MINDBENDER MASTERQUIZ

1. Three consecutive odd numbers are multiplied together to give 1287. What are the three numbers?

2. What connects rock, windowpane and dredge?

3. Which bridge may TAILOR use?

4. Which is the odd one out: head, tail, abdomen, thorax?

5. Starting with O, add a letter and shuffle to make a new word each time until you reach PERSONAGE.

1. In the Sherlock Holmes stories, what is the name of the international criminal often referred to simply as ‘The Woman’?

2. Late actress Francoise Dorleac was the elder sister of which other Oscar-nominated French actress?

3. Which British writer and comedian published the 2012 autobiography Back Story?

4. Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino is the new album by which British group?

5. In a shipping context, what do the final two Cs stand for in the initials VLCC? 6. In which month is the Notting Hill Carnival held?

Answers on opposite page

1 Nine, eleven and thirteen. 2 They are all types of oyster. 3 Rialto. 4 Tail; the others are the three main parts of an insect. 5 One way is o, or, ore, sore, spore, person, persona, personae, personage.