BRAIN TEASERS

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

1 Four families are going for summer breaks, but where? The Hibbitts aren’t going to a country which starts with S. The Clarks didn’t book Spain, Switzerland or Brazil. The Howards aren’t the ones on their way to Spain. The Tudors aren’t heading to Italy. 2 Which two words meaning ‘devil’ and ‘apiece’ can be combined to make a word meaning ‘accuse’?

3 The following are all anagrams of politicians who are connected in some way. Who are they and what do the numbers mean?

77 MY METRIC JAR 81 29 OTHER VERB HERO 33 81 ADRENAL ORGAN 89 4 Nigel is marking homework. He gives exactly one sixth of his pupils As, one fifth Bs and a quarter Cs. If he gives the rest Fs, what is the minimum number of pupils that there can be?