MINDBENDER MINDBENDER ANSWERS:

1. Kyle and Rory picked the same number of blackberries each. Kyle eats three of his and gives Rory four, leaving him with twice as many as Kyle has left. How many blackberries did the pair have between them to begin with?

2. What connects Horatio Nelson, Alexander Fleming and John Donne?

3. Which 2018 European Ryder Cup player may use MIRROR COYLY?

4. Which is the odd one out: JFK, LGA, LBJ, FDR?

5. Using the chemical symbols, which jewellery item may contain carbon, holmium, potassium and erbium?

1 Thirty-six blackberries. 2 They are all buried at St Paul’s Cathedral. 3 Rory McIlroy. 4 LGA, the code for NY’s LaGuardia airport; the others were U.S. presidents. 5 Choker (C-Ho-K-Er).