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Trains
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Chris Maslanka
- While I was asleep on the train I
thought I heard a newspaper vendor shouting a headline about the member
of an order who had been cannibalised - but on waking up I found it was
only the name of the station being announced. What might it have been?
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Rob Eastaway
- If we were in France the answer would
be 2,5,10 & 100
If we were in Germany the answer would be
1 & 8
As we are in the UK there's only one
number - what is it?
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Paul Cockburn
- What number comes first when you set
them all out in alphabetical order?
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Val Gilbert
- The mad bear with plums, cakes and buns
legged it. Where did he go?
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William Hartston
- Imagine you are trying to get to
MANCHESTER by BUS or TRAIN. You have a series of cards in front of you -
on one side it has either BUS or TRAIN and on the other MANCHESTER or
LEEDS.
You have four cards in front of you and
you can see one side of each. They say TRAIN, BUS, LEEDS and MANCHESTER.
You are told that if you want to go to
MANCHESTER you have to go by TRAIN. Which cards do you have to turn over
to find out if that is true?
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David Bailey's Panel Beater
- Three people took it in turns. They
were:
Herr Cutter the German Barber
Mrs Hack the journalist from the Daily
News and
Mr Carver a mason
Herr Cutter beat Mrs Hack
Mrs Hack beat Mr Carver
Mr Carver beat Herr Cutter
What were they playing?
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Chris Maslanka's listeners' puzzle
- Dr Frankenstein needed more power to
bring the monster to life. He sends Igor to the village to buy
batteries. He has a battery holder that takes 2 batteries at a time, no
more no less. Igor knows that for each combination of 2 batteries he can
achieve 2 voltages, the sum of the 2 batteries or the difference. ie
with a 7 volt and an 11 volt battery he could achieve 18 volts (the sum)
or 4 volts (the difference). Dr Frankenstein needs voltages from 1
upwards. Igor can only afford 4 batteries. What should he buy?
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*****
Happy Puzzling!
Please address any suggestions,
observations or puzzles of your own to:
maslanka@puzzlemaster.co.uk
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Solutions to the above
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