BRAINTEASERS

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

1 At the tombola stand both Mel and the red ticket won a drink. The yellow ticket did not win the sweets. Neither Moe nor Meg had the green ticket. Meg won either the sweets or the wine. The blue ticket either won the cheese or was used by Mel. The beer was either won by Max or by the yellow ticket. Who won which item with which ticket?

2 Which two words meaning ‘deduce’ and ‘slate’ combine into one meaning ‘barren’? 3 Find the religious festivals in these anagrams: a) Poet Scent, b) Soap Revs, c) Paid Leave.

4 Emilio is flying to Edmonton, which is seven hours behind the UK. The flight is scheduled to take eight hours and forty-five minutes, and he’s leaving at 8:30am on Wednesday. If the flight actually takes 20% longer than planned, what time will he touch down?