- 1. Over the last five days, the rainfall each day has been twice as much as the previous day. If, by the end of this time, the total amount of rainfall was 93mm, how much rain fell on the third day ?
- 2. What connects brain, new and sound ?
- 3. Which U.S. president may have suffered from FAT LIMO WITHDRAWAL (anagram) ?
- 4. Which is the odd one out: Titania, Cobweb, Puck or Oberon ?
- 5. Starting with S, add a letter and shuffle to make a new word each time until you reach RATTLESNAKE
- 6. Four families in a street are having barbecues. The McPhersons grilled two-fifths as many sausages as the Lindsells, who barbecued six times as many sausages as the Gibbs family, who prepared 25 per cent as many sausages as the Highlands. If they barbecued a total of 67 sausages between them, how many sausages did the Gibbs family cook ?
- 7. What connects head, plate and smith ?
- 8. Which U.S. president CAN AMBUSH JANE (anagram) ?
- 9. Which is the odd one out: pregnancy, incompetence, jury service or trade union membership ?
- 10. Using international car codes, what country can be made from Colombia, Niger, Sierra Leone and Luxembourg
- 11. A third of the drinks imbibed by the girls on Ali's hen night were spirits. One and a half times as many spirits minus nine were alcopops, while ten percent of all drinks plus two were beers. If 11 glasses of wine were also consumed, how many alcopops did the girls drink ?
- 12. What connects wheel, cart and play ?
- 13. Which former Blue Peter presenter might PUT PRESERVE (anagram) on all scones ?
- 14. Which is the odd one out: white-headed, blue-faced, white-rumped or slender-billed ?
- 15. Starting with O, add a letter and shuffle to make a new word each time until you reach SONGWRITER
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
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