Brain teasers

1 At the airport, each person has taken the wrong luggage. Neither Dan nor the German took the grey bag. The brown bag was taken by the Frenchman. The navy bag was not taken by Don or the Spaniard. Don’s bag was taken by Den and Dan’s bag was taken by the Italian. If Dom took the black bag, which bag does each person own?

2 Which two words meaning ‘mark’ and ‘metropolis’ combine into one meaning ‘lack’?

3 Find the puzzles in these anagrams: a) Shower Card, b) Buck Bruise, c) Marquis Cage.

4 Mark went speed dating last night. He met twenty potential partners there. The number that wanted to see him again was exactly five ninths of the number that he wanted to see again. Given this information, what are his maximum and minimum number of matches?