Mindbender: By Royal Proclamation
In the Records Office in London, there are numerous documents headed “Proclamations of His Majesty King George I” published shortly after he came to the throne.’ That couldn’t be so….
Continue readingMindbender: Birthday boy
A youth said: ‘The day before yesterday I was fourteen. Next year I’ll be seventeen.’ On what day was he speaking and when was his birthday? (No this has nothing…
Continue readingMindbender: Sequence
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Continue readingMindbender: It’s a matter of devision
If you divide £100 between a certain number of people, how many people are there and how much does each get? (Study the question, the answer is there.) NEXT >…
Continue readingMindbender: Truth or Lie?
Another motorist equally lost came to a fork in the road. There was no signpost so he had to ask at a house which was the correct fork to take…
Continue readingMindbender: At a Crossroads
Driving one stormy night from Birmingham to a small town he had never visited before, a motorist is lost when he comes to a deserted crossroads. Unfortunately the wind had…
Continue readingMindbender: Fag ends
A person who picks up cigarette butts from the streets finds that he can roll a new cigarette from the tobacco of seven butts. One Saturday he picks up forty-nine…
Continue readingMindbender: The Vicar’s Sermon
‘The vicar chose The Immaculate Conception as the theme for his sermon. He spoke fascinatingly on this subject of the birth of Christ. A total of £12.40 was taken at…
Continue readingMindbender: Ship’s Captain
Supposing you are captain of a ship and it has three red funnels and it leaves New York on a Tuesday and gets to Southampton on Saturday and on the…
Continue readingMindbender: Acorns
An elm tree was swaying in the wind. It had eight branches and on each tree branch were eight acorns. The wind blew an acorn off each branch. How many…
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