BRAINTEASERS

Can you bend your brain around this set of mathematical, lexical and logistical teasers?

1 Anka cannot find her law graduation ceremony. ‘Gosh I hope I’m not late! It’s not in the manor hall or the cathedral, music graduation is in one of those. I’m sure history graduation is in either the courtyard or the manor hall - if maths is being held in the gardens then history must be in the courtyard’. Where is each ceremony taking place?

2 Which two words meaning ‘however’ and ‘hair’ combine into one meaning ‘support’? 3 Find the German cities in these anagrams: a) Van Hero, b) Folder Suds, c) Gem Burner.

4 Zak is working out at the gym. There is a water dispenser and those little paper cones, which have a diameter of 5cm and are 8cm high. Zak is planning to spend one hour at the gym and wants to drink 500ml of water while he is there. If he drinks two full cones each time he takes a break, how often will he have to stop for water during his workout?