BRAIN TEASERS

1 Four friends each pick four different numbers from one to four. Friend two picked an even number and friend four picked higher than friend three. The total sum of friend one and friend three’s numbers is five. Which friend picked which number?

2 Which two words meaning “short-term worker” and “spoken” combine into one meaning “secular”?

3 Find the make-up items in these anagrams: a) Tick Lisp, b) Heady Woes, c) Clone Race.

4 Al the plumber needs a piece of pipe that is exactly 10m long. In the van are pieces that are 2.2m, 5.5m, 3.4m and 6.5m long. Al has time to cut one piece of pipe in half. Which pieces should be used to make the 10m pipe?

Solutions next week