p. 243, answer 28

PUZZLE 121

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Can you find the odd diagram out?

See p. 248, answer 124
 THE FIRE

he couple had just finished building their house and because the night
would be very cold, they wanted to build a fire to keep warm. The wind
outside was gusting at 40 mph and they were soon very cosy and fell asleep. A
few hours later they were both dead. What had gone wrong?

CLUES
1. The house had not burned down.
2. The house had not been blown down.
3. They had not suffocated.
4. They had not been burned to death.

See p. 253, answer 43

 PUZZLE 122

Can you work out the reasoning behind

this square and replace the question
mark with a number?

See p. 242, answer 23

PUZZLE 123
MARS JUPITER

VENUS

SATURN URANUS

D E

The first interplanetary travellers are about to set off. Whose luggage is going to
be put off at the wrong stop?
See p. 243, answer 49

79
 IS THE DOCTOR WRONG?

farm worker fell from his tractor and suffered bruising and what he
thought might be a broken ankle. He was taken to the local hospital where
the student doctor started to investigate his problems. Almost at once he
shouted, “Cardiac arrest!” and revival equipment was rushed into the
outpatients area. The diagnosis was correct and the farm worker went home
in the next five hours. How could this be?

CLUES
1. The farm worker was alive when he went home and
he was discharged by qualified staff.
. The student doctor did everything correctly.
. The consultant physician thanked the doctor for his
prompt action.
. Neither the broken ankle, nor the bruising, caused
the cardiac arrest.

See p. 256, answer 113

 PUZZLE 124

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The phrase ARC DE TRIOMPHE is concealed somewhere in this grid.

It occurs in its entirety only once. It is written in straight lines with only
one change of direction. Can you find it?

See p. 244, answer 43

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 THE MASTER FORGER

he best forger of all time was indeed a most brilliant artist and a man
respected and sought after in the criminal world. He was so good that every
major intelligence force kept a watchful eye on him and anyone he came in
contact with. They even bugged his home and workplace with microphones and
cameras. This came in useful when he was asked to copy the new £50 note. The
police were tipped off and decided to search his premises before he even got
Started. Why?

CLUES
. It was not to see if he had any paper or ink.
. It was not to see if he had any photographic
equipment.
. The search was successful.
. The forger made perfect copies of the £50 note
at a later date and was immediately arrested and

CEES
bry

See p. 253, answer 58

 PUZZLE 125

Can you work out what the next wheel in this sequence should look like?

See p. 244, answer 55

PUZZLE 126

Which of the columns below fi

would continue this
sequence?

See p. 248, answer 130 ar

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 GOLFERS

wo golfers had a challenge match. One scored 72 and the other scored 74.
The player with the highest score won. How could this be, given the
following clues?

CLUES
. They played off the same handicap.
. They had both scored correctly.
. Neither player had incurred penalty shots and they
followed the rules precisely.
. The player with the lower score was not disqualified.
. [twas not a tournament where only the player scoring
74 was entered.

See p. 255, answer 87

 PUZZLE 127

_ MINNEAPOLIS |
DALLAS ©
ANDOVER
- ROCKFORD
DAVENPORT

INDEPENDENCE
WICHITA FALLS |
ATLANTA
CHICAGO |
PASADENA
NEWYORK
Which of the names in the bottom column can be added to the top one?
This may seem confusing initially but, despite appearances, it is not an
American puzzle and you will find a capital solution.

See p. 248, answer 139

76
 THE CUP OF COFFEE

blind man went into a restaurant and ordered a cup of coffee. When it
arrived he complained that the coffee was not hot enough and requested a
fresh cup. When it arrived he complained that it was the same cup. How did
he know?

CLUES
1. The cup did not have a crack or anything that
distinguished it from the other cups that were
used in the restaurant.
2. He had not left a sticky mark or cream on the
outside of the cup.

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Nae See p. 254, answer 62
 PUZZLE 128

LA,
& FW.Can you work out which symbol is the odd one out?

See p. 248, answer 125

PUZZLE 129

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SOLAR FLARE
PA
SILVER STREAK

SUPER SAVAGE STEEL SABER

All these horses are ready for the off. Which is the odd one out?
See p. 243, answer 48
 MAD DRIVER?

hy did the driver accelerate quickly to ram the car in front of him on the
three-lane motorway?

CLUES
. He had not been drinking or taking drugs.
. He did not know the driver in the car in front
of him.
. His foot had not had a muscle spasm; his
action was deliberate.
He did not wish to harm anyone.
. It was not a result of an act of nature such as
an earthquake.
. It was not to leap over abroken bridge or hole
in the road.

See p. 252, answer 31

 PUZZLE 130

Can you find the number that should replace the question mark?

See p. 249, answer 142

PUZZLE 131

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Can you work out which shape should replace the question mark?

See p. 242, answer 22

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 AMAZEMENT

he child watched in total amazement as a man blew up a bank, killing

three people. The child had a clear view of the whole event. The police did
not need to question him. Why?

CLUES
. The child was 12 years old.
. The child told his parents what he had seen and they
did not report it.
. The family were not afraid of repercussions.
. The man was not known to the child but he could
describe the killer and all the events clearly.
. The child was not one to lie.
6. The killer did not own up to the killing.

See p. 251, answer 4

 PUZZLE 132
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Can you work out the logic behind these triangles and replace the question
mark with a number?

See p. 246, answer 100

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 TRIANGLES

hat is the largest number of non-overlapping triangles that can be pro-

duced by drawing 7 straight lines?

This diagram only gives 5 but you can get many more from 7 lines.

See p. 251, answer 22

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 PUZZLE 133

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She likes Hamburg but hates Berlin. |:
She likes Strasbourg but avoids Paris.
‘She loves Milan but hates Rome. _

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PUZZLE 134

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Can you work out which number should replace the question mark?

See p. 242, answer 13

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 THE JEALOUS HUSBANDS

(This puzzle was devised in 1612 by Claude-Gaspar Bachet.)

hree jealous husbands have to cross a river in a rowing boat with their wives.
The boat can only carry two people at a time, and only three of the six people can
row. How can the six of them cross the river so that none of the women are left
in the company of any other man except when her husband is present?

See p. 254, answer 59

 PUZZLE 135

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Can you work out which of these diagrams would continue the series?
See p. 249, answer 141

PUZZLE 136

Which of these shapes should replace the question mark?

See p. 243, answer 29

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 THE MEETING

he man from Nepal came by plane to visit the man from China who wore a
chain around his neck. What was the weather like when the man from Iran
joined them?

AL G
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VA of

See p. 255, answer 99.

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 PUZZLE 137

Can you unravel the code on this

book to find its famous author?

See p. 242, answer 1

PUZZLE 138

Can you unravel the logic behind this square and find the missing letter?

See p. 246, answer 81

 CONFUSION & LIES

here was once a family that was well known for being awkward. The males in
the family always told the truth but the women in the family never made two
consecutive true or untrue statements.

When met by a visitor, the father and mother had one child with them. The visitor
asked the child, “Are you a boy?” but the visitor could not understand the reply.
One of the parents said that the child responded,“Iam a boy”. The other parent
then said, “The child lied, she is a girl”. Was the child a boy or a girl and what did
the child say?

See p. 254, answer 78

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 PUZZLE 139

TeedNO. 220
ei,
DENVER KANSAS CITY

NO. 363
GALVESTON LAFAYETTE

NO. 428
A) PORTLAND
B) CHICAGO
C) NASHVILLE
D) BUFFALO

The number of each train and its destination are in some way related.
Can you work out where train No. 428 is bound for?
See p. 243, answer 47

©
 LATERAL THINKING GEM FROM
TIMES GONE BY

(a you make 101010 into 950 by adding just one straight line?

See p. 256, answer 111

©
 PUZZLE 140

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a B C D E

Can you work out which of these symbols follows the sequence above?
See p. 247, answer 113

PUZZLE 141

va
Nee

Take one letter from each of these bulbs in order.

You will be able to make the names of five poets.
See p. 242, answer 19

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 THE CASINO

ive people sat on the edge of a large casino and played from 10pm to 3am.
They were professionals and did not stop for a break and nobody joined
or left them. They played together without the assistance of anyone from the
casino. They kept their own scores and, at the end, all of them went home with
more than they had to start with. How could this be?

CLUES
1. They were not playing against machines such as slot
machines or blackjack machines.
2. They were not playing bingo or against the house.
3. Each of them went home not losing and always gaining
whenever they played together at the casino.

See p. 253, answer 47

 PUZZLE 142

1804 1908

1820 1812 1924 1916

1932 cs

1948 ~+=1940

Can you work out the reasoning behind these triangles and replace the
question mark with a number?

See p. 243, answer 34

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 CORPORAL IN THE ARMY

Ae sat down ina restaurant and started to read the menu out loud, but
to himself. “Steak and chips, £7; steak, egg and chips, £8.50; salad, £4...’
etc. The waiter went up to the man and said, “You must be a corporal in the
Army”. He was correct but how did he make this connection?

CLUES
1. They had not met before and the man was alone.
2. They were not near an army base.
3. The man’s voice was not disturbing anyone.
4. He did not speak like a drill-sergeant.

See p. 256, answer 112

 PUZZLE 143

152
346891 16?
Can you find the number that comes next in this series?
See p. 245, answer 66

PUZZLE 144

NO. 10 NO. 2

ARRIVES 2.15
AO
ARRIVES 3.02

NO. 30

FO
ARRIVES 2.45

NO. 8 NO. ?

czo
ARRIVES 3.08 ARRIVES 2.30

Five cyclists are taking part in a race. The number of each rider and its arrival
time are in some way related. Can you work out the number of the rider who
arrives at 2.30?
See p. 242, answer 3

©
 THE ABANDONED

harlie was abandoned at an early age and life had been a struggle, notjust
for him, but also for his adoptive parents. He killed his adoptive parents’
offspring, yet they still worked hard to ensure he survived and had a home. As
soon as Charlie was old enough he left his parents, never to return.

Neither the police nor the social services had anything to do with Charlie, even
though he also killed his own offspring. Why?

CLUES
1. It had nothing to do with being underage when he
killed.
. His family had a reputation for punctuality.
. His adoptive parents did not press charges even
though the murders were brutal.
. He never joined the military or had a social service
number.
. He was born in the spring.

See p. 251, answer 11

 PUZZLE 145

Can you work out, using the amounts of time specified, whether you have to go
forward or backward at each stage to get from the time on the top clock to the
bottom clock?

See p. 249, answer 162

©
 THE CHEETAH AND THE HYENA

he cheetah tells lies on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and tells the
truth on each of the other days of the week. The hyena lies on Thursdays,
Fridays and Saturdays, but tells the truth on each of the other days.

One day the lion heard them talking.The cheetah said, “Yesterday |lied all day,’
to which the hyena responded with exactly the same words. What day was it?

oO‘i

See p. 255, answer 86

©
 PUZZLE 146

Can you work out which letter should

replace the question mark
in this square?

See p. 243, answer 31

The following clock faces are in some way related. Can you work out what
the time on clock No. 3 should be?

See p. 242, answer 5

©
LOST AT SEA

oshua Shrimp had been at sea for

forty years and in that time he had
been right around the globe many
times. However, he had always spent
his nights in bed and on dry land.
How?

See p. 254, answer 65

 PUZZLE 148

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L|T|1{S|BiE|T/O/F|S|TIA|T[U|E|O
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E/B/t {tL/FlolT{s [TiAl T[UlElO[E|L
RIT{S (TAIT FO|T/RIE/BII

The phrase STATUE OF LIBERTY is concealed in this grid.

It occurs only once in its entirety. Can you find it? It is written in
straight lines with only one change of direction.

See p. 247, answer 98

®
 ALIEN CONFERENCE

t was the year 2156AD and 1000 aliens attended the intergalactic meeting on
Mars.

606 had 3 eyes.

700 had 2 noses.
497 had 4 legs.
20 had none of the above 3 traits.
4 times as many people had only 3 eyes
as an oddity as had only 4 legs as
an oddity.
220 aliens had a combination of all 3
oddities.

How many aliens had only 2 noses as an oddity ifonly 30 aliens

had 3 eyes and 4 legs as oddities?

See p. 254, answer 80

03
 ZLE 149
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PUZ

Can you work out which number

should replace the question mark
in this square?

See p. 248, answer 138

ty,
PUZZLE 150

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Can you work out which diagram is the odd one
out?
See p. 248, answer 140

®
 THE MILLIONAIRE’S INHERITANCE

millionaire leaves $14,148,167 to his seven sons and the rest to charity. In
his will he makes a proviso that everything must be given to charity ifthe
sons cannot divide the money equally between them. Is there a way in which
they can inherit?

See p. 251, answer 9

 PUZZLE 151

A. No. 6 (873) B. No. 10 (?)

On 4372
OF 6356

C. No. 4 (1093)

5238

D. No. 14 (454) E. No. 3 (1262)

3786 9870

Each tractor gathers potatoes over a certain acreage (shown in brackets). The
weight of potatoes in kilos is shown under each tractor. There is a relationship
between the number of the tractor, the acreage and the weight gathered. What
weight should tractor B show? |

See p. 243, answer 39 |

206 |
 ANOTHER MANSION MURDER

he Lord of the Manor has been murdered. The visitors to the manor were
Abbie, Bobby and Colin. The murderer was the visitor who arrived at the
manor later than at least one of the other two visitors. One of the visitors was
a detective who arrived at the manor earlier than at least one of the other two
visitors. The detective arrived at midnight. Neither Abbie nor Bobby arrived at
the manor after midnight. The earlier arriver of Bobby and Colin was not the
detective. The later arriver of Abbie and Colin was not the murderer. Who then
was it who committed the murder?

See p. 251, answer21

 PUZZLE 152

a 5

: — :a

8 16 10 25
A B

2 3

i ee
A 8 6 9
Cc D

Can you work out which triangle does not follow the same rule as the others?

See p. 242, answer 6

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 IN THE DIRT

pe children were playing in the loft of a barn before it gave way and they fell
to the ground below. When they dusted themselves off, the face of one was
dirty while the other's was clean. Only the clean-faced boy went off to wash his
face. Why?

CLUES
1. Neither of them needed cold water
to stop bruising and neither child
was hurt.
. Neither child put their dirty hands on
their faces.
. It was dusty and they had both
sweated.

See p. 253, answer 52

 PUZZLE 153

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2 DY
Can you work out which of these cubes is not the same as the others?

See p. 242, answer 2

PUZZLE 154

Can you unravel the logic behind these squares and find the missing number?
See p. 245, answer 71

®
 THE HOLIDAY DISASTER

Bi Drallam and his lifelong companion did not like the cold weather and
often flew to warmer climes for a winter break. This year they decided
that they would go with other friends in a larger group. They reached the
airport and most of the group were killed, together with 30 people they
had never met before. The survivors who suffered injury who were in their
group were not taken to hospital, yet all of the other survivors with injuries
were. Can you explain what occurred?

CLUES
1. Members from their group caused the problem.
2. They did not cause the problem deliberately.
3. No disease or virus was involved.
4. It was not a terrorist or hijack situation.
5. Ithad nothing to do with guns.
6. Ifthey had not gone with the larger group the 30
strangers may have survived.

See p. 255, answer 91

 PUZZLE 155

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ee
Ag ie”
Can you work out what the next flower in this series should look like?

See p. 246, answer 95

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 EVOLUTION

hree uninhabited islands were within swimming distance from each other
but only at certain times of the year. This depended on the strong currents
that flowed between them. A group of naturalist explorers put animal x on
island A, animal y on island B and animal z on island C. No other animals were
on the islands and no animals visited the islands.

When the explorers returned several years later they found island A had no ani-
mals on it. Island B had animals x and y plus one new animal on it, and island
Chad the same type of animals as island B plus z and another new animal. Can
you name the five animals?

See p. 254, answer 73

 PUZZLE 156

Can you find the missing number in

this square?

See p. 242, answer 10

PUZZLE 157

No. 9 No. 10

Takes 1 hr 35 Takes 1 hr 43
No. 11

Takes 1 hr 52
No. 14 No. ?

Takes 2 hr 27 Takes 2 hr 33

Five cyclists are taking part in a race. The number of each rider and his cycling
time are related to each other. Can you work out the number of the last cyclist?
See p. 243, answer 38
 THE FULL CASK OF WINE

eee a shipwreck a case of wine is washed ashore and is lodged

precariously on some rocks on the seashore. The sole inhabitant of the island
only has a bottle with a rubber seal which fits the bunghole at the top of the
cask exactly. He also has an endless supply of fresh drinking water. He cannot
move the barrel at all and cannot break the cask for fear of losing all of the
contents. How does he get the wine into the bottle ifhe is not allowed to put
water into the cask and he does not wish to spoil the wine?

ae Hole at the top of the cask

See p. 255, answer 100

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 Fp
PUZZLE 158

Te
Can you work out which of these symbols would continue the series?

See p. 248, answer 134

PUZZLE 159

Which of these squares does not follow the same rule as the others?

See p. 245, answer 74

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 RECOVERING WITH A LETTER

deaf lady was tricked by a conman who told her that he could make her
hear ifshe bought a special letter from him. When she opened the envelope
what did she find?

See p. 253, answer 46

 PUZZLE 160

PIE/P|P|S/E/TIP|I|NIEIN/E|SISIS
E/RIE|SINITINININ/E/RITINININE,
NIPIN/EIRITIE|T/EIPIN|S|E/E/ IIR.
TIEITIRIP|S| Ili |T|P|TIPITIRITIP
NIN|T/PIE/EININITIRIRIS/E/PINIE
E|TINIEINITIE/E/E/E/S/E(TIE/E|N
IIN/EIN|TIRIS/E|SIRIE|TISIN[P|T
SIEIRITIPIEIN|TI|IIN/E|TIS(T[RIT
SIEIRIN|PIEINIT/1 [NE(E IN| [E[T
E/S/R/E/I/S/E(R/PIEINIT|1 INIS|E
SIEITIEININ| 1[TIN[EPIRIE|S (TIE
RISIEINIE|I(TIN[ 1[PIR[EIS{E|s|T
SIEIRIPIEINISINITITINJEIPIRIE|S
The word SERPENTINE is hidden somewhere in this grid. It occurs in its entirety
only once. Can you find it? It may be spelt in any direction but is all in one line.

See p. 245, answer 59

 THE TWINS CAUSE CONFUSION

father always wanted four sons. His ancestors had always had large families
and so he thought nothing about it. He was, however, upset in later life
because he had only produced three sons. His eldest son was now 28 years old
and he had given him a quarter of his land as his inheritance already. He had
not passed other shares to his other sons before a wonderful event occurred:
twins, and both boys! He immediately split the remaining land into four equally
shaped parts, which were also equal in area, and gave each remaining child a
share. How did he do this, given that he had divided the land awkwardly?

See p. 256, answer 114

 PUZZLE 161

4444 4444

Pips
4464 4444

444

Pick one letter from each cloud in order. You should be able to make
the names offive Roman emperors.

See p. 245, answer 63

®
 HOW TO TRICK THE GENIE?

he king had a magic lamp that contained a genie. He also had a

beautiful daughter who loved Aladdin, but the king did not like Aladdin
and did not wish them to marry. He did not wish to upset his daughter, so one
day he rubbed on the lamp and devised a plan with the genie. The king said he
would call upon Aladdin and his daughter and seek a test of worthiness from
the genie for Aladdin. They would all have to abide by the results. Aladdin was
passing by when he heard the king and the genie planning the event. The genie
said, “I will produce two envelopes for Aladdin to choose his fate. We will tell
him that one contains the words ‘Get Married’ and the other will contain the
words ‘Banished Forever: Aladdin must choose one envelope, but |will make
sure that both envelopes have ‘Banished Forever.”

How did Aladdin trick the genie and the king?

See p. 251, answer 12

 PUZZLE 162

Can you work out how many triangles

there are in this diagram altogether?

See p. 246, answer 99

PUZZLE 163
Quay 13 Quay 28

a aa
Cardiff Porthcawl
Quay 11

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Aparri
Quay 12 Quay «26

Bharuch The number of the quay and a) Bhaktal

the ship's destination are in pei:
some way related. Can you eee
work out which harbour the
ship on Quay 26 is bound for?

See p. 242, answer 4

222)
 CAR GRID

n are in a car that is parked and facing east on a straight road. You set off in
the direction of the facing road and after some time driving you finish up 2.7
miles to the west of where you started. How?

CLUES
1. Itis not a car with hovering capabilities.
2. tis not ona trailer or being towed.
3. You have not gone around the world.
4. You cannot turn the car around.

See p. 255, answer 81

PUZZLE 164

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See p. 247, answer 112

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ifs mothers and two daughters went shopping for new dresses for a
wedding celebration. They each returned with a new dress, but they had
only bought 3 dresses. How can this be correct?

See p. 254, answer 79

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 PUZZLE 165

Can you find the numberto replace

the question mark?

See p. 243, answer 27 .c

Can you find the odd figure out?

See p. 248, answer 132

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 NOT SO SCIENTIFIC

hat is it that you can see with the naked eye, seems to have no weight
and yet the more of them you put into an empty container, the lighter the
container becomes? Two answers are possible.

See p. 252, answer 30

 PUZZLE 167

Can you find the shape that should replace the question mark in
the last circle?
See p. 242, answer 8

PUZZLE 168
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Denver Portland
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Sacramento
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Evansville —)—
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c) Boston
route. Can you find ya etal it
the missing town of the last train? See p. 243, answer 37

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 THE ARCTIC EXPLORERS

Ar! went into a seafood restaurant and ordered seal stew. After only a few
mouthfuls he wrote a note to the police and then pulled out a gun and shot
himself. Why?

CLUES
. He was not an unhappy man and he had not thought
about this action before going to the restaurant.
. He chose seal stew because he had had to survive on
this food for 14 days on a recent expedition.
. His note told the police that he was committing
suicide and giving the reason.
. The reason given referred to his last expedition with
two friends.

See p. 251, answer 15

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This grid follows a certain pattern. Can you work out which
signs complete the missing grid?

See p. 245, answer 70

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 THE GRAVEL QUARRY

ig Al and Little Joe had just robbed a jeweller’s but the police were not far
behind them. Their escape route went near an abandoned gravel quarry
where Little Joe had worked when the quarry was open. They stopped and
dropped the bag containing the jewels over the edge of the rim and saw where
it landed. Just to make sure it was well hidden, they threw some dry sand over
the bag where it had landed. After 20 seconds they looked over the edge and
they could not see the bag, and the sand blended with the damp sandy surface
below. Two miles further on the police arrested the men and later had to release
them for lack of evidence. Big Al killed Little Joe the next day and got away with
the murder. What were the circumstances?

CLUES
1. Neither of them had told the police where to find the
jewels.
. No animal, bird or person moved the jewels.
. The jewels had gone from the spot where they were
stacked.
. Big Al did not take the jewels in the night and he did
not suspect Little Joe of taking the jewels. Little Joe did
not suspect Big Al of removing the jewels.
. They remembered the correct spot exactly.
. Awarning sign had been placed so that it could not be
seen from above.

See p. 254, answer 60

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A B

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Can you work out which two pyramids cannot be made from the
above layout?
See p.249, answer 168

PUZZLE 171

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Can you work out the reasoning behind these squares and replace the
question mark with a number?

See p. 245, answer 72

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Mf - ello,’said Henry, as he gave his girlfriend a peck on the cheek. He then

asked, “Where's dinner?” After a few moments he said, “Your dad couldn't
say that”. He was right, but do you know why?

CLUES
1. Her father was alive and in good health, and
there was nothing wrong with his mind or voice.
. He was born and raised in the same country as
all of his offspring.
. They still lived together and communicated
every day.
. The father was not angry with Henry.

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See p. 255, answer 97

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world outside. Each day he gazed
wistfully through the glass at a world
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I the unthinkable happened. Some boys
playing outside accidentally broke
the glass. Instantly Fred regretted his
MRA }curiosity.

See p. 254, answer 69

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Take one letter from each cloud in order. You should be able to make the
names of five playwrights.

See p. 243, answer 25

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 LITTLE ANNIE

t wasjust after Christmas when Little Annie went to the village shop to buy
some sweets and a few things for her mother. “That will be £10.50, Annie,”
said the shopkeeper. Annie handed over a £10 note and a £5 note, and waited
for her goods and change.

“| can’t give you the goods or change until your mother comes in, Annie,’ the
shopkeeper explained in a very friendly tone. Why?

CLUES
1. She had not purchased any tobacco, perfume, alcohol products,
or anything where her age required herto be older.
2. Her mother would not have been upset with her even though
she had not asked herto go to the shop.
3. She often ran to the shop for her mother for small items and
was always partial to a few sweets for her trouble.
4. She was an honest child.

See p. 255, answer 102

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Can you find the odd shape out?

See p. 248, answer 133

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 THE MAGICIAN

he magician’s table is smoking with carbon dioxide gas,produced from dry

ice in water. The mystery increases as he taps a smoking metal ball with his
wand and places it in a wooden box, which isjust big enough to enclose it. The
box is placed on a tray for all to see and a few moments later the ball is gone.
What was the scientific explanation for this?

CLUES
1. It was a solid metal ball.
2. Asmall hole at the bottom of the box existed.
3. The ball was 30 times too big to go through the hole.
4, The box was hot.

See p. 251, answer 14

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Answer 1 Answer 14
C. Dickens, The code is based on the number alphabet reversed, i.e. Z T. Based on the number alphabet backwards (Z=1, A=26 etc.), add
=1,A=26, etc. together two consecutive squares in the same row. Convert the sum
toa new letter and put in the row above in the square that is directly
Answer 2 above the two consecutive squares.
(C
Answer 15
Answer 3 No. 2. Take the first digit of the weight from the second to arrive at
20. Multiply hours by minutes and divide by 3 to get the number of new number.
the rider.
Answer 16
Answer 4 3.13. Start time A minus Finish A = Finish B. Start time B minus Finish
D. Multiply digits. The resulting product gives the alphabetical position B=Finish C, etc.
of the first letter of the place name.
Answer 17
Answer 5 142334. It works on a number code. 1 is letters A-E inclusive, 2 FJ,
9.05. The minute hand goes forward 25 minutes, the hour hand back 3 K-0, 4 P-T, 5 U-Y and 6Z.
by 5 hours.
Answer 18
Answer 6 Denver, Buffalo, Houston, Boston, Seattle, Miami. The extra city is
C. Divide the left number by 2, place this number at the apex, then Philadelphia.
square it and put this number at the right. Finally, add all three
numbers together and put the sum as a roman numeral in the middle. Answer 19
In triangle C, the right number should be 4 and the middle number Blake, Byron, Dante, Donne, Plath.
should be X.
Answer 20
Answer 7 G. Itis a term for tempo, while the others are types of dance.
Carmen, Fidelio, La Traviata, Lohengrin,
Boris Godunov. The additional opera is Don Giovanni. Answer 21
Ratatouille. It is the only vegetarian dish.
Answer 8
The symbols are determined by the number of sides, as Answer 22
follows: circle 1, L-shape 2, triangle 3, square 4, pentagon The symbols are the same in opposite segments.
5, hexagon 6. Starting at 1 and moving in a clockwise direction skip
1 shape, then 2, repeat. When you have reached the 8th segment Answer 23
continue with the 1st segment in the 2nd circle, and continue in the 48. In each box of four numbers, multiply the top two numbers, put
same order in this and the subsequent circle. the product in the bottom right box, then subtract the top right
number from the bottom right one and put the difference in the
Answer 9 bottom left box.
It starts at the top left and works inward in an anti-clockwise spiral.
Answer 24
Answer 10 C.Take the first digit from the second. The resulting digit gives the
384. Starting at the top right hand corner work through the square ina alphabetic number of the initial letter of the answer.
vertical boustrophedon, multiplying by 4 and dividing by 2 alternately.

Answer 11
D. They are all in alphabetical order except for D.

Answer 12
It starts at the top left and works inward in an anti-clockwise spiral.

Answer 13
18. Multiply the numbers in the outer section, reverse the product and
put in the middle of the next section.

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Answer 25 Answer 41
Brecht, Coward, Dryden, Pinter, Racine. Bartok, Boulez, Chopin, Delius, Mahler.

Answer26 Answer 42
WiN= 122" = 9) M3, = 5, @i The faces pattern sequence is smiley,
smiley, straight, sad, sad, smiley,
Answer 27 straight, straight, sad, etc. Start at the
76. Starting at the bottom left hand corner, work through the square in bottom left and
a clockwise spiral, multiplying by 2 and subtracting 6, alternately. work in a horizontal
boustrophedon.
Answer 28
Bacon, Bosch, Klimt, Manet, Monet.
Answer 43 - See p. 244
Answer 29
72. Add the two numbers in each bar, multiply the digits of that sum » Answer44
and put the product three squares ahead The symbol turns 180° clockwise,
135° anti-clockwise, 90° clockwise,
Answer 30 45° anti-clockwise.
Camus, Defoe, Dumas, Verne, Wells.

Answer 31
G. Starting at the bottom left corner, work through the alphabet in an
anti-clockwise spiral. Miss 1 letter, then 2 letters, 1 letter, etc., going
back to the start of the alphabet after reaching Z. Answer 45
Heart = 8, Diamond = 4, Club = 6, Spade = 2.
Answer 32
92. Multiply the numbers on the diagonally opposite corners of each Answer 46
square and add the products. Put the sum in the third square along. Idaho, lowa, Maine, Texas, Utah. The dummy letters are K and L.

Answer 33 Answer 47
44. The numbers increase clockwise first missing one spoke, then two C. Add the digits to get the alphabetic number of the town’s initial
at the fourth step. Each circle increases by a different amount (2, 3, 4). letter.

Answer 34 Answer 48
1956. The numbers represent the leap years clockwise around the Sky Fly. The name contains no vowels.
triangles starting at the apex. Miss one leap year each time.
Answer 49
Answer 35 C. The others are all in the correct order ifyou start from Earth and
Tiramisu. This is a dessert; the others are all main courses. travel away from the Sun.

Answer 36 Answer 50
Add the number of segments in column 1 to the Bodega, Bonsai, Ersatz, Hombre, Kitsch.
number of segments in column 3. Draw this number of
segments in to column 2.
Answer 51
Answer 37 The pattern sequence is 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 1,
Fresno. Skip two letters in the alphabet each time. 2,3, 3,4. Start at the top left and work in a
horizontal boustrophedon.
Answer 38
15. Take the minutes in the hours, add the minutes and divide by 10.
Ignore the remainder.

Answer 39
987. The tractor number is divided into the weight to give the acreage.
The weights have been mixed up.

Answer 40
Kebab, Pasta, Pizza, Tacos, Wurst.

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Answer 57
The corresponding sections in each
Answer 53 wheel should contain a black section in
each compartment.
The pattern is +1 limb, +2, +3, -2, -1,
+1, +2, +3, etc. A figure with an
uneven number of limbs is turned
Answer 58
Brunel, Darwin, Edison, Pascal, Planck.
upside down.
Answer 59 - See p. 245
Answer 54 Answer 60
Starting at opposite ends D, All the others are cities, Kansas is a state (Kansas City actually
alternately take 1 and 2 steps to the strad-
dles the Missouri-Kansas border).
other end of the grid ina boustrophedon.
Answer 61
61. Letters are worth the value based on alphabetical position
(A=1,
etc.). However, alternate letters are worth the value based on
Answer 55 the
reversed alphabet (A=26, etc).
Starting with a vertical line reflect the
dotfirst against that line and then each Answer 62
following line in a clockwise direction. C. Starting at the top right hand corner, work through the
alphabet,
missing 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 2, etc. letters each time, in
a vertical
boustrophedon.

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Gallus, Jovian, Julian, Trajan, Valens. 6. In each square, multiply the top and bottom left together, then
multiply the top and bottom right. Subtract this second product from
Answer 64 the first and put this number in the middle.
M. These are all the letters with straight sides only.
Answer 72
Answer 65 75. In each square, multiply the top and bottom left numbers, then the
64. Take each digit individually. The pattern is 1, 2, 3, 1, then 2, 3, 4, 2, top and bottom right. Add these two products, reverse the digits of this
then 3, 4, 5, 3, and finally 4, 5, 6, 4. sum and place it in the middle.

Answer 66 Answer 73
18. These are all the numbers that can be divided by either3or 4. C. Divide the left number by 2, place this number at the apex, then
square it and put this number at the right. Finally, add all three
Answer 67 numbers together and put the sum as a roman numeral in the middle.
B. The digits ofall the others add up to 6. In triangle C, the right number should be 4 and the middle number
should be X.
Answer 68
1980. Each vowel is worth 243, each consonant 126. Answer 74
B. In each square multiply the two top numbers, then the two bottom
Answer 69 ones. Subtract the latter product from the former, translate the
576. Multiply No. by speed, put the product as the distance for the next difference into Roman numerals and put it in the middle. Square B
balloon. should be XX (20).

Answer 70 Answer 75
The pattern is: R, Starting on the top left hand corner, work through the alphabet,
missing a letter each time, in a vertical boustrophedon.
Start at the top left and work clockwise in an inward spiral.

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Answer 76
Answer 90
17. 84, Multiply the hours of A by the minutes of B to get the tonnage of
C, then B hours by C minutes to get D, C hours by D minutes to get E,
Answer 77 D hours by E minutes to get A, and E hours by A minutes to get the
JOL 1714. Go 5 forward and 3 back in the alphabet. The numbers tonnage of B.
continue from the alphabetic position of
the letter.
Answer 91
Answer 78 |. It is based on the number alphabet backwards. Add the top and
35226252257. The numbers are in code from the newspaper titles. A-C bottom rows together and put the sum in the middle.
=1,0-F=2,6-l=3,J-L=4, M-0=5,P. R=6S-U=7,V-X=
8, Y-Z=9.
Answer 92
It should have two dots. Add together thecorner squares of each row
Answer 79 or column and put the sum in the middle square of the Opposite row
No. 52. Add together the value of the letters based on their alphabet
or column.
position.
Answer 93
Answer 80
E. Based on the position of the letters in the alphabet, multiply column
29. Add together thecorner squares of each row or column ina clock- one by column three and place the product in the middle column.
wise direction. Put the sum in the middle of the next row or column,
Answer 94
Answer 81
D. Add consecutive clockwise corners of the diamond and place the sum
F. This is based on the number alphabet backwards, Add together the
on the corresponding second corner, Add the four numbers together
corner squares of each row or column and put the sum in the middle
and place the sum in the middle.
square of the opposite row or column.

Answer 82 Answer 95
58. Add the digits of the last number and move on by that number. Add one leaf. Add two petals. Deduct 1
petal and add 1 leaf. Repeat.
Answer 83
D. Reflect the shape along a horizontal line, then move each sign
one
segment clockwise,

Answer 84
QUS 2321. Go forward by 4 and back by 2 in the alphabet, then
con-
tinue with numbers taken from the letters’ alphabetical position.

Answer 85 Answer 96
Renoir. The letters in this code come one before in the alphabet, with
No 201. Add together
thevalues of the letters based on their reversed
the artist’s name reversed,
alphabetical position, (A = 26, Z= 1).
Answer 97
Answer 86
16.
E. The shape has been folded along a horizontal line. A shaded piece
covers an unshaded one,
Answer 98 - See p. 247
Answer 87
Answer 99
Picasso. Based on the letters’ position in the alphabet, 3 has been
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added to each value.
Answer 100
Answer 88
10. Add 2 to each value, place sum in corresponding position
G. Add 3 to odd numbers, subtract 2 from even numbers. in next
triangle, then subtract 3, add 2 again.
Answer 89
E. The outer shape changes to the inner shape, the openings rotate
through 90° clockwise.

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The pattern sequence is @, @, %, *, %, &, E. Each shape is divided into smaller ones by alternating between
&, *,%. It starts at the top right and works adding horizontal and vertical lines (or vice versa) except in‘E’ where 2
inwards in an anti-clockwise spiral. vertical lines are added in succession.

Answer 108
E. All elements consist of 3 straight lines except’E’ which consists of 4
straight lines.

Answer 102 Answer 109

Degas. Each letter is the same number of letters from the end of the C. Convert each letter to its value based on its position in the alphabet.
alphabet as the letter in the artist’s name is from the beginning. The values on each corner of a triangle added together result in the
new letter in the middle.
Answer 103
J. All of the others have a matching partner. Answer 110
9. The numbers rotate clockwise and increase by 1 each time.
Answer 104
D. Alternate between rotating the pattern 90° anti-clockwise, and Answer 111
swapping direction of each individual arrow. 12. Add together the values in the same segments in wheels A and C
and put the answer in the opposite segment in wheel B.
Answer 105
A. Each ring contains one cross more than the previous example, and Answer 112
the first and last cross in each adjacent circle are level. G. The figures are vertical images of each other but with shaded and
unshaded elements becoming unshaded and shaded respectively.
Answer 106
G. The top and bottom elements swap position, the smaller central Answer 113
element becomes smaller still and all three elements move inside the B. Each arch moves closer to its opposite end by an equal amount each
larger central shape. time.

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Answer 114 Answer 129

The shaded square moves around the
square in a horizontal boustrophedon,
Answer 115 starting at the top left hand corner. It
The pattern sequence is: advances by 2 squares, then 3, then 4, etc.

ZRITUWWZZS

Start at the bottom right and work up ina Answer 130

horizontal boustrophedon. D. Each column of elements alternates and moves up two rows.

Answer 131
Answer 116 J, Austen. Each number is double the letter’s alphabetical position.
B.
Answer 132
Answer 117 E. All the other elements consist of 3 consecutive numbers.
F. A curve turns into a straight line and a straight line into a curve.
Answer 133
Answer 118 D. The circle in all other elements intercepts an edge in both the small
A. and large shape outline.

Answer 119 Answer 134

V. The letters are based on the number alphabet backwards (Z = 1, A= A. Each small bar moves one place anti-clockwise in alternate shapes,
26, etc). The values on the bottom corners and the value in the middle so that they are either 90° or 180° apart.
added together result in the value on the apex.

Answer 120 The pattern sequence is

3. The numbers rotate anti-clockwise from one square to the next and ALN bshehee sy eye yi
decrease by 2 each time. It starts at the top right and works in an
anti-clockwise spiral.
Answer 121
9. Multiply the values in the same segments in wheels 2 and 3 and put
the answer in the next segment in wheel 1, going clockwise.
Answer 136
Answer 122 ++-—x-—-+. The letters are based on their alphabetic position, so the
N. Going from the top to the bottom of one domino piece, move on sum would read:
five letters, L(12) + D(4) + B(2) — F(6) x K(11) — 0(17)
+ ((3) =H(8).
Answer 123
T. Hardy. Each letter in this code follows that of the author, eg.'U’ Answer 137
comes after’T’ in the alphabet. 8. The sum of hands on each clock is 13.

Answer 124 Answer 138

C. The number of small circles equals the number of edges of the 13.
shape, except for’ where there is one more circle than edges.
Answer 139
Answer 125 Independence. The initials can be rearranged to form the name Madrid.
E. All the others consist of 3consecutive letters in the alphabet.
Answer 140
Answer 126 B. It is the only figure that does not have three boxes in one row.
B. Deduct one dot and one line, add two dots and two lines, repeat.

Answer 127
E. All the others contain two stars for every half moon.

Answer 128
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Answer 141 Answer 156

B. Working in an anti-clockwise spiral pattern, in the first square there F.The circles and squares become squares and circles respectively. The
are eight lines, one missing, seven lines, one missing, etc. The number largest element loses all internal elements.
of lines before the first break decreases by one with each square.
Answer 157
Answer 142 No. She hates capital cities.
7. Add the three numbers on the outside of each square (A). Add the
digits of the sum (B). Divide A by B and place in the small square. Answer 158
No. Illinois had an $ in it.
Answer 143
Start at the top right and move across the square ina Answer 159
horizontal boustrophedon. The pattern is: miss 1 square, Yes. Swansea had no 0 in it.
turn by 180°, turn by 90° clockwise, miss 1, turn by 90°
clockwise, turn by 180°. Answer 160
The symbol turns 180° clockwise, 135° anti-clockwise, 90°
Answer 144 clockwise, 45° anti-clockwise.
4.
Answer 161
Answer 145 E. Add two circles and two lines, take away one of each, repeat. The
B. Itis the only figure which, with an additional line, has a triangle pattern is also rotated by 90° anticlockwise each time.
adjoining the rectangle which overlaps the square.
Answer 162
Answer 146 Forward, back, forward, back.
F.The small and large elements become large and small respectively.
Answer 163
Answer 147
A. Itis the only one to have an odd number of sides.
Answer 164
Answer 148 The pattern sequence is: 1.00, 2.00,
D. It is the only one to which a circle can be added where the triangle 2.00, 1.00, 3.00, 3.00, 2.00, 4.00,
overlaps the circle and a right angled line runs parallel to the whole of 4.00. 3.00, 5.00, 5.00, 4.00, 6.00,
one side of the triangle. 6.00. Starting at the bottom left
work upwards in a vertical
Answer 149 boustrophedon.
B.

Answer 150
58. Add the digits of the last number and move on by that number. Answer 165
ES
Answer 151
21. Multiply each number by the number on the opposite side of the Answer 166
wheel on the same side of the spoke and put the product in that Washington.
segment next to the centre.
Answer 167
Answer 152 C.
Ds
Answer 168
Answer 153 Dand E.
C. Itis the only one to have an odd number of one element.
Answer 169
Answer 154 B. It consists of 14 straight lines, the rest of 13.
D. A circle becomes a square, a line a circle and a square a line, all in the
same size and position as original. Answer 170
C. It is the only one which does not have half as many ‘step’ lines as
Answer 155 there are triangles.
D. All the others are symmetrical.
Answer 171
Pantagruel.

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Answer 172 Answer 183

Frankenstein. B. Based on the number alphabet backwards, add the values of the two
letters on the outer edge of each segment and place the sum into the
Answer 173 Opposite segment on the inside.
E. A square becomes a circle, a circle a triangle anda triangle a square
of similar proportions and positions, Answer 184
—X+-++. 9-3xX44+19-8=54+4=11,
Answer 174
B.
Answer 185
B. The others all have an equal number of
straight lines and curves.
Answer 175
A. Each shape increases by one of the same until there are three and
Answer 186
it then becomes one. The image is reflected after a shape with two F. Circles and rectangles interchange except for strings of 3 circles which
elements. disappear.

Answer 176
Answer 187
Excalibur.
Back, back, forward, back.

Answer 177
Nostradamus.

Answer 178
H. Longer rectangles and arrows swap shading. Smaller rectangles
and arrows interchange shape and shading. The pattern is then flipped
vertically.

Answer 179
B. It is the only one with the same number of
vertical and horizontal
lines.

Answer 180
E. The two next letters in the alphabet, following the first example,
facing the correct direction, run into each other.

Answer 181
D.

Answer 182
The pattern sequence is as
follows.

<<AA>+V<A>>VVY
Start at the bottom left and work in a clockwise Spiral.

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1. Racetrack Confusion through the hole in the base to a glass container. The box was left dry
It was his motherin car3. inside.

2. Uneasy Peace 15. The Arctic Explorers

The McPhersons were given the numbers :- 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, The three on the expedition were cut off by bad weather and had no
19, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27 & 30. Ifthe count started at number 1 all of the emergency supplies. His best friend and his other colleague went for
McPhersons had to jump overboard. food. Only the colleague returned. For 14 days his colleague had told
him that they had been eating seal stew. When he tasted seal stew in
3. Sally’s Wash the restaurant, he realized that he had eaten his best friend.
The pipe to the basin has frozen so the plughole was also frozen,
Therefore, as long as Sally did not run the hot tap, the water would stay 16. Sinking Robots
in the basin. The mass of the planet was much greater, although its size was the
same. This meant that its gravitational forces were 10 times greater,
4. Amazement the effect of which meant that the robots weighed 10 times what they
The child saw it on a TV movie. would have done on ZOD. This caused them to sink to a level where
they would not function.
5. The Rejected Recruit
He was trained as a sharpshooter or sniper. His type of colour-blind- 17. Big Bill
ness allowed him to pick out other snipers wearing camouflage quite Big Bill was a lighthouse keeper who had stayed awake the previous
easily. He was therefore a very important member of his unit since he night to keep the light working in the worst part of the storm. The
could see the enemy and get in the first shot. [This technique has been alarm bell on the buoy had been smashed on the rocks and no longer
employed especially in jungle warfare.] gave an audible warning. The lighthouse light was switched off in error
and, as a result, a ship crashed on the rocks.
6. Nylon Ball-Bearings
He fell into a storage compartment and sank to the bottom. He eventu- 18. A Problem for the Ferryman
ally ran out ofair. Nine trips are required. Label the children A,B,C,D, and E in ascending
age, and the sides of the river“Near” and“Far” to create the table
7. The Disappearing Man below:
He had melted; he was a snowman.
Trip Near Children Far
8. Head-On Ant Crash? No. Side in boat Side
They agreed not to go on the rod at the same time. il. AGE B,D None
2. AGE B D
9. The Millionaire’s Inheritance 3. BE AC D
Only ifthey can express the number to base 9, which gives $7,000,000 4. BE AD C
or $1,000,000 each. oe B,D AE C
6. B,D CE A
10. The Policewoman ie B,D GE A
It was her husband breaking into their own house after they had locked 8. B,D None AGE
the keys inside. 9. None B,D AGE

~ 11. The Abandoned Each child has had 3 one-way trips.

Charlie was a cuckoo. The punctuality clue refers to a cuckoo clock.
19. Brother Simon
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12. How to Trick the Genie? Brother Simon is a ghost and passes through the walls.
™ Aladdin chose one envelope, and without opening it, tore it up into lots
of pieces, and asked the King to read what option he had rejected in 20. The Class
the other envelope. James is a teacher.

13. The Musical End 21.Another Mansion Murder

The music and lighting were on the same circuit. The emergency and Abbie.
life-support systems were on another circuit. Itwas nighttime and
when the music stopped the lights went off. In the confusion, one 22. Triangles
of the visitors accidentally disconnected some vital equipment and 11. See image.
Grandpa died.

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35. The Fabric Shop

23. The Courier’s Wait
the The curtains also have horizontal lines, so they are checked.
He was on a boat and had to wait forthe next high tide to get into
unloading dock.
36. Antony & Cleopatra
a crack; all
24. The Removal Men They were both petfish and the tank that housed them had
the water had leaked away.
The removal man took the stolen stamps to the biggest stamp dealer
in the city, who recognized that they were stolen from his shop some
37. Moving Suitcases
years before. He called the police, who arrested both the homeowner the
A violent tornado had ripped through their apartment and carried
and the removal man.
contents over a few miles, A kind lady found the cases in her garden;
25. Hold-up Clues because the address labels had not been filled in, she decided to place
them at the side of the road so that the owners might see them ifthey
The customer had hiccups. The fright of seeing the masked gunman did
the same job as the water would have. drove past. Because of the damage a few miles away, the police were
for
busy helping the homeless and rescue services. That was the reason
not passing the property on to the police.
26. Little Breeders
They were all female birds.
38. High Days and Holidays
27. The Immovable Screw Saturday, Wednesday, Thursday, Tuesday, Sunday, Monday & Friday (in
descending alphabetical order after the high day).
He was using a two-way screw driver, which had a clutch action. It
had last been used to put a screw into a panel by turning the screw
39. Disappearing Treat
clockwise. The reversible switch to engage the screwdriver for undoing
screws had not been altered. The bag contained candyfloss. Rain got into the hole in the top of the
bag, and the candy dissolved into a small amount of pink liquid.
28. Levitating Balloons?
40. A-Haunting We Will Go!
They had left the bath running, which overflowed through the ceiling.
Take the room number at present multiplied by the number of days
The draught excluders prevented the water from escaping and the
water level in the room was 2 inches deep. between the sightings, and then subtract the number of days between
sightings. The number of days between sightings increases by one for
29. Washing Dishes each period. The next sighting will be (9x 4) — 4 = 32, thus Room 32
every fifth night.
The odds of the deciding lot would be the same for each round, and
over time that child (unless unlucky) would be required to wash dishes
41. Amateur Safe-crackers
ona Sunday as many times as each of the other children.
Like the expression from the firing of flintlock rifles “a flash in the pan,’
30. Not So Scientific they had not compacted the powder or kept it in a containertocause
Holes or beams of light. an explosion. Ittherefore ignited like the powder in the “pan’ of a
flintlock rifle and just went up ina flash and a great cloud of smoke. In
31. Mad Driver? olden times the “charge” of powder was compacted inside the barrel
He saw someone cutting across from the opposite side of the road and of the rifle. A small charge of loose powder was placed in a small bow!
they were spinning out of control and heading straight for him. He was where the flint’s spark would ignite the powder in the pan, which then
litthe compressed powder in the barrel through a small hole. Once
boxed in, and rather than take a head-on impact, which might have
ignited, the compacted powder would cause the bang and the shot to
killed both drivers, he took a minor bump on the car in front of him.
be fired.
32. Target Practice
Ithad snowed overnight so they cleared the yard and made snowballs,
which stuck to the barn and melted away afterwards.

33. The Burglar

The burglar had just burgled the house next door when he noticed
that the neighbouring house was on fire. He immediately entered the
building to raise the alarm. Checking the rooms, he found two children
overcome by smoke and took them to safety. The neighbours saw what
had gone missing, and it was still in the burglar's hand when they
called the police.

34. The Deadwood Stagecoach

He was so fast asleep when the coach left that nobody could wake
him up.

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42. Survival of the Weakest? 51. The Aircraft

Your first shot should go behind you or deliberately in the air. You It was the earliest days of commercial jet aircraft flight and a few
can't shoot at Count Nevermiss because ifyou did and were unlucky unexplained accidents involving the Comet needed to be investigated.
enough to hit him, Lord Bullseye would polish you off with the next The Comet was the first commercial transatlantic passenger jet. It flew
shot or two. Ifyou shoot at Lord Bullseye and hit, Count Nevermiss will higher and faster than all other commercial planes, and was therefore
certainly get you. Ifyou miss Lord Bullseye, Count Nevermiss would subjected to stresses that other planes had not endured. The main
not and his chances against you are 2 : 1 in his favour. Ifyou hit Count problems came when the pressures in the fuselage were greater than
Nevermiss, Lord Bullseye’s probability of winning against you is 6/7, those outside. The design engineers found that this was best simulated
yours is 1/7. But ifyou deliberately miss, you will have another shot by putting water in the fuselage under pressure. This identified a
against either one of the other two. If Lord Bullseye hits the Count, number of weaknesses in the design, especially around the windows.
you will have a 3/7 probability. With 1/3 probability, the Lord will miss The findings have made all jet travel much safer.
the Count (in which case the Count will dispose of the Lord). Thus your
chances are 1/3 against the Count. The odds are increased by shooting 52. In the Dirt
in the air: your chances of surviving the duel will be 25/63 (about One child fell on his feet, and his face was not covered with dust to
40%). Lord Bullseye’s odds become 8/21 (38%); Count Nevermiss’s odds make his face dirty. When he saw his friend’s face covered in dust, he
are 2/9 (22%). thought his own must also be dirty; his friend only saw his friend's
clean face. The dirty child did not think that he needed to wash.
43. The Fire
They were explorers who had built an igloo. The fire was too big and 53. The Savage Attack
melted the walls when they fell asleep. They both suffered extreme The lady was in a shopping mall and suffered a heart attack. Her heart
hypothermia and died. had just stopped. The man who came to the woman’s aid was a doctor
just passing by. He started her heart, put her into his car, and drove
44. Happy New Year and Again etc. straight to a nearby hospital with a police escort. The police were ini-
She was an astronaut, who on one occasion was in a stationary orbit tially a little slow, and had to pursue him before clearing a way for him.
over the Greenwich Date Line. As each time zone revolved below her,
she celebrated the New Year 24 times. The other times occurred while 54. The Broken Vase
she flew from east to west, passing through three date lines when it The two vases were the only surviving
was midnight on the ground. example of work by a famous potter. The man already owned one and
by smashing the other he ensured his vase would be unique.
45. The Strong Swimmer
A break in the seabed released large quantities of trapped air as small
bubbles. This reduced the density of the water so that it was lower than 55. Racetrack Joe
the density of a human body and he sank. His bet was for a race two weeks earlier when the horse came in
last. The newspaper gave the previous day’s results when the horse
46. Recovering with a Letter had won.
A piece of paper with the letter ‘A’on it. The instructions said,“Ifyou
add’‘A’to‘her, you will have ‘hear.” 56. The Tea Party
The little girl was in her playhouse. She had to go through the front
47. The Casino door of the playhouse first, and then the front door of the family house
They were a band who played background music for the guests. to get to the front garden.
They were paid by the casino and did not gamble.
57. 1930s
48. Charged by a Bull It was a seaplane. The water that it was to use at the first landing site
One of the family named BULL who owns the nearby farm charged was too rough forasafe landing so the pilot diverted to an airfield
them £20 to cross his land. on land.

49. Don’t Jump to Conclusions 58. The Master Forger

He was a priest whose birth had been in the presence of his father. They wanted to substitute the £50 note in his flat with a £50 note with
a flaw in it. This flaw was unique to that note only, and when more of
50. Leap to Safety them hit the streets it could be traced back to him alone.
His house is built into a hill/ the house is built below ground level.

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59. The Jealous Husbands 70. The Great Soccer Player Retires
Men= ABC Women=abc He played the whole of the first half, and for 10 minutes of the second
Near Bank Boat Opposite Bank half for his club. He scored 2 goals for his club in the first half. He was
ACac Bb None then taken offthefield of play, and invited to play for his country for
ACac B b the last 35 minutes, scoring twice more. The other deciding goal was
ABC ac b an“own goal” not scored by him.
ABC a be
Aa BC be 71. A Bargain
Aa Bb Cc The land was being reclaimed from the sea for industrial use. His
ab AB Cc company owned the reclamation contract. The land would soon be
ab (e ABC worth a fortune.
b ac ABC
b B ACac 72. Father vs Son
None Bb ACac Joe beat him at a game of chess (or something similar).

60. The Gravel Quarry 73. Evolution

The jewels were thrown on to quicksand. Little Joe had forgotten about Animal X on island A was an ass. Animal Y on island B was a horse.
it, but Big Al made him try to get the jewels. Little Joe tried and sank Animal Z on island C was a donkey.
without trace. The police did not even know that Little Joe was dead. The new animal on island B was a MULE (ass/mare). The new animal
on island C was a HINNEY (Donkey/Stallion).
61. Cardinal Lock’emup
One of the inkwells had disappearing ink. When the Captain of Guards 74. The Last Train
saw nothing except the seals, he arrested the musketeers until he could The clock he saw was a reflection. It was showing 12:45, but this
speak to the Cardinal. appeared to be 11:15 since the clock only had dashes on it rather than
actual numbers.
62. The Cup of Coffee
He had put sugar in the first cup. 75. The Bus Drivers
The two bus drivers are married; one is the boy’s mother and the other
63. The Messy Eater is his father.
He brings tinned fruit or pre-prepared fruit.
76. King-Elect
64. The Arabian Prince’s Car Only the less bright child was a male.
The clear plastic sucker that attached the air freshener to the front
windscreen was shaped like a lens and focused the sun’s rays like a 77. The Bath of Liquid
magnifying glass on to the newspaper. The paper caught fire, causing He fell into a storage bath containing mercury. He was taken to hospital
the damage. to be decontaminated because mercury can cause health problems. At
room temperature mercury does not leave the skin feeling wet.
65. Lost at Sea
He was captain of a river boat ferry. The globe he went round was a 78. Confusion & Lies
decorative one he had in his cabin. Ifyou say the child was a boy then the second speaker must have been
the mother, whose first statement must have been true and whose
second statement was a lie. But boys in the family do not lie so this
66. The Puzzle King of Eygpt
option is no good. Ifyou say that the child was a girl and ifthe first
The cube has two diagonal dovetail slots. The top can be pushed off by
speaker was the father, then the second speaker was the mother whose
pushing at 45 degrees to the face.
first statement would be a lie and whose second statement was true. In
that case the child would have spoken the truth and would have said, “|
67. Lottery Winners
am a girl’. But this implies that the first speaker lied, but males cannot
$330,000 ($15,000 increments).
lie. This option is therefore no good. So by deduction the first speaker
was the mother and the child said,“|am a boy.’ The first statement
68. Arise
from both the mother and child were lies. The child was a girl.
It was an undersea mountain, and natural buoyancy lifted him.
79. Does it Add Up?
69. World Outside
He was a goldfish whose bowl got broken, with fatal results. They were grandmother, mother, and daughter. Two were mothers and
two were daughters.

80. Alien Conference

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81. Car Grid 94. Cheap Shopper!

After going forward, you reverse. He had replaced all of the bar codes on the products with labels taken
off small packs of the same items. The products he bought were all
82. The King Is In His All-Together! large packs and the bill should have been at least 3 times more. The
Itwas a birthday parade where all of the participants carried pictures shop assistant at the till raised the alarm when she saw one of the bar
of themselves at birth. code labels was loose.

83. Bush Fire 95. Two Brothers

To put out the fire they used aeroplanes to scoop water out of the near- The letter contained a white feather, a symbol of cowardice. In order to
est lake. When they scooped the water out, they scooped him rid his family name of this slur, he was forced to act with bravery.
out as well. Water dropped on the fire and put it out but the fall killed
the diver. 96. Dangerous Neighbours?
Mark. The policeman interpreted the question as “Question Mark Price!”
84. Household Enquiry
“Sally, are you in?” or “Are you there?” etc. 97. The Silence
Henry was the only parrot in the cage that could talk.
85. A Fruity Problem
The fruits are made of wax; they are candles, and the woman lit them 98. No Fire for Explorers
before leaving the room so that they had burned down. Neil and Dave were astronauts conducting an experiment on the Moon.
The lack of oxygen caused all of their problems.
86. The Cheetah & the Hyena
Thursday. 99. The Meeting
Rain, for which Iran is an anagram (as Nepal is an anagram for plane,
87. Golfers and China for chain).
They were playing darts in the clubhouse. The object of the challenge
was to see who could score the most with just3darts. 100. The Full Cask of Wine
He washes some small pebbles and sand with the fresh water, and
88. St. Joseph’s Church puts the washed and dried materials into the bottle. He then puts the
His father was the Italian Ambassador and he moved from Rome to bottle-neck into the bunghole. The pebbles and sand will fill into the
Washington. Daniel only spoke Italian. cask to be replaced by wine into the bottle.

89. A Body Bag in the Suitcase 101. Problems With Air Pollution
He was a part-time ventriloquist and it was his dummy. Nobody lived to the east of the chemical plant.

90. My Homework is Right! 102. Little Annie

He was adding hours to his watch. 10 o'clock + 7 hrs =5 o'clock. Annie had been given a Monopoly game for Christmas and used money
from its bank to purchase the goods. The storekeeper was not offended
91. The Holiday Disaster as he knew her very well.
Bill Drallam (Mallard backwards) was a duck. They flew in front of
a plane during lift -off and entered the engine intake, causing the 103. The Share-Out
plane to crash. The plane might have survived ifonly one or two ducks Child 1 had 10 25¢ coins, Child 2 had 16 10¢ coins, and Child 3 had 26
flew into the engine, but several birds were hit and drawn into other 5¢ coins.
engines.
104. The Awkward Piano
92. Leaky Pipe The items stacked on the piano had fallen toward Joe, and he had
The second leak was halfway up the pipe, which was horizontal. The said to Alf, “Give me a hand to move them offt” Alf rushed into the
first half was emptied in 1 hour, and with just the single leak left for department store and removed a hand from a mannequin and put it in
the water to exit, it took another two hours. Joe’s top pocket.

93. The Inherited House 105. The Unlucky Locksmith

The sea had eroded the cliffs to within 30 yards of the garden. He The locksmith had been shut in with the manager after he had set the
found that it would be uneconomical to protect the house from further automatically activated system. He was inside the room just collecting
erosion. Experts had told him that it might only be 5 years before the the last items from the manager.
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106. The Fan 113. Is the Doctor Wrong?

While he was celebrating it rained. The blue paint he had put on It was the consultant physician supervising the student doctor who suf-
first was insoluble, but the yellow he put on top to create green was fered the cardiac arrest. The student's prompt action saved his life. The
soluble, and had all washed off. farmworker was checked out, given a temporary plaster casing on his
ankle, and was later allowed to go home.
107. The Fire Drill
Aswarm of killer bees had been sighted just outside the school. 114. The Twins Cause Confusion

108. The Bouquet of Flowers

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109. Car Park Overcrowding

Make all of the car park spaces at right angles to the wall.
115. The Glass Head
110. Bob the Miser’s Last Will The two parts were lined up using strings with weights to guide the
The Judge ruled that the money be shared equally between the head down. Several piles of sugar or other water-soluble material were
relatives, but that they should each give Bob a cheque for the money stacked at strategic locations on the plinth. The head was lowered and
taken. Ifthese were not cashed within 1 year of Bob's cremation, then the ropes removed. The piles were then treated with a water spray
the money could be kept. starting from the central piles. (Ice could also be used.)

111. Lateral Thinking Gem From Times gone by 116. The Mountaineers
107010 (Ten to Ten or 9.50 time). They were traveling to their destination by cruise ship. The hull of the
ship was rammed during the night, and their cabin was below the
112. Corporal in the Army water line. The pressure of the water held the door shut, they could not
He was in uniform. escape, and the rescuers were too late to save them.