BRAINTEASERS

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

1 The balls in box two are heavier than the red ones, and the blue ones. The balls to the left of the white ones are lighter than the blue ones, which are not in box four. The green ones are lighter than the balls in box three, which are not the second heaviest. If the boxes are

in a row from one to four, can you order the balls from left to right?

2 Which two words meaning ‘chalet’ and ‘stylish’ combine into one meaning ‘malefactor’?

3 Find the body parts in these anagrams: a) Hoard Fee, b) Lord Hues, c) Fragile Inn.

4 Mauricio is picking random cards out of a full deck, then replacing them and shuffling well before picking again. If he’s trying to pull out a picture

card with this method, after how many goes is he more likely to have succeeded than failed?