NOW TRY THE BRAINTEASERS THAT PICKED OUT THE BRIGHTEST

1

TAKE off the sticks one at a time so that you are always taking the top one of the pile. In what order do you take them off?

2

CAN you answer Angelina’s question?

EDWIN: ‘Do you know, when the Timpkinses married eighteen years ago Timpkins was three times as old as his wife, and today he is just twice as old as she?’

ANGELINA: ‘Then how old was Mrs Timpkins on the wedding day?

3

STARTING at any number on the top row, move through boxes that are linked to end on the bottom row. The numbers must have a combined total of 100. Which route do you take?

4

COMPLETE the words below by slotting in the name of an item of clothing.

5

COMPLETE each set of three words by using the same three-letter word inserted into each group.

6

COMPLETE the blank spaces by looking for patterns in the letters and numbers as they go around the circles.

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Bletchley Quiz answers 1. G,A, F, D, E, B, H, C 2. THE age of the younger at marriage is always the same as the number of years that expire before the elder becomes twice her age, if he was three times as old at marriage.

In our case it was 18 years afterwards; therefore Mrs Timkins was 18 years of age on the wedding day, and her husband 54. 3. 19/17/30/7/27 4. a)TIE b)CAPE c)HAT d)MITT e)SUIT f)VEST 5. a) ALL b) PIT c) TOP d) MEN e) ROB 6. a) 33. Double each number then take away one to produce the next number. 17 x 2 = 34. Take away one to arrive at 33. b) A for August. Sequence features the initial letters of months of the year. c) 64. Each number is multiplied by itself and the answer written in the space that is opposite it. 2 x2 = 4. 6 x 6 = 36. 8 x 8 = 64. d) C. Then the circle reads anti- clockwise to spell out CONFUSED. e) 243. Treble each number: 81 x 3 = 243. f) YO. ‘ Happy Birthday to You’ is the link. The first time the words appear as initial letters, then the second time the first two letters of each word appear.

CROSSWORD ANSWERS ACROSS

1. TROUPE 4. SHORT CUT 9. PRIVET 10. AROMATIC 12. TREND 13. GREAT DEAL 15. OWE 16. FEIGN 17. NEWARK 22. IMPALE 24. GUISE 27. ASH 28. CENTRE BIT 31. TOKEN 32. LAME DOGS 33. RACING 34. SILENCER 35. ALIGHT

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1. TIPSTAFF 2. OLIVE OIL 3. PSEUDONYM 5. HORDE 6. REMIT 7. CUTTER 8. TACKLE 11. AGENDA 14. ADA 18. WREATH 19. RIGHT NAIL 20. TINKLING 21. SENNIGHT 23. PIE 25. SCALES 26. ENAMEL 29. RODIN 30. BOGIE