BRAINTEASERS

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

1 While fishing at the lake, Dolly caught either the boot or the salmon. The trout was either caught by Holly or by the yellow rod. Both Olly and the red rod caught a fish. The yellow rod did not catch the boot. Neither Polly nor Dolly used the green rod. The blue rod either caught seaweed or was used by Olly. Who caught which item using which rod?

2 Which two words meaning ‘meadow’ and ‘clink’ combine into one meaning ‘bounding’? 3 Find the African capitals in these anagrams: a) Two Pecan, b) Bio Rain, c) Oak Thrum.

4 In Rugby Union, points can only be scored in amounts of three, five or seven points. If a team scores only from tries and converted tries (five or seven points), what is the largest score that they cannot possibly achieve?