BRAINTEASERS

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

1 The girls are bickering at the nail salon. Flora doesn’t want red or stars or stripes. Daisy wants stripes or squares, but not in white. Suzie wants blue or red, and Kim wants dots or stripes, but not in pink. Each girl chooses a different pattern and colour, and squares are only available in red. Which pattern and colour did each girl go for?

2 Which two words meaning ‘skip’ and ‘prod’ combine into one meaning ‘uttered wrongly’?

3 Find the kitchen appliances in these anagrams: a) Warm Voice, b) Eats Rot, c) Frigate Error.

4 On November 8th, with the festive season once again drawing near, Mrs Thenardier begins fermenting cider. Her

5 litre barrel takes 26 days to ferment, her 2.5 litre bottle 7 days and 6 hours and her 2 litre bottle 5 days. How many days will it take for her 6 litre keg to finish fermenting?