BRAINTEASERS

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

1 Jade did not buy the ring or the amber item, and Amber bought one of the pendant or the ruby item. The stud is either beryl or amber, and the pendant is not jade and was not bought by Beryl. No one bought an item with the gemstone of their name. If Ruby bought the

anklet, which colour is each jewellery item?

2 Which two words meaning ‘perched’ and ‘anger’ combine into one meaning ‘mockery’?

3 Find the professions in these anagrams: a) Armada Boss, b) Piano Tic, c) Cradle Naps.

4 Nehemiah wants to share the cupcakes he’s bought evenly between everyone who turns up to his house-warming party. If either six or eight people

are there, he can achieve his goal with the same amount of cupcakes. If he made fewer than fortyfive cupcakes, how many must he have made?