BRAIN TEASERS

1 Four Swedish men walk into a furniture store. Neither Olaf nor Sven buy a lamp. The youngest man buys a bookshelf. Somebody buys a desk but it’s not Sven or Lars. The person who buys the chair doesn’t have an ‘L’ in their name. Erik, Olaf’s younger brother, is older than the man who bought the lamp, so who bought what?

2 Which two words meaning ‘plump’ and ‘friend’ combine into one meaning ‘lethally’?

3 Find the fabrics in these anagrams: a) Nicer Lion, b) Gain Beard, c) Adore Gin.

4 Ingemar’s party got a bit out of hand. Some of his fancy geometrical furniture is now at the bottom of his 8m x 4m pool. There are six cylindroseats down there, 60cm tall and 50cm across and two 40cm long lightcubes. How much will they have raised the water level by?

Solutions next week