MINDBENDER

1. Today is George’s birthday! Eleven years ago, he was a third of his father’s age now. In three years, his father will be twice as old as George is today. What birthday is George celebrating?

2. What connects cake, investor and food?

3. Which 1898 short story, the inspiration for Puccini’s opera, might FLATTER MUD, MAYBE?

4. Which is the odd one out: Kyogen, Ikebana, Kabuki, Noh?

5. Rearrange the letter groups to make the surnames of four poets: RET ING ION THO ARN TBR MOT MAS OLD BAR OWN.