BRAINTEASERS

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

1 The ring was not gifted to Lyn or Lee, and Leo gifted either the hat or mug. Lee gifted something to Leo, and Lyn gifted either the pen or mug. No one liked their gift and so each person took a new one. Len took the gift Leo received, and Leo took Lyn’s. Lee did not take the pen. If Len gifted the gift that Lyn took, what did everyone receive first?

2 Which two words meaning ‘put off’ and ‘excavate’ combine into one meaning ‘decide’? 3 Find the instruments in these anagrams: a) Lira Cent, b) Opens Hoax, c) Lithe Twins.

4 Agatha is trying to find a way out of her charity event. She has announced that she will sit in a paddling pool full of West Country cider.

The pool has a diameter of 1.6m and a depth of 40cm. She can only get the cider in 330ml bottles, at a cost of £1 each. How much will it cost Agatha to fill the pool?